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The wb button – Nikon D90 User Manual

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Press

J.

Press

J to save settings and return to the shooting menu. If

white balance has been fine-tuned on the A-B axis, a

E icon

will be displayed in the control panel.

❚❚The WB Button

At settings other than

K (Choose color temp.) and L (Preset manual), the WB

button can be used to fine-tune white balance on the amber (A)–blue (B) axis (pg. 97;
to fine-tune white balance when

K or L is selected, use the shooting menu as

described on page 97). Six settings in both directions are available; each increment
is equivalent to about 5 mired (see below). Press the WB button and rotate the sub-
command dial until the desired value is displayed in the control panel. Rotating the
sub-command dial to the left increases the amount of amber (A). Rotating the sub-
command dial to the right increases the amount of blue (B). At settings other than 0,
a

E icon appears in the control panel.

A

“Mired”

Any given change in color temperature produces a greater difference in color at low color
temperatures 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

6

, is a measure of color temperature that

takes such variation into account, and as such is the unit used in color-temperature
compensation filters. E.g.:
4000 K–3000 K (a difference of 1000 K)=83 mired
7000 K–6000 K (a difference of 1000 K)=24 mired

WB

button

Sub-command dial

Control panel