Additional Settings for Shooting

Setting the White Balance

White balance is the function for adjusting the color of an image so that white objects appear white. Set the white balance if you are not satisfied with the color balance of pictures taken with white balance set to F (Auto), or to intentionally apply a creative effect to your images. The default setting is F(Auto).

F

Auto

Automatically adjusts the white balance. (About 4000 to

8000K)

 

 

 

 

 

G

Daylight

For use when taking pictures in sunlight. (About 5200K)

 

 

 

H

Shade

For use when taking pictures in the shade. It reduces the

bluish color tones in a picture. (About 8000K)

 

 

 

 

 

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Cloudy

For use when taking pictures on cloudy days. (About

6000K)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For use when taking pictures under fluorescent lighting.

J

Fluorescent

Select the type of fluorescent light, from D (daylight)

 

Light

(about 6500K), N (neutral white) (about 5000K), and W

 

 

(white) (about 4200K).

 

Tungsten

For use when taking pictures under light bulb or other

I

tungsten light. It reduces the reddish color tones in a

 

Light

picture. (About 2850K)

 

 

 

 

 

L

Flash

For use when taking pictures using the built-in flash.

(About 5400K)

 

 

 

 

Use this to manually adjust the white balance according to

K

Manual

the lighting so that white objects appear as a natural

 

 

white.

* The color temperature (K) is an estimate. This does not indicate precise colors.

1 Set the mode dial to e, K, b, c, or a.

2 Press the four-way controller (4) in Capture mode.

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The [White Balance] screen appears.