White Balance

1) VIDEO LESSON - SETTING WHITE BALANCE ON THE NIKON Z50

2) HOW TO FIND WHITE BALANCE SETTINGS ON A .JPG FILE

3) PROJECT: WHITE BALANCE (in MANUAL mode)

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1) VIDEO LESSON - SETTING WHITE BALANCE ON THE NIKON Z50

CHANGING WHITE BALANCE: METHOD 1

- Press the i button on the back of the camera (next to menu)

- White Balance is the bottom-left option in the menu shown. The default is "A1"

- Selecting A1 or whatever the chosen White Balance setting is will let you change the value to a different preset.

CHANGING WHITE BALANCE: METHOD 2

1) Hold the Fn1 button (found on the front of the camera right beside the lens)

2) Rotate the main command dial (the one you use for changing shutter speed)

2) HOW TO FIND WHITE BALANCE SETTINGS ON A .JPG FILE

In-camera, you can check your settings by pressing the View button and then scrolling up or down using the D-pad.

In Windows, checking white balance is somewhat annoying. If you right click and choose PROPERTIES, you'll see this familiar menu (see adjacent image):

Unfortunately, Windows will only list white balance as "automatic" or "manual." That's not very helpful.

So, you need to use other software to look up your settings.

Our computers all come installed with Adobe Bridge (the Adobe photo viewer), so let's use that. Go to the Start menu, type "bridge," and open it up!

It should look something like this:

Look at the bottom right, and select the Camera Data drop menu. You can drag the boundaries to make the box bigger and easier to view.

Under White Balance, it'll still only say "Automatic" or "Manual," but if you look at Light Source, it'll give you the specific white balance you're looking for:

*** One more annoying piece of information: Because of proprietary rights, Nikon and Adobe have different names for the same settings. So, be aware of the following:

Fine Weather = Sunny

Tungsten = Incandescent

Cool White Fluorescent = Fluorescent

The others should be obvious.

PROJECT: WHITE BALANCE (in Manual mode)

You will hand in seven images for this project, each of the exact same scene but shot with a different white balance setting.

Furthermore these will all be shot in MANUAL mode.

Choose a subject or scene (preferably in a bright area or outside), compose it purposefully (no snapshots!), then set your camera for the proper exposure.

You will cycle through the following white balances, in order:

1) AUTO

2) NATURAL LIGHT AUTO

3) DIRECT SUNLIGHT

4) CLOUDY

5) SHADE

6) INCANDESCENT

7) FLUORESCENT (your choice)

*** Don't bother shooting with Flash or "PRE" White Balance. ***

CAMERA SETTINGS:

Shooting Mode: "M" Manual

ISO: Up to you! Set it first, then adjust at the end if needed

Shutter Speed and Aperture: Your choice!

Orientation: Your choice!

To hand in:

1) Name your photos according to their white balance: "sunny.jpg, cloudy.jpg"

2) Upload all images to Classroom

3) Complete rubric and log settings as required

4) TURN IN!

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