White Balance

Adjusts color tones according to the surrounding light conditions. Use this function if image color appears unnatural.

1 Lower the lens cover to switch to shooting mode.

2 t(White Balance) t desired mode t

(Auto)

Adjusts the white balance automatically so that the colors appear

 

natural.

(Daylight) Adjusts for outdoors conditions on a fine day, evening views, night scenes, neon signs, fireworks, etc.

(Cloudy)

Adjusts for a cloudy sky or a shady location.

(Fluorescent

[Fluorescent Light 1]: Adjusts for white

 

 

 

 

Light 1)

fluorescent lighting.

 

 

(Fluorescent

[Fluorescent Light 2]: Adjusts for natural white

 

 

Light 2)

fluorescent lighting.

 

 

(Fluorescent

[Fluorescent Light 3]: Adjusts for day white

 

 

 

Light 3)

fluorescent lighting.

 

 

 

 

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Adjusts for places under incandescent lamp, or

 

 

 

 

(Incandescent)

under bright lighting, such as in a photo studio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Flash)

Adjusts for the flash conditions.

Notes

You cannot select [White Balance] in (Intelligent Auto Adjustment), (Easy Shooting) mode.

You can select [White Balance] only when (High Sensitivity) or (Gourmet) mode is selected in Scene Selection.

When shooting movies, you cannot select [Flash] in [White Balance] when (High Sensitivity) mode is selected in Scene Selection.

Under fluorescent lights that flicker, the white balance function may not work correctly even though you select [Fluorescent Light 1], [Fluorescent Light 2] or [Fluorescent Light 3].

When shooting with a flash in other than [Flash] mode, [White Balance] is set to [Auto].

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