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White Balance Settings
Auto
Settings are automatically set by the camera.
Day Light
For recording outdoors on a bright day.
Cloudy
For recording under overcast, shady or twilight
skies.
Tungsten
For recording under tungsten and bulb-type 3-
wavelength fluorescent lighting.
Fluorescent
For recording under warm-white, cool-white or
warm-white (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
Fluorescent H
For recording under daylight fluorescent, or
daylight fluorescent-type 3-wavelength
fluorescent lighting.
Underwater
Appropriate for shooting images underwater with
the Waterproof Case WP-DC12 (sold
separately). This mode yields image data in the
optimal white balance to record images with
natural hues by reducing the bluish tone.
Custom
For recording with the optimal white balance
data memorized in the camera from a white-
colored object, such as white paper or cloth.
The white balance setting cannot be adjusted when
or
is selected for My Colors.
Using the Custom White Balance
You can set a custom white balance to obtain the optimal
setting for the shooting conditions by having the camera
evaluate an object, such as a piece of white paper or cloth, or
a photo-quality gray card that you wish to establish as the
standard white color.
In particular, take a custom white balance reading for the
following situations that are difficult for the
(Auto) setting
to detect correctly.
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Shooting close-ups (Macro)
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Shooting subjects of monotone color (such as sky, sea or
forest)
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Shooting with a particular source of light (such as a
mercury-vapor lamp)
