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.
zzPress the <m> button, choose [
] in the menu, and choose the desired option (=34).
| XXThe option you configured is now | |
| displayed. | |
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Auto | Automatically sets the optimal white balance for the shooting | |
conditions. | ||
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Day Light | For shooting outdoors in fair weather. | |
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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. | ||
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Fluorescent | For shooting under | |
white fluorescent lighting. | ||
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Fluorescent H For shooting under daylight fluorescent and similarly colored fluorescent lighting.
S Underwater | Sets the optimal white balance for shooting underwater. Tones |
down blues to produce | |
Custom | For manually setting a custom white balance (=86). |
Still Images | Movies |
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.
zzFollow the steps in “Adjusting White Balance” (=86) to choose [
].
zzAim the camera at a plain white subject, so that the entire screen is white. Press the <l> button.
XXThe 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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Preliminary Notes
and Legal Information
Contents: Basic
Operations
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
1 | Camera Basics |
2 | Using GPS |
Function | |
3 | Auto Mode/ |
Hybrid Auto Mode | |
4 | Other Shooting |
Modes | |
5 P Mode | |
6 | ModeTv, Av, and M |
7 | Playback Mode |
8 | |
9 | Setting Menu |
10 | Accessories |
11 | Appendix |
Index
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