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RECORDING MODE
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.
When one of the preset white-balance settings is
selected, an icon will be displayed on the LCD monitor
to indicate the active white-balance setting. White bal-
ance is set in the basic section of the recording-mode
menu (p. 28). When auto reset (p.40) is active, the
white balance will be reset to automatic white balance
when the camera is turned off.
White balance
Automatic white balance
The automatic white balance compensates for the color temperature of a scene. In
most cases, the auto setting will balance the ambient light and create beautiful images,
even under mixed-lighting conditions. When the built-in flash is used, the white balance
is set for the color temperature of the flash.
Preset white balance
Fluorescent - for fluorescent lighting: office ceiling lights.
Cloudy - for overcast outdoor scenes.
Preset white-balance settings must be set before the image is taken. Once set, the
effect is immediately visible on the monitor.
To record the ambient light, set the flash mode to flash cancel (p. 26). The built-in flash
can be used with preset white-balance, but will create a pinkish or blueish cast with the
fluorescent and tungsten settings. The flash is daylight balanced and will produce good
results with the daylight and cloudy settings.
Daylight - for outdoor and sunlit subjects.
Tungsten - for incandescent lighting: household filament light bulbs.
White balance cannot correct high-energy vapor lighting: sodium-vapor (yellow highway lights),
or mercury vapor. For portraits under these lighting conditions, the flash can be used to over-
power the ambient light. With landscapes containing these types of lights, set the white balance
to the preset daylight setting.
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