3Select direct measurement mode.

Release the WB button briefly and then press the button until the Licon in the control panel and viewfinder start to flash. A flashing Dwill also appear in the control panel and viewfinder. At default settings, the displays will flash for about six seconds.

Control panel

Viewfinder

4Measure white balance.

Before the indicators stop flashing, frame the

 

reference object so that it fills the viewfinder and

 

press the shutter-release button all the way down. The camera

 

will measure a value for white balance and store it in preset

 

d-0. No photograph will be recorded; white balance can be

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measured accurately even when the camera is not in focus.

5Check the results.

If the camera was able to measure a

 

value for white balance, Cwill flash

 

in the control panel, while the

 

viewfinder will show a flashing a. At

 

default settings, the displays will flash

Control panel

for about six seconds.

 

Viewfinder

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