Nikon 4300 Shooting Menu, Keeping Colors True White-Balance, Choosing a White Balance Setting

The Shooting Menu

The shooting menu is available only in å mode, and only when the camera is in shooting mode.

The Shooting menu contains two pages of advanced shooting options:

Keeping Colors True: White-Balance

White Balance is used to preserve natural colors under different types of lighting.

SHOOTING MENU 1

WHITE BALANCE

WHITE BALANCE	P. 97-98
METERING	P. 99
CONTINUOUS	P. 100-101
BEST SHOT SELECTOR	P. 102
IMAGE ADJUSTMENT	P. 103
IMAGE SHARPENING	P. 104

Choosing a White Balance Setting

In å shooting mode, white balance can be chosen from the white-balance menu (in other modes, white balance is adjusted automatically according to the type of scene).

WHITE BALANCE

	Auto
	WhiteWhite BalBal PresetPreset
	FineFine
	IncandescentIncandescent
	FluorescentFluorescent
	CloudyCloudy
	SpeedSpeed ll ii ghtght
OFF	SELECT	SET

PAGE2 SELECT SET

LENS P. 105-106

Option	Description
A Auto	White balance automatically adjusted to suit lighting

SHOOTING MENU 2

IMAGE SIZE & QUALITY

OFF SELECT SET

IMAGE SIZE & QUALITY	P. 80-82
SENSITIVITY	P. 106
EXPOSURE OPTIONS	P. 106-110
FOCUS OPTIONS	P. 111-113
AUTO BRACKETING	P. 114-115
NOISE REDUCTION	P. 116
CF CARD FORMAT	P. 90

	conditions. Best choice in most circumstances.
White Bal Preset	White object used as reference to set white balance
	under unusual lighting conditions.
Fine	White balance adjusted for direct sunlight.
Incandescent	Use when taking pictures indoors under incandescent
	light.
Fluorescent	Use when taking pictures indoors under fluorescent light.

Menu Guide—

To view the å shooting menu:

Cloudy Use for pictures taken outdoors under overcast skies.

The

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Select å (shooting menu).

Press MENU button to display å shooting menu.

Speedlight	White balance adjusted to match light produced by
	flash.

Fine-Tuning White Balance			WHITE BALANCE
At settings other than A (auto) and	(preset), white
			AutoAuto
balance can be “fine-tuned” by highlighting the desired			WhiteWhite BalBal PresetPreset	F L 1
setting and selecting an adjustment from a sub-menu.			FineFine
			IncandescentIncandescent
Adjustments range from –3 to +3 in increments of one;
			Fluorescent	F L 2
raising white balance tends to give images a blue cast,			CloudyCloudy
			SpeedSpeed ll ii ghtght	F L 3
while lowering white balance generally makes photos
		OFF	SELECT	SET

appear slightly yellow or red. In the case of
(Fluorescent), the sub-menu offers a choice of	Option	Description
bulb types (see table at right).	FL1	White (W)
	FL2	Daylight White
		(Neutral [N])
	FL3	Daylight (D)

Shooting Menu

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