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Sony DSC-S500 User Manual

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For details on the operation

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Adjusts the color tones according to the lighting condition in a situation, for example, when
the colors of an image look strange.

• For details on the white balance

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• Under fluorescent lights that flicker, the white balance function may not work correctly even though you

select

(Fluorescent).

• Some options are not available depending on the Scene mode (page 27).

Selects a luminous sensitivity with units of ISO. The larger the number, the higher the
sensitivity.

• For details on the ISO sensitivity

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• Note that the image tends to become noisier as the ISO sensitivity number increases.
• [ISO] is set to [Auto] in the Scene mode.

WB (White Bal)

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(Incandescent)

Adjusts for places where the lighting conditions change
quickly such as at a party hall, or under bright lighting such as
at photography studios.

(Fluorescent)

Adjusts for fluorescent lighting.

(Cloudy)

Adjusts for a cloudy sky.

(Daylight)

Adjusts for outdoors, shooting night scenes, neon signs,
fireworks, or sunrise, or conditions before and after sundown.

Auto

Adjusts the White Balance automatically.

ISO

400

Select a large number when shooting in dark locations or
shooting a subject moving at high speed, or select a small
number to obtain high image quality.

200

100

80

Auto