Filter
Top Products
When you’ve fine-tuned white balance, either using the Shooting menu options or the
WB button, left/right triangles appear in the white balance section of the monochrome
LCD at lower right to remind you that this tweaking has taken place.
Using Preset Manual White Balance
If automatic white balance or one of the predefined settings available aren’t suitable, you
can set a custom white balance using the Preset Manual menu option. You can apply
the white balance from a scene, either by shooting a new picture on the spot and using
the resulting white balance (Direct Measurement), or using an image you have already
shot (Copy from Existing Photograph). To perform direct measurement from your cur-
rent scene using a reference object (preferably a neutral gray or white object), follow
these steps:
1. Position reference subject. Place the neutral reference under the lighting you want
to measure.
2. Change to Preset white balance. Hold down the WB button on the back left panel
of the camera and rotate the main command dial until you see PRE and d-0 dis-
played in the monochrome LCD.
David Busch’s Nikon D7000 Guide to Digital SLR Photography246
Figure 8.16
Specific white
balance settings
can be fine-
tuned by
changing their
bias in the
amber/blue,
magenta/green
directions—or
along both axes
simultaneously.