Nikon 26459, P340 Red, HIJK, Blue, Incandescent, C Color Temperature, C Fine Adjustment of White Balance

Section Reference

C Fine Adjustment of White Balance
To perform fine adjustment of white balance, select
		Auto (normal)
the type of white balance and press the kbutton.
Use the multi selector HIJKto configure
settings.
•	“A” represents amber, “B” blue, “G” green, and “M”
	magenta.
•	Press the lbutton to reset.		Back	Reset

•Press the dbutton to return to the previous screen.

The color displayed in the fine-tune screen represents the approximate color in the color temperature direction. A fine-tuned color may not be exactly the same as that in the image. For example, when the white balance is set to Incandescent, the image will not have a strong blue color even if fine adjustment is performed in the B (blue) direction.

C Color Temperature

Color temperature is an objective measure of colors of light sources which are expressed in the unit of absolute temperature (K: Kelvin). Light sources with lower color temperatures appear more reddish, while light sources with higher color temperatures appear more bluish.

	Red								Blue
	3000		4000		5000	6000		8000		10000 [K]
	1 2		3	4	567 8		9	0 a
1		Sodium-vapor lamps: 2700K				7	Flash: 5400K
2		Incandescent/				8	Cloudy: 6000K
		Warm-white fluorescent: 3000K				9	Daylight fluorescent: 6500K
3		White fluorescent: 3700K
						0	High temp. mercury-vapor: 7200K
4		Cool-white fluorescent: 4200K
						a Shade: 8000K

5Day white fluorescent: 5000K

6Direct sunlight: 5200K

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