❚❚Measuring a Value for Preset White Balance1 Light a reference object.

Place a neutral gray or white object under the lighting that will be used in the final photograph. In studio settings, a standard gray panel can be used as a reference object. Note that exposure is automatically increased by 1 EV when measuring white balance; in exposure mode M, adjust exposure so that the electronic analog exposure displays shows ±0 (pg. 84).

2Set white balance to L(Preset manual).

Press the WB button and rotate the main command dial until Lis displayed in

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the control panel.

 

WB button Main command dial Control panel

3 Select direct measurement mode.

Release the WB button briefly and then press the button

 

 

until the Licon in the control panel starts to flash. A

 

 

 

 

flashing Dwill also appear in the control panel and

Control panel

viewfinder. At default settings, the displays will flash for

 

 

about six seconds. To exit without measuring a value for

 

 

preset white balance, press the WB button again.

 

Viewfinder

 

 

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