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P, S, A, and M Modes
A
Color Temperature
The perceived color of a light source varies with the viewer and other
conditions. Color temperature is an objective measure of the color of a
light source, defined with reference to the temperature to which an
object would have to be heated to radiate light in the same
wavelengths. While light sources with a color temperature in the
neighborhood of 5000–5500 K appear white, light sources with a lower
color temperature, such as incandescent light bulbs, appear slightly
yellow or red. Light sources with a higher color temperature appear
tinged with blue.
“Warmer” (redder) colors
“Cooler” (bluer) colors
q
I
(sodium-vapor lamps): 2700 K
w
J
(incandescent)/
I
(warm-white fluorescent.): 3000 K
e
I
(white fluorescent): 3700 K
r
I
(cool-white fluorescent): 4200 K
t
I
(day white fluorescent): 5000 K
y
H
(direct sunlight): 5200 K
u
N
(flash): 5400 K
i
G
(cloudy): 6000 K
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I
(daylight fluorescent): 6500 K
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I
(high temp. mercury-vapor): 7200 K
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M
(shade): 8000 K
Note
: All figures are approximate.
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Bracketing
For information on automatically varying white balance settings over a
series of shots, see page 151.
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