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P, S, A, and M Modes

Fine-Tuning White Balance

White balance can be “fine-tuned” to compensate for variations in the color of the
light source or to introduce a deliberate color cast into an image. White balance is
fine-tuned using the White balance option in the shooting menu.

1

Select a white balance option.

Press

G to display the menus, then

highlight White balance in the shooting
menu and press

2. Highlight the desired

white balance option and press

2 (if

Fluorescent is selected, highlight the
desired lighting type and press

2; note that

fine-tuning is not available with Preset
manual
).

2

Fine-tune white balance.

Use the multi selector to fine-tune white
balance.

3

Save changes and exit.

Press

J.

A

White Balance Fine-Tuning

The colors on the fine-tuning axes are relative,
not absolute. For example, moving the cursor
to B (blue) when a “warm” setting such as

J

(incandescent) is selected will make
photographs slightly “colder” but will not
actually make them blue.

G button

Increase green

Increase

blue

Increase
amber

Increase magenta

Coordinates

Adjustment

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