Nikon D60OUTFIT, D60BODY Preset Manual, Measuring a Value for Preset White Balance, 105, Mired

Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

3Press Q.

Press Qto select and return to the shooting menu.

At settings other than ±0, “s“ will appear next to the white balance icon in the Shooting information display.

BWhite Balance Fine Tuning

The colors on the fine-tuning axes are relative, not absolute. For example, moving the cursor to B (blue) when a “warm” setting such as f(incandescent) is selected for white balance will make photographs slightly “colder” but will not actually make them blue.

C“Mired”

Any given change in color temperature produces a greater difference in color at low color temperatures than it would at higher color temperatures. For example, a change of 1,000 K produces a much greater change in color at 3,000 K than at 6,000 K. Mired, calculated by multiplying the inverse of the color temperature by 106, is a measure of color temperature that takes such variation into account, and as such is the unit used in color-temperature compensation filters. E.g.:

•4,000 K–3,000 K (a difference of 1,000 K)=83 mired

•7,000 K–6,000 K (a difference of 1,000 K)=24 mired

Preset Manual

Preset manual can be used when the desired results cannot be achieved at other settings or to match white balance manually to the value used in an existing photograph. Two methods are available for setting preset white balance.

Measure

Neutral gray or white object is placed under lighting that will be used in final photograph and white balance is measured directly by camera.

Use photo

White balance is copied from existing photograph on memory card.

Measuring a Value for Preset White Balance

Note that only one photograph can be selected at a time as the white balance source for preset manual.

Be aware that each time new preset white balance data is measured by the camera, existing preset data is overwritten.

1Place a neutral gray or white object under the lighting that will be used in the final photograph. A standard gray card can be used as a reference in studio settings.

Menu Guide

2Display the shooting menu and select White balance> Preset manual, and then press the multi selector right.

White balance Preset manual

Measure

Use photo

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