Preset White Balance - Nikon COOLPIX 4800 Manual

Preset White Balance

Preset white balance is used when shooting under
mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources with
a strong color cast (for example, to make pictures taken
under a lamp with a red shade look as though they had
been taken under white light). When
preset) is selected from the white-balance menu, the
camera will zoom in and the menu shown above at
right will be displayed in the monitor.
Option
Recalls the most recent value for preset white balance from the memory
Cancel
and sets white balance to this value.
To measure a new value for white balance, place a neutral gray object,
such as a piece of cardboard, under the lighting that will be used in the
fi nal picture. Frame this object so that it fi lls the square in the center
of the menu shown above. Highlight Measure and press the center
Measure
of the multi selector to measure a new value for white balance (shutter
will be released and camera will return to original zoom position, but no
picture will be recorded).
Preset White Balance
Preset white balance can not be measured with the fl ash.
White Balance
At settings other than
an icon in the display.
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Description
(Auto), white balance is shown by
WHITE BAL PRESET WHITE BAL PRESET
(White bal.
Cancel
Measure
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