When trying to set a custom white balance my camera keeps giving me the “out of range”, “over”, or “under” error messages. What am I doing wrong?
You may not be doing anything wrong. The problem may be poor color saturation. Digital cameras, for the most part, can establish a correct white balance when the source light is in the range of 2800 to 9500 degrees Kelvin. Your camera may not be able to set a white balance if the color of the source light is outside of this range. For example, there is a significant absence of red light just after sunset on a cloudless evening – the color of the source light may be outside the camera’s range, and therefore the camera’s ability to correct. In order to set a correct white balance the gain in the camera’s red channel would need to be increased to its maximum or beyond. This situation may make setting a correct white balance impossible. When this condition occurs some cameras may display a warning message such as “no good,” “over,” “under” or “out of range.” In certain cases the camera will default to setting the white balance to its minimum or maximum value which may be insufficient to ad
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