I
I
Adjusting
white
balance
In
order to ensure proper white balance,
an
Auto white balance
mode and five manual white balance modes are provided with
this camera. For most scenes, select the auto white balance
mode. Choose the manual modes for part icular lighting
situations. We recommend that you experiment with the various
settings until you ar e fully familiar with them .
-When
using a speedlight in external synchro-flash shooting mode, the white
balance
is
adjusted between subject brightness
and
the light from the flash .
•
NOTE
Human vision adapts to illumination colo r so that a white subject
remains white even w hen the illumination c olor changes . Not
so
for
video cameras and digita l cameras. They ha
ve
to adjust col
or
and
white balance depending
on
background illumination
in
order for a
white subjec t to appea r white under varying illumination .
While press
in
g the W.
Bal
button, rotate the
command dial to change
th
e mode.
-T
he . mark in the LCD panel settles above
one
of
the
fo
llowing symbols.
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