Correcting the Green Tint from Mercury Lamps
26-Jul-2012
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Solution
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] (
).
), 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.
) will appear on the screen.
If () does not appear, press the <
> button a few times to get it to appear.
) 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.