OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

Adjusting White Balance Manually

Under some light sources, automatic white balance under the “Auto” setting can take a long time to complete. Also, the auto white balance range (color temperature range) is limited. Manual white balance helps to ensure that colors are recorded correctly for a particular light source.

Note that you must perform manual white balance under the same conditions you will be shooting under. You must also have a white piece of paper or other similar object on hand in order to perform manual white balance.

1.In the REC mode, press [MENU].

2.Select the “REC” tab, select “White Balance”, and then press [￿].3.Use [￿] and [￿] to select “Manual”.

This causes the object you last used to adjust manual white balance to appear on the monitor screen.

4.Point the camera at a white piece of paper or similar object under the lighting conditions for which you want to set the white balance, and then press the shutter release button.

A white piece of paper

This starts the white balance adjustment procedure. The message “Complete” appears on the monitor screen after white balance adjustment is complete.

Dim lighting or pointing the camera at a dark colored object while performing manual white balance adjustment can cause the procedure to take a long time to complete.

5.Press [SET].

This registers the white balance settings and returns to the REC mode.

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