The colour temperature the camera balances for. Set it higher than the actual light and the image renders warmer; lower and it renders cooler.
Overall tone
Overall this reads warm — a golden-hour lean, with whites carrying a light cream cast.
·How Temperature, A/B and G/M combine?
Three dials, one result. Temperature declares what light you are claiming to shoot under, and the two shifts nudge the outcome off that declaration.
The part that trips almost everyone: a higher Kelvin number produces a warmer picture, not a cooler one. The number describes the light, not the output. Tell the camera the light is 8000K — very blue — and it compensates by adding amber, so the file comes out golden.
That is why Temperature and Shift A/B are really one amber–blue axis in two different units, and why a warm Kelvin paired with a B shift is not a contradiction. It is a broad warm base with part of it deliberately pulled back. It buys precision the Kelvin dial cannot give on its own: a single 100K step is worth about 15 mired down at 2500K but only about 1 mired up at 9900K, so the shift is the finer control at the warm end and the coarser one at the cool end.
Shift G/M is the second axis, and Kelvin never reaches it. It is the tint control: G cancels the green cast of fluorescent light and open shade, M goes the other way.
Camera parameters setup
Creative Look
LookFLColourFilm base — moody colour with sharp contrast
Contrast?-4ContrastContrast eased slightly
The higher the value, the more the difference between light and shadow is accentuated.
Highlights?-7ContrastBright areas pulled well down — highlights protected
Adjusts the brightness of the bright areas. Higher values make them brighter.
Shadows?+4ContrastDark areas opened up a little
Adjusts the darkness of the dark areas. Higher values make them brighter.
Fade?0ContrastNo fade — blacks stay true
Adjusts the degree of fade — a milky lift on the whole image. Larger values make the effect greater. Never negative.
Saturation?+4ColourColour lifted a little
The higher the value, the more vivid the colour. Range is -9 to +9 — much narrower than Picture Profile saturation. Cannot be adjusted on the BW or SE Looks.
