Nikon Coolpix 995 manual Preset White Balance, Metering, Characteristic Shooting situations

Setting Shooting Menus—continuedShooting Mode

— Preset White Balance —

In certain lighting, you may find that you can obtain a more accurate color balance by measuring the color temperature of the light manually. The Preset White Balance function allows you to photograph a neutral object (usually a piece of gray card) from which the camera calculates the color temperature. The camera then automatically recalibrates the white balance according to the result.

• When White Bal Preset is selected, the camera will Zoom in and the preset white-balance menu will appear on the Monitor.

Cancel

Select Cancel to abort the Preset White Balance setting, and then press the > on the Multi selector to return the white balance to its most recent setting. The lens also returns to its previous position.

Measure

To measure the color temperature, select Measure and then place a flat neutral object such as a piece of gray card in the same lighting as the intended subject. Then press > on the Multi selector to take a sample image. The camera measures the color temperature and the recalibrates the white balance.

Note:

When you select Measure, the camera will beep and zoom out, but no photograph will be taken.

METERING

The METERING menu offers a choice of four metering methods. Choose the best metering method for your composition and lighting conditions.

			Matrix	Good for most situations.
				Best when you want to set the exposure
			Spot	based on a small area of the picture,
				(e.g. a subject surrounded by a dark
				background).
				A useful compromise between Spot and
			Center-Weighted	Matrix. Useful when the lighting on the
				subject is to be used to define the
				exposure, but extends over a larger area.
			Spot AF Area	Set Spot AF Area Metering when you
				want the exposure measurement to be
				defined by the selected AF area target.
Metering system			Characteristic		Shooting situations
		Determines the exposure measurement by			Recommended for use in
		dividing up the image into 256 separate			most situations.
	Matrix	elements and creating an appropriate
		exposure calculation according to the
		particular balance of subject and
		background.
		The camera measures light in an area in			Best used when the subject
		the center of the frame occupying roughly			is backlit or there is a
	Spot	1/32 of the total Monitor area, indicated by			pronounced contrast in the
		the square in center of the Monitor.			frame such that exposure
					should be based on a just a
					small area of the frame.
		Exposure is calculated based on the central			Useful when you want to
		1/4 of the entire frame contributing 80			base the exposure
	Center-Weighted	percent of the exposure calculation. When			measurement on the center
		you use the Digital zoom, Center-Weighted			of the frame.
		Metering is automatically selected.

*Metering method is automatically set to Center-Weighted when Digital zoom is activated.

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