Reference Manual

E35

Reference Section

Preset Manual

The preset manual option is effective with mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources

with a strong color cast when the desired effect has not been achieved with white balance

settings like Auto and Incandescent (for example, to make images taken under a lamp with

a red shade look as though they had been shot under white light). Follow the procedure

below to measure the white balance value according to the light source when shooting.

1 Place a white or gray reference object under the lighting that will be

used during shooting.

2 Display shooting menu (A6, 63), use the

multi selector to choose b Preset manual

in the White balance menu and press the k

button.

• The camera zooms in to the position for measuring white

balance.

3 Choose Measure.

• To apply the most recently measured value for preset

manual, choose Cancel and press the k button. The

white balance setting will not be measured again and the

most recently measured value will be set.

Auto

Preset manual

Daylight

Incandescent

Fluorescent

Cloudy

FlashFlash

White balance

Preset manual

Cancel

Measure