Nikon D5 User Manual page 185

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Studio Flash Lighting
Auto white balance may not produce the desired results with large
studio flash units. Use preset white balance or set white balance to
Flash and use fine-tuning to adjust white balance.
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Color 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 5000–5500 K 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.
"Warmer" (redder) colors
3000
q w
I (sodium-vapor lamps):
q
2700 K
J (incandescent)/I (warm-
w
white fluorescent.): 3000 K
e I (white fluorescent): 3700 K
I (cool-white fluorescent):
r
4200 K
I (day white fluorescent):
t
5000 K
Note: All figures are approximate.
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See Also
White balance bracketing (0 151) creates several copies of each
photograph taken, varying white balance to "bracket" the current value.
4000 5000 6000
e r tyu i
y H (direct sunlight): 5200 K
u N (flash): 5400 K
i G (cloudy): 6000 K
o I (daylight fluorescent): 6500 K
I (high temp. mercury-vapor):
!0
7200 K
!1 M (shade): 8000 K
"Cooler" (bluer) colors
8000 10000
o !0 !1
[ K ]
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