Owner's Manual

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White Balance Settings
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If the exposure obtained in step 1 diff ers 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 fi
lter applied before or after shooting,
multiple-exposure images, cropped images, or images shot with another
camera.
o
Images that cannot be used in the setting may be displayed.
o
Instead of shooting a white object, you can also shoot a gray chart or standard
18% gray refl ector (commercially-available).
[
P
] Color Temperature
1
Select [z: White balance].
2
Set the color temperature.

Select [
P
].

Turn the <
6
> dial to set the desired
color temperature, then press <
0
>.

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 artifi cial 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 diff erence between the color temperature meter’
s reading and the
camera’s color temperature reading.