Adjusting The White Balance Manually; Adjusting The White Balance With Color Temperature - Ricoh PENTAX K-3 II Operating Manual

Adjusting the White Balance Manually

You can measure the white balance at a selected location.
1
Select o in Step 2 on "Setting the White Balance"
(p.56) and press B.
2
Select from o1 to o3.
3
Under the light you wish to measure the white
balance of, select a white area as the subject,
and press the shutter release button fully.
The captured image is displayed.
4
Use ABCD to specify the measuring area.
5
Press E.
The White Balance setting screen reappears.
[The operation could not be completed correctly] appears
when measuring is unsuccessful. Press E to remeasure
the white balance.
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• You can copy the white balance settings of a captured image
and save them as o1 to o3 in [Save as Manual WB]
of the playback mode palette. (p.67)
Adjusting the White Balance with Color
Temperature
Specify the white balance with the color temperature.
1
2
Manual White Balance Manual White Balance
3
Adjust Adjust
Check Check
4
Cancel Cancel OK OK
WB± WB±
5
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• Select [Mired] in [13. Color Temperature Steps]
Select p in Step 2 on "Setting the White Balance"
(p.56), and press B.
Select from p1 to p3.
Press G.
Adjust the color temperature.
Set the color temperature value
within the range from 2,500K to
10,000K.
Available operations
Changes the color temperature
Q
in increments of 100 Kelvin.
Changes the color temperature
R
in increments of 1,000 Kelvin.
Fine-tunes the color temperature.
ABCD
Press E.
The White Balance setting screen reappears.
of the E2 menu to set the color temperature in mired units.
The color temperature can be changed in 20 mired units with
Q, and 100 mired units with R. However, figures are
converted to and displayed in Kelvin.
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±0 ±0 ±0 ±0
Check Check
Cancel Cancel OK OK
±0 ±0
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