Nikon Coolpix P6000 User Manual page 151

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 when the desired effect has not been achieved with settings like
Auto
and Incandescent (for example, to make pictures shot under a lamp with a
red shade look as though they had been shot under white light).
1
Place a white or gray reference object under the lighting that will be
used during shooting.
2
Use the multi selector to choose
PRE
Preset
manual
in the white balance menu, and press
the
®
button.
• The camera zooms in.
Reference object frame
5
Press the
®
button to measure the white balance value.
• The shutter is released and the new white-balance value is set.
• No pictures are recorded.
• To apply the most recently measured value for preset
manual, choose
Cancel
and press the
®
button. The
most recently measured value will be applied for White
Balance.
4
Frame the reference object.
3
Choose
Measure.
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Note on Preset Manual
Regardless of the flash mode selected, the flash will not fire when the
®
button is pressed in step 5.
Therefore, the camera cannot measure a value for preset manual for when the flash is used.
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