Preset Manual

Preset manual 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. The camera can store up to six values for preset manual white balance in presets d-1 through d-6. Two methods are available for setting preset manual white balance:

Method

Description

 

Neutral gray or white object is placed under

 

lighting that will be used in final photo and white

Direct measurement

balance measured by camera. In live view, white

 

balance can be measured in a selected area of the

 

frame (spot white balance, 0 124).

 

 

Copy from existing

White balance is copied from photo on memory

photograph

card (0 127).

 

 

Viewfinder Photography

1Light a reference object.

Place a neutral gray or white object under the lighting that will be used in the final photograph. In studio settings, a standard gray panel can be used as a reference object. Note that exposure is automatically increased by 1 EV when

measuring white balance; in mode M, adjust exposure so that the exposure indicator shows ±0 (0 57).

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