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Reference—White Balance
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Preset White Balance
Preset white balance 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:
Method Description
Direct
measurement
Neutral gray or white object is placed under lighting that will be used in
fi nal photograph and white balance is measured by camera (
40).
Copy from
existing
photograph
White balance is copied from photo on memory card (
42) or white bal-
ance value is copied from Nikon Capture 4 Version 4.4 or later (available
separately; 182).
The camera can store up to fi ve values for preset white balance in presets d-0
through d-4. A descriptive comment can be added to any white balance preset
( 42).
Store values created in Nikon Capture 4 Version 4.4 or
later (available separately; 182).
d-0
Stores last
measured
value ( 40).
Store values cop-
ied from images
on memory card
( 42).
White Balance Presets
Changes to white balance presets apply to all shooting menu banks ( 125). A confi rma-
tion dialog will be displayed if the user attempts to change a white balance preset created
in another shooting menu bank (no warning is displayed for preset d-0).
d-1 – d-4
Store values copied from d-0 (
42).