Sony DSC-L1 User Manual

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You can set the white balance mode 
according to your shooting conditions. The 
apparent color of the subject is affected by 
the lighting conditions. When you want to 
fix the light source imaging conditions, or 
when the color of the entire image seems 
to be a bit unnatural, we recommend that 
you adjust the white balance setting.

Auto (No indicator)
Adjusts the white balance automatically. 
The factory setting is Auto.

Shooting outdoors, shooting night scenes, 
neon signs, fireworks or sunrise, or 
shooting just before and after sundown

Shooting under a cloudy sky

Shooting under fluorescent lighting

 (Incandescent)
•  Places where the lighting conditions 

change quickly

•  Under bright lighting such as 

photography studios

When shooting still images, set 

 

(Camera) in the menu to other than [Auto] 
(pages 46 and 109).

 Set the mode switch to   or 

 Press MENU.

The menu appears.

 Select [WB] (White Bal) with 

/, then select the desired 
setting with 

/.

Select [Auto] in step 

.

•  Under fluorescent lights that flicker, the 

white balance adjustment function may not 
work correctly even though you select 

 

(Fluorescent).

•  When the flash strobes, the manual setting is 

canceled, and the image is recorded in [Auto].

•  Some settings cannot be selected depending on 

the Scene Selection mode (page 39).