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Other shooting options and advanced settings
2
WB mode
Color
temperature
Light conditions
Auto white
balance
AUTO
k
Used for most light conditions (when there
is a white portion framed on the LCD
monitor). Use this mode for general use.
Preset white
balance
5
5300K
For shooting outdoors on a clear day, or to
capture the reds in a sunset or the colors
in a
fi
reworks display
2
7500K
For shooting outdoors in the shadows on
a clear day
3
6000K
For shooting outdoors on a cloudy day
1
3000K
For shooting under a tungsten light
w
4000K
For shooting under white
fl
uorescent
lighting
x
4500K
For shooting under a neutral white
fl
uorescent lamp
y
6600K
For shooting under a daylight
fl
uorescent
lamp
n
5500K
For
fl
ash shooting
One-touch white
balance
(P. 43)
V
Color
temperature
set by one-
touch WB.
Choose when a white or gray subject can
be used to measure white balance and
the subject is under mixed lighting or lit
by an unknown type of
fl
ash or other light
source.
Custom white
balance
CWB
2000K –
14000K
After pressing the
INFO
button, use
HI
buttons to select a color temperature and
then press
i
.
White balance color temperature
As their temperature increases, objects
fi
rst start to shine red and then to shine blue
as the temperature rises further. Color temperature expresses the color of light in
this way using absolute temperatures in degrees K (kelvin).
Fluorescent light sources indicated by
white dots in the accompanying
fi
gure
have colors that differ slightly from
those on the color temperature scale;
the values shown in the
fi
gure have
been converted to color temperatures
for illustrative purposes.
•
White balance compensation
This function lets you make
fi
ne changes to the auto WB and preset WB settings.
1
Select [WB] in
c
Custom Menu (P. 71) tab
X
.
2
Select the option to be modi
fi
ed and press
I
.
3
Select a slider with
HI
and use
FG
to choose the amount.
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