A calibration error may occur under extremely bright light sources, especially with flash units. If an error occurs, a message appears on the monitor and the white-balance indicator is yellow. Highlight the return button and press the center of the controller. Recalibrate using a gray card as a reference target to reduce the intensity of the illumination.

Select register

Custom WB error.

MEMORY - STORING CAMERA SETTINGS

Three sets of camera settings can be saved. This saves time under frequently repeating conditions by eliminating the need to set the camera. Camera settings cannot be deleted from memory by turning the camera off. They are erased with the reset function in section 3 of the setup menu.

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Return button

Memory registers

Select register

To save the current camera settings, press the M SET button (1); the setting appear on the registration screen.

Color Temperature

White balance can be set to a known color temperature of a light source or set to the color temperature determined by a color meter.

With the white balance dial in the K position, press the white- balance button to open the setting screen.

The front control dial or the left/right controller keys adjust the color temperature in thousands of degrees. The rear control dial or the up/down controller keys adjust the color temperature in hundreds of degrees.

Press the central controller button to complete the operation. For information on light sources, see page 81.

Color temperature

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Use the control dials or left/right keys of the controller to select the memory register in which to store the settings; any previous settings are replaced. Press the central controller button to complete the operation.

Camera settings are recalled with the exposure-mode dial.

Press the Dial Lock Release and turn the exposure mode dial to the appropriate memory register (2).

The camera settings are displayed on the monitor. The dial positions may not reflect the camera settings.

The M SET button can be used as a menu short cut. The shortcut function is set in

About Color Temperature

Color temperature refers to the color of the light emitted from a blackbody radiator at a specific temperature given in degrees Kelvin. This is an accurate way of measuring light from continuous -spectrum sources such as the sun and incandescent or tungsten light bulbs. However, color temperature can be inaccurate with discontinuous-spectrum sources such as fluorescent and mercury vapor.

section 4 of the custom menu.

Memory register

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