How can I fix the lighting in my camera?

Question

I have a digital camera the Sony Cyber-shot 10.1 Mega pixel camera. its works perfectly when i take pictures outside, but indoor the color is all yellow and really bad. Is there any way i can fix this with like the settings or something. Right now it's on auto and i dont have any flash on it.

Answer 1

YES. That is one of the wonders of a digital camera over a film type. With film cameras, we were playing around with a gadget bag full of different types of film and a stack of filters.
Now all you do is go in to your menu and hunt for " WHITE BALANCE" you should find several choices listed. For the type of indoor lighting you are dealing with, pick the icon that looks like a little light bulb. (the others are for different florescent lamps, lighting conditions, etc.) The "auto" mode does a pretty good job out doors but sucks under most indoor
(with out flash) lighting cases. For serious indoor work You need to calibrate the camera's white balance as per the instructions with your particular camera. With most, though, You choose the little bulb setting, point the camera at a white piece of paper (under that lighting) and press the shutter button to the first position and then release it. Then go ahead and take your pictures in that lighting setting. You can test this by copying a white bordered photo. Take a copy (with out setting the white balance) and you will see the border is kinda yellow. Then do the white balance thing and take another picture and the border should be white, and, the colors of your copy should be very close to the original that you are copying.

Answer 2

Yes your exposure has a little to do with this, but if you are shooting on AUTO, then you camera is doing most of that for you. The yellow cast in you photos are caused by improper "White Balance". When you shoot indoors at a lower shutter speed, the house lighting will throw a yellow cast on your pics. This is rated as Kelvin Temperature balance. The lower the temp, the more yellow. You should be able to adjust your white balance (Look in your owner's book). If not, just use you flash and this will help. It will allow you to use a faster shutter speed, and it will raise the temperature of the lighting.

Answer 3

The other answers cover the camera the camera well.

You could also have yellow paint that is too reflective, or light bulbs that are a touch dim and the light is more yellowish than you realize.

The flash unit with the camera on auto may do a great job for most pictures.

You're camera may also have an indoor setting that will correct everything.

Answer 4

tungsten lighting (the yellow cast) will occur indoors under light bulbs with no flash,

so use flash or as above adjust your white balance

your instrucion book proberly says how do do a white balance, i white balance manually all the time a you need is a white piece of paper

a good answer on white balance above

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Answer 5

some where on your settings you should be able to adjust the exposure but by increasing your exposure you will need to use a tripod