Panasonic DMC-FX3 Setting the white balance manually, Finely adjusting the white balance

Menu Settings

∫Setting the white balance manually

[ ]

Use this to set the white balance manually.

1Select [ ] and then press [MENU/SET].

2Aim the camera at a sheet of white paper etc. so that the frame in the center is filled by the white object only and then press [MENU/SET].

WHITE SET

CANCEL SET MENU

3Press [MENU/SET] twice to close the menu.

•You can also press the shutter button halfway to finish.

∫Finely adjusting the white balance

[ ]

You can adjust the white balance finely when you cannot acquire the desired hue by setting the white balance.

•Set the white balance to

[ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[ ].

•You can even set the white balance in [UNDERWATER] in scene mode.

1 Press 3 [] several times until [WB ADJUST.] appears and then press 2/1 to adjust the white balance.

WB ADJUST.

REDBLUE

SELECT EXIT MENU

•2 [RED]: Press when the hue is bluish.

•1 [BLUE]: Press when the hue is reddish.

•Select [0] to return to the original white balance.

2 Press [MENU/SET] to finish.

•You can also press the shutter button halfway to finish.

•The white balance icon on the screen turns red or blue.

About the white balance

•When you take a picture with the flash, the white balance is automatically adjusted

(except for [ ]). However, the white balance may not be properly adjusted if

the flash level is insufficient.

•The white balance cannot be set in simple mode [ ] and scene mode.

About the white balance fine adjustment

•You can finely adjust the white balance independently for each white balance item.

•The white balance fine adjustment setting is reflected in the picture when using the flash.

•The white balance fine adjustment setting is memorized even if the camera is turned off.

•The white balance fine adjustment level in

[ ] returns to [0] when you reset the

white balance using [ ].

•You cannot finely adjust the white balance when [COL.EFFECT] (P78) is set to [COOL], [WARM], [B/W] or [SEPIA].

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