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Taking Pictures To Set the White Balance Manually Have a blank sheet of white paper or similar material ready. 1 In the [White Balance] screen, use the four-way controller (23) to select K (Manual). 2 Point the camera at the blank White Balance sheet of paper or other material so that it fills the frame displayed in 3 the center of the screen. SHUTTER Adjust MENU Cancel OK OK 3 Press the shutter release button fully. The white balance is automatically adjusted. 4 Press the 4 button. The setting is saved and the [A Rec. Mode] menu reappears. 5 Press the 3 button. The camera returns to capture status. Setting the AE Metering You can set the area of the screen where the brightness is metered to determine the exposure. L Multi-segment metering M Center-weighted metering N Spot AE metering The camera divides the image into 256 areas, meters the brightness and determines the exposure. The camera takes a reading of the overall brightness of the picture with the center of the image having more influence on the exposure. The camera determines the exposure by metering the brightness only at the center of the image. 1 Press the 3 button in A mode. The [A Rec. Mode] menu appears. 110