Nikon 25420 Digital Camera User Manual


 
This looks a little warm in AUTO. The tungsten setting looks better. The 2,500 K setting is
also good, if not a little too blue.
Most Auto WB settings balance correctly for tungsten if you have a bright tungsten light
source in the image, or a lot of illumination. With less illumination most Auto WBs don't
compensate completely and stay a bit orange. This is deliberate: they presume high light
levels mean studio lights and that you want perfect accuracy, and that at lower light levels
you'll prefer a pleasant warm tint to interiors.
Refrigerator bulbs are usually warmer colored than this. In this case I had some blue
skylight filtering into my kitchen.
Indoors at night, low-wattage tungsten bulbs
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