Mired (Micro-reciprocal degree)
A measure of the colour of light whos values are found by taking one million and dividing it by the colour temperature in kelvins. A 5500k light source, for example, has a mired value of 182 (1,000,000/5500).
Mireds
Europeans and Nikon use names like A2 or A12 to refer to the American designations of 81A or 85A. Just as often, B+W and Heliopan use R3 or KR3 where others use A3.
Mireds.
Colour temperature of light is usually measured in Kelvin units. But another unit you often see in photography is the mired, for "micro reciprocal degrees," and pronounced "my-red.
Mired
A variation on Color Temperature measurements which is proportional throughout the two scales. Currently used mostly with filters. Conversion Formula: divide 1,000,000 by the Kelvin degrees.
Mired is an abbreviation for the term micro reciprocal degrees, a scale of measurement of color temperature. The mired value of a light source is calculated by dividing 1,000,000 by its color temperature in Kelvins.
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1: Kelvin
2: Mired
Adjust color temperature by temperature or Mired (filter) steps. (K value always shown)
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The MIRED scale.
Wratten filters.
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The digital cameras white balance settings.
How to see like the camera sees.
Squinting and other tricks.
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