Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

f Preset White Balance

Preset white balance is used with mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources with a strong color cast (for example, to make pictures taken under a lamp with a red shade look as though they had been taken under white light).

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

2 Press the multi selector G or H to choose [White bal. preset] and press d.

The camera zooms in.

For information on using the multi selector, see “Multi Selector” (c 8).

White balance

Auto

White bal. preset

Daylight

Incandescent

Fluorescent

Exit

Shooting,

3 Press G or H to choose [Measure].

To apply the most recently measured value for pre- set white balance, choose [Cancel] and press d.

White bal. preset

Cancel

Measure

Exit

Setup and Playback,

4 Frame the reference object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Measure

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reference object frame

Menus

5 Press d.

The shutter is released and the new white balance value is set.

No pictures are recorded.

White bal. preset

Cancel

Measure

Exit

kNotes on Preset White Balance

Regardless of the flash mode selected, the flash will not fire when dis pressed in step 5. There-

80fore, the camera cannot measure a value for preset white balance for when the flash is used.