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Using REC/MOTION PICTURE menu
(Continued)
REC/PLAY switch:
Adjust colouring to suit light source if colours otherwise appear unnatural.
MODE:
→ REC/MOTION PICTURE menu
Settings: AWB (automatic) /
(outdoor, shade) /
) /
(set manually)
'AWB' operational range:
10000K
Blue sky
9000K
8000K
Cloudy sky (rain)
7000K
Shade
TV screen
6000K
Sunlight
5000K
White fluorescent lighting
4000K
3000K
Incandescent lighting
2000K
Sunset/sunrise
Candlelight
1000K
White balance fine adjustment (excluding 'AWB')
White balance settings can be individually fine tuned
if colours still do not appear as anticipated.
Press ▲ several times until 'WB ADJUST.' is
displayed.
Adjust with ► if reds are strong, adjust with ◄ if
blues are strong.
Press 'MENU/SET'.
• Settings are remembered even if power is turned off.
• Settings remain applied when using flash.
• Even though the 'AWB' setting is fixed in 'UNDERWATER' scene mode, fine
adjustments may still be made.
• Fine adjustments cannot be made when 'COLOR MODE' (P.77) is set to 'B/W',
'SEPIA', 'COOL', or 'WARM'.
Setting white balance manually (
Select
and press 'MENU/SET'.
Point the camera towards a white object
(e.g. paper) and press 'MENU/SET'.
Press 'MENU/SET'.
White balance is set to
.
• Making this setting will reset white balance fine
adjustment.
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WHITE BALANCE
→ REC menu
(outdoor, clear sky) /
(outdoor, cloudy sky) /
(halogen lighting) /
(uses value set in
Image may appear red or blue if out of range.
This function may also not work correctly
even within range if there are many light
sources present.
We recommend setting to 'AWB' or '
when under fluorescent lighting.
Changes to red (blue) when
making fine adjustment
)
Only takes image of white
objects within frame (step
MENU/SET
See P.18 for menu setting procedure.
Registering people that appear frequently in your pictures allows them to be given priority
when aligning focus, and allows all pictures featuring them to be viewed collectively.
For details, please refer to P.65.
Method of aligning focus can be changed according to position and number of subjects.
MODE:
Settings:
/
/
/
Taking front-on pictures of
'
people
Face detection
Automatically locking the
focus on a moving subject
AF tracking
)
Subject not in centre of
picture (AF area displayed
after focuses completely
aligned)
11-area-focusing
FACE RECOG.
AF MODE
→ REC/MOTION PICTURE menu
→ REC menu
/
/
( : High-speed focus)
Recognises faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and
focus accordingly. (When METERING MODE (P.75) is set to
'Multiple')
AF area
Yellow: When the shutter button is
pressed halfway, the frame
turns green when the camera is
focused.
White: Displayed when more than one
face is detected. Other faces that
are the same distance away as
faces within the yellow AF area are
also focused.
• If 'FACE RECOG.'
is set to 'ON', when taking pictures
with Face detection, priority is given to adjusting the focus and
exposure of the faces of registered people. (P.65)
Align the AF tracking frame with the subject, and then press ▼.
AF tracking frame
When the subject is recognised, the AF
tracking frame changes from white to
yellow, and the subject is automatically
kept in focus.
If AF Lock fails, a red frame flashes.
• To clear AF Lock, press ▼.
• Focus: Max. W: 3 cm (0.10 feet) and above
Max. T : 1 m (3.28 feet) and above
(2 m (6.57 feet) and above unless max.T)
Automatically focuses on any of 11 points.
AF area
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