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Custom White Balance

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Still Images Movies Custom White Balance For image colors that look natural under the light in your shot, adjust white balance to suit the light source where you are shooting. Set the white balance under the same light source that will illuminate your shot. zzFollow the steps in "Adjusting White Balance" (=56) to choose [ ]. zzAim the camera at a plain white subject, so that the entire screen is white. Press the button. zzThe tint of the screen changes once the white balance data has been recorded. • Colors may look unnatural if you change camera settings after recording white balance data. Still Images Movies Changing Image Color Tones (My Colors) Change image color tones as desired, such as converting images to sepia or black and white. zzPress the button, choose [ ] in the menu, and choose the desired option (= 22). zzThe option you configured is now displayed. My Colors Off Vivid Neutral - Emphasizes contrast and color saturation, making images sharper. Tones down contrast and color saturation for subdued images. Sepia Creates sepia tone images. B/W Creates black and white images. Positive Film Combines the effects of Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, and Vivid Red to produce intense yet natural-looking colors resembling images on positive film. Lighter Skin Tone Lightens skin tones. Darker Skin Tone Darkens skin tones. Vivid Blue Vivid Green Emphasizes blues in images. Makes the sky, ocean, and other blue subjects more vivid. Emphasizes greens in images. Makes mountains, foliage, and other green subjects more vivid. Vivid Red Emphasizes reds in images. Makes red subjects more vivid. Custom Color Adjust contrast, sharpness, color saturation, and other qualities as desired (=58). • White balance (=56) cannot be set in [ ] or [ ] modes. • With [ ] and [ ] modes, colors other than people's skin tone may change. These settings may not produce the expected results with some skin tones. Cover Before Use Common Camera Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Tv, Av, and M Mode 6 Playback Mode 7 Wi-Fi Functions 8 Setting Menu 9 Accessories 10 Appendix Index 57

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Cover
Before Use
Common Camera
Operations
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
P Mode
Playback Mode
Wi-Fi Functions
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Basic Guide
Tv, Av, and M
Mode
Still Images
Movies
Custom White Balance
For image colors that look natural under the light in your shot, adjust white
balance to suit the light source where you are shooting. Set the white
balance under the same light source that will illuminate your shot.
z
Follow the steps in “Adjusting White
Balance” (
=
56
) to choose [
].
z
Aim the camera at a plain white subject,
so that the entire screen is white. Press
the <
l
> button.
z
The tint of the screen changes once the
white balance data has been recorded.
•
Colors may look unnatural if you change camera settings after
recording white balance data.
Still Images
Movies
Changing Image Color Tones (My Colors)
Change image color tones as desired, such as converting images to sepia
or black and white.
z
Press the <
m
> button, choose [
] in
the menu, and choose the desired option
(
=
22
).
z
The option you configured is now
displayed.
My Colors Off
–
Vivid
Emphasizes contrast and color saturation, making images
sharper.
Neutral
Tones down contrast and color saturation for subdued images.
Sepia
Creates sepia tone images.
B/W
Creates black and white images.
Positive Film
Combines the effects of Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, and Vivid
Red to produce intense yet natural-looking colors resembling
images on positive film.
Lighter Skin Tone
Lightens skin tones.
Darker Skin Tone
Darkens skin tones.
Vivid Blue
Emphasizes blues in images. Makes the sky, ocean, and other
blue subjects more vivid.
Vivid Green
Emphasizes greens in images. Makes mountains, foliage, and
other green subjects more vivid.
Vivid Red
Emphasizes reds in images. Makes red subjects more vivid.
Custom Color
Adjust contrast, sharpness, color saturation, and other
qualities as desired (
=
58
).
•
White balance (
=
56
) cannot be set in [
] or [
] modes.
•
With [
] and [
] modes, colors other than people’s skin tone may
change. These settings may not produce the expected results with
some skin tones.