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Custom White Balance

Custom white-balance allows the camera to be calibrated to a specific lighting condition. The setting can be used repeatedly until reset. Custom white balance is especially useful with mixed-lighting or when critical control over color is needed. The object used to make a calibration must be neutral. A blank piece of white paper is an ideal surface and can easily be carried in a camera bag.

To calibrate the camera, select custom setup

 

 

 

 

(Cust.set) from the white balance option in section 1

Drive mode

 

 

 

of the movie, and P, A, S, and M exposure-mode

Image size

 

Cust.set

 

menus (p. 44); the custom white-balance calibration

Quality

 

CustRecall

 

screen opens.

 

 

White balance

Auto

 

 

 

Fill the image area with a white object; the object

Key func.

Preset

 

 

 

 

 

does not need to be in focus. Press the central

 

 

 

 

button of the controller to make the calibration or

 

 

 

 

press the menu button to cancel the routine.

 

 

 

 

The live view shows the effect of the new white

 

 

 

 

balance setting. The custom setting will remain in

 

 

 

 

effect until another calibration is made or the white-

 

 

 

 

balance setting is changed.

 

 

:enter

 

If the custom white-balance setting is required again, select

 

 

 

custom recall from the white-balance option of the menu; the

Drive mode

 

last custom white-balance setting will be applied

to the

 

Image size

Cust.set

camera. The same custom white-balance setting is made

Quality

CustRecall

and accessed from the movie, P, A, S, and M exposure

modes.

 

White balance

Auto

 

 

 

Key func.

Preset

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Konica Minolta Z20 instruction manual Custom White Balance