Sony DSC-P8 Operating Instructions - Page 49

Adjusting color tones

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• You cannot use the flash in this mode. • During shooting in this mode, the images are not displayed on the screen. Compose the image before pressing the shutter button. • The focus and white balance are adjusted for the first image, and these settings are also used for the other images. • When the exposure is manually adjusted (page 45), the adjusted value is used for the center value. • The recording interval is approximately 0.5 second. • If the subject is too bright or too dark, you may be unable to shoot properly with the selected bracket step value. Adjusting color tones - White Balance Mode dial: /SCN/ Normally, when recording with automatic adjustments, the white balance is automatically set to Auto and the overall color balance is adjusted according to the shooting conditions. However, when you shoot under fixed conditions or special lighting conditions, you can manually adjust the white balance. WB (Flash) Adjusts the white balance only to the flash conditions (Incandescent) • Places where the lighting conditions change quickly • Under bright lighting such as photography studios (Fluorescent) Shooting under fluorescent lighting (Cloudy) Shooting under a cloudy sky (Daylight) Shooting outdoors, shooting night scenes, neon signs, fireworks or sunrises, or shooting just before and after sundown Auto (No indicator) Adjusts the white balance automatically MENU Control button Mode dial a Set the mode dial to or . , SCN b Press MENU. The menu appears. c Select [WB] (White Bal) with b/ B, then select the desired setting with v/V. To reactivate auto adjustment Select [Auto] in step 3. 49 Advanced still image shooting

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Advanced still image shooting
•
You cannot use the flash in this mode.
•
During shooting in this mode, the images are
not displayed on the screen. Compose the
image before pressing the shutter button.
•
The focus and white balance are adjusted for
the first image, and these settings are also used
for the other images.
•
When the exposure is manually adjusted
(page 45), the adjusted value is used for the
center value.
•
The recording interval is approximately
0.5 second.
•
If the subject is too bright or too dark, you may
be unable to shoot properly with the selected
bracket step value.
Adjusting color tones
— White Balance
Mode dial:
/SCN/
Normally, when recording with automatic
adjustments, the white balance is
automatically set to Auto and the overall
color balance is adjusted according to the
shooting conditions. However, when you
shoot under fixed conditions or special
lighting conditions, you can manually
adjust the white balance.
(Flash)
Adjusts the white balance only to the flash
conditions
(Incandescent)
•
Places where the lighting conditions
change quickly
•
Under bright lighting such as
photography studios
(Fluorescent)
Shooting under fluorescent lighting
(Cloudy)
Shooting under a cloudy sky
(Daylight)
Shooting outdoors, shooting night scenes,
neon signs, fireworks or sunrises, or
shooting just before and after sundown
Auto (No indicator)
Adjusts the white balance automatically
a
Set the mode dial to
, SCN
or
.
b
Press MENU.
The menu appears.
c
Select [WB] (White Bal) with
b
/
B
, then select the desired
setting with
v
/
V
.
To reactivate auto adjustment
Select [Auto] in step
3
.
WB
Mode dial
Control button
MENU