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.

1Display fine-tuning options.

Highlight a white balance option and press 2 (if Fluorescent is selected,

highlight the desired lighting type and press 2; note that fine-tuning is not available with Preset manual).

2 Fine-tune white balance.

Coordinates

Use the multi selector to fine-tune

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

white balance. White balance can be

 

 

 

fine-tuned on the amber (A)–blue (B)

 

 

 

axis in steps of 0.5 and the green (G)–

 

 

 

magenta (M) axis in steps of 0.25. The

 

 

 

 

 

 

horizontal (amber-blue) axis

 

 

 

 

Adjustment

corresponds to color temperature,

 

 

 

 

while the vertical (green-magenta)

axis has the similar effects to the corresponding color compensation (CC) filters. The horizontal axis is ruled in increments equivalent to about 5 mired, the vertical axis in increments of about 0.05 diffuse density units.

3Save changes and exit. Press J.
140P, S, A, and M Modes