Owner's Manual

ra The Shooting Menu
White balance can be selected using the White balance option in
the shooting menu (.....J 148), which also can be used to fine-tune
white balance (-198) or measure a value for preset white balance
(.....J 99).
The
~ Fluorescent option in the White balance menu can be used
to select the light source from the bulb types shown at right.
I • :~:c (direct sunlight): 5,200 K
• ~ (flash): 5,400 K
• .. (cloudy): 6,000 K
I
·
~ (daylight fluorescent): 6,500 K
• ~ (high temp. mercury-vapor): 7,200 K
I • a,. (shade): 8,000 K
I ra Color Temperature
The perceived color of a light source varies with the viewer and other conditions. Color
temperature is an objective measure of the color of a light source, defined with reference to
the temperature to which an object would have to be heated to radiate light in the same
wavelengths. While
light sources with a color temperature in the neighborhood of 5,000-
5,500 K appear white, light sources with a lower color temperature, such as incandescent
light bulbs, appear slightly yellow or red. Light sources with a higher color temperature
appear tinged with blue. The camera white balance options are adapted to the following
color temperatures:
•
~; (sodium-vapor lamps): 2,700 K
• o~c (incandescent)/
~; (warm-white fluorescent): 3,000 K
• ~'(white fluorescent): 3,700 K
• S' (cool-white fluorescent): 4,200 K
• ~'(day white fluorescent): 5,000 K
ra The Fn Button
For information on using the Fn (~) button and the command dial for white balance, see
page 163.
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