White Balance and Color Temperature
Approximate color temperatures for each white balance setting are given below (values
may differ from color temperatures given by photo color meters):
Whitebalance
AUTOAuto
_ Incandescent
E Fluorescent_
_s Dir.sunlight
Flash
Cloudy
_,/,. Shade
pFiEWhite balancepreset
None
3,500 K 8,000 K
3,000 K
4,200 K
5,200 K
5,400 K
6,000 K
8,000 K
Finetuning
Fine tuning added to value selected by camera
3,300K H 3,200K 3,100K 2,gOOK 2,800K 2,700K
7,200K I 6,500K 5,000K 3,700K 3,000K 2,700K
5,600K H 5,400K 5,300K 5,000K 4,gOOK 4,800K
6,000K I 5,800K 5,600K 5,200K 5,000K 4,800K
6,600K H 6,400K 6,200K 5,800K 5,600K 5,400K
g,2OOK H 8,800K 8,400K 7,500K 7,100K 6,700K
Not available
Color temperature range reflects wide variation among fluorescent light sources, ranging from low-
temperature stadium lighting to high-temperature mercury-vapor lamps.
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