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If lighting is too dark or too bright, the
camera may be unable to measure white
balance.
A flashing ba will appear in
the control panel and viewfinder (at
default settings, the displays will flash for
about six seconds).
Press the shutter-
release button halfway to return to
Step4 and measure white balance again.
6Select preset d-0.
If the new value for preset white balance will be used
immediately, select preset d-0 by pressing the WB button and
rotating the sub-command dial until d-0 is displayed in the
control panel.
DDirect Measurement Mode
If no operations are performed while the displays are flashing, direct
measurement mode will end in the time selected for Custom Setting c2
([Auto meter-off delay], pg. 279).
The default setting is six seconds.
APreset d-0
The new value for white balance will be stored in
preset d-0, automatically replacing the previous
value for this preset (no confirmation dialog will
be displayed).
A thumbnail will be displayed in
the preset white balance list.
To use the new value for white balance, select preset d-0 (if no value has
been measured for white balance before d-0 is selected, white balance
will be set to a color temperature of 5,200K, the same as [Direct sunlight]).
The new white balance value will remain in preset d-0 until white balance
is measured again.
By copying preset d-0 to one of the other presets
before measuring a new value for white balance, up to five white balance
values can be stored (pg. 139).
Viewfinder
Control panel