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Using the LCD Monitor while taking pictures shortens the life span of your batteries. To save battery power you can take pictures without the LCD Monitor. Simply turn off the LCD Monitor and use the Optical Viewfinder to frame the image as you would with a traditional camera.
Select the item by the arrow buttons (▲/▼) and then press the OK button to confirm. The cursor skips to the data field as the OK button being pressed. Use the arrow buttons (▲/▼) to select the desired setting. The cursor returns to the Record menu automatically when the change is made. Note: Quickview setting is always enabled for Land, Sea, or External Flash Mode.
The setting is conserved even if the camera power is off.
WHITE BALANCE: This feature will compensate the color balance of a picture under certain lighting conditions.
Select either one of the 5 (Auto, Sun, Shade, Fluorescent, Tungsten) manual white balance settings. The auto white balance is recommended for most cases. For certain critical circumstances, if the result did not come out as expected, you may manually change to another white balance type according to the ambient lighting condition.
Use the arrow buttons (▲/▼) to move the cursor next to WHITE BALANCE and then press the OK button to confirm. Press OK button and the cursor moves to the data field. Use the arrow buttons (▲/▼) to select the desired white balance type. Press the OK button again to make the change. The cursor returns to the Record menu automatically when the change is made.
The setting is reset to AUTO when the camera power is off.
Reference:
The approximate color temperature of the 4 white balance settings (except Auto White Balance) is Sun = 5500K, Shade = 6000K, Fluorescent = 4000K and Tungsten = 2850K.
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