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IV. CONTROLS AND DISPLAY 15
Ultra-precise
White Balance
Extensive Exposure Control
a
s 999EOS5D. Any folder can be selected for saved
i
mages, except during playback. Up to 9999 images can
b
e saved in a folder, as opposed to 100 in the EOS 20D
c
amera. Folders are created automatically if the file
n
umber reaches 9999 or if the CF card does not have a
D
esign rule for Camera File-system compliant (DCIM)
f
older.
The EOS 5D digital SLR has an extensive and highly accurate set of white balance
controls and adjustments. First, it has nine types of white balance: Auto (which uses
the AWB algorithm of the EOS-1Ds Mark II model), Daylight (approx. 5,200K), Shade
(approx. 7,000K), Cloudy/Twilight/Sunset (approx. 6,000K), Tungsten light (approx.
3200K), White Fluorescent light (approx. 4,000K), Flash (approx. 6,000K), Custom (Take
a picture of a white subject serving as the white balance standard; then set “Custom
WB” mode on the on-screen menu to specify that image) and Color Temperature (set
manually from 2,800K to 10,000K in 100 degree increments).
The color temperature of all nine white balance modes listed here can be adjusted or
corrected (using the Multi-controller, pushable in all directions) in +/- 9 levels of
blue/amber bias and +/- 9 levels of magenta/green bias. White balance correction can
fine t
une color within the range from 2,000K to 10,000K.
White balance bracketing of up to +/- 3 stops in whole-stop increments can be
implemented with a single shutter release. (When WB-BKT is set, the “shots remaining”
will decrease to about one third the normal number.) Either blue/amber or magenta/
green bracketing is possible separately. White balance correction and auto exposure
bracketing can also be set in combination with white balance bracketing, in which case
nine images will be saved to the CF card (with commensurately extended write times).
Significantly on the EOS 5D model, white balance bracketing can be used with RAW and
RAW+JPEG shots.
The EOS 5D Digital SLR uses the same 35-zone metering
sensor as the EOS 20D, but it has metering functions on
a par with the EOS 1D Series. The sensor and the
metering optics are positioned behind the pentaprism
with the metering lens magnification set to obtain the
optimum correlation between the nine AF points and the
F
older creation/selection screen
WB c
orr
ection
WB br
ac
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etin
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Metering zones
White fluorescent light
Tungsten light
Sunlight
Black body
r
adiation
curve