Auto Mode
Preset ManualPreset manual is used with mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources with a strong color cast when the desired effect has not been achieved with white balance settings like Auto and Incandescent (for example, to make images shot under a lamp with a red shade look as though they had been shot under white light).
Use the procedure below to measure the white balance value under the lighting used during shooting.
1Place a white or gray reference object under the lighting that is used during shooting.
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2Display the shooting menu (A52), use the multi selector to select bPreset manual in the White balance menu, and press the k button.
The camera zooms in to the position for measuring white balance.
White balance
Auto
Preset manual 
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Flash
3Select Measure.
To apply the most recently measured white balance value, choose Cancel and press the kbutton. The white balance setting will not be measured again and the most recently measured value will be set.
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5Press the kbutton to measure a value for preset manual.
The shutter is released (no image is captured) and the new
BNote on Preset Manual
The camera cannot measure a white balance value for when the flash fires. When shooting with the
56flash, set White balance to Auto or Flash.