Owner's Manual

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If
the
warning shown at right
is
displayed,
the
camera was
unable
to
measure white balance. Return
to
Step 2 and mea-
sure
white
balance again.
6 If the camera was able
to
measure a value for
white
balance,
the message "Data acquired" will be displayed. White balance
will automatically be set
to
the measured value; no
photo-
graph will be recorded.
Measuring
a
Value
for
Preset
White
Balance
1
Place
a neutral gray or white object under
the
lighting
that
will be used in the final
photograph.
A standard gray card can be used
as
a reference in studio settings. Do
alter exposure from the value selected by the camera;
when
shooting in
mode
M,
use
the electronic analog exposure display
to
select
optimum
exposure.
2 Display
the
shooting menu and select White balance>
White balance preset (to proceed directly
to
Step 4
without
displaying
the
shooting menu, select White balance preset
for
white
balance in the shooting information display
as
described on page 49 and
press
OK).
3
Highlight
Measure and
press
the
multi selector right. The
menu shown at right will be displayed;
highlight
Yes
and
press
the
multi selector right (to set
white
balance
to
the
last
measured value and exit
to
shooting mode,
highlight
No and
press
OK).
4 The message,
"Take
photo
of
white
or gray object filling view-
finder
under
lighting for shooting" will be displayed. When
the message clears from the display, the viewfinder and
shooting information white balance displays will flash
as
shown at right.
To
exit
without
measuring a preset value,
•••••••
_11_
press
G and select another
option
for
white
balance.
S Frame
the
reference object
so
that
it
fills the viewfinder and
press
the
shutter-release
button
all
the way down.
*..
'+
11-~/Fn
Button
(
77)
IfWhite balance
is
chosen for Custom Setting
11
(~/Fn
button), pressing
the
Fn
button
for
about
2s
when
preset
white
balance
is
selected will display
the
indicators
shown
in Step
4.
Measure a value for
preset
white
balance
as
described in Steps 5-6.
Menu
Guide/Shooting
Options:
The
Shooting
Menu
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