Something you may not know

[Grandpaw]

I went out with a friend last night to take some pictures and he remarked that he wished the white balance control had a setting for sodium street lights. He has a D300, D700, and a D3s and didn't realize there is a setting for sodium and mercury vapor light in the white balance setting. Go to WHITE BALANCE, then FLORESCENT, then you have several florescent types, along with Sodium, and mercury vapor.
I am posting this just in case some of you take night pictures and have one of those lights that puts out the orange color so you will know you do have a setting for it in your menu, Jeff

Just in case you didn't know......

[n8]

You know, I've never even really thought about that. I've either used auto or used one of those white balance lens caps if I cared enough. My issue is that I don't know that lights are what beyond fluorescent or incandescent. After scrolling through them and taking several shots, auto still seems to do pretty well.