Olympus PEN E-PL8 - Manual (Page 52)

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Shooting
2
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 Press the z button to display the live control, and select the white balance
item using
FG.
WB
AUTO
WB WB WB
AUTO AUTO AUTO
AUTO AUTO
L N
4:3
WB
AUTO
WB WB WB
AUTO AUTO AUTO
P
WB Auto
AUTO AUTO
S-IS AUTO S-IS AUTO
FHD F
White
balance
2 Select an option with
HI and press the z button.
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. 53 )
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 z.