Sony DSC-TX5 - Manual (Page 57)

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• [White Balance] is not available in the following situations:
– In Intelligent Auto Adjustment mode
– In Easy Mode
• When [Flash] is set to [On] in Backlight Correction HDR mode, [White Balance] is not available.
• [Flash] in [White Balance] is not available in the following situations:
– In Intelligent Sweep Panorama mode
– In Movie Mode
– In Anti Motion Blur mode
– In Hand-held Twilight mode
– When Scene Selection is set to
(High Sensitivity) mode
• Under fluorescent lights that flicker, the white balance function may not work correctly even though you
select [Fluorescent White Balance 1], [Fluorescent White Balance 2] or [Fluorescent White Balance 3].
• When shooting with a flash in other than [Flash] mode, [White Balance] is set to [Auto].
• When flash is [On] or [Slow Synchro], the white balance can only be adjusted to [Auto], [Flash], [One
Push], or [One Push Set].
• [One Push Set] cannot be selected while charging the flash.
1 Frame a white object such as a piece of paper filling the screen under the
same lighting conditions as you will shoot the subject.
2 t (White Balance) t [One Push Set] t [Capture]
The screen momentarily turns black, and when the white balance has been adjusted and stored
in the memory, the recording screen is displayed again.
• If the indicator flashes while shooting, the white balance is either not set or cannot be set. Use
automatic white balance.
• Do not shake or strike the camera while [One Push Set] is in progress.
• When flash mode is set to [On] or [Slow Synchro], the white balance is adjusted to the condition with the
flash emitting.
• The white references loaded using [White Balance] and [Underwater White Balance] are stored
separately.
Notes
To capture the basic white color in [One Push
Set] mode
Notes
z Effects of lighting conditions
The apparent color of the subject is affected by the lighting conditions.
The color tones are adjusted automatically, but you can adjust color tones manually using
the White Balance function.
Weather/lighting Daylight Cloudy Fluorescent Incandescent
Characteristics of
light White (standard) Bluish Green-tinged Reddish