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White Balance, Fine-Tuning White Balance

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White Balance Controls used: WB button + main command dial (monitor off ) White balance ensures that colors are unaffected by the color of the light source. Auto white balance is recommended for most light sources; if necessary, other values can be selected according to the type of source. The following options are available: Option Auto Incandescent Fluorescent Direct Sunlight Flash Cloudy Shade Choose color temp. White balance preset Description Camera sets white balance automatically. Recommended for most situations. Use under incandescent lighting. Use under fluorescent lighting. Use with subjects lit by direct sunlight. Use with built-in flash or optional Nikon flash units. Use in daylight under overcast skies. Use in daylight with subjects in the shade. Choose color temperature from list of values ( 59). Use gray or white object or existing photograph as reference for white balance ( 59). To select a value for white balance, press the WB button and rotate the main command dial until the desired setting is displayed in the control panel. White balance can also be adjusted from the shooting menu ( 82). Fine-Tuning White Balance Controls used: WB button + sub-command dial (monitor off) At settings other than (Choose color temp.) and PRE (White balance preset), white balance can be "fine tuned" by ± 3 in increments of one. Choose lower values to make photographs appear slightly more yellow or red, higher values to lend images a bluish tinge. Press the WB button and rotate the sub-command dial until the desired setting is displayed in the control panel. During shooting, settings other than ±0 are displayed in the control panel as shown at right. 58 Reference: P, S, A, and M Modes / White Balance

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Reference: P, S, A, and M Modes / White Balance
White Balance
White balance ensures that colors are unaffected by the color of the light source.
Auto white
balance is recommended for most light sources; if necessary, other values can be selected
according to the type of source.
The following options are available:
Option
Description
Auto
Camera sets white balance automatically.
Recommended for most situ-
ations.
Incandescent
Use under incandescent lighting.
Fluorescent
Use under fluorescent lighting.
Direct
Sunlight
Use with subjects lit by direct sunlight.
Flash
Use with built-in flash or optional Nikon flash units.
Cloudy
Use in daylight under overcast skies.
Shade
Use in daylight with subjects in the shade.
Choose color temp.
Choose color temperature from list of values (
59).
White balance
preset
Use gray or white object or existing photograph as reference for white
balance (
59).
To select a value for white balance, press the
WB
button and rotate the main command
dial until the desired setting is displayed in the control panel.
White balance can also be
adjusted from the shooting menu (
82).
Fine-Tuning White Balance
Controls used
:
WB
button + sub-command dial (monitor off
)
At settings other than
(
Choose color temp.
) and
PRE
(
White balance preset
), white
balance can be “fine tuned” by ± 3 in increments of one.
Choose lower values to make pho-
tographs appear slightly more yellow or red, higher values to lend images a bluish tinge.
Press the
WB
button and rotate the sub-command dial until the desired setting is displayed
in the control panel.
White Balance
Controls used
:
WB
button + main command dial (monitor off
)
During shooting, settings other than ±0 are displayed in the control
panel as shown at right.