Custom White Balance
Custom white balance enables you to manually set the white balance for a specific light source. Make sure to perform this procedure under the light source at the actual location of the shoot.
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1 Shoot a white object.
- A plain, white object should fill the viewfinder’s center.
- Focus manually and shoot with the standard exposure set for the white object.
- You can use any white balance setting.
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2 Select [Custom White Balance].
- Under the [2] 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 that 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
- Press the button.
- Select , then press
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If the exposure obtained in step 1 differs greatly from the standard exposure, a correct white balance may not be obtained.
In step 3, the following images cannot be selected: Images captured with the Picture Style set to
[Monochrome], images processed with a Creative filter, or images shot with another camera.