Adjusting the White Balance

The white balance (WB) function sets the optimal white balance for natural looking colors.

Choose the white balance.

●After pressing the m button, press the op buttons to choose .

Choose an option.

●Press the qrbuttons or turn the  dial to choose an option, then press the m button.

XThe setting you chose will display on the screen.

 

 

Auto

Automatically sets the optimal white balance for the shooting

 

 

conditions.

 

 

 

 

 

Day Light

Fine weather conditions, outdoor shooting

 

 

Cloudy

Cloudy, shady, twilight conditions

 

 

Tungsten

Tungsten, bulb-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting

 

 

Fluorescent

Warm-white fluorescent, cool-white fluorescent, warm-white-

 

 

type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting

 

 

 

 

 

Fluorescent H Daylight fluorescent, daylight-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting

 

h

Flash

When shooting with the flash.

SSets the optimal white balance for shooting underwater. Underwater Reduces blue tones to produce natural, vibrant hues.

Custom

Manually sets a custom white balance.

Custom White Balance

You can adjust the white balance to the light source at the shooting location. Make sure that you set the white balance under the light source of the actual scene you will shoot.

●In Step 2 above, choose or .

●Make sure the entire screen is filled with a

white colored subject, then press the nbutton (Press the lbutton when in 8mode).

XThe tint on the screen will change when a white balance data is set.

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