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The Shooting Menu
White balance can be selected using the
White balance
option in the
shooting menu (
176), which also can be used to fine-tune white
balance (
92) or measure a value for preset white balance (
The
Auto
option in the
White balance
menu
offers a choice of
Normal
and
Keep warm
lighting colors
, which preserves the warm
colors produced by incandescent lighting,
while the
I
Fluorescent
option can be used to
select the light source from the bulb types.
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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
•
J
(incandescent)/
I
(warm-white fluorescent):
3000 K
•
I
(white fluorescent):
3700 K
•
I
(cool-white fluorescent):
4200 K
•
I
(day white fluorescent):
5000 K
•
H
(direct sunlight):
5200 K
•
N
(flash):
5400 K
•
G
(cloudy):
6000 K
•
I
(daylight fluorescent):
6500 K
•
I
(high temp. mercury-vapor):
7200 K
•
M
(shade):
8000 K
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See Also
For information on using the
S
(
g
) button and the command dial to
select white balance, see page 194.
