Custom White Balance
Still Images 
Movies
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.
●●Follow the steps in “Adjusting White Balance” (= 52) to choose [
].
●●Aim the camera at a plain white subject, so that the entire screen is white. Press
the [
] button.
●●The 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.
Changing Image Color Tones (My Colors)
Still Images 
Movies
Change image color tones as desired, such as converting images to sepia or black and white.
●●Press the [
] button, choose [
] in the menu, and choose the desired option (=24).
●●The option you configured is now displayed.
My Colors Off | – | |
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Vivid | Emphasizes contrast and color saturation, | |
making images sharper. | ||
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Neutral | Tones down contrast and color saturation for | |
subdued images. | ||
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Sepia | Creates sepia tone images. | |
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B/W | Creates black and white images. | |
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| Combines the effects of Vivid Blue, Vivid | |
Positive Film | Green, and Vivid Red to produce intense yet | |
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| positive film. | |
Lighter Skin Tone | Lightens skin tones. | |
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Darker Skin Tone | Darkens skin tones. | |
Vivid Blue | Emphasizes blues in images. Makes the sky, | |
ocean, and other blue subjects more vivid. | ||
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| Emphasizes greens in images. Makes | |
Vivid Green | mountains, foliage, and other green subjects | |
| more vivid. | |
Vivid Red | Emphasizes reds in images. Makes red | |
subjects more vivid. | ||
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Custom Color | Adjust contrast, sharpness, color saturation, | |
and other qualities as desired (=54). | ||
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●● | White balance (=52) cannot be set in [ ] or [ ] modes. |
●● | With [ ] and [ ] modes, colors other than people’s skin tone |
| may change. These settings may not produce the expected |
| results with some skin tones. |
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Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
1 | Camera Basics |
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2 | Auto Mode |
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3 | Other Shooting Modes |
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4 | P Mode |
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5 | Playback Mode |
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6 | Setting Menu |
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7 | Accessories |
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8 | Appendix |
Index
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