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White balance

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White balance When the brightness of the light changes, our eyes adapt the difference so that the white object remains white. For digital still cameras, they can also see the white object as white by averaging the light around the subject. The camera determines the white balance by averaging the various kinds of light that actually enters the lens. You may set in advance the white balance when taking photographs under specific lighting conditions (Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Sunset, Tungsten and Fluorescent). To set white balance you may press / button in the main menu or press / button to enter the submenu and choose the setting. After the setting is set, press the OK button to confirm. [Auto]: [ Daylight]: [ Cloudy]: [ Sunset]: [ Tungsten]: [ Fluorescent]: automatically adjusting the white balance for recording outdoors on a bright day recording for overcast, shaded, twilight or evening skies for recording under sunset. for recording under tungsten lighting condition for recording under fluorescent lighting condition 61

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White balance
When the brightness of the light changes, our eyes adapt the difference so that the white
object remains white. For digital still cameras, they can also see the white object as white by
averaging the light around the subject.
The camera determines the white balance by averaging the various kinds of light that actually
enters the lens. You may set in advance the white balance when taking photographs under
specific lighting conditions (Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Sunset, Tungsten and Fluorescent).
To set white balance you may press
/
button in the main menu or press
/
button to
enter the submenu and choose the setting. After the setting is set, press the
OK
button to
confirm.
[Auto]:
automatically adjusting the white balance
[
Daylight]:
for recording outdoors on a bright day
[
Cloudy]:
recording for overcast, shaded, twilight or evening skies
[
Sunset]:
for recording under sunset.
[
Tungsten]:
for recording under tungsten lighting condition
[
Fluorescent]:
for recording under fluorescent lighting condition