Chapter 6: Camera Settings, White Balance

In video mode, the display screen on the camera will show you a preview of the color result from different white balance settings. In still image mode, you can take a test picture to see the effects of your white balance setting (the test picture will briefly appear on the display screen after you take the picture).  

 What is determined by white light from the camera, what is measured as white. Higher temperatures are cooler (blue tint), lower temperatures are warmer (orange tint). Baseline is whatever you set it to, everything below the baseline is orange or warmer, everything above the baseline is bluer or cooler.  

 Measured in Kelvin (temperature)  

 

 Daylight = 5500-5600 

 Fluorescents/Camera Flash = 5000 

 Light bulbs = 3200 

 Candle Light = 2000 

 

 For a more in depth explanation, visit Chapter 7: White Balance