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White bal, preset, Preset White Balance

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Menu Guide-The Shooting Menu Preset White Balance Preset white balance is used when shooting under mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources with a strong color cast (for example, to make pictures taken under a lamp with a red shade look as though they had been taken under white light). When (White bal preset) is selected from the white-balance menu, the camera will zoom in and the menu shown above at right will be displayed. WHITE BAL PRESET Cancel Measure Option Description Cancel Recalls the most recent value for preset white balance from memory and sets white balance to this value. Measure To measure a new value for white balance, place a white object, such as a piece of paper, under the lighting that will be used in the final picture. Frame this object so that it fills the square in the center of the menu shown above. Highlight Measure and press the multi selector to the right to measure a new value for white balance (the shutter will be released and the camera will return to the original zoom position, but no picture will be recorded). Using the Flash Preset white balance can not be measured with the flash. 78

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Menu Guide — The Shooting Menu
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Preset White Balance
Preset white balance is used when shooting under
mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources with
a strong color cast (for example, to make pictures taken
under a lamp with a red shade look as though they had
been taken under white light).
When
(
White bal
preset
) is selected from the white-balance menu, the
camera will zoom in and the menu shown above at
right will be displayed.
Cancel
Measure
WHITE BAL PRESET
Option
Cancel
Recalls the most recent value for preset white balance from memory
and sets white balance to this value.
Measure
To measure a new value for white balance, place a white object, such as
a piece of paper, under the lighting that will be used in the final picture.
Frame this object so that it fills the square in the center of the menu
shown above.
Highlight
Measure
and press the multi selector to the
right to measure a new value for white balance (the shutter will be re-
leased and the camera will return to the original zoom position, but no
picture will be recorded).
Description
Using the Flash
Preset white balance can not be measured with the flash.