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Using the Custom White Balance
White balance settings may vary slightly depending on the shooting
environment. You can select the most appropriate white balance setting for
a given shooting environment by setting up the custom white balance.
1. Select the CUSTOM (
) menu of the
White Balance and place a sheet of
white paper in front of the camera so
that the LCD monitor shows only white.
2.
MENU/OK
button : selects previous
custom white
balance.
Shutter
button
: saves new custom
white balance.
The custom white balance value will be applied, starting with the next
picture you take.
The user confi gured white balance will be remain effective until it is
overwritten.
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x
White Paper
Setting up the recording function using the camera buttons
Exposure compensation
This camera automatically adjusts the exposure according to the ambient
lighting conditions.
However, you can adjust exposure value by using [EV] menu.
Compensating Exposure
1. Press the
Fn
button, and then use the
UP
and
DOWN
buttons to select the exposure
compensation icon (
).
The exposure compensation menu bar will
appear as shown.
2. Use the
LEFT
and
RIGHT
buttons to set
the desired exposure compensation factor.
3. Press the
Fn
button again. The value you set will be saved and the
Exposure Compensation setup mode will close.
If you change the exposure value, the exposure indicator (
) will be
displayed on the bottom of the LCD monitor.
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A negative exposure compensation value reduces the exposure.
Note that a positive exposure compensation value increases the
exposure and the LCD monitor will appear white or you may not get
good pictures.
EV
