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 WHITE BALANCE
Adjust colouring to suit light source if colours otherwise appear unnatural.
 Set-up:   Mode dial 
 
 
 
 → Press ‘MENU/SET’ → Select ‘WHITE 
BALANCE’ (P.20)
 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’.
 • 
 
Settings are remembered even if the camera 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.62) is set to ‘B/W’, ‘SEPIA’, ‘COOL’, or ‘WARM’.
RED
BLUE
WB ADJUST.
ADJUST.
MENU
EXIT
Changes to red (blue) 
when making fine 
adjustment
  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’ twice.
 • 
 
Making this setting will reset white balance fine 
adjustment.
MENU/SET
WHITE SET
SET
CANCEL
Only takes image of white 
objects within frame (step  )
Applications
(Record)
10
Using REC menu 
(Continued)
REC/PLAY switch:
 METERING MODE
You can change the position for measuring brightness when correcting exposure.
 Set-up:   Mode dial 
 
 → Press ‘MENU/SET’
 → Select ‘METERING MODE’ 
(P.20)
 Settings:
Brightness measurement position
Conditions
 Multiple
Whole screen
Normal usage (produces balanced 
pictures)
  
    Centre 
weighted
Centre and surrounding area
Subject in centre
  
    Spot
Centre and close surrounding area
Spot metering target
Great difference between 
brightness of subject and 
background
(e.g. person in spotlight on stage, 
backlighting)
 AF MODE
Method of aligning focus can be changed according to position and number of subjects.
 Set-up:   Mode dial 
 
 
 
 → Press ‘MENU/SET’ → Select ‘AF MODE’ 
(P.20)
 Settings: 
/
/
/
/
/
 (  : High-speed focus)
Taking front-on 
pictures of people
Recognises faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and focus 
accordingly. (When set to ‘Multiple’ above)
Face detection
5
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.
Subject not in centre 
of picture (AF area 
displayed after focuses 
completely aligned)
 9-area-focusing
  3-area-focusing 
(High speed)
9-area-focusing:
Automatically focuses on any 
of 9 points.
3-area-focusing (High speed):
Automatically focuses on either 
side or centre.
AF area