124Setting the White Balance

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White Balance is a function for adjusting the color of an image so that white objects appear white. Set the white balance if you are not satisfied with the color balance of pictures taken with white balance set to F(Auto), or to intentionally apply a creative effect to your images.

Item

 

Setting

Color

 

Temperature *1

F Auto

Automatically adjusts the white balance.

Approx. 4,000 to

(default setting)

8,000K

 

 

 

 

G Daylight

For use when taking pictures in sunlight.

Approx. 5,200K

 

 

 

 

For use when taking pictures in the

 

H Shade

shade. It reduces the bluish color tones in

Approx. 8,000K

 

a picture.

 

 

^ Cloudy

For use when taking pictures on cloudy

Approx. 6,000K

days.

 

 

 

 

 

For use when taking pictures under

 

 

fluorescent lighting. Select the type of

 

J LightFluorescent

fluorescent light.

Approx. 6,500K

D

Fluorescent - Daylight Color

 

N

Fluorescent - Daylight White

Approx. 5,000K

 

W

Fluorescent - Cool White

Approx. 4,200K

 

L

Fluorescent - Warm White

Approx. 3,000K

 

For use when taking pictures under light

 

I Tungsten

bulbs or other tungsten light. It reduces

Approx. 2,850K

 

the reddish color tones in a picture.

 

L Flash

For use when taking pictures using the

Approx. 5,400K

built-in flash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f*2

Use this to keep and strengthen the color

—

tone of the light source in the image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use this to manually adjust the white

 

K Manual

balance according to the lighting when

—

 

taking pictures.

 

*1 The color temperatures (K) shown above are all estimates. These do not indicate precise colors.

*2 CTE = Color Temperature Enhancement

The white balance is fixed to F when the capture mode is set to n (Auto Picture) or H(Scene) mode.