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44 Recording - advanced operation
White balance is the camera’s ability to make different types of lighting appear neutral. The effect is
similar to selecting daylight or tungsten film, or using color compensating filters in conventional
photography. One automatic and four preset white-balance setting are available with still image and
movie recording; white balance cannot be changed with digital subject programs. White balance is
set in section 1 of the recording menu or in section 2 of the movie/audio recording menu (p. 40).
White balance can be assigned to the controller (p. 45). When auto reset (p. 45) is active, the white
balance is reset to automatic when the camera is turned off.
WHITE BALANCE
45
In the recording mode, a function can be assigned to the left/right
keys of the controller. This function is specified in section 1 of the
recording menu (p. 40). This function cannot be used with the dig-
ital subject programs. Refer to the following sections for informa-
tion on exposure compensation (p. 48), white balance (p. 44),
camera sensitivity (p. 46), and color mode (p. 43).
CUSTOM KEY FUNCTION
Automatic white balance compensates for the color tem-
perature of a scene. In most cases, the auto setting bal-
ances the ambient light and creates beautiful images,
even under mixed-lighting conditions. When the built-in
flash is used, the white balance is set to the color tem-
perature of the flash.
When one of the preset white-balance settings is select-
ed, an indicator is displayed on the LCD monitor to indi-
cate the active white-balance setting; the effect is imme-
diately visible on the monitor. To record the ambient
light, set the flash mode to flash cancel (p. 28). The
built-in flash can be used with preset white-balance, but
creates a pinkish or blueish cast with the fluorescent and
tungsten settings. The flash is daylight balanced and
produces good results with the daylight and cloudy set-
tings.
Fluorescent - for fluorescent
lighting: office ceiling lights.
Tungsten - for incandescent
lighting: household light bulbs.
Daylight - for outdoor and
sunlit subjects.
Cloudy - for overcast outdoor
scenes.
Image size
Quality
Key func.
White balance
Exp. Comp.
Color
Off
White balance
Sensitivity
In the recording mode, use the left/right controller keys to
change the function set with the menu.
The LCD monitor displays the settings as they are changed.
The changes are visible in the monitor image. The function is
set automatically after five seconds or when another camera
button is pressed.
The flash mode is reset to aut-
oflash or autoflash with red eye
reduction depending on which
of those two flash modes were
last set.
AUTO RESET
When auto reset is active, the following functions reset when the camera is turned off. This function
can be turned off in section 2 of the recording menu (p. 40).
Flash mode (p. 28)
Drive mode (p. 37)
White balance (p. 44)
Camera sensitivity (p. 46)
Exposure compensation (p. 48)
Metering mode (p. 47)
Color mode (p. 43)
AF area (p. 31)
Monitor display (p. 29)
Autoflash
Single-frame advance
Auto
Auto
0.0
Multi-segment
Color
Wide focus frame
Full display