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WHITE BALANCE

Adjust colouring to suit light source if colours otherwise appear unnatural.

Set-up: Mode dial → Press ‘MENU/SET’ → Select ‘WHITE

BALANCE’ (P.20)

Settings: AWB (automatic) / (outdoor, clear sky) / (outdoor, cloudy

sky) / (outdoor, shade) / (halogen lighting) / (uses value

set in ) / (set manually)

‘AWB’ operational range:
10000K
9000K
8000K
7000K
6000K
5000K
4000K
3000K
2000K
1000K
Cloudy sky (rain)
Shade
TV screen
Incandescent lighting
Sunset/sunrise
Candlelight
Sunlight
White fluorescent lighting
Blue sky Image may appear red or blue if out of range.
This function may also not work correctly
even within range if there are many light
sources present.
We recommend setting to ‘AWB’ or ‘ ’
when under fluorescent lighting.

White balance fine adjustment (excluding ‘AWB’)

White balance settings can be individually fine tuned if colors
still do not appear as anticipated.
Press ▲ several times until ‘WB ADJUST.’ is displayed.
Adjust with ► if reds are strong, adjust with ◄ if blues are
strong.
Press ‘MENU/SET’.
• Settings are remembered even if power is turned off.
• Settings remain applied when using flash.
• Even though the ‘AWB’ setting is fixed in ‘UNDERWATER’
scene mode, fine adjustments may still be made.
• Fine adjustments cannot be made when ‘COLOR MODE’
(P.62) is set to ‘B/W’, ‘SEPIA’, ‘COOL’, or ‘WARM’.
RED BLUE
WB ADJUST.
ADJUST.
MENU
EXIT
Changes to red (blue)
when making fine
adjustment

Setting white balance manually ( )

Select and press ‘MENU/SET’.
Point the camera towards a white object (e.g.
paper) and press ‘MENU/SET’.
Press ‘MENU/SET’ twice.
• Making this setting will reset white balance fine
adjustment. MENU/SET
WHITE SET
SET
CANCEL
Only takes image of white
objects within frame (step )
Applications
(Record)
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Using REC menu
(Continued) REC/PLAY switch:

METERING MODE

You can change the position for measuring brightness when correcting exposure.

Set-up: Mode dial → Press ‘MENU/SET’ → Select ‘METERING MODE’

(P.20)

Settings:

Brightness measurement position Conditions
Multiple Whole screen Normal usage (produces balanced
pictures)
Centre
weighted Centre and surrounding area Subject in centre
Spot Centre and close surrounding area
Spot metering target
Great difference between
brightness of subject and
background
(e.g. person in spotlight on stage,
backlighting)

AF MODE

Method of aligning focus can be changed according to position and number of subjects.

Set-up: Mode dial → Press ‘MENU/SET’ → Select ‘AF MODE’

(P.20)

Settings: / / / / / ( : High-speed focus)

Taking front-on
pictures of people Recognises faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and focus
accordingly. (When set to ‘Multiple’ above)
Face detection
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AF area
Yellow: When the shutter button is pressed
halfway, the frame turns green
when the camera is focused.
White: Displayed when more than one face
is detected. Other faces that are the
same distance away as faces within
the yellow AF area are also focused.
Subject not in centre
of picture (AF area
displayed after focuses
completely aligned)
9-area-focusing
3-area-focusing
(High speed)
9-area-focusing:
Automatically focuses on any
of 9 points.
3-area-focusing (High speed):
Automatically focuses on either
side or centre.
AF area