OCustom White Balance

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Spot metering circle

Photograph a solid-white object.

The plain, white object should fill the center spot metering circle.

Focus manually and set the standard exposure for the white object.

Any white balance mode may be set.

XThe Custom WB data will be registered.

To use the Custom WB, see “Selecting and Shooting with the Custom WB data” (p.76).

Custom WB data can also be registered as follows:

1.Press the <B> button and turn the <5> dial to select <O> (p.72).

2.Then turn the <6> dial to select the No. under which the Custom WB is to be registered.

3.Press the <A> button.

→[ * ] will blink on the rear LCD panel.

4.Follow step 4 above to photograph a solid-white object.

→The Custom WB data will be registered under the selected No. When a picture is taken, the registered Custom white balance will be applied.

If the exposure of the picture differs greatly from the standard exposure, a correct white balance might not be obtained. If [Correct WB may not be obtained with the selected image] is displayed in step 4, go back to step 1 and try again.

The image captured in step 4 will not be recorded to the card.

Instead of a white object, an 18% gray card (commercially available) can produce a more accurate white balance.

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