Adjusting the White Balance

The white balance (WB) function sets the optimal white balance for natural looking colors to match the shooting conditions.

Choose the white balance function.

●After pressing the mbutton, press the opbuttons to choose .

Choose an option.

●Press the qrbuttons or turn the Âdial to choose an option, then press the mbutton.

XThe setting will appear on the screen.

Auto

Automatically sets the optimal white balance for the shooting conditions.

 

 

Day Light

Fine weather conditions, outdoor shooting

 

 

Cloudy

Cloudy, shady, twilight conditions

 

 

Tungsten

Tungsten, bulb-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting

 

 

Fluorescent

Warm-white fluorescent, cool-white fluorescent, warm-white-type

 

(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting

Fluorescent H

Daylight fluorescent, daylight-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting

 

 

h Flash

For shooting with the flash.

Custom

Manually sets a custom white balance.

 

 

Custom White Balance

You can adjust the white balance to the light source at the shooting location. Make sure that you set the white balance under the light source of the actual scene you will shoot.

●In Step 2 above, choose .

●Make sure the entire screen is filled with a plain, white colored subject, then press the lbutton.

XThe tint on the screen will change when a white balance data is set.

If you change camera settings after recording white balance data, the tone may not turn out properly.

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