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Custom White Balance Setting

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Custom White Balance Setting Custom white balance lets you set the white balance yourself by photographing a white subject to use as the basis for the camera's white balance, and then selecting that picture for use as white balance data. Partial metering zone 1 Photograph a white subject. ● Take a picture of a white subject, just as you would take a normal picture. ● Frame the shot so that the white subject fills the entire partial metering zone in the viewfinder. ● This picture can be taken using any mode (→16). ● Photograph a white subject so that a standard exposure is obtained. If the picture is underexposed or overexposed, the correct white balance might not be obtained. 2 From the menu, select [Custom WB]. ● Press the < MENU> button. ● Turn the < > dial to select [Custom WB], then press the < > button. 3 Select the image. ● Turn the < > dial to select the picture you took in step 1, then press the < > button. ● When the setting is entered, the screen returns to the menu. ● Press the < MENU> button to clear the screen and exit the menu. 4 Press the < AF WB > button. ( 6) 5 Select the white balance. ● Turn the < > dial to select < >. ➡ The custom white balance is entered. 66

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Custom White Balance Setting
Custom white balance lets you set the white balance yourself by photographing a white subject
to use as the basis for the camera’s white balance, and then selecting that picture for use as
white balance data.
1
Photograph a white subject.
●
Take a picture of a white subject, just as
you would take a normal picture.
●
Frame the shot so that the white subject fills the
entire partial metering zone in the viewfinder.
●
This picture can be taken using any mode (
→
16).
●
Photograph a white subject so that a standard
exposure is obtained. If the picture is underex-
posed or overexposed, the correct white balance
might not be obtained.
2
From the menu, select [Custom
WB].
●
Press the <
MENU
> button.
●
Turn the <
> dial to select [Custom WB],
then press the <
> button.
3
Select the image.
●
Turn the <
> dial to select the picture you
took in step 1, then press the <
> button.
●
When the setting is entered, the screen
returns to the menu.
●
Press the <
MENU
> button to clear the
screen and exit the menu.
4
Press the <
AF
WB
> button. (
6
)
5
Select the white balance.
●
Turn the <
> dial to select <
>.
➡
The custom white balance is entered.
Partial metering zone