Setting the auto/preset white balance – Olympus EVOLT E-500 User Manual

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White balance — Adjusting the color tone

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Setting the auto/preset white balance

You can adjust the white balance by selecting the appropriate color
temperature for the light conditions.

Press the

WB (white balance)

button.

Use the control dial

to set.

AUTO

5 / 3 / 2 / 1 / w /

x / y / V / CWB

WB mode

Light conditions

AUTO

Used for most light conditions (when there is a white portion framed
in the viewfinder). Use this mode for general use.

5 5300K

For shooting outdoors on a clear day, or to capture the reds in a
sunset or the colors in a fireworks display

3 6000K

For shooting outdoors on a cloudy day (when using the flash)

2 7500K

For shooting outdoors in the shadows on a clear day

1 3000K

For shooting under a tungsten light

w 4000K

For shooting under white fluorescent lighting

x 4500K

For shooting under a neutral white fluorescent lamp

y 6600K

For shooting under a daylight fluorescent lamp

Color temperature set by one-touch WB.

g "Setting the one-touch white balance" (P. 90)

CWB

Color temperature set in custom white balance menu. When the
value has not been set, it is set to 3000K. The color temperature
display changes according to your CWB setting.

Control dial

WB button

Viewfinder

Displayed when WB is set
to anything except AUTO.

: AUTO

w /x / y

: Custom WB

: One-touch white

balance