Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

Preset Manual

Preset manual 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 a white or gray reference object under the lighting that will be

used during shooting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Display the shooting menu (A73), use the

 

 

 

White balance

multi selector to set White balance to

 

 

 

 

Auto

bPreset manual, then press k.

 

 

Daylight

 

 

 

Preset manual

The camera zooms in.

 

 

Incandescent

 

 

Fluorescent

 

 

 

Cloudy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exit

 

 

 

 

3 Choose Measure.

To apply the most recently measured value for preset manual, choose Cancel and press k.

Preset manual

Cancel

Measure

Exit

and Playback Shooting,

4 Frame the reference object.

Preset manual

Cancel

Measure

Exit

Reference object frame

5 Press k.

The shutter is released and the new white balance value is set (no picture is recorded).

BNote on Preset Manual

Menus Setup

The camera cannot measure a white balance value for when the flash fires. When shooting with the

 

flash, set White balance to Auto or Flash.

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