Olympus E-P1 - Manual (Page 139)

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The higher the color temperature, the richer
the light in bluish tones and the poorer in
reddish; the lower the color temperature, the
richer the light in reddish tones and the
poorer in bluish. The spectral balance of
different white light sources is rated
numerically by color temperature - concept
of physics expressed using the Kelvin (K)
temperature scale. The color of sunlight and
other natural light sources and the color of a
light bulb and other artificial light sources
can be expressed in terms of color
temperature.
It follows, then, that the color temperatures of fluorescent lights make them unsuitable as
artificial light sources. There are gaps in the hues from the color temperatures of fluorescent
light. If these differences in hue are small, they can be calculated with color temperature and
this is called correlated color temperature.
This camera is preset with correlated color temperatures of 4,000k, 4,500K and 6,600k.
Strictly speaking, these are not color temperatures. Use these settings for shooting
conditions under fluorescent lights.
White balance color temperature
• The color temperatures for each light source
indicated in the above scale are approximate.
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