Taking pictures and videos
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White Balance
Choose your lighting
condition.
This setting remains until you
change it. The setting is
displayed on the right side of
Liveview if set to Daylight,
Tungsten, or Fluorescent.
Auto (default)—
automatically corrects
white balance. Ideal for general picture
taking.
Daylight—
for pictures in natural lighting.
Tungsten—
corrects the orange cast of
household light bulbs. Ideal for indoor
pictures under tungsten or halogen lighting
without flash.
Fluorescent—
corrects the green cast of
fluorescent lighting. Ideal for indoor pictures
under fluorescent lighting without flash.
Unavailable in Auto, Scene, or Video modes.
Exposure Bracketing
Interval
Choose an exposure
bracketing interval.
P, A, S, M, C: This setting remains
until you change it or take
pictures.
Auto, Scene: This setting remains
until you turn the Mode dial or
turn off the camera.
+/- 0.3 EV (default)
+/- 0.7 EV
+/- 1.0 EV
See
Using exposure bracketing, page 19
.
Exposure Metering
Evaluate light levels at specific
areas of a scene.
This setting remains until you
change it. The setting is
displayed on the right side of
Liveview if set to Center-weight
or Center-spot.
Multi-pattern (default)—
evaluates
lighting conditions throughout the image to
give an optimum picture exposure. Ideal for
general picture taking.
Center-weight—
evaluates the lighting
conditions of the subject centered in the
viewfinder. Ideal for backlit subjects.
Center-spot—
similar to Center-weight,
except the metering is concentrated on a
smaller area of the subject centered in the
viewfinder. (A circle indicates the metering
spot.) Ideal when you need an exact
exposure of a specific area in the picture.
Unavailable in Auto, Scene, or Video modes.
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