Preset White Balance

Preset white balance is used when shooting under mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources with a strong color cast (for example, to make pic- tures taken under a lamp with a red shade look as though they had been taken under white light). When White bal. preset is selected from the white balance menu, the camera will zoom in and the menu shown above at right will be displayed in the monitor.

White balance measur- ing window

The Shooting Menu

Option

Description

 

Recalls the most recent value for preset white bal-

Cancel

ance from the memory and sets white balance to

 

this value.

 

 

 

 

To measure a new value for white balance, place a

 

neutral gray object, such as a piece of cardboard,

 

under the lighting that will be used in the final pic-

 

ture. Frame this object so that it fills the square in

Measure

the center of the menu shown above. Highlight

 

Measure and press

to measure a new value for

 

white balance (shutter will be released and camera

 

will return to original zoom position, but no picture

 

will be recorded).

 

 

 

 

Preset White Balance

The camera can not measure a value for preset white balance when the flash fires. Regardless of the flash mode selected, the flash will not fire when selecting Measure.

When Auto bracketing is set to WB bracketing, preset white balance can not be used.

White Balance Indicator

Unless the setting is Auto, white balance is shown by an icon in the monitor.

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Nikon COOLPIX 5200, 13311 manual Preset White Balance

COOLPIX 5200, 13311 specifications

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