MULTI-FUNCTION RECORDING MENU

Shooting tips

Sometimes the camera’s exposure meter is deceived by certain conditions. Exposure compensation can be used in these situa- tions. For example, a very bright scene, such as a snowy landscape or a white sandy beach, can appear too dark in the captured image. Before taking the picture, adjusting the exposure by +1 or +1.5 EV will result in an image with normal tonal values.

In this example, the dark scene appears bright and washed-out on the LCD monitor. By decreasing the exposure by –1.5 EV, the richness of the sunset is preserved.

WHITE BALANCE

White Balance is the camera’s ability to make different types of lighting appear natural. The effect is similar to selecting daylight or tungsten film, or using colour compensating filters in conventional pho- tography. White balance is set on the multi-function recording menu (p. 24).

AUTOMATIC WHITE BALANCE

The automatic white balance compensates for the colour temperature of a scene. In most cases, the AUTO setting will balance the ambient light and create beautiful images, even under mixed-lighting conditions. When the built-in flash is used, the white balance is set for the colour temperature of the flash.

PRESET WHITE BALANCE

The white balance can be set to specific light sources. Preset white-balance settings must be set before the image is taken. Once set, the effect is immediately visible on the LCD monitor. When using the daylight, tungsten, or fluorescent setting, the flash should be turned off; use the mode button to set flash cancel, landscape/night view, or macro (p. 18).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daylight

For outdoor and sunlit subjects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tungsten

For incandescent lighting: household filament light bulbs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flash

For use with the camera flash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fluorescent

For fluorescent lighting: office ceiling lights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shooting tips

White balance cannot correct high-energy vapor lighting: sodium-vapor (yellow highway lights), or mercury vapor. For portraits under these lighting conditions, the flash can be used to overpower the ambient light. With landscapes containing these types of lights, set the white balance to auto or the preset daylight setting.

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