Setting white balance – AIPTEK Pocket DV 3300 User Manual
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Setting white balance
Under certain conditions, you may need to manually
select the white balance setting to take pictures with the
correct color balance.
Using the hot button
While in Digital Camera mode, pressing the Right button
allows you to change the white balance setting without
entering the options menu.
Pressing the hot button can cycle through five settings -
Auto, Sunny, Cloudy, Fluorescent, and Tungsten.
Auto (no icon):
The camera will measure the color
temperature and make adjustments automatically.
Sunny ( ):
Suitable for shooting outdoors in good
weather.
Cloudy ( ):
Suitable for shooting under shades or
cloudy weather.
Fluorescent ( ):
Suitable for shooting environment
with fluorescent light.
Tungsten ( ):
Suitable for shooting environment
with incandescent light.
White balance:
When the human eye sees an object, it adapts to the object
so that a white object always looks white. However, a digital
camera sees an object as white by adjusting the color
balance of the lighting condition. This process is called
matching the white balance.
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