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AWhite Balance Fine Tuning
The colors on the fine-tuning axes are relative , not absolute. For example, moving the cursor 
to  B (blue) when a “warm” setting such as  J (incandescent) is selected for white balance will 
make photographs slightly “colder” but will not actually make them blue.
AColor Temperature Fine-Tuning
When  Choose color temp.  is selected, you can view the 
color temperature while fine-tuning white balance.
A“Mired”
Any given change in color temperature produces a greater difference in color at low color 
temperatures than it would at higher color temperatures.
 For example, a change of 1000 K 
produces a much greater change  in color at 3000 K than at 6000 K.
 Mired, calculated by 
multiplying the inverse of the color temperature by 106, is a measure of color temperature 
that takes such variation into account, and as such is the unit used in color-temperature 
compensation filters.
 E.g.:
• 4000 K–3000 K (a difference of 1000 K)=83 mired
• 7000 K–6000 K (a difference of 1000 K)=24 mired 
						

							
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Choosing a Color Temperature
When K (Choose color temp. ) is selected for white 
balance, color temperature can be selected by 
pressing the  WB button and rotating the sub-
command dial.
 The color temperature is displayed in 
the control panel.
DChoose Color Temperature
Note that the desired results will not be  obtained with flash or fluorescent lighting.
 Choose 
N  (Flash ) or I (Fluorescent ) for these sources.
 With other light sources, take a test shot to 
determine if the selected value is appropriate.
AThe White Balance Menu
Color temperature can also be selected in the white 
balance menu.
 Note that the color temperature with the 
WB  button and the sub-command dial replaces the value 
selected in the white balance menu.
WB  button Sub-command dial
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Preset Manual
Preset manual is used to record and recall custom white balance settings for shooting 
under mixed lighting or to compensate for light sources with a strong color cast.
 Two 
methods are available for setting preset white balance:
The camera can store up to five values for preset white balance in presets d-0 through 
d-4.
 A descriptive comment can be added to any white balance preset ( 0129).
MethodDescription
Measure Neutral gray or white object is placed under lighting that will be used in final photo 
and white balance measured by camera (
0124).
Use photo White balance is copied from photo on memory card ( 0126).
d-0 
Stores last value measured for white balance 
(0 124).
 This preset is overwritten when a new 
value is measured.
d-1–d-4
Store values copied from d-0 ( 0126).
Store values copied from images on 
memory card ( 0126). 
						

							
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❚❚Measuring a Value for  Preset White Balance
1Light 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 ( 072).
2Set white balance to  L (Preset manual ).
Press the WB button and rotate the main command dial until  L is displayed in 
the control panel.
3Select 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.
4Measure 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
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5Check the results.
If the camera was able to measure a value for white 
balance, C will flash in the control panel for about 
six seconds, while the viewfin der will show a flashing 
a .
If lighting is too dark or too bright, the camera may be 
unable to measure white balance.
 A flashing  ba 
will appear in the contro l panel and viewfinder for 
about six seconds.
 Press the shutter-release button 
halfway to return to Step 4 and measure white balance 
again.
6Select preset d-0.
If the new value for preset white balance will be used immediately, select preset 
d-0 by pressing the  WB button and rotating the sub-command dial until d-0 is 
displayed in the control panel.
DDirect Measurement Mode
If no operations are performed while the displays are flashing, direct measurement mode 
will end in the time select ed for Custom Setting c2 ( Auto meter-off delay, 0 214).
APreset d-0
The new value for white balance will be stored in preset d-0, 
automatically replacing the previous value for this preset (no 
confirmation dialog will be displayed).
 A thumbnail will be 
displayed in the preset white balance list ( 0126).
To use the new value for white balance, select preset d-0 (if no value has been measured for 
white balance before d-0 is selected, white balance will be set to a color temperature of 
5,200 K, the same as  Direct sunlight).
 The new white balance value will remain in preset d-
0 until white balance is measured again.
 By copying preset d-0 to one of the other presets 
before measuring a new value for white balance, up to five white balance values can be 
stored ( 0126).
Control panel
Viewfinder
Control panel
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❚❚Copying White Balance from  d-0 to Presets d-1–d-4
Follow the steps below to copy a measured value for white balance from d-0 to any 
of the other presets (d-1–d-4).
1Select L (Preset manual ).
Press the G button and select  White 
balance  in the shooting menu.
 Highlight 
Preset manual  and press 2.
2Select a destination.
Highlight the destination preset (d-1 to d-4) 
and press  W.
3Copy d-0 to the selected preset.
Highlight  Copy d-0 and press  J. If 
comment has been created for d-0 ( 0129), 
the comment will be copied to the comment 
for the selected preset.
❚❚ Copying White Balance from  a Photograph (d-1–d-4 Only)
Copy a value for white balance from an existing image to a selected preset. Note that 
existing values can not be copied to preset d-0.
1Select  L (Preset manual ).
Highlight Preset manual  in the white 
balance menu and press  2.
2Select a destination.
Highlight the destination preset (d-1 to d-4) 
and press  W.
G  button
W button
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3Choose Select image .
Highlight Select image  and press 2.
4Highlight a source image.
Highlight the source image.
To view the highlighted image full frame, 
press and hold the  X button.
To view images in ot her locations, hold D 
and press  1.
 The dialog shown at right will 
be displayed; select the desired card and 
folder ( 0164).
5Copy white balance.
Press  J to copy the white balance value for 
the highlighted photograph to the selected 
preset.
 If the highlighted photograph has a 
comment ( 0238), the comment will be 
copied to the comment for the selected 
preset.
AChoosing a White Balance Preset
Press  1 to highlight the current white balance preset 
(d-0 – d-4) and press  2 to select another preset.
X button
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❚❚Selecting a White Balance Preset
To set white balance to a preset value:
1Select  L (Preset manual ).
Highlight Preset manual  in the white 
balance menu and press  2.
2Select a preset.
Highlight the desired preset and press  W. 
To select the highlighted preset and display 
fine tuning menu ( 0119) without 
completing the next step, press  J instead.
3Select  Set.
Highlight  Set and press  2. Fine tuning 
menu for the selected white balance preset 
is displayed ( 0119).
ASelecting a White Balance Preset: the WB Button
At a setting of  L (Preset manual ), presets can also be selected by pressing the  WB button 
and rotating the sub-command dial.
 The current preset is displayed in the control panel 
while the  WB button is pressed.
WB  button Sub-command dial Control panel
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❚❚Entering a Comment
Follow the steps below to enter a descriptive comment of up to thirty-six characters 
for a selected white balance preset.
1Select  L (Preset manual ).
Highlight Preset manual  in the white 
balance menu and press  2.
2Select a preset.
Highlight the desired preset and press  W.
3Select  Edit comment .
Highlight Edit comment  and press 2.
4Edit the comment.
Edit the comment as described on page 137.
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