Recording pictures (advanced)
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■
Setting the White Balance manually
(White set
p
)
Use this mode when you want to set the
white balance manually.
1
Set to [
p
] (White Set) and then
press
q
.
2
Select [
:
] (White set 1) or [
;
]
(White set 2) and then press
q
.
3
Aim the camera at a sheet of white paper
or a similar white object so that the frame
on the centre of the screen turns white
and then press
q
.
■
Finely Adjusting the White Balance
(White Balance Fine Adjustment
L
)
When you cannot acquire the desired hue
by setting the white balance, you can adjust
the white balance finely.
1
Set the white balance to [
k
]/[
l
]/
[
m
]/[
:
]/[
;
]. (P71)
2
Press
e
several times until [
L
WB
ADJUST.] appears.
3
Finely adjust the white balance.
•
q
[BLUE]: Press when the hue is
reddish.
•
w
[RED]: Press when the hue is
bluish.
About the white balance
• This is fixed to [AUTO] in Auto mode [
0
].
• When taking a picture with the flash, the
white balance will be automatically
adjusted [except for [
k
] (Daylight)], but
the white balance may not be properly
adjusted if the photo flash is insufficient.
About the white balance fine adjustment
• The white balance icon on the screen
turns red or blue if you have performed
white balance fine adjustment.
• You can set the value independently for
each of the modes in white balance.
• The setting on the fine adjustment of the
white balance is reflected to the picture
when taking a picture with the flash.
• If you change the white balance setting for
set mode [
p
], the white balance fine
adjustment values for [
:
] and [
;
]
return to “0”.
• When the colour effect is set to any of
[COOL], [WARM], [B/W] or [SEPIA] (P78),
you cannot finely adjust the white
balance.
About the white set
• After starting white set, do not move the
camera or the subject until you return to
the menu.
SET
CANCEL
WHITE SET
MENU
WB ADJUST.
BLUE
RED
SELECT
EXIT
