Nikon COOLPIXS6200RED, COOLPIXS6200BK, 26277 manual Using Preset Manual, E31

The Shooting Menu (for A(Auto) Mode)

Using Preset Manual

Preset 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 white balance settings like Auto and Incandescent (for example, to make images shot under a lamp with a red shade look as though they had been shot under white light).

Use the procedure below to measure the white balance value under the lighting used during shooting.

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

2Display the shooting menu (A10, 37), use the multi selector to select bPreset manual in the White balance menu, and press the k button.

•The camera zooms in to the position for measuring white balance.

White balance

Auto

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Daylight

Incandescent

Fluorescent

Cloudy

Flash

3Select Measure.

•To apply the most recently measured white balance value, select Cancel and press the k button. The white balance setting will not be measured again and the most recently measured value will be set.

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Cancel

Measure

Reference Section

4 Frame the reference object in the measuring
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window.

Cancel

Measure

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 image is saved.

BNotes About Preset Manual

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

set White balance to Auto or Flash.

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