Setting The White Balance - Ricoh PENTAX K-3 II Operating Manual

Setting the White Balance

1
Press C in standby mode.
The White Balance setting screen appears.
2
Select the desired white
balance setting.
3
g Auto White Balance
g
u Multi Auto White Balance
Daylight
h
Shade
i
Cloudy
j
q Fluorescent - Daylight Color
r Fluorescent - Daylight White
k
s Fluorescent - Cool White
t Fluorescent - Warm White
Tungsten
l
Flash
m
n Color Temperature Enhancement
Manual White Balance 1 to 3
o
Color Temperature 1 to 3
p
Available operations when shooting with the viewfinder
Main switch to U
H
Proceed to Step 5 if you do not need to fine-tune the white
balance.
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Auto White Balance Auto White Balance
Check Check
Cancel Cancel WB± WB±
Uses Digital Preview to preview
the background image with the
white balance setting applied.
Saves the preview image (only
when the image can be saved).
3
Press G.
The fine-tuning screen appears.
Available operations
Adjust: Green-Magenta
AB
Adjust: Blue-Amber
CD
OK OK
Resets the adjustment value to the default
M
setting.
4
Press E.
The screen of Step 2 reappears.
5
Press E.
The camera returns to standby mode.
u Caution
• The Digital Preview operation in Step 2 cannot be performed
when the drive mode is set to [Multi-exposure],
[Interval Shooting], or [Interval Composite].
t Memo
• When u is set, even if various light sources are present at
the shooting location, the camera automatically adjusts the
white balance according to the light source of each area.
(u is not available in C mode.)
• The following settings for the white balance can be set in the
E2 menu.
10. WB Adjustable Range
11. WB When Using Flash
12. AWB in Tungsten Light
13. Color Temperature Steps
G3 G3 A2 A2
Check Check
Cancel Cancel ±0 ±0 OK OK
Fixed, Auto Adjustment
Auto White Balance, Multi
Auto White Balance,
Flash, Unchanged
Strong Correction, Subtle
Correction
Kelvin, Mired