Nikon D40 White Balance and Color Temperature, Fine tuning White balance None Auto, Dir. sunlight

White Balance and Color Temperature

Approximate color temperatures for each white balance setting are given below (values may differ from color temperatures given by photo color meters):

Fine tuning

White balance	None	–3	–2	–1	+1	+2	+3
Auto	3,500K–8,000K	Fine tuning added to value selected by camera
Incandescent	3,000K	3,300K	3,200K	3,100K	2,900K	2,800K	2,700K
Fluorescent*	4,200K	7,200K	6,500K	5,000K	3,700K	3,000K	2,700K
Dir. sunlight	5,200K	5,600K	5,400K	5,300K	5,000K	4,900K	4,800K
Flash	5,400K	6,000K	5,800K	5,600K	5,200K	5,000K	4,800K
Cloudy	6,000K	6,600K	6,400K	6,200K	5,800K	5,600K	5,400K
Shade	8,000K	9,200K	8,800K	8,400K	7,500K	7,100K	6,700K
White balance preset	—			Not available
* Color temperature range reflects wide variation among fluorescent light sources, ranging from low-
temperature stadium lighting to high-temperature mercury-vapor lamps.

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