Advanced (Recording pictures)
∫Setting the white balance manually
[ 
]
Use this to set the white balance manually.
1Select [ 
] (White set) and then press [MENU/SET].
2Aim the camera at a sheet of white paper etc. so that the frame in the center is filled by the white object only and then press [MENU/SET].
WHITE SET
CANCEL | SET MENU |
3Press [MENU/SET] twice to close the menu.
•You can also press the shutter button halfway to finish.
∫Finely adjusting the white balance
[ 
]
You can adjust the white balance finely when you cannot acquire the desired hue by setting the white balance.
•Set the white balance to [ 
]/[ 
]/[ 
]/ [ 
]/[ 
]. (P60)
1 Press 3 [
] several times until [WB ADJUST.] appears and then press 2/1 to adjust the white balance.
WB ADJUST.
REDBLUE
SELECT | EXIT MENU |
•2 [RED]: Press when the hue is bluish.
•1 [BLUE]: Press when the hue is reddish.
•Select [0] to return to the original white balance.
2 Press [MENU/SET] to finish.
•You can also press the shutter button halfway to finish.
•The white balance icon on the screen turns red or blue.
•The white balance setting or the white balance fine adjustment setting is memorized even if the camera is turned off. However, the white balance setting in scene mode returns to [AWB] and the white balance fine adjustment setting returns to “0” if the scene mode is changed.
About the white balance
•When you take a picture with the flash, the white balance may not be properly adjusted if the flash level is insufficient for the subject.
•The white balance cannot be set in the following cases.
–In simple mode [
]
–In [SCENERY], [NIGHT PORTRAIT], [NIGHT SCENERY],[FOOD], [PARTY], [CANDLE LIGHT], [SUNSET], [BEACH], [STARRY SKY], [FIREWORKS], [SNOW] and [AERIAL PHOTO] in scene mode.
About the white balance fine adjustment
•You can finely adjust the white balance independently for each white balance item.
•The white balance fine adjustment setting is reflected in the picture when using the flash.
•The white balance fine adjustment level in
[ 
] (White set) returns to “0” when you reset the white balance using White set
[
].
•You cannot finely adjust the white balance when [COL.MODE] (P67) is set to [B/W] or [SEPIA].
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