User manual

4-5 Customizing Camera Functions
X Adjusting Hue (K WB)
Compensate for changes in color due to the color of the light source. White balance
makes white objects look white. Although [Auto] works well in most situations, you
can choose an option suited to the light source if [Auto] fails to make white objects
appear white or if instead you wish to deliberately lend white objects a color cast.
• This item is for still photography. See page 202 for more information. The option selected
for [n WB] in the n video menu takes effect in n (movie) mode (P. 380).
White balance mode
Color
temperature
Choose for
Auto white
balance
Auto —
Most normal scenes (scenes containing
objects that are white or close to white)
• This mode is recommended in most
situations.
Preset white
balance
5
5300 K Sunlit outdoor scenes, sunsets, fi reworks
N
7500 K Daylight shots of subjects in the shade
O
6000 K Shots taken in daylight under overcast skies
1
3000 K Subjects under incandescent lighting
>
4000 K Subjects under fl uorescent lighting
U
— Underwater photography
n
5500 K Flash photography
One-touch white
balance
P/Q/
W/X
Value selected
for one-touch
white balance
Subjects containing white or gray areas that
can be used to measure white balance and
that are under mixed lighting or lit by a fl ash
with unknown characteristics
Custom white
balance
CWB
2000 K –
14000 K
Situations in which you can identify the
appropriate color temperature
• Fine-tuning is available for each mode. White balance can be fi ne-tuned on the A (amber–
blue) and G (green–magenta) axes.
• One-touch white balance can be used to choose from previously-selected values. For more
information on one-touch white balance, see page 207.
• Custom white balance offers settings of from 2000 to 14000 K.
X tab
[K WB] Choose an option
• When custom white balance (CWB) is highlighted, you can press I on the arrow pad and
use the FG buttons to choose the color temperature.
• To fi ne-tune white balance, highlight an option, press the I button to display fi ne-tuning
options, and then make the desired adjustments.
• Press the R (movie) button in the A or G fi ne-tuning display to preview the effect in the
monitor. Press the R button again to return to the A or G fi ne-tuning display.
• White balance can be adjusted using a direct button (the WB button), the LV super control
panel, or live controls. The same controls can be used to adjust white balance in n (movie)
mode.
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