White Balance - Konica Minolta Dimage X31 Instruction Manual

WHITE BALANCE

White balance is the camera's ability to make different types of lighting
appear neutral. The effect is similar to selecting daylight or tungsten film,
or using color compensating filters in conventional photography. One
White balance
automatic and four preset white-balance setting are available with still
image and movie recording. White balance is set in the main recording menu (p. 36) or
the movie-recording mode (p. 61). When auto reset (p. 55) is active, the white balance
will be reset to automatic white balance when the camera is turned off. White balance
can be assigned to the controller with controller customization (p. 54).
The automatic white balance compensates for the color temperature of a scene. In most
cases, the auto setting will balance the ambient light and create beautiful images, even
under mixed-lighting conditions. When the built-in flash is used, the white balance is set
for the color temperature of the flash.
Daylight - for outdoor and sunlit subjects.
Cloudy - for overcast outdoor scenes.
Tungsten - for incandescent lighting: household filament light bulbs.
Fluorescent - for fluorescent lighting: office ceiling lights.
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ECORDING ADVANCED OPERATION
Preset white-balance settings must be set before the image is
taken. When one of the preset white-balance settings is
selected, an indicator will be displayed on the LCD monitor to
indicate the active white-balance setting; the effect is
immediately visible on the monitor. To record the ambient light,
set the flash mode to flash cancel (p. 39). The built-in flash can
be used with preset white-balance, but will create a pinkish or
blueish cast with the fluorescent and tungsten settings. The
flash is daylight balanced and will produce good results with
the daylight and cloudy settings.