Olympus E-M1 - Manual (Page 56)

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Basic operations
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Adjusting color (white balance)
White balance (WB) ensures that white objects in images recorded by the camera
appear white. [AUTO] is suitable in most circumstances, but other values can be
selected according to the light source when [AUTO] fails to produce the desired results
or you wish to introduce a deliberate color cast into your images.
1 Set the lever to position 2, and turn the rear dial to
select items.
Lever
Rear dial
WB
AUTO
WB WB WB
AUTO AUTO AUTO
ISO-A
200
ISO-A ISO-A ISO-A
200 200 200
AUTO AUTO
AUTO AUTO
P
WB Auto
AUTO AUTO
AUTO AUTO
250 F5.6 0.0
LOW LOW 200 200 250 250 320 320 400 400 500 500
Recommend
WB mode
Color
temperature
Light conditions
Auto white
balance
AUTO k
Used for most light conditions (when there is a
white portion framed on the monitor). Use this
mode for general use.
Preset white
balance
5 5300K
For shooting outdoors on a clear day, or to
capture the reds in a sunset or the colors in a
fi reworks display
N 7500K
For shooting outdoors in the shadows on a clear
day
O 6000K For shooting outdoors on a cloudy day
1 3000K For shooting under a tungsten light
> 4000K For subjects lit by fl uorescent lights
U k For underwater photography
n 5500K For fl ash shooting
One-touch
white balance
(P. 57)
P/Q/
W /X
Color
temperature
set by one-
touch WB.
Choose when a white or gray subject can be
used to measure white balance and the subject
is under mixed lighting or lit by an unknown type
of fl ash or other light source.
Custom white
balance
CWB
2000K –
14000K
After pressing the INFO button, use HI
buttons to select a color temperature and then
press
Q.