Nikon B0012OGF6Q D60 User's Manual - Page 118

Measure, Take photo of white or gray object, filling viewfinder under lighting for shooting.

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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu 3 Highlight Measure and press the multi selector right. The screen shown at right will be displayed; highlight Yes and press Q. 4 The message, Take photo of white or gray object filling viewfinder under lighting for shooting. will be displayed. When the message clears from the display, the viewfinder and shooting information white balance displays will flash as shown at right. 5 Frame the reference object so that it fills the viewfinder and press the shutter-release button all the way down. White balance can be measured even when the camera is not in focus. Measure Overwrite existing preset data? Yes No 6 If the camera was able to measure a value for white balance, the message Data acquired. will be displayed. White balance will automatically be set to the measured value. Data acquired. Menu Guide If the warning shown at right is displayed, the camera was unable to measure white balance. Return to step 2 and measure white balance again. Unable to measure preset white balance. Please try again. Set B Measuring Value • Note that if a new value is measured for white balance, white balance will be set to the measured value even if Use photo is currently selected. • Use a standard "gray card", or other reflectivity card intended for white balance measurement, with 18% reflectivity (available separately) to measure a precise white balance value. • Do not alter exposure from the value selected by the camera; when shooting in mode d, use the electronic analog exposure display to select optimum exposure. C Other Ways to Measure a Value The following methods can also be used to measure a value for preset white balance. • To proceed directly to step 4 without displaying the shooting menu, select Preset manual for white balance in the Quick settings display (A 52) and press Q for a few seconds. • If White balance is selected for Custom Setting 11 (F/G button; A 112), pressing G for a few 106 seconds when preset manual is in effect will display the indicators shown in step 4.

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Menu Guide
Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
3
Highlight
Measure
and press the multi selector right.
The screen shown at right will be displayed; highlight
Yes
and press
Q
.
4
The message,
Take photo of white or gray object
filling viewfinder under lighting for shooting.
will
be displayed.
When the message clears from the display, the viewfinder and
shooting information white balance displays will flash as shown at
right.
5
Frame the reference object so that it fills the viewfinder
and press the shutter-release button all the way down.
White balance can be measured even when the camera is not in focus.
6
If the camera was able to measure a value for white
balance, the message
Data acquired.
will be
displayed.
White balance will automatically be set to the measured value.
If the warning shown at right is displayed, the camera was unable
to measure white balance. Return to step 2 and measure white
balance again.
B
Measuring Value
•
Note that if a new value is measured for white balance, white balance will be set to the measured
value even if
Use photo
is currently selected.
•
Use a standard “gray card“, or other reflectivity card intended for white balance measurement, with
18% reflectivity (available separately) to measure a precise white balance value.
•
Do not alter exposure from the value selected by the camera; when shooting in mode
d
, use the
electronic analog exposure display to select optimum exposure.
C
Other Ways to Measure a Value
The following methods can also be used to measure a value for preset white balance.
•
To proceed directly to step 4 without displaying the shooting menu, select
Preset manual
for
white balance in the Quick settings display (
A
52) and press
Q
for a few seconds.
•
If
White balance
is selected for Custom Setting 11 (
F
/
G
button
;
A
112), pressing
G
for a few
seconds when preset manual is in effect will display the indicators shown in step 4.
Measure
Overwrite existing
preset data?
Yes
No
Data acquired.
Set
Unable to measure
preset white balance.
Please try again.