Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu (A(Auto) Mode)

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Preset Manual

Preset manual is effective 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).

1Place a white or gray reference object under the lighting that will be used during shooting.

2 Display shooting menu (A36), use the multi

 

 

 

 

White balance

selector to choose bPreset manual in the

 

 

Auto

White balance menu and press the k

 

 

Preset manual

 

 

Daylight

button.

 

 

 

 

Incandescent

The camera zooms in.

 

 

Fluorescent

 

 

Cloudy

 

 

 

Exit

 

 

 

 

Shooting

3Choose Measure.

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

Preset manual

Cancel

Measure

Exit

4 Frame the reference object in the measuring

 

 

 

 

 

Preset manual

window.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancel

Measure

Exit

Measuring window

5Press the kbutton to measure a value for preset manual.

The shutter is released and the new white-balance value is set. No picture is recorded.

BNote on Preset Manual

A value for flash lighting cannot be measured with Preset manual. When shooting using the flash,

40set White balance to Auto or Flash.