Nikon D5 100th Anniversary Edition User Manual - Page 185
Studio Flash Lighting, Flash, Color Temperature, See Also, Warmer redder colors, Cooler bluer colors
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A Studio Flash Lighting Auto white balance may not produce the desired results with large studio flash units. Use preset white balance or set white balance to Flash and use fine-tuning to adjust white balance. A 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 5000-5500 K 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. "Warmer" (redder) colors "Cooler" (bluer) colors 3000 4000 5000 6000 8000 10000 [ K ] qw er tyu i o !0 !1 q I (sodium-vapor lamps): 2700 K w J (incandescent)/I (warmwhite fluorescent.): 3000 K e I (white fluorescent): 3700 K r I (cool-white fluorescent): 4200 K t I (day white fluorescent): 5000 K y H (direct sunlight): 5200 K u N (flash): 5400 K i G (cloudy): 6000 K o I (daylight fluorescent): 6500 K !0 I (high temp. mercury-vapor): r 7200 K !1 M (shade): 8000 K Note: All figures are approximate. A See Also White balance bracketing (0 151) creates several copies of each photograph taken, varying white balance to "bracket" the current value. 161