Kelvin Values

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I have done a search in the forum on the Kelvin values of the 6 preset White Balance settings on the S2 but I have only been able to come up with postings that offer good advice on correctly setting the White Balance I haven't found any replies that actually give the precise values. Does anybody know the exact values?
Regards, Michael
 
Hi Michael,

According to Thom Hogan in his excellent "Complete Guide to the Fuji FinePix Pro S2" the presets should approximate the following Kelvin values:

Sunny 5400K
Shade 6000K - 7000K
Fluorescent 1 4100K - 4200K
Fluorescent 2 3000K
Fluorescent 3 3450K
Incandescent 3000K

Note that Thom also says that fluorescent K is notioriously difficult to judge, because of various manufacturing standards.

Hope this helps.

Best wishes,

David
I have done a search in the forum on the Kelvin values of the 6
preset White Balance settings on the S2 but I have only been able
to come up with postings that offer good advice on correctly
setting the White Balance I haven't found any replies that actually
give the precise values. Does anybody know the exact values?
Regards, Michael
 
I also don't know why Fluorescent 2 and Incandescent would be set to the same color temperature.
According to Thom Hogan in his excellent "Complete Guide to the
Fuji FinePix Pro S2" the presets should approximate the following
Kelvin values:

Sunny 5400K
Shade 6000K - 7000K
Fluorescent 1 4100K - 4200K
Fluorescent 2 3000K
Fluorescent 3 3450K
Incandescent 3000K

Note that Thom also says that fluorescent K is notioriously
difficult to judge, because of various manufacturing standards.

Hope this helps.

Best wishes,

David
I have done a search in the forum on the Kelvin values of the 6
preset White Balance settings on the S2 but I have only been able
to come up with postings that offer good advice on correctly
setting the White Balance I haven't found any replies that actually
give the precise values. Does anybody know the exact values?
Regards, Michael
 
According to Thom Hogan in his excellent "Complete Guide to the
Fuji FinePix Pro S2" the presets should approximate the following
Kelvin values:

Sunny 5400K
I'm actually beginning to think it's slightly higher than that, perhaps 5500K, maybe 5600K.
Shade 6000K - 7000K
Fluorescent 1 4100K - 4200K
Fluorescent 2 3000K
Fluorescent 3 3450K
Incandescent 3000K

Note that Thom also says that fluorescent K is notioriously
difficult to judge, because of various manufacturing standards.
Actually, it's because fluorescent light is not a heat-source type of light and doesn't emit a continuous spectrum. Thus, it's difficult to assign an exact color temperature because Kelvin involves a black-body heat source and continuous spectrum.

Also, note that Fuji's published numbers are lower than I've seen elsewhere else for fluorescent. #2 is obviously a "warm tube" of some sort, while #1 is obviously a "daylight tube" of some sort, but none of the Fuji supplied numbers I've seen come close to matching what fluorescent bulb manufactuers give in their technical specs. Perhaps Fuji's using Japanese standard bulbs I'm not aware of, perhaps they've got the numbers wrong, or perhaps they've made a visual assessment to assign the numbers (remember, the S2 tends to overemphasize reds and has more yellow in the greens than normal). I think the primary thing to take away is this: if you look at the labels on the tubes and see "warm", then #2 or #3 are the clear choices. If you see "daylight," then #1 or #3 are the likely choices. If it's an older bulb or not marked, I'd start at #3. Of course, you could simply do a custom white balance and ignore those, which is what I do.

For those of you comparing D100s and S2s, white balance is one area where the Nikon beats the Fuji hands down. While the Fuji gets Automatic white balance correct more often, it just simply doesn't have the setting flexibility for someone who knows color temps well and wants to manipulate them directly.

--
Thom Hogan
author, Nikon Field Guide
author, Nikon Flash Guide
author, Complete Guide to the Nikon D100
author, Complete Guide to the Nikon D1, D1h, & D1x
http://www.bythom.com
 
michael(UK) wrote:
Does anybody know the exact values?

I got this info from Fuji service about a year ago referring to the S1,
S2 might be the same.

Sunny 5500?K
Shade 7000?K
FLUORESCENT 1 Panasonic FL20SS EX-N/18 bulbs
FLUORESCENT 2 Panasonic FL20SS EX-D/18 bulbs
FLUORESCENT 3 Hitachi FL20SSW/18-B
Incandescent 3100?K

Why they made this info so hard to find is beyond me. It should have been in the owner?s manual.

Kraig
 
I got this info from Fuji service about a year ago referring to the S1,
S2 might be the same.

Sunny 5500K
Shade 7000K
FLUORESCENT 1 Panasonic FL20SS EX-N/18 bulbs
FLUORESCENT 2 Panasonic FL20SS EX-D/18 bulbs
FLUORESCENT 3 Hitachi FL20SSW/18-B
Incandescent 3100K

Why they made this info so hard to find is beyond me should have been in the owner?s manual.

Kraig

Those should not be question marks but degrees circles on my keyboard opt/alt k gives me a degrees circle not a questinn mark sorry for any confusion
 
Thank you everybody for replying. I agree with Kraig that these values should have been in the manual and if Fuji wish to refer to the S2 as a Pro camera (and it is an excellent camera) then I believe they should have given us at least the option of having the Kelvin values displayed as a numerical value as well as some rather vague symbols.
Regards, Michael
 

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