Panasonic DMC-FZ8, DMCFZ8K WB Adjust, Press 3/4/2/1 to finely adjust the white balance

Advanced (Recording pictures)

3Aim 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

MENU

SET

CANCEL SET MENU

4Press [MENU/SET] twice to close the menu.

•You can also press the shutter button halfway or press the center of the joystick to finish.

•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 simple mode [].

–In [SCENERY], [PANNING],

[NIGHT PORTRAIT],

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

[AERIAL PHOTO] in scene mode.

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[WB ADJUST.]

Finely adjusting the white balance

MENU

Press [ SET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P76) You can adjust the white balance finely when you cannot acquire the desired hue by setting the white balance.

1Press 3/4/2/1 to finely adjust the white balance.

WB ADJUST.
G
AWB A	B
	or
M
ADJUST.	SET MENU

•2 : A (AMBER: ORANGE)

•1 : B (BLUE: BLUISH)

•3 : G_ (GREEN: GREENISH)

•4 : M` (MAGENTA: REDDISH)

2 Press [MENU/SET] to finish.

•You can also press the center of the joystick to finish.

•If you finely adjust the white balance to A (amber), the white balance icon on the LCD monitor will change to orange. If you finely adjust the white balance to B (blue), the white balance icon on the LCD monitor will change to blue.

•If you finely adjust the white balance to G_ (green) or M` (magenta),

[_] (e.g. : ) or [`] (e.g. : ) appears beside the white balance icon

on the LCD monitor/Viewfinder.

•Select the center point if you are not finely adjusting the white balance.

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