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The Shooting Menu
White Balance
Process pictures to produce natural colors under diff erent types of light.
Option Description
Auto
White balance automatically adjusted to suit lighting conditions.
Best choice in most situations.
White bal. preset
Neutral-colored object used as reference to set white balance un-
der unusual lighting conditions (see below).
Daylight White balance adjusted for direct sunlight.
Incandescent Use under incandescent lighting.
Fluorescent Use under most types of fl uorescent lighting.
Cloudy Use when taking pictures under overcast skies.
Flash
Use with the fl ash.
At settings other than [Auto], the current setting is shown in the display ( 4–5).
Preset White Balance
Preset white balance is used with mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources
with a strong color cast (for example, to make pictures taken under a lamp with a
red shade look as though they had been taken under white light).
Place white or gray reference object under lighting that will be used during
shooting. Note that preset white balance can not be measured with the fl ash.
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Highlight [White bal. preset].
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Camera zooms in.
* To restore most recent value for preset white balance, highlight [Cancel] and press .
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Highlight [Measure].
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Frame reference object.
Frame
reference
object here
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Set preset white balance to new value and
return to shooting menu.