White Balance; Automatic White Balance - Minolta Dimage Dimage Xi Instruction Manual

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ECORDING MODE

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 pho-

tography.

One automatic and four preset white-balance setting are avail-

able with still image and movie recording. When one of the pre-

set white-balance settings is selected, an icon will be displayed

on the LCD monitor to indicate the active white-balance setting.

White balance is set in the basic section of the recording-mode

menu (p. 28). When auto reset (p.40) is active, the white bal-

ance will be reset to automatic white balance when the camera

is turned off.

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.

SHOOTING TIPS

White balance cannot correct high-energy vapor lighting: sodium-vapor (yellow highway lights),

or mercury vapor. For portraits under these lighting conditions, the flash can be used to over-

power the ambient light. With landscapes containing these types of lights, set the white balance

to the preset daylight setting.

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