Minolta 7i instruction manual White Balance, Display

RECORDING MODE

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.

When setting the white balance, “Auto” (data panel) and “AWB” (monitors) will be displayed to indicate the auto white-balance setting. An icon will be dis- played on the data panel and monitors if a setting other than auto white-balance was chosen. See setting the function dial section on page 44.

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AUTO / AWB

The AUTO setting will detect the type of light and adjust the white balance accordingly.

Daylight

For outdoor and sunlit subjects.

Tungsten

For incandescent lighting: household filament light bulbs.

Fluorescent

For fluorescent lighting: office ceiling lights.

Cloudy

For overcast outdoor scenes.

Custom setting

For using the custom white-balance setting.

Custom calibration

For manual white-balance calibration.

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