Reference—White Balance
39Preset White Balance

Preset white balance is used to record and recall custom white balance settings

for shooting under mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources with a

strong color cast. Two methods are available for setting preset white balance:

Method Description
Direct
measurement
Neutral gray or white object is placed under lighting that will be used in
fi nal photograph and white balance is measured by camera ( 40).
Copy from
existing
photograph
White balance is copied from photo on memory card ( 42) or white bal-
ance value is copied from Nikon Capture 4 Version 4.4 or later (available
separately; 182).

The camera can store up to fi ve values for preset white balance in presets d-0

through d-4. A descriptive comment can be added to any white balance preset

( 42).

Store values created in Nikon Capture 4 Version 4.4 or
later (available separately; 182).
d-0
Stores last
measured
value ( 40).
Store values cop-
ied from images
on memory card
( 42).
White Balance Presets
Changes to white balance presets apply to all shooting menu banks ( 125). A confi rma-
tion dialog will be displayed if the user attempts to change a white balance preset created
in another shooting menu bank (no warning is displayed for preset d-0).
d-1 – d-4
Store values copied from d-0 (
42).