Olympus E-PL3 - Manual (Page 12)

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Basic guide
Names of parts and functions
Camera controls
Mode dial
Use the mode dial to select the shooting mode. After choosing the shooting mode, use
the shutter button to take photographs and the
R button to shoot movies.
■ Movie mode
n Movie (P. 61)
Mode icon Indicator
■ Advanced shooting modes
P Program shooting (P. 50)
A
Aperture priority shooting
(P. 51)
S
Shutter priority shooting
(P. 52)
M Manual shooting (P. 53)
For more advanced shooting and
greater creative control, you can
set the aperture value and shutter
speed.
The settings made in the advanced
shooting modes are retained even if
the camera is turned off. •
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Photo zone
Movie zone
■ Easy shooting modes
A iAUTO (P. 20)
If A is selected, the camera automatically
optimizes settings to suit the subject.
Select
ART or SCN options according to your
subject or creative intent. The camera optimizes
settings automatically.
When rotating the mode dial or turning off the
power in the easy shooting modes, functions with
changes made to their settings are restored to the
factory default settings.
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ART Art fi lter (P. 18)
SCN Scene (P. 19)
% Tips
Resetting camera settings: g “Restoring default or custom settings” (P. 35) •