Reference Guide (PDF Edition)

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The photo shooting menu: Shooting options
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D White balance ne
-tuning
The colors on the ne-tuning axes are relative, not absolute. Selecting more
of a color on a given axis does not necessarily result in that color appearing in
pictures. For example, moving the cursor to B (blue) when a “warm” setting
such as
J
[Incandescent] is selected will make pictures slightly “colder” but
will not actually make them blue.
D “Mired”
Values in mired are calculated by multiplying the inverse of the color
t
emperature by 10
6
. Any given change in color temperature produces a
greater dierence 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 is a measure of color
temperature that takes such variation into account, and as such is the unit
used in color-temperature compensation lters.
E.g.: Change in color temperature (in Kelvin): Value in mired
･ 4000 K – 3000 K = 1000 K: 83 mired
･ 7000 K – 6000 K = 1000 K: 24 mired
The white balance menu: Choosing a color
temperature
Choose a color temperature by entering values for the A (amber)–B
(blue) and G (g
reen)–M (magenta) axes.
1 Select [White balance] in the photo shooting menu, then
highlight
K
[Choose color temperature] and press
2
.