WHITE BALANCE
White balance is the camera’s ability to make different types of lighting appear neutral. The effect is similar to selecting daylight or tungsten film, or using color compensating filters in conventional pho- tography. One automatic and four preset white-balance settings are available in all recording modes.
The automatic white balance compensates for the color 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 color temperature of the flash.
Preset white-balance settings must be set before the image is taken. When one of the preset white- balance settings is selected, an indicator will be displayed on the LCD monitor to indicate the active white-balance setting. When Autofocus is set, no indicator is displayed. The effect is immediately visible on the monitor. To record the ambient light, set the flash mode to flash cancel (p. 31). The built-in flash can be used with preset white-balance, but will create a pinkish or blueish cast with the fluorescent and tungsten settings. The flash is daylight balanced and will produce good results with the daylight and cloudy settings.
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Sunny - for outdoor and sunlit subjects.
Cloudy - for overcast outdoor scenes.
Fluorescent - for fluorescent lighting: office ceiling lights.
Incandescent - for incandescent lighting: household filament light bulbs.
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