White Balance - Olympus CAMEDIA C-2 Manuel De Base

WHITE BALANCE

This camera incorporates electronic circuitry to automatically adjust color
hues so that they appear more natural (auto white balance control circuit). If
the auto white balance does not produce accurate results due to weather or
lighting conditions, you can control the white balance manually.
White balance settings
Note
Auto (AUTO)
Clear Sky ( )
Cloudy Sky (
Incandescent Lamp (
Fluorescent Lamp (
1 Open the lens barrier.
The camera turns on in the Record mode.
2 Press the button.
The monitor shows the Camera menu.
3 Select [PICTURE] using the
4 Select [ ] using the
5 Select [AUTO], [
buttons and press the
The white balance setting is now completed.
Press the button again to exit the menu.
6 Take a picture.
• The white balance setting returns to AUTO (default setting) when the clear
Note
settings value is [RESET] and the lens barrier is closed. See "Clear settings"
( p.27).
• Under a combination of artificial and natural lighting or under fluorescent
lighting, natural hues may be difficult to achieve on the AUTO mode.
• To obtain an image coloring that resembles what you see under incandescent
lighting, set the white balance mode to [
• Under special light source conditions, the white balance control circuitry may
not work completely as intended.
Caution
• When the flash is fired with a white balance setting other than AUTO, be sure
to check the color tone on the monitor to check if the white balance value set is
optimal.
• When the flash is fired with a white balance setting other than AUTO, colors
may appear different in the resulting images from the colors you see on the
monitor.
: The white balance is controlled automatically.
(No mark is displayed on the LCD monitor)
: Outdoors under a clear sky.
) : Outdoors under a cloudy sky.
) : Under incandescent lighting.
) : Under fluorescent lighting.
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