Using Preset Manual

Preset manual is used with mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources with a strong color cast when the desired effect has not been achieved with white balance settings like Auto and Incandescent (for example, to make images shot under a lamp with a red shade look as though they had been shot under white light).

Use the procedure below to measure the white balance value under the lighting used during shooting.

1Prepare a white or gray-colored subject and place it under the lighting that will be used when shooting.

2Display the shooting menu (A48), use the multi selector to select bPreset manual in the White balance menu, and press the k button.

The camera zooms in to the position for measuring white balance.

White balance

Auto

Preset manual

Daylight

Incandescent

Fluorescent

Cloudy

Flash

3Select Measure.

To apply the most recently measured white balance value, select Cancel and press the k button. The white balance setting will not be measured again and the most recently measured value will be set.

Preset manual

Cancel

Measure

Reference Section

E25

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Nikon L26, L25, 26299 Using Preset Manual, Select Measure, E25, Camera zooms in to the position for measuring white balance