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

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.

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2Display shooting menu (A 36), use the multi selector to choose bPreset manual in the White balance menu and press the k button.

The camera zooms in.

White balance

Auto

Preset manual

Daylight

Incandescent

Fluorescent

Cloudy

Exit

Shooting

3Choose Measure.

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

Preset manual

Cancel

Measure

Exit

4Frame the reference object in the measuring window.

Preset manual

Cancel

Measure

Exit

Measuring window

5Press the k button 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.

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North Star S205 user manual Preset Manual, Choose Measure, Frame the reference object in the measuring window