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6 ShootingSettings

8 Press the 4button.

The camera is ready to take a picture.

•No image is recorded when the shutter release button is pressed to adjust the white balance.

•The message [The operation could not be completed correctly] appears when measuring is unsuccessful. Press the 4button while displayed to remeasure the white balance.

•If a picture is extremely overexposed or underexposed, the white balance may not be adjusted. In this case, adjust exposure to the correct amount level before adjusting the white balance.

•When the mode dial is set to C (Movie), the white balance cannot be measured. Adjust the white balance in any capture mode other than C before recording a movie.

Fine-Tuning the White Balance

You can fine-tune the white balance setting.

1 Perform the desired setting in Step 3 on p.201. 2 Press the four-way controller (5).

The fine-tuning screen appears.

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fine-tune the white balance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seven levels (225 patterns) are available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on the G-M and B-A axes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

G

 

 

 

G1

±0

 

 

B

 

 

 

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

 

 

 

±0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MENU Cancel

 

Check

OK OK

 

Available operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Four-way controller (23)

Adjusts the tone of the colors between

 

 

green (G) and magenta (M).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Four-way controller (45)

Adjusts the tone of the colors between

 

 

blue (B) and amber (A).

 

 

 

 

 

 

button

Resets the adjustment value. (Available

 

 

only when [Green Button] is assigned to

button in [Green Button] of the [ARec. Mode 4] menu (p.197).)