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White balance settings, White balance – Canon EOS 90D DSLR Camera with 18-135mm Lens User Manual

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White Balance Settings

White balance (WB) is for making the white areas look white. Normally, the

Auto

[

Q

]

(Ambience priority) or

[

Q

w]

(White priority) setting will obtain

the correct white balance. If natural-looking colors cannot be obtained with

Auto, you can select the white balance to match the light source or set it

manually by shooting a white object.

1

Select [

z

: White balance].

2

Select an item.

(Approx.)

Display

Mode

Color Temperature (K: Kelvin)

Q

Auto (Ambience priority,

=

224)

3000–7000

Q

w

Auto (White priority,

=

224)

W

Daylight

5200

E

Shade

7000

R

Cloudy, twilight, sunset

6000

Y

Tungsten light

3200

U

White fl uorescent light

4000

D

Flash

Automatically set*

O

Custom (

=

225)

2000–10000

P

Color temperature (

=

226)

2500–10000

* Applicable with Speedlites having a color temperature transmission function.

Otherwise, it will be fi xed to approx. 6000K.