Nikon D2H White Balance Menu, Highlight White bal. in the shooting menu, Studio Strobe Lighting

White balance can be set using the White bal. option in the shooting menu or by pressing the WB button and rotating the main command dial.

Taking Photographs—White Balance

The White Balance Menu

1	Highlight White bal. in the shooting menu
	( 167) and press the multi selector to the

right.

2 Highlight the desired option and press the multi selector to the right. If Choose color temp. is selected, a menu of color tempera- tures will be displayed ( 56). If White bal. preset is selected, a menu of preset white balance options will be displayed ( 57). In

all other cases, a white-balance fine-tuning dialog will be displayed ( 54).

	SHOOTING MENU
Shooting menu bank			A
Reset shooting menu		100
Active folder
File name		DSC
Image quality		NORM
Image size		ON
Raw compression
White bal.			A
	SHOOTING MENU
	White bal.
	Auto
	Incandescent
	Fluorescent
	Direct sunlight
	Flash
	Cloudy
	Shade

Studio Strobe Lighting

Auto white balance may not produce the desired results with studio strobe lighting. Choose a color temperature, use preset white balance, or set white balance to Flash and use fine tuning to adjust white balance.

Color 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 ref- erence 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 neigh- borhood of 5,000–5,500 K 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.

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