Canon EOS 90D DSLR Camera with 18-135mm Lens - Manual (Page 226)

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White Balance Settings
o If the exposure obtained in step 1 diff ers greatly from the standard exposure, a
correct white balance may not be obtained.
o These images cannot be selected: Images captured with Picture Style set to
[Monochrome] , images with a Creative fi lter applied before or after shooting,
multiple-exposure images, cropped images, or images shot with another
camera.
o Images that cannot be used in the setting may be displayed.
o Instead of shooting a white object, you can also shoot a gray chart or standard
18% gray refl ector (commercially-available).
[
P
] Color Temperature
1 Select [ z : White balance].
2 Set the color temperature.

Select [
P
] .

Turn the <
6
> dial to set the desired
color temperature, then press <
0
>.

The color temperature can be set from
approx. 2500K to 10000K in 100K
increments.
o When setting the color temperature for an artifi cial light source, set the white
balance correction (magenta or green bias) as necessary.
o If you set [ P ] to the reading taken with a commercially available color
temperature meter, take test shots and adjust the setting to compensate
for the diff erence between the color temperature meter’s reading and the
camera’s color temperature reading.