Nikon P330, P330 White White Balance (Adjusting Hue)

Section Reference

Shooting Menu (A, B, Cor DMode)

White Balance (Adjusting Hue)

Rotate the mode dial to A, B, C, Dor iMdbutton MA, B, C, Dor itab (A 7) MWhite balance

The color of light reflected from an object varies with the color of the light source. The human brain is able to adapt to changes in the color of the light source, with the result that white objects appear white whether seen in the shade, direct sunlight, or under incandescent lighting. Digital cameras can mimic this adjustment of the human eye by processing images according to the color of the light source. This is known as “white balance.” For natural colors, select a white balance setting that matches the light source before shooting.

Although the default setting, Auto (normal), can be used under most types of lighting, you can apply the white balance setting suited to a particular light source to achieve more accurate results. You can perform fine adjustment after selecting a white balance type (E 33).

	Option	Description
a1	Auto (normal)	White balance is automatically adjusted to suit lighting
a1	(default setting)	conditions. Best choice in most situations.
		When set to Auto (warm lighting), the images are
		When set to Auto (warm lighting), the images are
	Auto (warm	preserved with warm colors if they are shot under an
a2	Auto (warm	incandescent light source. When using the flash, according
	lighting)	incandescent light source. When using the flash, according
	lighting)	to the brightness of the flash, the images are adjusted to
		to the brightness of the flash, the images are adjusted to
		suitable white balance.

b	Preset manual	Useful when shooting under unusual lighting. See “Using
b	Preset manual	Preset Manual” (E 35) for more information.
		Preset Manual” (E 35) for more information.

c	Daylight	White balance adjusted for direct sunlight.

d	Incandescent	Use under incandescent lighting.

x	Fluorescent FL1	Use under most types of fluorescent lighting. Choose one of
x	Fluorescent FL1	Fluorescent FL1 (white fluorescent), Fluorescent FL2
y	Fluorescent FL2	Fluorescent FL1 (white fluorescent), Fluorescent FL2
y	Fluorescent FL2	(daylight white/neutral fluorescent) and Fluorescent FL3
z	Fluorescent FL3	(daylight white/neutral fluorescent) and Fluorescent FL3
z	Fluorescent FL3	(daylight fluorescent).
		(daylight fluorescent).

f	Cloudy	Use when taking pictures under overcast skies.

g	Flash	Use with the flash.

		Use to directly specify color temperature (E 34).

xChoose color • Select xChoose color temp. of White balance in the

temp.first line, and then select the value of Choose color

temp. in the second line.

The icon for the current setting other than Auto (normal) is displayed on the monitor (A 8).

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