Nikon D3300 Kit Owner's Manual
126 P, S, A, and M Modes
A
The Shooting Menu
0 222), which also can be used to
fine-tune white balance (
measure a value for preset white balance
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The
I Fluorescent option in the White
balance menu can be used to select the
light source from the bulb types shown at
right.
light source from the bulb types shown at
right.
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Color Temperature
The perceived color of a light source varies with the viewer and other
conditions. Color temperature is an objective measure of the color of a
light source, defined with reference to the temperature to which an
object would have to be heated to radiate light in the same
wavelengths. While light sources with a color temperature in the
neighborhood of 5000–5500 K appear white, light sources with a lower
color temperature, such as incandescent light bulbs, appear slightly
yellow or red. Light sources with a higher color temperature appear
tinged with blue. The camera white balance options are adapted to
the following color temperatures (all figures are approximate):
conditions. Color temperature is an objective measure of the color of a
light source, defined with reference to the temperature to which an
object would have to be heated to radiate light in the same
wavelengths. While light sources with a color temperature in the
neighborhood of 5000–5500 K appear white, light sources with a lower
color temperature, such as incandescent light bulbs, appear slightly
yellow or red. Light sources with a higher color temperature appear
tinged with blue. The camera white balance options are adapted to
the following color temperatures (all figures are approximate):
•
I (sodium-vapor lamps): 2700 K
•
J (incandescent)/
I (warm-white fluorescent):
3000 K
I (warm-white fluorescent):
3000 K
•
I (white fluorescent): 3700 K
•
I (cool-white fluorescent):
4200 K
4200 K
•
I (day white fluorescent): 5000 K
•
H (direct sunlight): 5200 K
•
N (flash): 5400 K
•
G (cloudy): 6000 K
•
I (daylight fluorescent): 6500 K
•
I (high temp. mercury-vapor):
7200 K
7200 K
•
M (shade): 8000 K