Nikon N1405 2 Adjust, A“Mired”, ATouch Fine-Tuning, AWhite Balance Fine-Tuning

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 will make photographs slightly “colder” but will not actually make them blue.

ATouch Fine-Tuning

To fine-tune an option in the white balance menu using the touch screen, tap the option once to highlight it and then tap the 2 Adjust button to view the fine-tuning display. To choose a value, tap the coordinate display or the u, v, x, or yicons. Tap 0OK to return to the shooting menu once white balance has been adjusted to your satisfaction.

A“Mired”

Any given change in color temperature produces a greater difference in color at low color temperatures than it would at higher color temperatures. For example, a change of 1000 K produces a much greater change in color at 3000 K than at 6000 K. Mired, calculated by multiplying the inverse of the color temperature by 106, is a measure of color temperature that takes such variation into account, and as such is the unit used in color-temperature compensation filters. E.g.:

•4000 K–3000 K (a difference of 1000 K)=83 mired

•7000 K–6000 K (a difference of 1000 K)=24 mired

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