Custom White Balance
Custom white balance enables you to manually set the white balance for a specific light source for better accuracy. Do this procedure under the actual light source to be used.
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1 Photograph a white object.
- The plain, white object should fill the spot metering circle.
- Focus manually and set the standard exposure for the white object.
- You can set any white balance.
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2 Select [Custom White Balance].
- Under the [
 ] tab, select [Custom White Balance], then press < >.
- The custom white balance selection screen will appear.
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3 Import the white balance data.
- Select the image that was captured in step 1, then press <>.
- On the dialog screen which appears, select [OK] and the data will be imported.
- When the menu reappears, press the <MENU> button to exit the menu.
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4 Select the custom white balance.
- Press the <
 WB> button.
- Press the <
 > key to select <>, then press <>.
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- If the exposure obtained in step 1 is way off, a correct white balance might not be obtained.
- If the image was captured while the Picture Style was set to [Monochrome], it cannot be selected in step 3.
- Instead of a white object, an 18% gray card (commercially available) can produce a more accurate white balance.
- The personal white balance registered with the provided software will be registered under <>. If you do step 3, the data for the registered personal white balance will be erased.
