Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W300 Handbook page 61

Shooting menu
(Flash)
(One Push)
(One Push Set)
• For details on the white balance, see page 10.
• Under fluorescent lights that flicker, the white balance function may not work correctly even though you
select [Fluorescent Light 1], [Fluorescent Light 2] or [Fluorescent Light 3].
• When shooting with a flash in other than [Flash] or [One Push] mode, [White Balance] is set to [Auto].
• When (Underwater) mode is selected in the Scene Selection, you can use [Underwater White
Balance] instead of [White Balance].
• You cannot select [Flash] when shooting movies.
To capture the basic white color in [One Push Set] mode
Memorizes the basic white color for the [One Push] mode. After selecting [One Push], do as
follows.
1 Frame a white object such as a piece of paper filling the screen under the same lighting
conditions as you will shoot the subject.
2 Press the MENU button.
3 Select [White Balance] with v/V on the control button, and [One Push Set] with b/B, then press
z.
4 The screen momentarily turns black, and when the white balance has been adjusted and stored in
the memory, the recording screen is displayed again.
• If the indicator flashes while shooting, the white balance is either not set or cannot be set. Use
automatic white balance.
• Do not shake or strike the camera while [One Push Set] is in progress.
• When flash mode is set to
condition with the flash emitting.
• When [Color Filter] is set to other than [Off], white color cannot be memorized even if you shoot
something white.
Adjusts for the flash conditions.
Adjusts the white balance depending on the light source. The
white color memorized in [One Push Set] mode becomes the
basic white color. Use this mode when [Auto] or other modes
cannot set the color properly.
Memorizes the basic white color which will be used in [One
Push] mode.
• This is unable to be selected while charging the flash.
(Flash forced on) or
For details on the operation 1 page 46
(Slow synchro), the white balance is adjusted to the
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