Place a white or gray reference object under the lighting that will be used during shooting.

Changing the Frequently Used Settings for Shooting (A, B, C, DModes)

Preset Manual

Use when you want to make pictures shot under unusual lighting conditions (such as lamps with reddish light) look as though they were shot in normal light.

Use the procedure below to shoot after measuring the white balance value under the shooting light.

Up to three preset values can be saved: PRE1, PRE2 and PRE3.

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2 Display the white balance quick menu (A76),

 

 

 

 

choose PRE1, PRE2 or PRE3 with the rotary

 

White balance

multi selector, and press I.

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Items can also be chosen by rotating the command dial.

The lens extends to the zoom position for

Measure

measurement.

Fine-tune

The Av/Tv button can also be used to proceed to the next step.

3 Frame a white or gray reference object in the reference object frame.

White balance

Preset manual 1

Measure

Fine-tune

Reference object frame

4 Press the kbutton to measure the white balance value.

The shutter is released and the new white-balance preset value is set (no picture is recorded).

BNote on Preset Manual

The camera cannot measure a white balance value for when the flash fires. When shooting with the flash, set White balance to Auto or Flash.

When a wide-angle converter is mounted, preset manual cannot be used. Further, the preset value cannot be measured.

CUsing the Previously Measured White Balance Value

Press the quick menu button or the shutter-release button in step 3. The most recently measured value is set for white balance, without performing measurement again.

CPerforming Fine Adjustment for the Measured White Balance Value

More on Shooting

After measuring, display the screen in step 3 again and press the Ibutton to perform fine

 

adjustment for white balance (step 3 of A77).

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Nikon COOLPIXP7000 Preset Manual, Multi selector, and press, Press the kbutton to measure the white balance value