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 (A36), 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 kbutton to measure a value for preset manual.
The shutter is released and the new
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.