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Setting the White Balance
Adjust the white balance to match different light sources such as sunlight, incandescent (tungsten)
lighting or, fluorescent lighting.
Option Description
Automatically corrects white balance. Ideal for general
photography.
Adjusts for bright sun conditions, or natural light conditions.
Adjusts for cloudy days or twilight conditions
Adjusts for normal indoor lighting conditions. Corrects the
orange hue of household light bulbs. Ideal for indoor photos
under tungsten or halogen lighting without a flash.
Adjusts for fluorescent lighting. Corrects the green hue of
fluorescent lighting. Ideal for indoor photos under fluorescent
lighting without a flash.
For more accurate adjustment or when the light source
cannot be specified.
Setting the ISO
With the initial settings, the ISO sensitivity is automatically set according to the brightness of the
subject.
Option Description
Auto Sets the ISO sensitivity automatically.
ISO 50 Sets the sensitivity to ISO 50 equivalent.
ISO 100 Sets the sensitivity to ISO 100 equivalent.
ISO 200 Sets the sensitivity to ISO 200 equivalent.
NOTE:
yHigher ISO speeds increase the image noise. To take clean images, use as low an ISO
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NOTE:
yPoint the camera at a white piece of paper or similar object under the lighting conditions for
which you want to set the white balance, and then press the SET button.