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temperature setting used. Each increment you can
move is about equivalent to a 5 MIRED change.
The G (green) and M (magenta) axis is similar to color
compensation filtration adjustments you might have
made with film.
Use the keys on the Direction pad to set the fine
tuning you desire and press the
OK
button to
complete the setting.
Here I’ve moved the balance point up two (G2) and
to the right two (A2).
This last step is a tricky one. Remember that the adjustment
you dial in as a fine tuning is applied to
all
colors. As long as
you stick to the horizontal axis you’re making color
temperature-like adjustments. If you push the tuning up or
down or towards a corner, that means that you’re adding a
filtration-type effect to your colors (akin to the old color
compensating filters, such as a 30M
96
CC filter).
Tip:
Use Live View to evaluate white balance settings in real
time. That’s right, you can change white balance using the
WB
button while looking at the view on the color LCD
when Live View is active.
Personally, I prefer to get dead-on neutral results out of my
camera because it’s always easy to add color in, but more
difficult to later remove it. Thus, setting a proper white
96
That would be a moderate magenta filter.
