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Exploring white balance presets - 5D Tutorial
From the course: Canon 5D Mark III Essential Training
Exploring white balance presets
For most situations, auto white balance is going to be your white balance of choice. The auto white balance mechanism on the Mark III is very good. However, if you're taking some shots with auto white balance, and you're noticing on the back of the screen that maybe the white balance is a little off, that your colors look a little strange, you can change to a different white balance. So, to change white balance, I press the white balance button, and now I've got the option to change white balance, and metering mode. But of course, because white balance is on the right side of the little dot, it's the rear dial. So I can cycle through these by turning the command dial back here. From auto white balance, I get daylight, shade, cloudy, incandescent or tungsten, fluorescent, flash, a manual white balance setting, which we'll look at in a separate movie, and the option to dial in a specific white balance in degrees Kelvin, and then it cycles back to auto white balance. So let's say that…
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Exploring basic camera anatomy5m 28s
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Attaching a lens to your camera4m 3s
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Examining batteries and media cards8m 35s
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Powering up1m 49s
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Exploring the menu system2m 53s
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Clearing all settings2m 5s
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Setting the date and time1m 55s
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Setting the language1m 42s
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Formatting the media card3m 4s
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Holding the camera4m 10s
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Exploring Program mode41s
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Working with exposure compensation5m 2s
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Using the lock switch1m 21s
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Revisiting metering1m 43s
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Changing the ISO2m 14s
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Looking at ISO speed settings4m 36s
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Exploring long exposure noise reduction2m 53s
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Exploring high ISO noise reduction1m 40s
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Using program shift2m 11s
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Exploring image format and size3m 59s
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Using the Info button2m 4s
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Examining level and grid display3m 45s
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Using the Quick Control screen1m 35s
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Setting the color space1m 25s
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Configuring multiple media cards3m 24s
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Using the feature guide59s
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Exploring metering modes3m 26s
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Using exposure lock1m 22s
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Working with focus points and metering3m 47s
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Exploring Aperture Priority mode3m
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Using the depth of field preview button2m 40s
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Using Shutter Priority mode3m 26s
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Using Manual mode3m 27s
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Using auto exposure bracketing6m 3s
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Exploring Bulb mode2m 34s
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Working with the Auto Lighting Optimizer1m 40s
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Correcting lens aberration2m 46s
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Exploring Highlight Tone Priority2m 25s
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Understanding high-dynamic range (HDR)7m 5s
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Creating multiple exposures6m 25s
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Using the mirror lockup feature2m 20s
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Modifying LCD brightness3m 27s
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Rotating images2m 36s
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Using the playback grid42s
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Enabling AF point display1m 18s
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Rating images3m 4s
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Protecting and deleting images4m 40s
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Using Quick Control during playback1m 17s
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Exploring file numbering options2m 43s
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Creating folders1m 10s
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Changing file names3m 12s
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Adding copyright information3m 29s
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What are custom functions?35s
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Working with exposure level increments1m 34s
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Bracketing auto cancel53s
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Changing the number of bracketed shots1m 5s
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Changing ISO speed setting increments1m 34s
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Exploring the Live View shooting area display40s
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Enabling safety shift2m 6s
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Clearing all custom functions30s
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