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Top page > Useful shooting functions > Using shooting functions > White Balance
White Balance
Adjusts color tones according to the surrounding light conditions. Use this function if the image color appears unnatural.
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(White Balance) 
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| (Auto) | Adjusts the white balance automatically so that the colors appear |
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| (Daylight) | Adjusts for outdoors conditions on a fine day, evening views, night |
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| (Cloudy) | Adjusts for a cloudy sky or a shady location. |
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| Balance 1) | [Fluorescent White Balance 1]: Adjusts for white fluorescent lighting. |
| (Fluorescent White | [Fluorescent White Balance 2]: Adjusts for natural white fluorescent |
| Balance 2) | lighting. |
| (Fluorescent White | [Fluorescent White Balance 3]: Adjusts for daylight fluorescent lighting. |
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| (Incandescent) | Adjusts for places under incandescent lamp, or under bright lighting, |
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| (Flash) | Adjusts for flash conditions. |
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Effects of lighting conditions
The apparent color of the subject is affected by the lighting conditions.
The color tones are adjusted automatically, but you can adjust color tones manually using the White Balance function.
Daylight (White as Standard)
Cloudy (Bluish)
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