Recording pictures (advanced)
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Setting the White Balance
In certain situations, the colour white may appear slightly reddish or bluish. This can
occur when shooting under early or late day sunlight, on a cloudy day, or under
halogen lighting. By using the manual White Balance feature you can achieve a
more accurate reproduction of the colour white.
Preparation
• Set the mode dial except for [ ]/[ ]/[ ]. (P27)
1Select [W.BALANCE] and set the
desirable mode.
•[AUTO]:
for setting the white balance
automatically (auto white balance)
•[ ] (Daylight):
for recording outdoors on a bright
day
• [ ] (Cloudy):
for recording under a cloudy and
shady sky
• [ ] (Halogen):
for recording under halogen lighting
• [ ] (White set):
for manual setting (Read the
following page where the manual
setting is explained in detail.)
• Close the menu by pressing the
[MENU] button after finishing the
setting.
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Suggestions/Tips
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• When setting the white balance to the
mode except for [AUTO], you can
finely adjust the white balance. (P58)
• The setting of the white balance is
applied to the other recording modes.
• In Simple mode [ ]/Motion image
mode [ ], the white balance is fixed
to [AUTO].
• When taking a picture with the flash,
the white balance will be automatically
adjusted [except for [ ] (Daylight)],
but the white balance may not be
properly adjusted when the photo
flash is insufficient.
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