Color temperature – Canon EOS 90D DSLR Camera with 18-135mm Lens User Manual

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White Balance Settings

o

If the exposure obtained in step 1 diff ers greatly from the standard exposure, a

correct white balance may not be obtained.

o

These images cannot be selected: Images captured with Picture Style set to

[Monochrome]

, images with a Creative fi lter applied before or after shooting,

multiple-exposure images, cropped images, or images shot with another

camera.

o

Images that cannot be used in the setting may be displayed.

o

Instead of shooting a white object, you can also shoot a gray chart or standard

18% gray refl ector (commercially-available).

[

P

] Color Temperature

1

Select [

z

: White balance].

2

Set the color temperature.

Select

[

P

]

.

Turn the <

6

> dial to set the desired

color temperature, then press <

0

>.

The color temperature can be set from

approx. 2500K to 10000K in 100K

increments.

o

When setting the color temperature for an artifi cial light source, set the white

balance correction (magenta or green bias) as necessary.

o

If you set

[

P

]

to the reading taken with a commercially available color

temperature meter, take test shots and adjust the setting to compensate

for the diff erence between the color temperature meter’s reading and the

camera’s color temperature reading.

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