Specifications

III. NEW AND IMPROVED DESIGN FEATURES 15
White Balance Correction
New White Balance
Bracketing
New Menu Features
Ther
e are nine white balance modes available on the EOS 20D: Auto, Daylight, Shade,
C
loudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash, Manual/Custom, and Manual/Color Temperature
Set
Directly. Especially including the last two, the 20D offers an almost infinite range
of
control.
The E
OS 20D has a remarkable new system that incorporates the flash’s color temperature
inf
ormation in the image processing. When the built-in flash or the accessory Speedlite
580EX is used and the white balance is set to “AWB” or “Flash,” the white balance will
be much more accurate for low light photography.
As with the professional Canon EOS-1D Mark II, white balance mode settings can be
modified and refined on the EOS 20D. One can obtain the same effects as using a color
compensating (CC) filter or a light balancing (LB) filter. Each color can be corrected in up
to nine single-level increments. Both magenta/green and blue/amber bias can be set
separately or in combination on the LCD monitor using the convenient Multi-controller.
On the right side of the color display, “SHIFT” shows the correction information.
As with the EOS 10D, a single shot results in three bracketed images, each having a
different balance. WB bracketing is set on the LCD monitor with WB correction. “BKT,” on
the right side of the screen, shows bracketing information. One can bracket up to +/- 3
levels in 1-level increments. With a custom function, C. Fn-09, the bracketing sequence
can be controlled. As in the EOS-1D Mark II, either blue/amber or magenta/green
bracketing is possible. White balance bracketing can be used in combination with white
balance correction and even AEB, auto exposure bracketing, in which case 9 images will
be saved to the CF card. These are highly useful and powerful tools.
The basic operation method (Main Dial, Quick Control Dial and
SET button) is the same as the EOS 10D’s
scrolling system. The three LCD monitor
menu section
s are Shooting (Quality,
Red Eye On/Off, Beep, Shoot w/o card,
AEB, WB SHIFT/BKT, Custom WB, Color
temp, Color space, Parameters),
Playback (Protect, Rotate, Print
Order,
Auto Play, Review time) and Setup (Auto
power off, Auto rotate, LCD Brightness,
Date/ Time, File numbering, Language,
Video System, Communication, Format, Custom Functions, Clear Settings, Sensor clean,
Firmware Version).
The EOS 20D has the tab (icon and color code) of the current menu displayed on the
upper left of the LCD screen. The upper right has a newly added indicator of what