Olympus E-520 User Manual

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Color – White balance

Besides sunlight, there are other sources for illuminating the subject, such as tungsten and
fluorescent lighting. These types of lighting contain particular colors; therefore, the same white
object shot under different lighting has slightly different colors. Even under the same sunlight,
the colors in the picture differ depending on the sky conditions, the shadows of trees or
buildings, and other factors. White balance automatically corrects the effects from these types
of lighting and enables shooting with the right colors. You can usually obtain the right colors
with the white balance set to [AUTO]. Depending on the shooting conditions, however, you may
not be able to obtain the intended colors. In this case, change the setting accordingly.
g“Selecting the white balance” (P. 62)

Convenient settings – Customizing functions

This camera is equipped with various shooting functions that can be customized for ease of
use.
For example, if you want to take several pictures of the same subject using the same settings,
you can register those settings as My Mode for use at a later time. You can then easily load that
registered My Mode and use it as the shooting mode.
To focus on the subject and then recompose the shot, you can set [AEL / AFL] so that auto
focus can be done by pressing the

AEL / AFL button, and then you can lock the exposure by

pressing the shutter button halfway.
You can customize other camera operations, such as by changing the functions assigned to the
buttons and by changing the time that the direct buttons remain selected.
g“MY MODE SETUP” (P. 90), “AEL / AFL” (P. 88), “; FUNCTION” (P. 89),

“j FUNCTION” (P. 90), “BUTTON TIMER” (P. 90)

Fluorescent light

Tungsten light

Shade of tree