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White balance
The white balance control allows you to adjust the colours to appear
more natural.
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White balance
Mode
Description
[Auto WB]
The camera automatically selects the
appropriate white balance settings, depending
on the prevailing lighting conditions.
[Daylight]
For taking images outside.
[Cloudy]
For taking images under a cloudy and overcast
sky.
[Fluorescent_H]
For shooting under daylight fl uorescent types
of threeway fl uorescent lighting.
[Fluorescent_L]
For shooting under white fl uorescent lighting.
[Tungsten]
For shooting under tungsten (standard light
bulb) lighting.
[Custom Set]
Allows the user to set the white balance
according to the shooting conditions.
Different lighting conditions may cause a colour cast on your images.
Using the Custom White Balance
White balance settings may vary slightly depending on the shooting
environment. You can select the most appropriate white balance setting for
a given shooting environment by setting up the custom white balance.
1.
Select the CUSTOM (
) menu of the
White Balance and place a sheet of
white paper in front of the camera so
that the LCD monitor shows only white.
2
.
MENU
/
OK
button: Selects previous
OK button: Selects previous OK
custom white
balance.
Shutter
button: saves new custom white balance.
– The custom white balance value will be applied, starting with the
next picture you take.
– The user confi gured white balance will be remain effective until it is
overwritten.
White paper