Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
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 settings like Auto and Incandescent (for example, to make pictures shot under a lamp with a red shade look as though they had been shot under white light).
1 Place a white or gray reference object under the lighting that will be used during shooting.
2 Use the multi selector to choose bPreset manual in the white balance menu, and press the kbutton.
•The camera zooms in.
White balance
Auto
Preset manual
Daylight
Incandescent
Fluorescent
Cloudy
3 Choose Measure.
•To apply the most recently measured value for preset manual, choose Cancel and press the kbutton. The most recently measured value will be applied for White Balance.
Preset manual
Cancel
Measure
Shooting,
4 Frame the reference object. |
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Preset manual |
Cancel
Measure
Reference object frame
5 Press the kbutton to measure the white balance value.
•The shutter is released and the new
•No pictures are recorded.
BNote on Preset Manual
Menus Setup and Playback
Regardless of the flash mode selected, the flash will not fire when the kbutton is pressed in step 5. Therefore, the camera cannot measure a value for preset manual for when the flash is used.
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