Sony Nex-7 Instruction Manual page 157

Effects of lighting conditions
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The apparent color of the subject is affected by the lighting conditions.
The color temperature is adjusted automatically, but you can adjust color temperature
manually using the [White Balance] function.
Weather/ Daylight
lighting
Characteristics White
of light (standard)
Adjusting the color temperature finely
1 MENU t [Brightness/Color] t [White Balance] t desired mode.
2 As necessary, Option t adjust the color temperature by pressing the
top/bottom/right/left parts of the control wheel.
You can adjust the color temperature towards G (green), M (magenta), A (amber) or B (blue).
C.Temp./Filter
1 MENU t [Brightness/Color] t [White Balance] t [C.Temp./Filter].
2 Option t select the desired color temperature by turning the control
wheel.
The higher the number, the more reddish the image, and the lower the number, the more
bluish the image.
3 Adjust the color temperature by pressing the top/bottom/right/left parts of
the control wheel.
Custom white balance
1 MENU t [Brightness/Color] t [White Balance] t [Custom Setup].
2 Hold the camera so that the white area fully covers the AF area located in
the center, and then press the shutter button down.
The shutter clicks and the calibrated values (color temperature and color filter) are displayed.
3 To call the custom white balance setting, MENU t [Brightness/Color] t
[White Balance] t [Custom].
You can finely adjust the color temperature with Option.
Cloudy Fluorescent
Bluish Green-tinged
Incandescent
Reddish
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