Nikon 25420 118 Technical Notes/Appendix

118 Technical Notes/Appendix
White Balance and Color Temperature
Approximate color temperatures for each white balance setting are given below (values
may differ from color temperatures given by photo color meters):
*Color temperature range reflects wide variation among fluorescent light sources, ranging from low-
temperature stadium lighting to high-temperature mercury-vapor lamps.
White balance
Fine tuning
None –3 –2 –1 +1 +2 +3
Auto 3,500K–8,000K Fine tuning added to value selected by camera
Incandescent 3,000K 3,300K 3,200K 3,100K 2,900 K 2,800K 2,700K
Fluorescent*4,200K 7,200K 6,500K 5,000K 3,700 K 3,000K 2,700K
Dir. sunlight 5,200K 5,600K 5,400K 5,300K 5,000 K 4,900K 4,800K
Flash 5,400K 6,000K 5,800K 5,600K 5,200 K 5,000K 4,800K
Cloudy 6,000K 6,600K 6,400K 6,200K 5,800 K 5,600K 5,400K
Shade 8,000K 9,200K 8,800K 8,400K 7,500 K 7,100K 6,700K
White balance preset — Not available