OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

 

OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

 

 

 

To make Record Menu settings

 

 

5. Make the setting.

 

Performing Manual White Balance

 

 

 

4.Keeping the camera pointed at the white sheet

1. Slide the Function Switch to REC.

 

 

•

If you want to change other settings, repeat steps 4

 

Certain lighting conditions can cause Auto white balance to

of paper, press DISP to make the manual white

 

 

 

and 5.

 

 

balance settings.

 

 

 

 

 

take a very long time or can result in a limitation of the ad-

2. Press MENU.

 

 

•

After you make the Record Menu settings you want,

 

justable range (color temperature). If you suspect your cur-

•

Pressing the shutter button at this time returns the

 

 

 

select EXIT.

 

 

rent lighting conditions are causing problems, try performing

 

camera to the white balance setting that was obtained

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.Use [+] and [–] to select the category you want

 

 

•

For

the Focus,

Metering, and White Blance settings,

 

manual white balance. This sets white balance to a level that

 

the last time you performed this manual white balance

 

 

 

can be used under any lighting conditions.

 

 

 

 

procedure.

to set.

 

 

 

you

can use

the procedure under “Customizing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Record Mode Power On Settings” on page 63 specify

 

The following procedure describes how to perform manual

5. The manual white balance procedure stops au-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

white balance using a white piece of paper. For optimum re-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

whether or not settings should be retained when cam-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sults, you should use a special reflective plate that should be

tomatically when it is done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

era power is turned off. All other settings are retained

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

when power is turned off.

 

commercially available from a local camera

equipment

•

If the manual white balance procedure does not end

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

 

 

shop.

 

 

 

Category

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

automatically, press the shutter button to interrupt it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Slide the Function Switch to REC.

 

 

 

6. After the camera finishes making the white bal-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Press MENU.

 

 

 

ance setting, it returns to the screen in step 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

above. Select “Exit” to exit the manual white

4.Use [+] and [–] to select the item you want to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.Select “Record Options 1”

 

 

“White Balance”

balance procedure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Manual”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

 

OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

 

 

 

Customizing Record Mode Power On Set-

 

Item

 

ON

 

OFF

 

 

To turn power on default settings on and off

 

Initializing Mode Memory

 

 

tings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(camera preset)

 

 

 

 

Use the following procedure to initialize the mode memory.

 

 

 

Recording

R e c o r d i n g

M o d e

w h e n

Single

 

 

1. Slide the Function Switch to REC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A power on setting is one that is set by the camera automati-

 

Mode

power is turned off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT!

 

 

cally whenever you turn it on. Normally, the camera uses its

 

Flash

Current flash

mode

setting

Auto

 

 

2. Press MODE, and then select

.

 

 

 

 

 

Note that performing the following procedure to initialize

own built-in power on default settings. With the procedure

 

 

(page 43).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

described here, however, you can tell the camera to save the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.Select “Mode”.

 

mode memory also initializes power save trigger time

 

Focus

Current focus mode setting:

Auto

 

 

 

camera’s current Recording Mode, Flash, Focus, Metering

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Focus, Manual

Focus

 

 

 

 

 

settings (page 35).

 

 

and White Balance settings in mode memory when it is

 

 

(page 50), or Macro Mode

 

 

 

 

 

1. Perform steps 1 through 2 under “To turn

turned off, and to restore the setting when power is turned on

 

 

(page 50).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

again. Settings stored in mode memory override the

 

Metering

Current Manual Mode meter-

Multi

 

 

 

 

power on default settings on and off”.

camera’s preset defaults.

 

 

 

ing setting (page 59).

 

 

 

 

 

2. Select “Restore”.

 

 

The following table shows the items whose settings you can

 

White Balance

Current Manual

Mode white

Auto

 

 

 

 

 

 

save in mode memory. Note

that the

procedure described

 

 

balance setting (page 59).

 

 

 

 

 

• The following table shows the mode memory status of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

here only lets you select

ON (save

current setting in mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

each item following the above procedure.

memory) or OFF (use the camera’s preset default setting).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The procedures for changing current settings can be found

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

 

Initialized Setting

on the pages noted in the table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.Select the item whose setting you want to

 

 

Recording Mode

 

Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flash

 

On

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

change.

 

 

Focus

 

Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Select “On” or “Off”.

 

 

Metering

 

Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White Balance

 

Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Repeat steps 4 and 5 for other items if you want.

 

• An item that is “On” stores its

current setting in mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• After you are finished making the settings you want,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

memory when camera power is turned off, and restores the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

press MENU.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting when power is turned back on again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• An item that is “Off” uses the camera’s preset power on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

default setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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