Olympus E-P3 - Manual (Page 43)

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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.
2 Select an option using
HI and press Q.
WB
AUTO
WB WB WB
AUTO AUTO AUTO
AUTO AUTO
L F
IS OFF IS OFF
4:3
j
HD
WB
AUTO
WB WB WB
AUTO AUTO AUTO
P WB WB AUTO AUTO
WB Auto
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
n 5500K For fl ash shooting
One-touch
white
balance
(P. 44)
P/Q
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. •