Olympus E-PM2 - Manual (Page 31)

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Basic operations
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Using shooting options
Using live guides
The live guide function lets even users who are unfamiliar with the camera access
a variety of advanced photographic techniques, and make settings intuitively while
viewing the monitor.
Change Color Saturation
Guide item
Q
0
Clear & Vivid
Flat & Muted
Level bar/selection
1 Select A, P, A, S, M, ART or SCN as the shooting mode.
2 After pressing the LIVE GUIDE button to display the live guide, use the FG
buttons on the arrow pad to highlight an item and press Q to select.
3 Use FG to choose the level.
• If [Shooting Tips] is selected, highlight an item and press Q to view a description.
• Press the shutter button halfway to select.
• The effect of the selected level is visible in the display. If [Blur Background] or
[Express Motions] is selected, the display will return to normal, but the selected effect
will be visible in the fi nal photograph.
4 Shoot.
• Press the shutter button to shoot.
• To clear the live guide from the display, press the
MENU button.
# Cautions
• The SCN modes [Panorama] and [3D Photo] are not available.
• If [RAW] is currently selected for image quality, image quality will automatically be set to
[YN+RAW].
• Live guide settings are not applied to the RAW copy.
• Pictures may appear grainy at some live guide setting levels.
• Changes to live guide setting levels may not be visible in the monitor.
• Frame rates drop when [Blurred Motion] is selected.
• The fl ash cannot be used with the live guide.
• Changes to live guide options cancel previous changes.
• Choosing live guide settings that exceed the limits of the camera exposure meters may
result in pictures that are over or underexposed.
% Tips
• In modes other than A, you can use live control to make more detailed settings.
g “Using live control” (P. 45)