With custom white balance, you shoot a white object that will serve as the standard for the white balance. By selecting this image, you import its white balance data for the white balance setting.
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Shoot a white object.
- The white object should fill the entire partial metering circle.
- Set any white balance setting.
- Shoot the white object so that a standard exposure is obtained. If it is underexposed or overexposed, a correct white balance setting might not be obtained.
On the menu, select [Custom WB].
- Press the <MENU> button.
- Turn the <
 > dial to select [Custom WB], then press <SET>.
Select an image.
- Turn the <> dial to select the image captured in step 1, then press <SET >.
- The image's white balance data will be imported.
- After the setting is completed, the menu will reappear.
- To exit the menu and turn off the LCD monitor, press the <MENU> button.
Press the <AF/WB> button.
- Select the "custom white balance".
Turn the <> dial to select < >.
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- For the standard white object, a sheet of plain, white paper is recommended.
- You can store on the CF card the images of the standard white object captured under various lighting. Then while shooting, you can select one of these images with the [Custom WB] menu command to easily set the white balance best suited for the current lighting condition.
