“Portrait Impression Balance” Added to Photo Shooting and Video Recording Menus
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Creating Portrait Impression Balance Modes
Select [Portrait impression balance] in the photo shooting menu.
Highlight a mode from [Mode 1] through [Mode 3] and press 2.
Options for the selected mode will be displayed.
Adjust the hue and brightness.
- Press 4 or 2 to adjust hue on the M (magenta)–Y (yellow) axis. Magenta increases as you move toward M, amber (yellow) as you move toward Y.
- Press 1 or 3 to adjust the brightness. Brightness increases as the values go up and decreases as they go down.
- The selected values are displayed to the right of the grid.
- Press the O (Q) button to restore default settings.
Save changes.
- Press J to save changes and exit to the menus.
- Modes that have been altered from default values are indicated by asterisks (“U”).
- Repeat Steps 1 through 4 to create additional modes.
Applying Saved Modes
To enable portrait impression balance during shooting, select the desired mode ([Mode 1] through [Mode 3]) for [Portrait impression balance] in the photo shooting menu.
Restrictions on Portrait Impression Balance
[Portrait impression balance] is disabled if [Monochrome] or [Creative Picture Control] is selected for [Set Picture Control].
Making Adjustments While Previewing the Results
If [Portrait impression balance] has been assigned a place in the i menu using Custom Setting f1 [Customize i menu], you can select this option, rotate the main command dial to choose a mode, and then adjust hue and brightness using the multi selector while previewing their effects on the subject framed in the display.
The [Portrait impression balance] item is added to the settings that can be adjusted for [Retouch] > [RAW processing (current picture)] or [RAW processing (multiple pictures)] in the playback i menu.