Nikon D7000 manual Using Preset Manual White Balance

246 David Busch’s Nikon D7000 Guide to Digital SLR Photography

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Specific white balance settings can be fine- tuned by changing their bias in the amber/blue, magenta/green directions—or along both axes simultaneously.

When you’ve fine-tuned white balance, either using the Shooting menu options or the WB button, left/right triangles appear in the white balance section of the monochrome LCD at lower right to remind you that this tweaking has taken place.

Using Preset Manual White Balance

If automatic white balance or one of the predefined settings available aren’t suitable, you can set a custom white balance using the Preset Manual menu option. You can apply the white balance from a scene, either by shooting a new picture on the spot and using the resulting white balance (Direct Measurement), or using an image you have already shot (Copy from Existing Photograph). To perform direct measurement from your cur- rent scene using a reference object (preferably a neutral gray or white object), follow these steps:

1.Position reference subject. Place the neutral reference under the lighting you want to measure.

2.Change to Preset white balance. Hold down the WB button on the back left panel of the camera and rotate the main command dial until you see PRE and d-0 dis- played in the monochrome LCD.