Adjusting the White BalanceCustom 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 plain, white colored subject, then press the nbutton (lbutton in 8mode).

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

If you change camera settings after recording white balance data, the tone may not turn out properly.

Manually Correcting the White Balance

You can manually correct the white balance. This adjustment will have the same effect as using a commercially-available color temperature conversion filter or color compensating filter.

Choose the white balance.

After pressing the mbutton, press the

opbuttons to choose , then press the qrbuttons or turn the Êdial to choose an option.

Adjust the setting.

Turn the ÷dial, and adjust the correction amount for B and A.

Press the lbutton to display the adjustments screen.

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