Fine-Tuning White Balance - Nikon D90 User Manual

Fine-Tuning White Balance

White balance can be "fine tuned" to compensate for variations in the color of the
light source or to introduce a deliberate color cast into an image. White balance is
fine tuned using the White balance option in the shooting menu or by pressing the
WB button and rotating the sub-command dial.
❚❚ The White Balance Menu
1
Select a white balance option.
Select White balance in the shooting menu (pg.
165), then highlight a white balance option and
press 2. If an option other than Fluorescent,
Choose color temp., or Preset manual is
selected, proceed to Step 2. If Fluorescent is
selected, highlight a lighting type and press 2. If Choose color temp. is
selected, highlight a color temperature and press 2. If Preset manual is
selected, choose a preset as described on page 106 before proceeding.
2
Fine tune white balance.
Use the multi selector to fine-tune white
balance. White balance can be fine tuned on
the amber (A)–blue (B) axis and the green (G)–
magenta (M) axis. The horizontal (amber-blue)
axis corresponds to color temperature, with
each increment equivalent to about 5 mired.
The vertical (green-magenta) axis has the
similar effects to the corresponding color compensation (CC) filters.
Increase green
Increase magenta
A
White 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 for white balance will
make photographs slightly "colder" but will not actually make them blue.
Green (G)
Blue (B)
Magenta (M)
Increase blue
Coordinates
Adjustment
Amber (A)
Increase amber
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