White Balance

Another option to reduce editing time is white balance. To getting most accurate result for your photo is by choosing Manual White Balance setting. To get correct color temperature, select manual/custom white balance from the White Balance Menu, activate your camera’s calibration button and then shot of a grey or white area so the camera can calibrate the White Balance. Here the option you can choose from your WB option:

1. Sunny – a Brilliant all round outdoor setting
2. Flash -
3. Cloudy – great for dull days.
4. shady – produce warmer tones when shooting in shade.
5. Kelvin – Produce a WB according to the temperature of light in degrees Kelvin. Only use this if you’re positive of light temperature
6. Pre – best weapon of choice when the light temperature is mixed
7. Auto - leave it alone if you want retain control.
8. Tungsten – Use this for most indoor tungsten lighting
9. Fluorescent – prevent tube and strip lighting looking green.

Auto White Balance

Present White Balance = Tungsten

click these website to get more information about white balance in photography:

• http://ronbigelow.com/articles/white/white_balance.htm
• http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/white-balance/wb-concept.html
• http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/white-balance.htm

Source: Digital Camera, page 47, issue 42 June 2009

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