WB Adjust, Finely adjusting 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] or press the center of the joystick.

SET

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 memorised even if the camera is turned off. However, the white balance setting for the advanced scene mode or the scene mode returns to [AWB] when the advanced scene mode or the scene mode is changed.

•The white balance cannot be set in the following cases.

–In [OUTDOOR PORTRAIT] and [INDOOR PORTRAIT] in [PORTRAIT] mode

–In [SCENERY] mode

–In [OUTDOOR SPORTS] and [INDOOR SPORTS] in [SPORTS] mode

–In [NIGHT PORTRAIT] mode

–In [FOOD], [PARTY], [CANDLE LIGHT], [SUNSET], [PANNING], [STARRY SKY], [FIREWORKS], [BEACH], [SNOW] and [AERIAL PHOTO] in scene mode

[WB ADJUST.]

Finely adjusting the white balance

Press [ MENUSET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P71) 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.

•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/Viewfinder will change to orange. If you finely adjust the white balance to B (blue), the white balance icon on the LCD monitor/Viewfinder 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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Panasonic DMCFZ18K WB Adjust, Press 3/4/2/1 to finely adjust the white balance

Models: DMCFZ18 DMCFZ18K