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❚❚Measuring a Value for 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 exposure mode h, adjust exposure so that
the exposure indicator shows ±0 (0 130).
2 Set white balance to L (Preset manual).
Press the U button and rotate the main command dial until
L is displayed in the rear control panel.
3 Select a preset.
Press the U button and rotate the sub-command dial until
the desired white balance preset (d-1 to d-4) is displayed in
the rear control panel.
Rear control panel
U button Main command dial
Rear control panel
U button Sub-command dial