White Balance from the Photo Shooting Menu
First let’s examine how to set a White balance from the Photo Shooting Menu and then from the i Menu.
Most photographers leave their cameras set to Auto White balance (Figure 7.12A). This works fine most of the time because the camera is quite capable of rendering accurate color. However, it’s hard to get exactly the same white balance in each consecutive picture when you are using Auto mode. The camera has to make a new WB decision for each picture in Auto. This can cause the WB to vary a little from picture to picture.
For many types of photography this isn’t a problem (e.g., landscapes), but if you are doing product photography in a studio, surely your client will want the pictures to be the same ...
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