Adjusting The White Balance Manually; Adjusting The White Balance With Color Temperature - Ricoh pentax KP Operating Manual

Adjusting the White Balance Manually

You can measure the white balance at a selected location.
1
Select o in Step 2 of "Setting the White
Balance" (p.72).
2
Use R to select 1 to 3.
1 to 3 are the locations where you
can store three different manual
white balance settings.
3
Under the light you wish to measure the white
balance of, select a white area as the subject,
and press 0 fully.
The captured image is displayed.
4
Use ABCD to specify
the measuring area.
Press M to return the measuring
area to the center.
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.
t Memo
• 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.81)
Adjusting the White Balance with Color
Temperature
You can specify the white balance with the color temperature.
1
Manual White Balance Manual White Balance 2
3
WB± WB±
Adjust Adjust
4
Cancel Cancel Check Check OK OK
Cancel Cancel OK OK
5
t Memo
• Select [Mired] in [16 Color Temperature Steps] of the E3
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.
Select p in Step 2 of "Setting the White
Balance" (p.72).
Use R to select 1 to 3.
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 in
Q
increments of 100 Kelvin.
Changes the color temperature in
R
increments of 1,000 Kelvin.
Fine-tunes the color temperature.
ABCD
Press E.
The White Balance setting screen reappears.
3
Color Temperature Color Temperature
±0 ±0 ±0 ±0
±0 ±0
Cancel Cancel OK OK
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