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Color and continuous shooting, Adjusting white balance – Canon PowerShot S120 User Manual

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Before Use

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P Mode

Color and Continuous Shooting

Still Images

Movies

Adjusting White Balance

By adjusting white balance (WB), you can make image colors look more
natural for the scene you are shooting.

z

z

Press the <

m> button, choose [ ] in

the menu, and choose the desired option
(

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).

z

z

The option you configured is now
displayed.

Auto

Automatically sets the optimal white balance for the shooting
conditions.

Day Light

For shooting outdoors in fair weather.

Cloudy

For shooting in cloudy conditions, in the shade, or at twilight.

Tungsten

For shooting under ordinary incandescent (tungsten) lighting
and similarly colored fluorescent lighting.

Fluorescent

For shooting under warm-white (or similarly colored) or cool-
white fluorescent lighting.

Fluorescent H

For shooting under daylight fluorescent and similarly colored

fluorescent lighting.

h

Flash

For shooting with the flash.

S

Underwater

Sets the optimal white balance for shooting underwater. Tones
down blues to produce natural-looking colors overall.

Custom

For manually setting a custom white balance (

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Still Images

Movies

Custom White Balance

For image colors that look natural under the light in your shot, adjust white
balance to suit the light source where you are shooting. Set the white
balance under the same light source that will illuminate your shot.

z

z

Follow the steps in “Adjusting White
Balance” (

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) to choose [

] or [

].

z

z

Aim the camera at a plain white subject,
so that the entire screen is white. Press
the <

> button.

z

z

The tint of the screen changes once the
white balance data has been recorded.

Colors may look unnatural if you change camera settings after
recording white balance data.

You can also record white balance data on the screen above by
touching [

].