Recording Menu Settings

Setting the White Balance manually

(White set )

Use this mode when you want to set the white balance manually.

1Set to [ ] (White Set) and then press 1.

2Aim the camera at a sheet of white paper or a similar white object so that the frame in the centre is filled by the white object only and then press 1.

WHITE SET

SET CANCEL MENU

Finely Adjusting the White Balance

(White Balance Fine Adjustment )

When you cannot acquire the desired hue by setting the white balance, you can adjust the white balance finely.

1Set the white balance to [ ]/[ ]/ [ ]/[ ]. (P62)

2Press 3 several times until [WB ADJUST.] appears.

About the white balance

In simple 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 if the flash level is insufficient.

About the white balance fine adjustment

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

You can set the value independently for each of the modes in white balance.

The setting on the fine adjustment of the white balance is reflected to the picture when taking a picture with the flash.

When you set the white balance using the

White set [ ], the adjustment level is set to “0”.

When the colour effect is set to any of [COOL], [WARM], [B/W] or [SEPIA] (P68), you cannot finely adjust the white balance.

WB ADJUST.

REDBLUE

SELECTEXIT

3Finely adjust the white balance.

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

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

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Panasonic DMC-LZ1GN, DMC-LZ2GN operating instructions Setting the White Balance manually White set, About the white balance

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