Nikon COOLPIXP7700BLK manual Fine Adjustment of White Balance, Color Temperature, Directions

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CFine Adjustment of White Balance

To perform fine adjustment of the white balance setting, select

Fine-tuneand press the kbutton.

Press the multi selector H, I, Jor Kto set fine adjustment value.		Fine-tune
•	The four directions are A (amber), B (blue), G (green) and M
	(magenta), and fine adjustment can be performed in six levels in all
	directions.
•	When the lbutton is pressed, the fine adjustment value is reset to	Back	Reset
	the center (coordinate 0, 0).

•Rotate the sub-command dial to return to the previous screen.

The color displayed in the fine-tune screen for white balance represents the approximate color in the color temperature direction. When a color is set in the fine-tune screen, it may not be reproduced exactly in the image. For example, when the white balance is set to Incandescent, the image will not have a strong blue color even if fine adjustment is performed in the B (blue) direction.

CColor Temperature

The perceived color of a light source varies with the viewer and other conditions. Color temperature is an objective measure of the color of a light source, defined with reference to the temperature to which an object would have to be heated to radiate light in the same wavelengths. While light sources with a color temperature in the neighborhood of 5000–5500K appear white, light sources with a lower color temperature, such as incandescent light bulbs, appear slightly yellow or red. Light sources with a higher color temperature appear tinged with blue. The camera white balance options are adapted to the following color temperatures.

Red					Blue
3000	4000	5000	6000	8000		10000 [K]

1 2 3 4 567 8 9 0 a

1Sodium-vapor lamps: 2700K

2Incandescent/ Warm-white fluorescent: 3000K

3White fluorescent: 3700K

4Cool-white fluorescent: 4200K

5Day white fluorescent: 5000K

6Direct sunlight: 5200K

7Flash: 5400K

8Cloudy: 6000K

9Daylight fluorescent: 6500K

0High temp. mercury-vapor: 7200K

aShade: 8000K