Sony DSC-R1 User's Manual / Troubleshooting page 56

To capture the basic white color in
1 Press and hold WB (White balance) and turn the main command dial to select [
push SET).
2 Frame a white object such as a piece of paper filling the screen under the same lighting
conditions as you will shoot the subject.
3 Press the center of the multi-selector.
The screen momentarily turns black and the
balance has been adjusted and stored in the memory,
• If the indicator flashes slowly, the white balance has not been set or cannot be set. Use automatic
white balance.
• Do not shake or strike the camera while the
• When flash mode is set to
synchro) or
the flash emitting.
To make fine adjustments
Using this adjustment, you can shoot with a color conversion filter effect. The adjustment can
be set in ±3 steps and its compensation is equivalent to 10 mired for each step (see below).
This adjustment is available except for AWB (Auto).
1 Press and hold WB (White balance) and turn the main command dial to select a mode closer to
the lighting conditions.
2 Press and hold WB (White balance) and turn the sub command dial to set the fine adjustment
value. + or - is indicated next to the selected mode icon.
• Depending on the type of fluorescent light, fine adjustment may not be achieved properly even if you
select (Fluorescent).
• When you use the flash except in
adjustment, since the white balance is set to Auto.
z On mired
Mired is a measurement unit that multiplies the inverse number of a color temperature by 10
color temperature, regardless of its variation width, the lower the color temperature is, the larger its
temperature difference is, and vice versa. Mired expresses the variation width in the approximate proportion
and it is used as a measurement for units of color conversion filters.
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(Forced flash),
(Slow synchro with red-eye reduction) the white balance is adjusted to the condition with
WB
Main command dial
WB button
Sub command dial
WB
WB
(One push SET) mode
indicator flashes quickly. When the white
indicator flashes quickly.
(Forced flash with red-eye reduction)
+
+
(Flash) or (One push) mode, you cannot make the fine
(One push) is selected.
AWB
30 F2.8
] (One
(Slow
-3 0 3+
6
. As for the