White Balance; Automatic White Balance; Preset White Balance - Minolta DiMAGE F300 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 pho-
tography. An indicator will be displayed on the monitor if a setting other than auto white-balance is
chosen. White balance is set in the basic section of the multi-function recording mode menu (p. 56).

Automatic White Balance

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.

Preset White Balance

Preset white-balance settings must be set before the image is taken. Once set, the effect is immedi-
ately visible on the LCD monitor.
The built-in flash can be used with preset
white-balance settings, but will create a pink-
ish or blueish cast with the fluorescent and
tungsten settings. The flash is daylight bal-
anced and will produce acceptable results
with the daylight and cloudy settings.
To apply a preset white-balance setting,
select preset from the white balance option in
the basic section of the multi-function record-
ing mode menu; the preset setting screen will
open.
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ULTI FUNCTION RECORDING
Daylight - for outdoor and sunlit
subjects.
Cloudy - for overcast outdoor scenes.
Tungsten - for incandescent lighting:
household filament light bulbs.
Fluorescent - for fluorescent lighting: office
ceiling lights.