Adjusting the White Balance

The white balance (WB) function sets the optimal white balance for natural looking colors to match the shooting conditions.

Choose the white balance function.

zAfter pressing the m button, press the op buttons to choose .

Choose an option.

zPress the qrbuttons or turn the 5dial to choose an option, then press the mbutton.

XThe setting will appear on the screen.

Auto

Automatically sets the optimal white balance for the shooting conditions.

Day Light

For shooting outdoors, in fine weather conditions.

 

 

Cloudy

For shooting in cloudy, shady or twilight conditions.

 

 

Tungsten

For shooting under tungsten and bulb-type (3-wavelength)

fluorescent lighting.

 

Fluorescent

For shooting under warm-white fluorescent, cool-white fluorescent

and warm-white-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

 

Fluorescent H For shooting under daylight fluorescent and daylight-type (3- wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

h Flash

For shooting with the flash.

Custom

For manually setting a custom white balance.

Custom White Balance

You can adjust the white balance to match 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.

zIn Step 2 above, choose .

zMake sure the entire screen is filled with a plain, white colored subject, then press the

lbutton.

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

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

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