Advanced User Guide
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White Balance
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If the exposure obtained in step 1 diers greatly from the standard exposure,
a correct white balance may not be obtained.
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These images cannot be selected: Images captured with Picture Style set to
[Monochrome], images with a Creative lter applied before or after shooting,
cropped images, or images shot with another camera.
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Images that cannot be used in the setting may be displayed.
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Instead of shooting a white object, you can also shoot a gray chart or standard
18% gray reector (commercially-available).
[
P
] Color Temperature
1
Select [z: White balance].
2
Set the color temperature.
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Select [
P
].
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Turn the <
6
> dial to set the desired
color temperature, then press <
0
>.
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The color temperature can be set from
approx. 2500K to 10000K in 100K
increments.
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When setting the color temperature for an articial light source, set the white
balance correction (magenta or green bias) as necessary.
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If you set [
P
] to the reading taken with a commercially available color
temperature meter, take test shots and adjust the setting to compensate for the
dierence between the color temperature meter’s reading and the camera’s
color temperature reading.