Fine-Tuning White Balance - Nikon D100 Manual

Fine-Tuning White Balance

At settings other than PRE (preset), white balance
can be "fine tuned" to compensate for variations
in the color of the light source or to introduce a
deliberate "warm" or "cold" cast into an image.
Higher settings can be used to lend images a blu-
ish tinge or to compensate for light sources with
a yellow or red cast, while lowering white balance can make photographs
appear slightly more yellow or red or compensate for light sources with a blue
cast. Adjustments can be made in the range +3 to –3 in increments of one.
In Auto mode, each increment is equivalent to about 10 mired. At other
settings, white balance is adjusted as shown below:
+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 camera color temperature setting may differ from the value for color temperature
measured with a photo color meter.
† The size of the increments for Fluorescent reflects the wide variations in color tem-
perature among the many different types of fluorescent light source, ranging from
low-temperature stadium lighting to high-temperature mercury-vapor lamps.
Approximate Color Temperature
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
Keeping Colors True
*
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
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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