Nikon D60 - Manual (Page 117)

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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
Menu
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Press Q.
Press Q to select and return to the shooting menu.
At settings other than ±0, “s“ will appear next to the white balance icon in the Shooting
information display.
B
White Balance Fine Tuning
The colors on the fine-tuning axes are relative, not absolute. For example, moving the cursor to B
(blue) when a “warm” setting such as f (incandescent) is selected for white balance will make
photographs slightly “colder” but will not actually make them blue.
C
“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 1,000 K produces
a much greater change in color at 3,000 K than at 6,000 K. Mired, calculated by multiplying the
inverse of the color temperature by 10
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, 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.:
• 4,000 K–3,000 K (a difference of 1,000 K)=83 mired
• 7,000 K–6,000 K (a difference of 1,000 K)=24 mired
Preset Manual
Preset manual can be used when the desired results cannot be achieved at other settings
or to match white balance manually to the value used in an existing photograph. Two
methods are available for setting preset white balance.
Measuring a Value for Preset White Balance
Note that only one photograph can be selected at a time as the white balance source for
preset manual.
Be aware that each time new preset white balance data is measured by the camera,
existing preset data is overwritten.
1
Place a neutral gray or white object under the lighting that will be used in the
final photograph. A standard gray card can be used as a reference in studio
settings.
2
Display the shooting menu and select White balance>
Preset manual, and then press the multi selector right.
Measure
Neutral gray or white object is placed under lighting that will be used in final photograph
and white balance is measured directly by camera.
Use photo
White balance is copied from existing photograph on memory card.
White balance
Preset manual
Measure
Use photo