Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
f Preset White Balance
Preset white balance is used with mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources with a strong color cast (for example, to make pictures taken under a lamp with a red shade look as though they had been taken under white light).
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1 | Place a white or gray reference object under the lighting that | |||
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2 | Use the rotary multi selector to choose |
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| [White bal. preset] in the white balance |
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| menu, and press d. |
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| White bal. preset |
| The camera zooms in. |
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| Daylight |
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| Fluorescent |
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Shooting,
3 Choose [Measure].
To apply the most recently measured value for preset white balance, choose [Cancel] and press d.
White bal. preset
Cancel
Measure
Exit
Menus Setup and Playback,
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4 Frame the reference object. |
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Cancel
Measure
Exit
Reference object frame
5 Press d.
The shutter is released and the new white balance value is set.
No pictures are recorded.
kNote on Preset White Balance
Regardless of the flash mode selected, the flash will not fire when dis pressed in step 5. There-
100fore, the camera cannot measure a value for preset white balance for when the flash is used.