according to the white balance settings you opted for in the camera when the photo
is imported into your image editor (if you make no white balance changes during
importation).
White balance bracketing produces JPEG files that vary, not by f/stops (which is the case
with exposure bracketing), but by units called mireds (micro reciprocal degrees) that are
used to specify color temperature. You don’t really need to understand mireds at all, other
than to know that WB bracketing varies the color temperature of your images by 5, 10,
or 15 mireds when you select increments of 1, 2, or 3, respectively. Changes are made
only in the amber-blue range; bracketing isn’t applied to the green-magenta color bias.
As with exposure bracketing, hold down the bracket button and spin the main com-
mand dial to select the WB program (off, two shots/amber bias, two shots/blue bias,
three shots, amber/+blue bias, and the sub-command dial to choose the increment).
The whole process can be a little non-intuitive, so Table 4.2 might be a help.
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ADL Bracketing
To initiate Active D-Lighting bracketing, select it from the CSM #e5 Auto Bracketing
Set menu entry. Hold the bracketing button you’ve specified, and rotate the main com-
mand dial to select the number of shots in the bracketing sequence: 0 (off), 2, or 3 shots.
Here’s how it works:
■0. Active D-Lighting bracketing is disabled. Only bracketingis turned off. If you’ve
turned basic Active D-Lighting on in the Shooting menu, then each shot you take
will have the amount of ADL applied that you specified (Auto, Extra High, High,
Normal, or Low).

Table 4.2 White Balance Bracketing Programs

Rotate main Rotate sub-
command dial to command dial to Number of Bracket
select program select increment exposures saved Bias order
0F WB bracketing off N/A N/A
b2F 1/2/3 2 Blue None->1 increment
(5/10/15 mireds) blue
A2F 1/2/3 2 Amber None->1 increment
(5/10/15 mireds) amber
3F 1/2/3 3 Amber None->1 increment
(5/10/15 mireds) /Blue amber->1 increment
blue