White Balance (continued)

PHOTOGRAPHY ADVANCED

WHITE— BALANCE

4Under the lighting that will be used in the actual photograph, frame a white or neutral gray object so that it fills the viewfinder and then press the shutter-release button all the way down. The shutter will be released and the measured value for white balance stored in camera memory, but no image will be recorded to the memory card.

Note that when performing this operation, it will be necessary to focus the camera using the lens focus ring in manual focusing mode. At a setting of single-servo autofocus, lack of contrast will prevent the camera from focusing on the target object and the shutter release will be disabled. Similarly, auto-exposure (expo- sure mode P, S, or A) should be used to prevent extreme over- or under-exposure that could interfere with an optimal white balance measurement. White balance can also be set using manual exposure (exposure mode M); note, how- ever, that exposure settings that would produce extreme over- or under-exposure can prevent the camera from setting white balance.

The menu shown at right will be displayed in the monitor.

5The measured value for preset white balance can be saved

SHOOTING MENU

 

Preset/Save to

 

as your choice of Preset-1, Preset-2, or Preset-3; highlight

 

 

 

Preset-1

 

OK

the desired option and press the multi selector to the

Preset-2

 

right to record the white balance setting and return to

Preset-3

 

Repeat release

 

the shooting menu. Select Repeat release to measure

Cancel

 

 

 

 

white balance again, or Cancel to return to the shooting menu without saving the new value for white balance.

Measuring White Balance

When measuring white balance under studio lighting, we recommend that a neutral gray object be used as the target. When using a white object, select a setting for exposure that would cause the object to appear gray when photographed to prevent mis-reading caused by overex- posure.

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