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❚❚ Measuring a Value for Preset White Balance
1 Light a reference object.
Place a neutral gray or white object under the lighting that will be used in the
final photograph.
In studio settings, a standard gray panel can be used as a
reference object.
Note that exposure is automatically increased by 1 EV when
measuring white balance; in mode M, adjust exposure so that the exposure
indicator shows ±0 (0 72).
2 Set white balance to L (Preset manual).
Press the WB button and rotate the main command dial until L is displayed in
the control panel.
3 Select direct measurement mode.
Release the WB button briefly and then press the button
until the L icon in the control panel starts to flash.
A
flashing D will also appear in the control panel and
viewfinder.
The displays will flash for about six seconds.
4 Measure white balance.
Before the indicators stop flashing, frame the reference
object so that it fills the viewfinder and press the
shutter-release button all the way down.
The camera
will measure a value for white balance and store it in preset d-0.
No photograph
will be recorded; white balance can be measured accurately even when the
camera is not in focus.
WB button Main command dial Control panel
Control panel
Viewfinder
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