3Custom White BalanceN
With custom white balance, you shoot a white object that will serve as the basis for the white balance setting. By selecting this image, you import its white balance data for the white balance setting.
1 Press the <E> button. (9)
2 Select the custom white balance. ¡ Look at the LCD panel and turn the
<5> dial to select <O>.
3 Photograph a white object.
¡ The plain, white object should fill the partial metering circle.
¡ Set the lens focus mode switch to <MF>, then focus manually. (p.70)
¡Set any white balance setting. (p.50)
¡Shoot the white object so that a
Partial meteringstandard exposure is obtained.
4 Select [Custom WB].
¡ Turn the <5> dial to select [z Custom WB, then press <0>.
sThe custom white balance screen will appear.
5 Select the image.
¡ Turn the <5> dial to select the image captured in step 3, then press <0>.
sThe image’s white balance data will be imported and the menu will reappear.
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