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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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