User manual
Table Of Contents
- PACKAGE CONTENTS / ACCESSORIES
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
- HANDLING PRECAUTIONS
- BASIC OPERATION AND QUICK REFERENCE
- DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTS
- MONITOR DISPLAY DURING SHOOTING
- PREPARATION
- ATTACHING THE CARRY STRAP
- LOCK SWITCH
- LOADING THE BATTERY
- MOUNTING AND REMOVING THE LENS
- SETTING THE LANGUAGE
- SETTING THE TIME AND DATE
- CAMERA SET-UP MENU
- QUICK SET MENU
- SELECTING THE MONITOR
- CHANGING THE DISPLAY MODE
- INSERTING AND REMOVING THE CARD
- FORMATTING THE CARD
- DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT
- SHUTTER BUTTON
- QUICK PREVIEW
- BASIC OPERATION
- ADVANCED OPERATION
- SETTING THE WHITE BALANCE (WB)
- SETTING THE SENSITIVITY (ISO EQUIVALENCY)
- IMAGE FILE SETTING
- SELECTING THE METERING MODE
- AF/AEL BUTTON
- EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
- AUTO BRACKETING
- SFD MODE (SUPER FINE DETAIL)
- COLOR MODE
- CUSTOM BRACKETING
- TONE CONTROL
- COLOR SPACE
- AUTO ROTATE
- CUSTOM MODE
- USING THE EXTERNAL FLASH
- USING Eye-Fi CARD (Eye-Fi Connected)
- REVIEWING AND DELETING IMAGES
- OTHER REVIEWING FEATURES
- CHANGING OTHER SETTINGS
- CONNECTING TO A COMPUTER OR TV
- REFERENCE
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SETTING THE WHITE BALANCE (WB)
The color of light reflected by an object can vary depending on the color of
the light source illuminating it.
For example, a neutral colored object will reflect reddish light under
incandescent lighting, and greenish light under fluorescent lighting. The
human brain is able to compensate for differences in the color of a light
source, allowing us to see white objects as white, independent of the
lighting condition. Film cameras rely on special color-correcting filters and
film types to adjust for these differences in lighting. Digital cameras,
however, are able to use software to mimic the adjustments made by the
brain, so that colors that appear white to the human eye also appear white
in your photographs.