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FujiFilm X-Pro2 User Manual

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Using the Fujifilm X-Pro2

White Balance and JPEG Parameters

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Changing color tints with

WB SHIFT

WB SHIFT offers the opportunity to correct (or introduce)
color tint in any shot. You can adjust the color tint as an
add-on to every white balance setting—either before you
take a shot or in the built-in RAW converter.

You can set a different white balance shift for each of

the X-Pro2’s white balance options (Auto, Kelvin, the seven
presets, and the three Custom white balance settings). You
can do this by changing the tint between green and red on
the X-axis and between yellow and blue on the Y-axis of the
display that automatically appears when you select one of
the twelve white balance options.

I recommend a neutral setting here to avoid confusion.

As mentioned before, there’s a different white balance shift
setting for each of the white balance options, meaning the
camera can store twelve different white balance shift set-
tings at once. This makes it easy to forget a previously set
correction, which is why I recommend introducing white
balance shift during RAW conversion. Here’s where you can
actually see, for example, that the skin tones in a portrait
may require an adjustment.

Fig. 49:

WB SHIFT in action: The example on the left shows the

image with AUTO white balance and factory JPEG settings. On the
right you can see the same image, again with AUTO white balance
and factory settings, but with a manual WB SHIFT of Blue +6 and
RED –3 to make it look colder than the original.

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