Setting the White Balance
In certain situations, the color white may appear slightly reddish or bluish. This can
occur when shooting under early or late day sunlight, on a cloudy day, or under
halogen lighting. By using the manual White Balance feature you can achieve a
more accurate reproduction of the color white.
Preparation
• Set the mode dial except for [
1
Select [W.BALANCE] and set the
desirable mode.
1
/
REC
3
W.BALANCE
AUTO
SENSITIVITY
PICT.SIZE
QUALITY
SELECT
SET
WB
• [AUTO]:
for setting the white balance
automatically (auto white balance)
• [
] (Daylight):
for recording outdoors on a bright
day
• [
] (Cloudy):
for recording under a cloudy and
shady sky
• [
] (Halogen):
for recording under halogen lighting
• [
] (White set):
for manual setting (Read the
following page where the manual
setting is explained in detail.)
• Close the menu by pressing the
[MENU] button after finishing the
setting.
Recording pictures (advanced)
]/[
]. (P29)
SETUP
AUTO
1600
EXIT
MENU
WB
60
¬ Suggestions/Tips ¬
• When setting the white balance to the
mode except for [AUTO], you can
finely adjust the white balance. (P62)
• The setting of the white balance is
applied to the other recording modes.
• In Simple mode [
balance is fixed to [AUTO].
• When taking a picture with the flash,
the white balance will be automatically
adjusted [except for [
but the white balance may not be
properly adjusted when the photo
flash is insufficient.
], the white
] (Daylight)],