Panasonic DMC-FX55 Intelligent Iso, Press MENU/SET to finish, About the white balance, Settings

Advanced (Recording pictures)

∫Finely adjusting the white balance [ ] Use this to set the white balance manually.

• Set the white balance to []/[]/[]/ []/[ ].

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

•2 [RED]:Move when the hue is bluish.

•1 [BLUE]:Move 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 may not be properly adjusted if the flash level is insufficient for the subject.

•The white balance setting is memorized even if the camera is turned off. However, the white balance setting for a scene mode returns to [AWB] when the scene mode is changed.

•The white balance cannot be set in the following cases.

–In [SCENERY], [NIGHT PORTRAIT], [NIGHT SCENERY], [FOOD], [PARTY], [CANDLE LIGHT], [SUNSET], [STARRY SKY], [FIREWORKS], [BEACH], [SNOW] and

[AERIAL PHOTO] in 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.MODE] (P65) is set to [B/W], [SEPIA], [COOL] or [WARM].

[INTELLIGENT ISO]

Automatically setting the optimal ISO sensitivity and shutter speed

Press [ MENU/SET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P55) The camera will automatically set the optimal ISO sensitivity and the shutter speed to the movement of the subject and the surrounding brightness.

•One of the following maximum ISO sensitivity levels can be selected. The higher the value set for the ISO sensitivity, the more the jitter is reduced but the greater the amount of picture noise.

	Item			Settings
	OFF			Intelligent ISO does not work.
	ISOMAX400		400	The ISO sensitivity
				automatically increases up to
	ISOMAX800		800
				the set value according to the
		1250		movement and brightness of
ISOMAX1250
				the subject.

•Jitter is avoided when taking pictures indoors of a moving subject by increasing

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