Olympus E-20N - Manual (Page 63)

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Shooting Sunsets and Fireworks
By switching the white balance setting from Auto to a preset setting manually, you can
enhance the beauty of colors in a sunset or a fireworks display.
In the Auto white balance mode, white is used as
the base color for reference in reproducing the
colors of sunsets and fireworks, so the colors in a
sunset may not appear red and the colors in
fireworks may not appear as beautiful.
To improve the accuracy of color reproduction in
these cases, press and hold down the white
balance mode button
, turn the main dial or sub
dial until you see the number 5500 (clear daylight)
appear in the control panel, and then take the
picture.
To increase the amount of red in the pictures, select
6500 (overcast daylight), or to reduce the amount of
red, select 3700 (incandescent bulb).
You can manually select one of the seven available
white balance settings to experiment and achieve
the artistic color effects that you desire in your
pictures.
Using Preset White Balance (
➞ 107)
Fireworks are difficult to focus on. Move the focus
mode switch to MF (manual focus), then use the
focus ring to focus on the shots. For the best
results, use a tripod and RM-CB1 remote cable. Set
a very slow shutter speed, then release the shutter.
The exposure can be done in
A, S, and M modes.
Since fireworks are often against a dark sky, the
light from the explosions creates the exposure for
each fire work. With the long exposure you can
capture many fireworks in one shot.
Using Manual Focus (MF) (
➞ 68)
Sunset does not appear red when
shot with the Auto white balance
mode.
Sunset appears in more natural
red when shot with preset white
balance (5500).
Colors of fireworks can also
be adjusted with white
balance.