Correcting the Green Tint from Mercury Lamps

Update Terakhir : 26-Jul-2012
Nomor isu : 8201455700

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When shooting scenes lit by mercury lamps, such as night scenes, the subject and background in the recorded image may have a green tint. You can automatically correct the green tint when shooting (Multi-area White Balance).

IMPORTANT

To make the settings for [Hg Lamp Corr.], it is necessary for the shooting mode to be set to [AUTO] ().

1. Press the <Power> button on the camera.

2. Touch [FUNC.] (

), and then touch [MENU] (

).

3. The following screen appears.

Touch the [Shooting] (

) tab.

Drag up or down the screen to choose [Hg Lamp Corr.].

Touch (

) or (

) to choose [On].

Touching (

) restores the settings screen.

4. Once set, (

) will appear on the screen.

If (

) does not appear, press the <

> button a few times to get it to appear.

NOTE

After shooting scenes lit by mercury lamps, you should set [Hg Lamp Corr.] to [Off]. If left set to [On], naturally occurring green colors (not from the effects of a mercury lamp) may be accidentally corrected.
Movies cannot be corrected.
Since you may not achieve the expected results depending on the shooting conditions, try taking some test shots first.