Nikon 25438, D60OUTFIT Fine-Tuning White Balance, Fine tune white balance, Color Temperature

Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

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 5,000– 5,500K 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.

Approximate color temperatures for each white balance setting are given below (when fine tuned white balance setting is ±0). Values may differ from color temperatures given by photo color meters.

	White balance	Color
		temperature
KAuto		3,500 K~8,000 K
f	Incandescent	3,000 K
l Sodium-vapor lamps		2,700 K
m Warm-white fl.		3,000 K
n White fluorescent		3,700 K
o Cool-white fluorescent		4,200 K
p Day white fluorescent		5,000 K

	White balance	Color
		temperature
q Daylight fluorescent		6,500 K
r Mercury-vapor lamps		7,200 K
h	Direct sunlight	5,200 K
J	Flash	5,400 K
i	Cloudy	6,000 K
j	Shade	8,000 K

Menu Guide

Fine-Tuning White Balance

Unless Preset manual is selected, white balance can be “fine tuned” to compensate for variations in the color of the light source or to introduce a deliberate color cast into an image.

1 Select a white balance option except Preset	White balance
manual.	Auto
	Incandescent
Select White balance in the shooting menu, then	Fluorescent
highlight a white balance option and press the multi	Direct sunlight
	Flash
selector right. If Fluorescent is selected, highlight a	Cloudy
lighting type and press the multi selector right.	Shade
2 Fine tune white balance.	White balance
Use the multi selector to finetune white balance. White	Incandescent
balance can be fine tuned on the amber (A)–blue (B) axis
and the green (G)–magenta (M) axis. The horizontal
(amberblue) axis corresponds to color temperature, with
each increment equivalent to about 5 mired. The vertical	Adjust	OK
(greenmagenta) axis has the similar effects to the	Adjustment
corresponding color compensation (CC) filters.	Coordinates
Green (G)
Increase green
Blue (B)	Amber (A)
Increase magenta
Magenta (M)

104 Increase blue Increase amber