White balance presets

As I mentioned before, auto white balance is going to be right for most of the…pictures that you take;…however, there will be times when auto white balance will let you down.…Most typically shooting in shade or shooting on a cloudy day, your images could…end up looking a little too cool, that is, it will be able too bluish. Flesh tones…especially will look just a little unhealthy.…Fortunately, to help you with these situations, the 5100 offers some…white balance presets.…If I hit my info/edit button, I can go in here to my White balance option.…I can see here by default it's set to Auto.…

If I pop that open, I get a scrolling list of different types of light…sources, with a little thumbnail giving me a picture of what those light…sources may be appropriate for.…So, for example, here is an incandescent light.…That's the typical kind of light bulb you'll find in a light at home.…I've got cool-white fluorescence, I have direct sunlight, I have flash, cloudy,…shade, and then something called preset manual, which we're going to discuss in…