117The function adjusting the color tone so that white objects look white inthe picture is called white balance (WB). Normally, the <Q> (Auto)setting will obtain the correct white balance. If natural-looking colorscannot be obtained with <Q>, you can select the white balance tomatch the light source or set it manually by shooting a white object.1 Press the <WB> button.X [White balance] will appear.2 Select the white balance.Press the <U> key or turn the<6> dial to select the desired whitebalance, then press <0>.The “Approx. ****K” (K: Kelvin)displayed for the following whitebalance settings <W>, <E>,<R>, <Y> or <U> is therespective color temperature.Custom white balance enables you to manually set the white balancefor a specific light source for better accuracy. Do this procedure underthe actual light source to be used.1 Photograph a white object.The plain, white object should fill thespot metering circle.Focus manually and set the standardexposure for the white object.You can set any white balance.B: Matching the Light SourceNO Custom White BalanceSpot metering circleCOPY
