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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
Preset Manual
Preset manual is used with mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources with
a strong color cast when the desired effect has not been achieved with white
balance settings like Auto and Incandescent (for example, to make images shot
under a lamp with a red shade look as though they had been shot under white
light).
1 Place a white or gray reference object under the lighting that will be
used during shooting.
2 Display the shooting menu (A 93), use the
multi selector to set White balance to b
Preset manual, then press the k button.
• The camera zooms in.
3 Choose Measure.
• To apply the most recently measured value for preset
manual, choose Cancel and press the k button.
4 Frame the reference object.
5 Press the k button.
• The shutter is released and the new white balance value is set (no picture is recorded).
B Note on Preset Manual
The camera cannot measure a white balance value for when the flash fires. When shooting with the
flash, set White balance to Auto or Flash.
Exit
Auto
Auto
Preset manual
Incandescent
Incandescent
Fluorescent
Fluorescent
Daylight
Daylight
White balance
Auto
Incandescent
Fluorescent
Daylight
Measure
Cancel
Preset manual
Exit
Measure
Cancel
Preset manual
Exit
Reference object frame