Canon 50d Owners Manual

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White balance (WB) is for making the white areas look white. Normally, 
the  (Auto) setting will obtain the correct white balance. If natural-
looking colors cannot be obtained with <
Q>, you can select the white 
balance for each light source or set it manually by shooting a white 
object. In the Basi c Zone modes,  will be set automatically.
1Press the  button. (9 )
2Select the white balance.
 While looking at the LCD panel, turn 
the < 5> dial.
To the human eye, a white object looks white...

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B: Setting the White Balance N
Custom white balance enables you to manually set the white balance 
for a specific light source for bette r accuracy. Do this procedure under 
the actual light source to be used.
1Photograph a white object.
 The plain, white object should fill the 
spot metering circle.
  Focus manually and set the standard 
exposure for the white object.
  You can set any white balance.
2Select [Custom WB].
 Under the [2 ] tab, select [Custom 
WB ], then press < 0>.
X The SET screen...

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B: Setting the White Balance N
You can set the white balance’s color temperature numerically in Kelvin. This is for advanced users.
1Select [White balance].
 Under the [2 ] tab, select [White 
balance ], then press < 0>.
2Set the color temperature.
  Turn the < 5> dial to select [ P].
  Turn the < 6> dial to set the color 
temperature, then press < 0>.
  The color temperature can be set 
from 2500K to 10000K in 100K 
increments.
P Setting the Colo r Temperature
 If the exposure obtained in step 1 is...

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You can correct the white balance that has been set. This adjustment 
will have the same effect as using a commercially-available color 
temperature conversion filter or color compensating filter. Each color 
can be corrected to one of nine levels.
This is for advanced users who are familiar with using color temperature 
conversion or color compensating filters.
1Select [WB SHIFT/BKT].
  Under the [2 ] tab, select [WB 
SHIFT/BKT ], then press < 0>.
2Set the white balance correction.
  Use < 9> to move...

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3 White Balance Correction N
With just one shot, three images having a different color tone can be recorded 
simultaneously. Based on the color temperature of the current white balance 
setting, the image will be bracketed with a blue/amber bias or magenta/green 
bias. This is called white balance bracketing (WB-BKT). White balance 
bracketing is possible up to ±3 levels in single-level increments.
Set the white balance bracketing amount.
 In step 2 for white balance correction, 
when you turn the <...

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Due to the lens characteristics, the four corners of the picture might look 
darker. This is called lens light fall-o ff or drops in peripheral illumination. 
This can be corrected. For JPEG imag es, lens light fall-off is corrected 
when the image is captured. For RAW images, it can be corrected with 
Digital Photo Professional (provided software).
1Select [Peripheral illumin. 
correct.].
  Under the [1 ] tab, select 
[Peripheral illumin. correct.], then 
press < 0>.
2Check the screen.
  On the...

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3 Lens Peripheral Illumination Correction
The camera already contains lens  peripheral light correction data for 
about 20 lenses. In step 2, if you select [ Enable], the peripheral light 
correction will be applied automatical ly for any lens whose correction 
data has been registered in the camera.
With the EOS Utility (provided soft ware), you can check which lenses 
have their correction data registered in the camera. You can also 
register the correction data for unregi stered lenses. For...

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You can freely create and select the folder where the captured images 
are to be saved.
This is optional since a folder will be created automatically for saving 
captured images.
1Select [Select folder].
 Under the [5 ] tab, select [Select 
folder ], then press < 0>.
2Select [Create folder].
  Turn the < 5> dial to select [ Create 
folder ], then press < 0>.
3Create a folder.
  Turn the < 5> dial to select [ OK], 
then press < 0>.
X A new folder with a higher one-up 
folder number is created.
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3 Creating and Selecting a Folder
 With the Select folder screen 
displayed, turn the < 5> dial to select 
the desired folder, then press < 0>.
X The folder where the captured 
images will be saved will be selected.
  Subsequent captured images will be 
recorded into the selected folder.
Selecting a Folder
Quantity of images in folder
Folder name
Lowest file number
Highest file number
About FoldersAs with “ 100CANON ” for example, the folder name starts with three digits 
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The file number is like the frame number on a roll of film. The captured 
images are assigned a sequential file number from 0001 to 9999 and 
saved in one folder. You can change how the file number is assigned.
The file number will appear on a personal computer in this format: 
IMG_0001.JPG.
1Select [File numbering].
 Under the [5 ] tab, select [File 
numbering ], then press < 0>.
2Select the file numbering method.
  Turn the < 5> dial to select the 
desired method, then press < 0>.
Continues the file...