Olympus E-PL2 - Manual (Page 40)

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Basic photography/frequently-used options
1
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
Display the live control (P. 20) and select
the white balance item using
FG.
P
WB AUTO
AUTO 5 2 3 1 >
IS OFF
WB WB
AUTO AUTO
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2
Select an option using HI and press Q.
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 LCD
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
2 7500K
For shooting outdoors in the shadows on
a clear day
3 6000K For shooting outdoors on a cloudy day
1 3000K For shooting under a tungsten light
> 4000K For subjects lit by fl uorescent lights
W k For underwater photography
n 5500K For fl ash shooting
One-touch white
balance
(P. 32)
V
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.
White balance color temperature
As their temperature increases, objects fi rst start to shine red and then to shine blue
as the temperature rises further. Color temperature expresses the color of light in
this way using absolute temperatures in degrees K (kelvin).
Fluorescent light sources indicated by
white dots in the accompanying fi gure have
colors that differ slightly from those on the
color temperature scale; the values shown
in the fi gure have been converted to color
temperatures for illustrative purposes. •