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Auto white balance D5300

Jan 10, 2018 08:29:13 #

walkurie Loc: East Stroudsburg, PA

Does anyone know if it is possible to swich the auto white balance off on the D5300?
Thanks

Jan 10, 2018 08:44:05 #

rwilson1942 Loc: Houston, TX

You don't turn it off, you change it to one of the below.
White balance
• Auto ¹
• Incandescent
• Fluorescent
1 Sodium-vapor lamps
2 Warm-white fluorescent
3 White fluorescent
4 Cool-white fluorescent
5 Day white fluorescent
6 Daylight fluorescent
7 High temp mercury-vapor
• Direct Sunlight
• Flash
• Cloudy
• Shade
• Preset manual
Measure
Use photo

Jan 10, 2018 09:47:31 #

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

walkurie wrote:

Does anyone know if it is possible to swich the auto white balance off on the D5300?
Thanks

HERE'S how it's done.
I have found using a custom white balance gives the best results in artificial light.
Nikon calls it Preset manual white balance, or "PRE".
I use it even when I'm shooting raw. Saves a lot of time guessing.
The instructions for that are HERE.
Really fast once you get the hang of it.

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Jan 10, 2018 09:48:39 #

walkurie Loc: East Stroudsburg, PA

Rick
Thanks. I suspected as much from reading the manual but wanted confirmation.
Regards
Gary

Jan 10, 2018 09:50:53 #

walkurie Loc: East Stroudsburg, PA

Jim,
Thank you very much for the link.
Regards
Gary

Jan 10, 2018 12:33:27 #

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

You shoot RAW? Leave WB on Auto and fix it in Post.

Jan 10, 2018 18:06:44 #

walkurie Loc: East Stroudsburg, PA

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

You shoot RAW? Leave WB on Auto and fix it in Post.

Thanks.
I'll do thst.
Regards
Gary

Jan 10, 2018 20:22:11 #

IDguy Loc: Idaho

walkurie wrote:

Does anyone know if it is possible to swich the auto white balance off on the D5300?
Thanks

Most certainly. Check your manual.

Setting any white balance turns off auto.

Jan 10, 2018 21:53:11 #

walkurie Loc: East Stroudsburg, PA

IDguy wrote:

Most certainly. Check your manual.

Setting any white balance turns off auto.

Thanks.
Regards
Gary

Jan 11, 2018 11:23:31 #

tommystrat Loc: Bigfork, Montana

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

You shoot RAW? Leave WB on Auto and fix it in Post.

Absolutely! And there are a number of good (and not-so-good) videos on YouTube explaining how to do this in post.

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