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).

1 Place white or gray reference object under the lighting that

will be used during shooting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Press the multi selector

G or H to

 

 

 

 

 

 

White balance

 

 

 

 

choose [White bal. preset] and press d.

 

 

Auto

 

 

• The camera zooms in.

 

 

 

White bal. preset

• For information on using the

multi selector, see

 

 

Daylight

 

 

Incandescent

“Multi Selector” (c 8).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fluorescent

 

 

 

 

 

MENU Exit

and Playback, Shooting,

3 Press G or H to choose [Measure].

To apply the most recently measured value for pre- set white balance, choose [Cancel] and press d.

White bal. preset

Cancel

Measure

MENU Exit

Menus Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Frame the reference object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White bal. preset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measure

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reference object frame

5 Press d.

The shutter is released and the new white balance value is set.

No pictures are recorded.

White bal. preset

Cancel

Measure

MENU Exit

kNotes on Preset White Balance

The camera cannot measure a value for preset white balance when the flash fires. Regardless

78of the flash mode selected, the flash will not fire when d is pressed in step 5.