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 photography. One automatic and four preset white-balance setting are available with still image and movie recording; white balance cannot be changed with digital subject programs. White balance is set in section 1 of the recording menu or in section 2 of the movie/audio recording menu (p. 40). White balance can be assigned to the controller (p. 45). When auto reset (p. 45) is active, the white balance is reset to automatic when the camera is turned off.

CUSTOM KEY FUNCTION

In the recording mode, a function can be assigned to the left/right keys of the controller. This function is specified in section 1 of the recording menu (p. 40). This function cannot be used with the digital subject programs. Refer to the following sections for information on exposure compensation (p. 48), white balance (p. 44), camera sensitivity (p. 46), and color mode (p. 43).

 

 

 

 

 

Image size

Exp. Comp.

 

Quality

White balance

 

White balance

Sensitivity

 

Key func.

Color

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Automatic white balance compensates for the color temperature of a scene. In most cases, the auto setting balances the ambient light and creates beautiful images, even under mixed-lighting conditions. When the built-in flash is used, the white balance is set to the color temperature of the flash.

When one of the preset white-balance settings is select- ed, an indicator is displayed on the LCD monitor to indicate the active white-balance setting; the effect is immediately visible on the monitor. To record the ambient light, set the flash mode to flash cancel (p. 28). The built-in flash can be used with preset white-balance, but creates a pinkish or blueish cast with the fluorescent and tungsten settings. The flash is daylight balanced and produces good results with the daylight and cloudy set-

Daylight - for outdoor and sunlit subjects.

Cloudy - for overcast outdoor scenes.

In the recording mode, use the left/right controller keys to change the function set with the menu.

The LCD monitor displays the settings as they are changed. The changes are visible in the monitor image. The function is set automatically after five seconds or when another camera button is pressed.

AUTO RESET

When auto reset is active, the following functions reset when the camera is turned off. This function can be turned off in section 2 of the recording menu (p. 40).

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Tungsten - for incandescent lighting: household light bulbs.

Fluorescent - for fluorescent lighting: office ceiling lights.

Flash mode (p. 28)

Autoflash

Drive mode (p. 37)

Single-frame advance

White balance (p. 44)

Auto

Camera sensitivity (p. 46)

Auto

Exposure compensation (p. 48)

0.0

Metering mode (p. 47)

Multi-segment

Color mode (p. 43)

Color

AF area (p. 31)

Wide focus frame

Monitor display (p. 29)

Full display

The flash mode is reset to aut- oflash or autoflash with red eye reduction depending on which of those two flash modes were last set.

44 Recording - advanced operation

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