Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
Menus Setup and Playback, Shooting,
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).
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.
4 Frame the reference object.
5 Press d.
•The shutter is released and the new white balance value is set.
•No pictures are recorded.
kNotes on Preset White Balance
The camera cannot measure a value for preset white balance when the flash fires. Regardless
76of the flash mode selected, the flash will not fire when d is pressed in step 5.