Canon EOS C300 - Manual (Page 11)

10 EOS C300 Best Practices Guide
To take a Custom WB reading:
• Aim camera at white or neutral gray test object. Be sure it fills entire picture area.
• Press CustomWB button on left side of camera; “A” or “B” icon will blink rapidly — hold camera so
test object fills screen until icon stops blinking. When blinking stops, procedure is completed. Setting will be
retained, even if camera is shut off.
(page 66 of the instruction manual)
Black balance
See item 9 on page 3 of this document.
(page 46 of the instruction manual)
Audio Recording:
If the C300 is operated without the LCD panel assembly, then the only audio input is a mini jack
on the camera — this is good for scratch audio. The LCD panel assembly has 2 XLR terminals
that can be used for high quality audio recording.
(page 80 of the instruction manual)
Taking still photos:
The EOS C300 has two methods of capturing still images and saving them to the SD card
(still images are not saved to either of the two CF card slots):
• Camera mode: Press a button and record a separate, still-image file during recording
(there is no interruption of video recording)
1. Set any of the assignable buttons to “PHOTO”
2. Press that button to take a still-image shot; image will be taken at same resolution as video recording
• Media mode: (Main switch set to “MEDIA”) Play back video file, pause playback, and
press assignable button set to PHOTO to capture a frame-grab and save it to SD card
(page 139 of the instruction manual)
Color Bars:
The C300 can display the following types of Color Bars (page 87 of the instruction manual):
• SMPTE standard-definition color bars
• EBU color bars
• ARIB multi-format HDTV color bars
Setting color bars is a two-step process —
1. Select the type of color bar: MENU >
2. Activate your choice: MENU >
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