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White Balance

The following are steps for adjusting the white balance on a camcorder or digital film camcorder according to the book.

  1. Locate the white balance settings on your camera and select the manual or custom WB option.  
  1. Have the subject or an assistant aim a white card or a sheet of paper at the camera.  The card should reflect the same light source hitting the subject.
  1. Zoom in on the card to fill 80-100% of the frame with white.  Be sure your exposure and focus settings are properly set. 
  1. Press and hold the Set button until the camera confirms that white balance has been acquired. 

The following are steps for adjusting the manual white balance on a DSLR (Canon T6).  Click the Quick Settings button then select AWB.  Then you have the options to either set it to auto or Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, or custom.  Choose custom.  In order for this to be set, the Canon T6 requires a reference photo which needs to be as uniformly white as possible.  Open the Custom White Balance menu in the third tab of the Settings menu. This menu will automatically display photos on the card that are compatible to use with setting the custom white balance. Scroll through the photos by either swiping on the touch screen, or using the selector wheel.  When your chosen photo is on screen, either click the Set button or tap on set on screen, then select OK.  


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