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Color and Continuous Shooting

Still Images Movies

Adjusting White Balance

By adjusting white balance (WB), you can make image colors look more natural for the scene you are shooting.

zTouch H, choose in the menu, and

choose the desired option (p. 41).

XThe option you configured is now displayed.

Auto	Automatically sets the optimal white balance for the shooting
	conditions.
Day Light	For shooting outdoors in fair weather.
Cloudy	For shooting in cloudy conditions, in the shade, or at twilight.
Tungsten	For shooting under ordinary incandescent (tungsten) lighting
	and similarly colored fluorescent lighting.
Fluorescent	For shooting under warm-white, cool-white, and similarly colored
	fluorescent lighting.
Fluorescent H	For shooting under daylight fluorescent and similarly colored
	fluorescent lighting.
Custom	For manually setting a custom white balance.

Custom white balance

For image colors that look natural under the light in your shot, adjust white balance to suit the light source where you are shooting. Set the white balance under the same light source that will illuminate your shot.

zFollow the steps in “Adjusting White Balance” to choose .

zAim the camera at a plain white subject, so

that the entire screen is white. Touch on

the right edge of the screen.

XThe tint of the screen changes once the white balance data has been recorded.

•Colors may look unnatural if you change camera settings after

recording white balance data.

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