Nikon COOLPIXP7000 Color Temperature, Red Blue, Day white fluorescent 5000K Direct sunlight 5200K

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Changing the Frequently Used Settings for Shooting (A, B, C, DModes)

CColor Temperature

The perceived color of a light source varies with the viewer and other conditions. Color temperature is an objective measure of the color of a light source, defined with reference to the temperature to which an object would have to be heated to radiate light in the same wavelengths. While light sources with a color temperature in the neighborhood of 5000–5500K appear white, light sources with a lower color temperature, such as incandescent light bulbs, appear slightly yellow or red. Light sources with a higher color temperature appear tinged with blue. The camera white balance options are adapted to the following color temperatures.

		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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