White Balance - Konica Minolta DImage X60 Instruction Manual

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 photography. One automatic and four preset white-balance setting
are available with still image and movie recording; white balance cannot be changed with
digital subject programs. White balance is set in section 1 of the recording menu or in
section 2 of the movie/audio recording menu (p. 40). White balance can be assigned to
the controller (p. 45). When auto reset (p. 45) is active, the white balance is reset to
automatic when the camera is turned off.
Automatic white balance compensates for the
color temperature of a scene. In most cases, the
auto setting balances the ambient light and
creates beautiful images, even under mixed-
lighting conditions. When the built-in flash is used,
the white balance is set to the color temperature of
the flash.
When one of the preset white-balance settings is
selected, an indicator is displayed on the LCD
monitor to indicate the active white-balance
setting; the effect is immediately visible on the
monitor. To record the ambient light, set the flash
mode to flash cancel (p. 28). The built-in flash can
be used with preset white-balance, but creates a
pinkish or blueish cast with the fluorescent and
tungsten settings. The flash is daylight balanced
and produces good results with the daylight and
cloudy settings.
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ECORDING ADVANCED OPERATION
Daylight - for outdoor and sunlit
subjects.
Cloudy - for overcast outdoor
scenes.
Tungsten - for incandescent
lighting: household light bulbs.
Fluorescent - for fluorescent
lighting: office ceiling lights.