Panasonic DMC-FX5PP - Manual (Page 58)

Recording pictures (advanced)
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Setting the White Balance
In certain situations, the color white may appear slightly reddish or bluish. This can
occur when shooting under early or late day sunlight, on a cloudy day, or under
halogen lighting. By using the manual White Balance feature you can achieve a
more accurate reproduction of the color white.
Preparation
• Set the mode dial except for [
]/[ ]/[ ]. (P29)
1 Select [W.BALANCE] and set the
desirable mode.
• [AUTO]:
for setting the white balance
automatically (auto white balance)
• [ ] (Daylight):
for recording outdoors on a bright
day
• [ ] (Cloudy):
for recording under a cloudy and
shady sky
• [ ] (Halogen):
for recording under halogen lighting
• [ ] (White set):
for manual setting (Read the
following page where the manual
setting is explained in detail.)
• Close the menu by pressing the
[MENU] button after finishing the
setting.
¬Suggestions/Tips ¬
• When setting the white balance to the
mode except for [AUTO], you can
finely adjust the white balance. (P60)
• The setting of the white balance is
applied to the other recording modes.
• In Simple mode [ ]/Motion image
mode [ ], the white balance is fixed
to [AUTO].
• When taking a picture with the flash,
the white balance will be automatically
adjusted [except for [
] (Daylight)],
but the white balance may not be
properly adjusted when the photo
flash is insufficient.
SET
REVIEW
WB
SET
REVIEW
WB MENU
REC 1 / 3 / 3 SETUP
PICT.SIZE
QUALITY
SPOT MODE 1600
OFF
AUTO
W.BALANCE
EXIT SET SELECT MENU
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