Changing A(Auto) Mode Settings (Shooting Menu)

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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.

1 Place a white or gray reference object under the lighting that will be

used during shooting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Display the shooting menu (A36), use the

 

 

 

 

White balance

multi selector to choose bPreset manual in

 

 

Auto

the White balance menu, and press the k

 

 

Daylight

 

 

 

Preset manual

button.

 

 

Incandescent

The camera zooms in to the position for measuring white

 

 

Fluorescent

 

 

Cloudy

balance.

 

 

Exit

 

 

 

 

3 Choose Measure.

To apply the most recently measured white balance value, choose Cancel and press the kbutton. The white

balance setting will not be measured again and the most recently measured value will be set.

Preset manual

Cancel

Measure

Exit

4 Frame the reference object in the measuring window.

Preset manual

Cancel

Measure

Exit

Measuring window

5 Press 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.

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.