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How To White Balance Your Camcorder

From Emily Price,
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You should white balance your camcorder whenever you enter a new lighting situation with your camcorder. For instance if you walk inside your house from outside, or move from a dark room to a room filled with sunlight then you will want to white balance to ensure your video is the best it can be. White balancing your camcorder is easy to do.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 1 minute

Here's How:

  1. Most camcorders will have a white balance button, or a menu option for white balance. Read through your camcorders manual and determine where your camcorders white balance button is. If you do not have your camcorders manual handy you can find camcorder manuals here.
  2. Next, find something in the room around you that is white. Most professional videographers will carry around a white card with them in their camera bag; if you do not have a white card you can use a white wall or a white piece of paper. Anything that is totally white in the room will work.
  3. Zoom your camcorder into the white so that is all you see in the viewfinder.
  4. Press the white balance button.
  5. You're done!

What You Need:

  • Camcorder
  • White Paper or Object
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