Sony DSC-F505 User Manual

White balance adjustment allows more
natural color balance for camera
recording. Normally white balance is
automatically adjusted.

Set the MODE selector to MOVIE
or STILL.

Press WHITE BALANCE
repeatedly to select the desired
white balance mode.

❐ One-push white balance (

):

Adjusting the white balance
depending on the light source
(Once you set the white
balance, it will be fixed.)

❐ OUT DOOR (

):

Recording a sunset/sunrise,
just after sunset, just before
sunrise, neon signs, or
fireworks

❐ IN DOOR (n):

• Lighting condition changes

quickly

• Too bright place such as

photography studios

• Under sodium lamps or

mercury lamps

❐ AUTO: Adjusting the white

balance automatically

1

Press WHITE BALANCE button
repeatedly to select 

.

2

Place a white object such as paper
under the same light conditions as
you are going to record, and shoot
the white object so that it fills the
entire frame of your camera.

3

Press 

.

The 

 indicator starts to flash

quickly. Once the white balance is
set, the indicator stops flashing.

P

• The 

 indicator means:

Slow flashing: white balance is not set.
Quick flashing: white balance is being
adjusted (after you pressed 

).

Lit steady: white balance has been set.

• If the 

 indicator keeps flashing

even when you press 

, record in

automatic white balance mode.

• When you record with the studio-

lighting, use n (indoor) mode.

• When you record under fluorescent

lighting, use the automatic white
balance mode.