Nikon D90 user manual Fine-Tuning White Balance, White Balance Menu, Select a white balance option

Fine-Tuning White Balance

White balance can be “fine tuned” to compensate for variations in the color of the light source or to introduce a deliberate color cast into an image. White balance is fine tuned using the White balance option in the shooting menu or by pressing the WB button and rotating the sub-command dial.

❚❚The White Balance Menu

1 Select a white balance option.

Select White balance in the shooting menu (pg.

165), then highlight a white balance option and

press 2. If an option other than Fluorescent, Choose color temp., or Preset manual is

selected, proceed to Step 2. If Fluorescent is

selected, highlight a lighting type and press 2. If Choose color temp. is selected, highlight a color temperature and press 2. If Preset manual is selected, choose a preset as described on page 106 before proceeding.

2Fine tune white balance.

Use the multi selector to fine-tune white
balance. White balance can be fine tuned on
the amber (A)–blue (B) axis and the green (G)–
magenta (M) axis. The horizontal (amber-blue)
axis corresponds to color temperature, with		Coordinates
each increment equivalent to about 5 mired.
			Adjustment
The vertical (green-magenta) axis has the
similar effects to the corresponding color compensation (CC) filters.
Increase green	Green (G)

t

Blue (B) Amber (A)

Increase magenta

Magenta (M)

Increase blue Increase amber

AWhite 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 J(incandescent) is selected for white balance will make photographs slightly “colder” but will not actually make them blue.

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