Nikon D-40 User Manual - Page 84

White balance, White balance preset, Use photo, Copying White Balance from a Photograph

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Copying White Balance from a Photograph A white balance value copied from an existing photograph can be used for preset white balance. Select White balance>White balance preset in the shooting menu. The menu shown in Step 1 will be displayed. 1 2 Highlight Use photo. * Display current source photo. * To use last measured value ( 71), highlight Measure and press multi selector right. 3 4 Highlight Select image. † Display folder list. † To use current source photo, highlight This image and press OK. 5 6 Highlight folder. 7 Display images in selected folder. •8 Highlight photograph. ‡ To view highlighted picture full frame, press and hold button. Set preset white balance to value for highlighted photograph and return to shooting menu. ‡ Images displayed may include those created with other cameras, but only photographs created with D40 can be used as source for preset white balance. 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 in the preset white balance menu. 72 Menu Guide/Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

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Menu Guide / Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
Copying White Balance from a Photograph
A white balance value copied from an existing photograph can be used for preset white
balance.
Select
White balance
>
White balance preset
in the shooting menu.
The menu
shown in Step 1 will be displayed.
Note that if a new value is measured for white balance, white balance will be set to the mea-
sured value even if
Use photo
is currently selected in the preset white balance menu.
Highlight
Use photo
.
*
Display current source photo.
* To use last measured value (
71), highlight
Measure
and press multi selector right.
Highlight
Select image
.
Display folder list.
†To use current source photo, highlight
This image
and press
OK
.
Highlight folder.
Display images in selected folder.
Highlight photograph.
To view highlighted
picture full frame, press and hold
button.
Set preset white balance to value for high-
lighted photograph and return to shooting
menu.
‡Images displayed may include those created with other cameras, but only photographs created
with D40 can be used as source for preset white balance.
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