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Preset white balance – Nikon D2HS User Manual

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Taking Photographs—White BalanceTaking Photographs—White Balance

Preset White Balance

Preset white balance is used to record and recall custom white balance set-
tings for shooting under mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources
with a strong color cast. Four options are available for setting preset white
balance:

Recording New Values with the Camera
(1) Frame a neutral gray or white object and press the shutter-release button

to measure a value for white balance (

58).

(2) Measure white balance with the ambient light sensor (

58).

Copying Values from Existing Photographs
(3) Copy white balance from another image on the memory card (

63).

(4) Copy white balance from Nikon Capture 4 version 4.2.1 or later (

64).

The camera can store up to fi ve values for preset white balance in presets
d-0 – d-4. White balance values recorded with options (1) and (2) are stored
in preset d-0. To prevent this value from being replaced the next time white
balance is measured, the value stored in d-0 can be copied to presets d-1 – d-4
for long-term storage (

64). White balance values copied using options (3)

and (4) are also stored in presets d-1 – d-4. A descriptive comment can be
added to any white balance preset (

62).

White Balance Presets

Changes to white balance presets apply to all shooting menu banks (

159). A con-

fi rmation dialog will be displayed if the user attempts to change a white balance preset
created in another shooting menu bank (no warning is displayed for preset d-0).

d-0

Stores last val-
ue measured
for white bal-
ance (

58).

Store values cop-
ied from images
on memory card
(

63).

Store values created in Nikon Capture 4 version
4.2.1 or later (available separately;

64).

d-1 – d-4

Store values copied from d-0 (

64).