Panasonic DMC-ZS6 White Balance fine adjustment excluding AWB, Setting White Balance manually

Changes to red (blue) when making fine adjustment

Using the [REC] menu (Continued)

[WHITE BALANCE]

Adjust coloring to suit light source if colors otherwise appear unnatural.

■Recording Mode:

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

(outdoor, shade) / (Incandescent lighting) / (uses value set in

) / (set manually)

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

■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 EFFECT] (→104) is set to [B/W], [SEPIA], [COOL], or [WARM].

■Setting White Balance manually (		)	Only takes pictures of white
Select	and press [MENU/SET].		objects within frame (step )
Point the camera towards a white object (e.g. paper)
and press [MENU/SET].
Press [MENU/SET].			[MENU/SET]
White Balance is set to .

•Making this setting will reset White Balance fine adjustment.

•Even if the camera’s power is OFF, the set White Balance is remembered.

•It may not be possible to set the correct White Balance if subjects are too bright or too dark. In this case, adjust the brightness and try to set the White Balance again.

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