Nikon CoolPix 995 User Manual page 49

Setting Shooting Menus
— Preset White Balance —
In certain lighting, you may find that you can obtain a more accurate color balance
by measuring the color temperature of the light manually. The Preset White
Balance function allows you to photograph a neutral object (usually a piece of gray
card) from which the camera calculates the color temperature. The camera then
automatically recalibrates the white balance according to the result.
• When White Bal Preset is selected, the camera will
Zoom in and the preset white-balance menu will
appear on the Monitor.
Cancel
Select Cancel to abort the Preset White Balance setting, and then press the >
on the Multi selector to return the white balance to its most recent setting. The lens
also returns to its previous position.
Measure
To measure the color temperature, select Measure and then place a flat neutral
object such as a piece of gray card in the same lighting as the intended subject.
Then press > on the Multi selector to take a sample image. The camera measures
the color temperature and the recalibrates the white balance.
Note:
When you select Measure, the camera will beep and zoom out, but no
photograph will be taken.
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Shooting Mode
METERING
The METERING menu offers a choice of four metering methods.
Choose the best metering method for your composition and lighting
conditions.
Matrix
Spot
Center-Weighted
Spot AF Area
Metering system Characteristic
Determines the exposure measurement by
dividing up the image into 256 separate
elements and creating an appropriate
Matrix
exposure calculation according to the
particular balance of subject and
background.
The camera measures light in an area in
the center of the frame occupying roughly
1/32 of the total Monitor area, indicated by
Spot
the square in center of the Monitor.
Exposure is calculated based on the central
1/4 of the entire frame contributing 80
Center-Weighted percent of the exposure calculation. When
you use the Digital zoom, Center-Weighted
Metering is automatically selected.
* Metering method is automatically set to Center-Weighted when Digital zoom is
activated.
Good for most situations.
Best when you want to set the exposure
based on a small area of the picture,
(e.g. a subject surrounded by a dark
background).
A useful compromise between Spot and
Matrix. Useful when the lighting on the
subject is to be used to define the
exposure, but extends over a larger area.
Set Spot AF Area Metering when you
want the exposure measurement to be
defined by the selected AF area target.
Shooting situations
Recommended for use in
most situations.
Best used when the subject
is backlit or there is a
pronounced contrast in the
frame such that exposure
should be based on a just a
small area of the frame.
Useful when you want to
base the exposure
measurement on the center
of the frame.
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