Canon Rebel T2i EOS 550D Instruction Manual

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Canon Rebel T2i EOS 550D Instruction Manual Manual pdf 99 page image

99White balance (WB) is for making the white areas look white. Normally,the <Q> (Auto) setting will obtain the correct white balance. If natural-looking colors cannot be obtained with <Q>, you can select the whitebalance to match the light source or set it manually by shooting a whiteobject. In Basic Zone modes, <Q> will be set automatically.1 Press the <WB> button.X [White balance] will appear.2 Select the white balance.Press the <U> key to select thedesired white balance, then press<0>.The “Approx. ****K” (K: Kelvin)displayed for the selected whitebalance <W> <E> <R> <Y><U> is the respective colortemperature.Custom white balance enables you to manually set the white balancefor a specific light source for better accuracy. Do this procedure underthe actual light source to be used.1 Photograph a white object.The plain, white object should fill thespot metering circle.Focus manually and set the standardexposure for the white object.You can set any white balance.B: Setting the White BalanceNO Custom White BalanceSpot metering circleCOPY