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Ae metering – HP PhotoSmart 945 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips

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To change the

Manual

White Balance

setting:

1

Point the camera at a white or gray target (such as a piece

of paper), making sure that the region inside the focus

brackets encompasses the white or gray target.

2

Press the

Shutter

button (the camera will not take a picture).

The camera then calculates a custom

White Balance

setting

based on the region inside the focus brackets. During the

calculation,

PROCESSING...

is displayed on the screen. When

the calculation is complete, the color tint in

Live View

changes to match the new

Manual

White Balance

setting,

and

WHITE BALANCE SET

is displayed.

3

If needed, repeat steps 1 and 2 until you get the desired

Manual White Balance

setting.

4

When you are satisfied with the

Manual

setting you have

made, press the

OK

button to exit the

Manual White

Balance

screen and return to the

Capture

menu.

AE Metering

This setting allows you to specify which region of a scene the

camera will use to calculate the exposure.

1

In the

Capture

menu (page 40),

select

AE Metering.

2 In the AE Metering menu,

use the

buttons to highlight a

setting.

3

Press

OK

to save the setting and

return to the

Capture

menu.