About White Balance

White Balance

Press MENU button in (auto shooting) mode to select White balance ( 74), and then press .

The color of the light reflected from an object varies

with the color of the light source. The human brain is able to adapt to such changes in color, with the result that we see white objects as white, regard- less of whether they are in the shade, direct sunlight, or under incandescent lighting. Digital camera can mimic this adjustment by processing information from the camera’s image sensor (CCD) according to the color of the light source. This process is known as a “white balance adjustment.”

If White balance has been set to Auto and the results are not to your satisfaction or when shooting under the special light sources or conditions, use the following white balance settings other than Auto.

Select from the following nine options and press .

	Option	Description
	Auto	White balance automatically adjusted to suit
	Auto	lighting conditions. Best choice in most situa-
	(default setting)	lighting conditions. Best choice in most situa-
	(default setting)	tions.
		tions.

	White bal. preset	Gray object used as reference to set white bal-
	White bal. preset	ance under unusual lighting conditions.
		ance under unusual lighting conditions.

Daylight White balance adjusted for direct sunlight.

Incandescent Use under incandescent lighting.

	FL1	Use under most types of fluorescent lighting.
	FL1	Press , and select FL1 (White (W)) or FL2 (Day-
Fluorescent		Press , and select FL1 (White (W)) or FL2 (Day-
Fluorescent		light White/Natural (N)) according to the bulb
	FL2	light White/Natural (N)) according to the bulb
	FL2	types, and then press .
		types, and then press .

Cloudy		Use when taking pictures under overcast skies.

Shade		Use under sunny skies when your subject is in
Shade		the shade.
		the shade.

Speedlight		Use with the flash.

The Shooting Menu

COOLPIX 5200, 13311 specifications

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Nikon 13311, COOLPIX 5200 manual About White Balance

Models: COOLPIX 5200 13311

White Balance