Nikon D2Hs User Manual page 69

The WB Button
Press the WB button and rotate the sub-command
dial until the desired value is displayed in the rear
control panel. At settings other than ±0, a
icon appears in the rear control panel and view-
fi nder sidebar.
Fine-Tuning and Color Temperature
Approximate color-temperatures for settings other than A (auto) are given below (val-
ues may differ from color temperatures given by pho to color meters):
Incandescent Fluorescent
+3 2,700 K
+2 2,800 K
+1 2,900 K
±0 3,000 K
–1 3,100 K
–2 3,200 K
–3 3,300 K
* The size of the increments for Fluorescent refl ects the wide variations in color tem-
per a ture among the many different types of fl uorescent light source, ranging from
low-tem per a ture sta di um lighting to high-temperature mer cu ry-vapor lamps.
"Mired"
Any given change in color temperature produces a greater difference in color at low
color tem per a tures than it would at higher color temperatures. For example, a change
of 1000 K produces a much greater change in color at 3000 K than at 6000 K. Mired,
calculated by multiplying the inverse of the color temperature by 10
color temperature that takes such variation into account, and as such is the unit used
in color-temperature compensation fi lters. E.g.:
• 4000 K – 3000 K (a difference of 1000 K) = 83 mired
• 7000 K – 6000 K (a difference of 1000 K) = 24 mired
Rear control panel
Direct
*
sunlight
2,700 K 4,800 K
3,000 K 4,900 K
3,700 K 5,000 K
4,200 K 5,200 K
5,000 K 5,300 K
6,500 K 5,400 K
7,200 K 5,600 K
Cloudy
Flash (daylight)
4,800 K 5,400 K
5,000 K 5,600 K
5,200 K 5,800 K
5,400 K 6,000 K
5,600 K 6,200 K
5,800 K 6,400 K
6,000 K 6,600 K
Viewfi nder
Shade
(daylight)
6,700 K
7,100 K
7,500 K
8,000 K
8,400 K
8,800 K
9,200 K
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