
NOTES
•When you select the custom white balance:
-Set 78[Digital Zoom] to [BOff].
-Reset the white balance when you change locations or the lighting or other conditions change.
-Depending on the light source, g may keep flashing. The result will still be better than with [YAutomatic].
•Custom white balance may provide better results in the following cases:
-Changing lighting conditions
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-Subjects in a single color (sky, sea or forest)
-Under mercury lamps and certain types of fluorescent lights
•Depending on the type of fluorescent light, optimal color balance may not be obtained with [e Fluorescent] or [f Fluorescent H]. If the color looks unnatural, select [YAutomatic] or [g Custom WB].
Image Effects
You can use the image effects to change the color saturation and con- trast to record movies and photos with special color effects.
Operating modes:
POINTS TO CHECK
•Select a recording program other than the Special Scene recording pro- grams.
[FUNC.] 8[MENU] 87/88[Image Effects] 8 Desired option* 8[a]
*When you select [Z Custom Effect], set the custom image effect with the follow- ing procedure before touching [a].
To set the custom image effect
1 Touch [U], [V] or [W] to set the desired [Color Depth] level.
2Touch [y] or [A] to select [Sharpness], [Contrast] and [Brightness] and adjust their levels the same way.