Does anyone know how to adjust the white balance on this camera? I have been going over the instruction book but can't find the actual procedure. Th
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Set the camera dial on A, or S. Press Menu. "Shooting Menu" will show on screen. Click down to White Balance. then over to the options. You can then select for the shooting condition you are in, inc various types of lighting conditions.Suppodsedly this keeps white frpon coming out yellowish in your print - I think ! Look up White Balance on Google or other, if you are really into Photoshop stuff etc. Good luckHarry Dub
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You can only change the white balance when using any of the manual modes (C, M, A, S, P) and the Panorama. You can do it by going to the Shooting Menu (Press the Menu/Ok button) and it's the 5th option in the first page. Hope this helped!
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I'm sorry, I don't remember for certain how mine worked...or didn't work. I sent it back after about an hour of trying to get it to even be recognized by my computer there was very little (if anything) that DID work the way it was supposed to. I suggest you do the same. Return it and remember...most of the time...you get what you pay for. I ended up buying a very nice camera I'm pleased with on ebay for something like $20-$30. Good luck.
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Yes, it does! You can select custom white balance and then set the center part of the viewfinder on a white board to set the balance.
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To be honest with you you can't. Sorry. And even if you could the camera would be upside down. The only solution to that is To make a slot on the other side of the oh you can flip it around
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I have noticed the color balance sometimes shifts in unnatural lighting conditions, i.e. when I was filming in a room with outdoor light coming through the windows mixed with fluorescent lighting. But the solution was to switch off the auto-white balance and set it manually; then it worked fine. But in other situations, with one consistent type of lighting, I didn't experience that shift. But yes, it does shift during recording in certain situations when set on auto.
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It won't lose the information. I don't like this product. Instead of pointing the camera and shooting for white balance, you have to shoot towards the direction of the light source. It is difficult to capture flash white balance with this device.
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I did a color temperature test with 100% light brightness at 3200K, 4200K and 5600K using at X-Rite Color Checker Passport calibration chart standard. I then corrected the white balance using Adobe's Camera Raw in Light Room.The 3200K setting, corrected to 3000K white balance, 4200K corrected to 3600K, and 5600K corrected to 5000K. Best option is to correct the white balance in your photo editing software.My % remaining battery charge appears to work correctly based on limited testing.
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Personally I find it very easy to use the SR Auto setting on camera for B/W shots. What you do is get into the menu--move down to the FINEPIX COLOR choice--the click to move into the settings, which is hitting the "wheel" to the right and move down one setting from STANDARD and choose B/W. That works very well because once you have selected the B/W setting you can move to other modes in the camera and it stays at the B/W setting. So if you were to go into SP and choose FLOWER, your settings with still remain B/W, but also with the enhancing of the FLOWER mode......I hope that makes sense. I found it fabulous!!!
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There's definitely a way to do it; I had the same problem initially. If memory serves, there's a little lever or something that you need to push/pull before you can adjust it. Pretty sure it was detailed in the instructions that came with mine.
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I've had mine for 4 years and it still works great. There are no focus or color balance settings. Have you tried resetting it and making sure the lens is very clean? Hold the reset button in for at least 5 seconds. Hope it helps, I don't know what else there might be to do.
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I returned one of these camera because of a similar problem. I noticed a white flickering dot during playback. I observed while filming and the dot was present on the LCD screen. I got a second one and the dot wasnt there at first. It came back on the second camera but in a different place. I'm baffled and wish i could find more info on this issue. If anyone has more info on this, let me know!
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i finally sent it to the nikon repair center (look on their main website for information) along with a photocopy of my warranty card and they fixed it and returned it. i hope yours is still on warranty! otherwise i have no idea how much it would cost to fix it. i've lost the "fun" momentum anyway and no longer even enjoy it. a hundred dollars down the drain. good luck with yours.
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Thanks much! Good advise! It was/is very consternating for me to find straight forward instructions for the camera, like it was done in the 1980s, when I got my first computer.
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I'd try returning the camera, I returned mine a month after purchase. Just go to your Amazon account and click on returns...see what happens :) Good luck!
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I bought four of the same type. Not sure that it really matters much if you are setting the white balance of your camera before shooting. That should compensate for differences in light spectrum.
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I think I solved the problem by moving the camera lens away from being over the sensor. I found that I had this issue when the lens was over the sensor but not if I adjusted it. Not sure if this helps anyone else.
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Built into the shutter release button is a slider button thingy. You need to set that so that the white dots meet. then it should work.