Nikon COOLPIX L120 User Manual - Page 68

More on Shooting Auto Mode Preset Manual Preset manual is used with mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources with a strong color cast when the desired effect has not been achieved with white balance settings like Auto and Incandescent (for example, to make images shot under a lamp with a red shade look as though they had been shot under white light). Use the procedure below to measure the white balance value under the lighting used during shooting. 1 Place a white or gray reference object under the lighting that is used during shooting. 2 Display the shooting menu (A 52), use the multi selector to select b Preset manual in the White balance menu, and press the k button. The camera zooms in to the position for measuring white balance. White balance Auto Preset manual Daylight Incandescent Fluorescent Cloudy Flash 3 Select Measure. To apply the most recently measured white balance value, choose Cancel and press the k button. The white balance setting will not be measured again and the most recently measured value will be set. Preset manual Cancel Measure 4 Frame the reference object in the measuring window. Preset manual Cancel Measure Reference object frame 5 Press the k button to measure a value for preset manual. The shutter is released (no image is captured) and the new white-balance value is set. B Note on Preset Manual The camera cannot measure a white balance value for when the flash fires. When shooting with the 56 flash, set White balance to Auto or Flash.