{"id":73383,"date":"2020-05-06T00:29:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T15:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fujifilmnxtc.wpenginepowered.com\/stories\/managing-white-balance-in-low-light\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T03:43:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:43:12","slug":"beginner-month-6-low-light-23-white-balance","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/en-us\/stories\/beginner-month-6-low-light-23-white-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing White Balance in Low Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

In low-light conditions, it can be useful to take over control of white balance adjustments from your camera\u2019s automatic setting. Let\u2019s see how it\u2019s done<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

White balance can dramatically change the look and feel of a picture by shifting the color temperature from warm to cool, or cool to warm. It\u2019s essential for making different types of lighting look the same in photos as they do to our eyes. In most instances, this all happens automatically with the camera\u2019s white balance in Auto, but you can also set white balance manually using the preset values programmed into your camera for different lighting types.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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One situation where this approach is often useful is low-light photography, where there may be many different light sources in a scene, each with a slightly different color temperature.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Auto or Manual?<\/h3>\n

The first thing to do is try photographing with the same auto white balance setting you would use for normal, everyday photography. In low-light conditions, this usually does a good job of shifting colors close to how we see them with our eyes, so everything looks natural. But if you find yourself looking at the back of your camera thinking things look a bit strange, you might want to change into a manual white balance mode.<\/p>\n

To do this, press the Q button on the back of your camera and highlight the white balance option \u2013\u00a0it\u2019s labelled WB AUTO if you\u2019ve never adjusted it. There is also a default Function (Fn) button for this. Turn the rear control dial to flick through the other white balance settings. The most useful for low-light photography are INCANDESCENT and the three FLUORESCENT options. These will match the environments you\u2019re most likely to encounter.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n