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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
(Auto), white balance is shown by
an icon in the display.
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WHITE BAL PRESET
WHITE BAL PRESET
Cancel
(White bal.
Measure
Description
Continuous
Use the options in this menu to capture a fl eeting
expression on a portrait subject, photograph a subject
that is moving unpredictably, or capture motion in a
series of pictures.
Option
Single
One shot is taken each time shutter-release button is pressed.
While shutter-release button is pressed, camera takes pictures at
Continuous
rate of up to 1.5 fps until
Each time shutter-release button is pressed,
camera takes sixteen consecutive pictures
Multi-shot
572 × 428 pixels in size at rate of about 2 fps
and arranges them in four rows to form a single
16
picture measuring 2288 × 1712 pixels. Image
mode automatically set to
Camera shoots at up to 1 fps while shutter-release button is
3 shot
pressed, but only last few shots are saved (number of pictures
buffer
recorded depends on current image mode setting).
Restrictions on Camera Settings
At settings other than Single, the fl ash (
38) and BSS (
posure, and white balance for all pictures are determined by the fi rst shot in each series.
Continuous is automatically set to Single when the self-timer is activated (
BSS is enabled (
70). Digital zoom (
16) can not be used with Multi-shot 16.
The Memory Buffer
During shooting, pictures are stored in a temporary memory buffer before being trans-
ferred to internal memory or to the memory card for permanent storage. You can
continue to take pictures as long as room is available in the buffer. When the buffer is
full, a
(wait) icon will be displayed and shooting will be suspended. More pictures can
be taken as soon as enough memory becomes available in the buffer.
Continuous
At settings other than Single, the current "continuous" set-
ting is shown by an icon in the display.
Select
Press
Select
Continuous
CONTINUOUS
CONTINUOUS
1/2
1/2
Single
Continuous
Multi-shot 16
Description
(wait) icon is displayed.
Normal (2288).
70) turn off and focus, ex-
40) or
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