Sony DSC-W830 Help Guide (Printable PDF) - Page 121

Help Guide How to use Digital Still Camera DSC-W830 White Balance Color tones are adjusted according to surrounding light conditions. Use this function if image color appears unnatural. 1. MENU - (White Balance) - desired mode (Auto)(Default setting): Adjusts white balance automatically so that colors appear natural. (Daylight): Adjusts for outdoors conditions on a fine day, evening views, night scenes, neon signs, fireworks, etc. (Cloudy): Adjusts for a cloudy sky or a shady location. (Fluorescent White Balance 1): Adjusts for white fluorescent lighting. (Fluorescent White Balance 2): Adjusts for natural white fluorescent lighting. (Fluorescent White Balance 3): Adjusts for daylight fluorescent lighting. (Incandescent): Adjusts for places under incandescent lamp, or under bright lighting, such as in a photo studio. (Flash): Adjusts for flash conditions. (One Push): Adjusts white balance depending on the light source. Use this mode when [Auto] and other settings do not provide accurate colors. (One Push Set): Memorizes the basic white color which will be used in [One Push] mode. Note When shooting with a flash in other than [Flash] mode, [White Balance] is set to [Auto]. When [Flash] is [On] or [Slow Synchro], white balance can only be adjusted to [Auto], [Flash], [One Push] or [One Push Set]. To capture a basic white color in [One Push Set] mode 1. Frame a white object such as a piece of paper filling the screen under the same lighting conditions as you will shoot the subject. 2. MENU - (White Balance) - [One Push Set] - on the control button The screen momentarily turns black, and when white balance has been adjusted and stored in memory, the recording 121