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THE BASICS
SETTING WHITE BALANCE
White balance refers to the color temperature
(calculated in degrees Kelvin) of light and the
eects it has on your image. Even if the setting looks
“normal” to your eye, because dierent sources
of light have dierent color temperatures, your
images may come out with a certain hue to them.
By selecting the appropriate white balance setting to
match your situation, you can achieve perfection in
the color tones of your nal image.
Automatic White Balance
DSLR cameras come with an auto white balance
setting (AWB) that’s preset and built into the
camera’s menu. With this setting, the camera
interprets the color cast ...