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See P.18 for menu setting procedure.
Using REC/MOTION PICTURE menu
(Continued)
REC/PLAY switch:
WHITE BALANCE
Adjust colouring to suit light source if colours otherwise appear unnatural.
MODE: → REC/MOTION PICTURE menu
→ REC menu
Settings: AWB (automatic) / (outdoor, clear sky) / (outdoor, cloudy sky)
/
(outdoor, shade) / (halogen lighting) / (uses value set in
) / (set manually)
‘AWB’ operational range:
10000K
9000K
8000K
7000K
6000K
5000K
4000K
3000K
2000K
1000K
Cloudy sky (rain)
Shade
TV screen
Incandescent lighting
Sunset/sunrise
Candlelight
Sunlight
White fluorescent lighting
Blue sky
Image may appear red or blue if out of range.
This function may also not work correctly
even within range if there are many light
sources present.
We recommend setting to ‘AWB’ or ‘ ’
when under fluorescent lighting.
White balance fine adjustment (excluding ‘AWB’)
White balance settings can be individually fine tuned
if colours still do not appear as anticipated.
Press ▲ several times until ‘WB ADJUST.’ is
displayed.
Adjust with ► if reds are strong, adjust with ◄ if
blues are strong.
Press ‘MENU/SET’.
Changes to red (blue) when
making fine adjustment
• Settings are remembered even if power is turned off.
• Settings remain applied when using flash.
• Even though the ‘AWB’ setting is fixed in ‘UNDERWATER’ scene mode, fine
adjustments may still be made.
• Fine adjustments cannot be made when ‘COLOR MODE’ (P.77) is set to ‘B/W’,
‘SEPIA’, ‘COOL’, or ‘WARM’.
Setting white balance manually ( )
Select and press ‘MENU/SET’.
Point the camera towards a white object
(e.g. paper) and press ‘MENU/SET’.
Press ‘MENU/SET’.
White balance is set to .
• Making this setting will reset white balance fine
adjustment.
Only takes image of white
objects within frame (step )
MENU/SET
FACE RECOG.
Registering people that appear frequently in your pictures allows them to be given priority
when aligning focus, and allows all pictures featuring them to be viewed collectively.
For details, please refer to P.65.
AF MODE
Method of aligning focus can be changed according to position and number of subjects.
MODE: → REC/MOTION PICTURE menu
→ REC menu
Settings: / / / / / ( : High-speed focus)
Taking front-on pictures of
people
Face detection
Recognises faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and
focus accordingly. (When METERING MODE (P.75) is set to
‘Multiple’)
AF area
Yellow: When the shutter button is
pressed halfway, the frame
turns green when the camera is
focused.
White: Displayed when more than one
face is detected. Other faces that
are the same distance away as
faces within the yellow AF area are
also focused.
• If ‘FACE RECOG.’
is set to ‘ON’, when taking pictures
with Face detection, priority is given to adjusting the focus and
exposure of the faces of registered people. (P.65)
Automatically locking the
focus on a moving subject
AF tracking
Align the AF tracking frame with the subject, and then press ▼.
AF tracking frame
When the subject is recognised, the AF
tracking frame changes from white to
yellow, and the subject is automatically
kept in focus.
If AF Lock fails, a red frame flashes.
• To clear AF Lock, press ▼.
• Focus: Max. W: 3 cm (0.10 feet) and above
Max. T : 1 m (3.28 feet) and above
(2 m (6.57 feet) and above unless max.T)
Subject not in centre of
picture (AF area displayed
after focuses completely
aligned)
11-area-focusing
Automatically focuses on any of 11 points.
AF area
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