Nikon D5200 Reference Manual - Page 94
The Shooting Menu, White balance, Fluorescent, Color Temperature, The Fn Button, sodium-vapor lamps - 5200
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A The Shooting Menu White balance can be selected using the White balance option in the shooting menu (0 150), which also can be used to fine-tune white balance (0 78) or measure a value for preset white balance (0 79). The I Fluorescent option in the White balance menu can be used to select the light source from the bulb types shown at right. 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. The camera white balance options are adapted to the following color temperatures (all figures are approximate): • I (sodium-vapor lamps): 2700 K • H (direct sunlight): 5200 K • J (incandescent)/ • N (flash): 5400 K I (warm-white fluorescent): 3000 K • G (cloudy): 6000 K • I (white fluorescent): 3700 K • I (daylight fluorescent): 6500 K • I (cool-white fluorescent): 4200 K • I (high temp. mercury-vapor): 7200 K • I (day white fluorescent): 5000 K • M (shade): 8000 K A The Fn Button For information on automatically varying white balance settings over a series of shots, see page 83. For information on using the Fn button and the command dial to select a white balance option, see page 165. 77