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SETTING THE WHITE BALANCE
PHOTOGRAPHY MENU
: Automatic adjustment
(Shooting to show the ambience of the
light source)
s: Shooting outdoors in fine weather
: Shooting in shade
: Shooting under “Daylight
”
fluorescent
lamps
: Shooting under “Warm White” fluorescent
lamps
: Shooting under “Cool White” fluorescent
lamps
x: Shooting in incandescent light
✽ The White Balance setting is disabled when you use
the flash. If you want to use the White Balance
setting to achieve a particular effect, set the flash
mode to Suppressed Flash.
You can set the white balance when the
photography mode is set to “C”.
When you want to fix the white balance for the
surroundings and lighting of pictures to be taken,
change the White Balance setting.
In Auto mode, the correct white balance may not
be obtained for subjects such as close-ups of
people's faces and shots taken under a special
light source. In such situations, select the correct
white balance for the light source. See P.64 for
more information on the white balance.
●
!
The Brightness setting is disabled in the following
situations:
•When the flash is used in Auto or Red-Eye
Reduction mode
•When dark scenes are shot in Forced Flash mode
You can set the brightness when the photography
mode is set to “C”.
Use the Brightness setting to obtain the optimum
image brightness (exposure) when the subject is
much brighter or darker than the background.
● There are 9 compensation levels (–0.9 to +1.5
EV in approx. 0.3 EV increments). See P.64
for a definition of EV.
SETTING THE BRIGHTNESS (EXPOSURE COMPENSATION)
PHOTOGRAPHY MENU
◆
Subjects for Which Exposure Adjustment
is Particularly Effective
◆

Positive (+) Compensation

●Copying of printed text (black characters
on white paper) (+1.5 EV)
●Backlit portraits (+0.6 to +1.5 EV)
●Very bright scenes (such as snowfields)
and highly reflective subjects (+0.9 EV)
●Shots made up predominantly of the
sky. (+0.9 EV)

Negative (–) Compensation

●Spotlit subjects, particularly against dark
backgrounds (–0.6 EV)
●Copying of printed text (white characters
on black paper) (–0.6 EV)
●Scenes with low reflectivity, such as
shots of pine trees or dark foliage (–0.6
EV)
✽Settings given in parentheses are a general
guide.