User`s guide

Advanced Settings

Procedure

Enter the REC Mode * [MENU] * “Quality” Tab * White Balance

You can adjust white balance to match the source of light available where you are

shooting and avoid the blue cast that results when shooting outdoors when it is

cloudy, and the green cast that results when shooting under fluorescent lighting.

Controlling White Balance (White Balance)

Setting

REC Screen

Icon Display

Description

Auto None

Configures the camera to adjust white balance

automatically.

(Daylight) For shooting outdoors on a clear day

(Overcast)

For shooting outdoors on an overcast rainy day, in

the shade, etc.

(Shade)

For shooting on a clear day in the shade of trees or

buildings

(DayWhite

Fluorescent)

For shooting under white or day white fluorescent

lighting

(Daylight

Fluorescent)

For shooting under daylight fluorescent lighting

(Tungsten) For shooting under light bulb lighting

Manual

For configuring the camera manually to suit a

particular light source

Select “Manual”.

Under the lighting conditions

you plan to use when

shooting, point the camera at

a blank white piece of paper

so it fills the entire monitor

screen and then press the

shutter button.

Press [SET].

The white balance setting is retained even if you

turn off the camera.

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Blank white paper