Leica M 240, Instructions Manual

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WHITE BALANCE
In digital photography, white balance ensures neutral rendition of
color in any light. It is based on the camera being preset to
reproduce a particular light color as white.
You can choose from ten different settings:
–
Automatic
– for automatic control, which delivers neutral
results in most situations.
– Seven fixed presets for the most frequent light sources:
– Daylight - e.g. for outdoor pictures in sunshine.
– Cloud - e.g. for outdoor pictures with cloudy skies.
– Shadow - e.g. for outdoor pictures with the main subject
in shadow.
– Artificial light - e.g. for indoor pictures with (prevailing)
incandescent lamp light.
– Warm fluorescent - e.g. for indoor pictures with
(prevailing) light from fluorescent tubes, for example for
homes with warm light similar to incandescent lamps at
approx. 2700K.
– Cool fluorescent - e.g. for indoor pictures with (prevailing)
light from fluorescent tubes, for example for working areas
and external lighting with cool light at approx. 4000K.
– Flash - e.g. for pictures with electronic flash lighting.
–
Gray card
– for manual setting by metering.
–
Color temperature 1
– for a directly adjustable color
temperature value.
Note:
Setting to Automatic allows the white balance to be adjusted for
correct color reproduction when using an electronic flash unit that
satisfies the technical requirements of System 3000 System
Camera Adaption (SCA) and has an SCA-3502 adapter or a
corresponding integrated foot.
However, if other flash units are used, which are not specially
designed for the camera and do not automatically adjust the white
balance, the Flash setting should be used.
Setting the function
For automatic or fixed settings
1. In the picture parameters menu (see p. 154/248) select
White Balance
, and
2. select the desired function in the sub-menu.
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All color temperatures are specified in Kelvin.