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White balance compensation, One-touch white balance

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% Tips • Removing warm colors from pictures taken using auto white balance under incandescent lighting. [W Keep Warm Color]: Selecting [n] for white balance only when the flash is used. [#+WB]: g "Customizing camera settings" (P. 81) Basic photography/frequently-used options White balance compensation 1 This function lets you make fine changes to the auto WB and preset WB settings. 1 Select [WB] in c Custom Menu (P. 81) tab X. 2 Select the option to be modified and press I. 3 Select a slider with HI and use FG to choose the amount. Adjusting the white balance in the A direction (Amber-Blue) Auto AG +2 -5 Higher values produce "warmer" (redder) tints, lower values "cooler" (bluer) tints. WB Preview Adjusting the white balance in the G direction Back Set (Green-Magenta) Higher values produce greener tints, lower values tints that are more purple. 4 Press Q to save settings and exit. % Tips • To display a test photograph taken at the selected white balance value, press the R button. • Adjusting all WB mode settings at once. [All >]: g "Customizing camera settings" (P. 81) One-touch white balance Measure white balance by framing a piece of paper or other white object under the lighting that will be used in the final photograph. This is useful when shooting a subject under natural light, as well as under various light sources with different color temperatures. 1 Select [P] or [Q] (one-touch white balance 1 or 2) and press the INFO button. 2 Photograph a piece of colorless (white or gray) paper. • Frame the object so that it fills the display and no shadows fall it. • The one-touch white balance screen appears. 3 Select [Yes] and press Q. • The new value is saved as a preset white balance option. • The new value is stored until one-touch white balance is measured again. Turning the power off does not erase the data. % Tips • If the subject is too bright or too dark or visibly tinted, the message "WB NG Retry" will be displayed and no value will be recorded. Correct the problem and repeat the process from Step 1. 44 EN

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Basic photography/frequently-used options
1
%
Tips
Removing warm colors from pictures taken using auto white balance under incandescent
lighting. [
W
Keep Warm Color]:
Selecting [
n
] for white balance only when the
fl
ash is used. [
#
+WB]:
g
“Customizing camera settings” (P. 81)
White balance compensation
This function lets you make
fi
ne changes to the auto WB and preset WB settings.
1
Select [WB] in
c
Custom Menu (P. 81) tab
X
.
2
Select the option to be modi
fi
ed and press
I
.
3
Select a slider with
HI
and use
FG
to choose the amount.
Adjusting the white balance in the A direction
(Amber-Blue)
Higher values produce “warmer” (redder) tints, lower
values “cooler” (bluer) tints.
Adjusting the white balance in the G direction
(Green-Magenta)
Higher values produce greener tints, lower values tints
that are more purple.
+2
A
-
5
+2
-
5
G
WB Preview
Auto
Back
Set
4
Press
Q
to save settings and exit.
%
Tips
To display a test photograph taken at the selected white balance value, press the
R
button.
Adjusting all WB mode settings at once. [All
>
]:
g
“Customizing camera settings”
(P. 81)
One-touch white balance
Measure white balance by framing a piece of paper or other white object under
the lighting that will be used in the
fi
nal photograph. This is useful when shooting a
subject under natural light, as well as under various light sources with different color
temperatures.
1
Select [
P
] or [
Q
] (one-touch white balance 1 or 2) and press the
INFO
button.
2
Photograph a piece of colorless (white or gray) paper.
Frame the object so that it
fi
lls the display and no shadows fall it.
The one-touch white balance screen appears.
3
Select [Yes] and press
Q
.
The new value is saved as a preset white balance option.
The new value is stored until one-touch white balance is measured again. Turning the
power off does not erase the data.
%
Tips
If the subject is too bright or too dark or visibly tinted, the message “WB NG Retry” will be
displayed and no value will be recorded. Correct the problem and repeat the process from
Step 1.
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