Adjusting color balance ([ WHITE BALANCE])

Available Shooting mode: s(➝p.46)

Adjust the color balance based on white to suit the color of the ambient light around the subject.

WHITE BALANCE

AUTO

[AUTO]: Automatic adjustment

6: Shooting outdoors in good weather

7: Shooting in shade

9: Shooting under Daylight fluorescent lamps

0: Shooting under Warm White fluorescent lamps

-: Shooting under Cool White fluorescent lamps

8: Shooting in incandescent light

Setting the menu (➝p.53)

MEMO

• In [AUTO] mode, the correct white balance may not be

 

 

achieved for subjects such as close-ups of people’s

 

 

faces and pictures taken under a special light source.

 

 

Select the correct white balance for the light source.

 

 

 

•

When the flash fires, the white balance setting for the

 

 

flash is used. Consequently, to achieve a particular

 

 

effect, the flash mode should be set to

Advanced

 

[CSUPPRESSED FLASH] (➝p.48).

• The color tones may vary depending on the shooting

 

 

conditions (light source, etc.).

 

•

After taking the picture, check the image color (white

Photography—Features

 

balance).

• Explanation of Terms “White Balance” (➝p.124)

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