Pentax K-3 Mark III DSLR Camera (Black) - Manual (Page 78)

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You can measure the white balance at a selected location.
1
Select o 1 to o 3 in Step
2 of “Setting the White
Balance” (p.74).
When the image for measuring is
displayed, proceed to Step 3.
2
Under the light you wish to measure the white
balance of, select a white area as the subject,
and set the main switch to
U .
The captured image is displayed.
3
Press O .
The measuring area selection screen appears.
4
Use ABCD to specify the
measuring area.
5
Press E .
The white balance setting screen reappears.
The message [Data process failed.] appears when
measuring is unsuccessful. Press
E to remeasure the
white balance.
t Memo
• You can copy the white balance settings of a captured image
and save them as o 1 to o 3 in [Save as Manual WB] of the
C 7 menu.
You can specify the white balance with the color temperature.
1
Select p 1 to p 3 in Step 2 of “Setting the White
Balance” (p.74).
2
Press G .
3
Adjust the color
temperature.
Set the color temperature value
within the range from 2,500 to
10,000 K (Kelvin).
Available operations
4
Press E .
The white balance setting screen reappears.
t Memo
• Set [Color Temperature Steps] to [Mired] in the E 6 menu to
set the color temperature in mired units. The color
temperature can be changed in 20 mired units with
Q , and
100 mired units with R . However, figures are converted to
and displayed in Kelvin.
Adjusting the White Balance Manually
Manual White Balance Manual White Balance
OK OK Cancel Cancel
White Balance White Balance
Cancel Cancel
Manual White Balance Manual White Balance
OK OK
Adjusting the White Balance with Color
Temperature
Q Changes the color temperature in
increments of 10 K.
V
Changes the color temperature in
increments of 100 K.
R
Changes the color temperature in
increments of 500 K.
ABCD Fine-tunes the color temperature.
0:0 0:0
10000K 10000K
500K 500K
100K 100K
10K 10K
Color Temperature Color Temperature
Cancel Cancel OK OK