Optio 50 - Compensating for artificial light...???

I've been trying to take photographs in the evening at home with the lights on, but the background, or anything that's meant to be white turns out yellowy. Is there anything i can do to fix this?

Haven't had my camera for long and the manual isn't very helpful, so does anyone know what adjustments i should make to the settings etc.?

Anything would be helpful... Thanks.

Light has a "colour temperature". So the light of a summer day has a high value, measured in degrees Kelvin, say around 5000K. Indoors, tungsten lights are very red, perhaps 2800K.

The camera's AWB (auto white balance) setting can cope with quite a bit of variation, but your indoor lamps are beyond its range.

You need to adjust the white balance to the Tungsten setting, which will render the lighting more natural.

Use the Fn menu button for fast access to this menu.

You need to set the white balance for tungsten light.

Look at page 67 of the manual to see how to do this. The icon which looks like a light bulb is the one you want.

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Damnit, JR.

I go to the trouble of DLing a manual to explain how to do this, then find you've beaten me to it!

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Thank you guys! I've found the settings on my camera and so tonight when the daylight's gone and the indoor lights are on, i will try it out.

Thanks