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Shooting, Adjusting color (white balance), 52 en – Olympus PEN E-PL8 User Manual

Page 52: Select an option with hi and press the z button

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52 EN

Shooting

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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

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.