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RECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION
WHITE BALANCE
White balance is the camera’s ability to make different types of lighting appear
neutral. The effect is similar to selecting daylight or tungsten film, or using
color compensating filters in conventional photography. One automatic and
four preset white-balance settings are available with still image and movie
recording; white balance cannot be changed with digital subject programs.
White balance is set in section 1 of the still-image recording menu or in
section 2 of the movie/audio recording menu (page 57).
White balance can be assigned to the controller (page 62). When auto reset
(page 63) is active, the white balance is reset to automatic when the camera
is turned off.
Automatic white balance
compensates for the color
temperature of a scene. In most
cases, the auto setting balances
the ambient light and creates
beautiful images, even under
mixed-lighting conditions. When
the built-in flash is used, the white
balance is set to the color
temperature of the flash.
When one of the preset white-
balance settings is selected, an
indicator is displayed on the LCD
monitor to indicate the active
white-balance setting; the effect is
immediately visible on the monitor.
To record the ambient light, set the
flash mode to flash cancel
(page 43). The built-in flash can
be used with preset white-
balance, but creates a pinkish or
blueish cast with the fluorescent
and tungsten settings.
The flash is daylight balanced and
produces good results with the
daylight and cloudy settings.
Daylight - for outdoor and
sun-lit subjects.
Cloudy - for overcast outdoor
scenes.
Tungsten - for incandescent
lighting: household light bulbs.
Fluorescent - for fluorescent
lighting: office ceiling lights.
