Nikon B0012OGF6Q D60 User's Manual - Page 116

Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu C Color Temperature The perceived color of a light source varies with the viewer and other conditions. Color temperature is an objective measure of the color of a light source, defined with reference to the temperature to which an object would have to be heated to radiate light in the same wavelengths. While light sources with a color temperature in the neighborhood of 5,000- 5,500K appear white, light sources with a lower color temperature, such as incandescent light bulbs, appear slightly yellow or red. Light sources with a higher color temperature appear tinged with blue. Approximate color temperatures for each white balance setting are given below (when fine tuned white balance setting is ±0). Values may differ from color temperatures given by photo color meters. White balance Color temperature White balance K Auto 3,500 K~8,000 K q Daylight fluorescent f Incandescent 3,000 K r Mercury-vapor lamps l Sodium-vapor lamps 2,700 K h Direct sunlight m Warm-white fl. 3,000 K J Flash n White fluorescent 3,700 K i Cloudy o Cool-white fluorescent 4,200 K j Shade Color temperature 6,500 K 7,200 K 5,200 K 5,400 K 6,000 K 8,000 K p Day white fluorescent 5,000 K Fine-Tuning White Balance Unless Preset manual is selected, white balance can be "fine tuned" to compensate for variations in the color of the light source or to introduce a deliberate color cast into an image. 1 Select a white balance option except Preset manual. Select White balance in the shooting menu, then highlight a white balance option and press the multi selector right. If Fluorescent is selected, highlight a lighting type and press the multi selector right. White balance Auto Incandescent Fluorescent Direct sunlight Flash Cloudy Shade 2 Fine tune white balance. Use the multi selector to finetune white balance. White balance can be fine tuned on the amber (A)-blue (B) axis and the green (G)-magenta (M) axis. The horizontal (amberblue) axis corresponds to color temperature, with each increment equivalent to about 5 mired. The vertical (greenmagenta) axis has the similar effects to the corresponding color compensation (CC) filters. White balance Incandescent Adjust OK Adjustment Coordinates Increase green Green (G) Menu Guide Blue (B) Amber (A) Increase magenta Magenta (M) 104 Increase blue Increase amber