Preset Manual - Nikon CoolPix S51 User Manual

Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

Preset Manual

Preset manual is used with mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources
with a strong color cast (for example, to make pictures taken under a lamp
with a red shade look as though they had been taken under white light).
1
Place a white or gray reference object under the lighting that
will be used during shooting.
2
Use the rotary multi selector to choose
[fPreset manual] in the white balance
menu, and press d.
The camera zooms in.
3
Choose [Measure].
To apply the most recently measured value for preset
manual, choose [Cancel] and press d.
4
Frame the reference object.
5
Press d.
The shutter is released and the new white balance value is set.
No pictures are recorded.
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Note on Preset Manual
Regardless of the flash mode selected, the flash will not fire when d is pressed in step 5. There-
fore, the camera cannot measure a value for preset manual for when the flash is used.
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White balance
Auto Auto Auto
Preset manual
Daylight Daylight Daylight
Incandescent Incandescent Incandescent
Fluorescent Fluorescent Fluorescent
Exit
Preset manual
Cancel
Measure
Exit
Preset manual
Cancel
Measure
Exit
Reference object frame