Setting The Color Temperature; Select [Iso Speed Range] - Canon EOS 5D MARK III Instruction Manual

WB: Setting the White Balance _
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If the exposure obtained in step 1 differs greatly from the standard
exposure, a correct white balance may not be obtained.
In step 3, the following images cannot be selected: images captured
while the Picture Style was set to [Monochrome], multiple-exposure
images, and images taken with another camera.
Instead of a white object, an 18% gray card [commercially available) can
produce a more accurate white balance.
The personal white balance registered with the provided software wil! be
registered under < _.a.a > . If you execute step 3. the data for the registered
personal white balance will be erased.
I[_ Setting the Color Temperature
You can set the white balance's color temperature numerically in
kelvins. This is for advanced users.
Select [White balance].
® Under the [mt_2] tab, select [White
balance], then press <8>.
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Set the color temperature.
® Turn the <0> dial to select [_].
® Turn the <_> dial to set the color
temperature, then press <8>.
® The color temperature can be set
from approx. 2500K to IO000K in
lOOK increments.
I_ _ When sett ng the cO Ortemperature for an art f C a ght source set wh te
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balance correctio n (magenta or green) as necessary.
¢_ If you set <[3 > to the reading taken with a commercial!y:availab!e color
temperature meter, take test shots nod adjust the setting to compensate
for the difference between the color temperature meteKs reading and the
camerals color temperature reading,
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