Owner's Manual

Option
13 Choose color temp.
A Auto
(default)
White Balance
White balance ensures that colors are unaffected by the color of the light source.
Auto white balance is recommended for most light sources; if necessary, other values
can be selected according
to the type of source. The following options are available
in
P, S, A, and M modes (auto white balance is used in auto and scene modes):
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Color temp. (K) ! Description
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iCamera sets white balance automatically;
irecommended in most situations. For best results,
3,500- I. use type G or 0 lens. If built-in or optional flash is
8,000*
iused, white balance reflects conditions in effect
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i Sodium-vapor lamps , venues).
IWarm~whitefjuoresceni ·:3;000* Use under warm-white fluorescent lights.
White fluorescent '13,700* ."UseunderwhiieffuorescentHghis:' ..
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(ool-white fluorescent i
: 4,200* i Use under cool-white fluorescent lights.
(default
for Fluorescent):
. Daywhite··fluofescent i 5,000* - I Use under daylightwhite fluorescent Iights.-·--.- .. ·· .. ·
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l Daylight fluorescent i "6;S"OO"·····"TDs-e·underdayiight"fiLi"o·rescen·t·Tighis:·-· · ··-- .
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.. ~~i··LDirectSunlighi···· j ····5;200*······ ··iUs~~~ithsu§jectsl·it·§~:~~ect··sLJnli9~~: _._ .
·lFhlsh "'''5;406* I Use with built-in or optional flash .
.. Cloudy 6,000* I Use in daylight under overcast skies.
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i Choose color temperature from list ofvalues (pg. 99).
'0,000
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* All values are approximate. Fine-tuning set to O.
95