Olympus E-PL1 - Manual (Page 26)

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Table of Contents
Basic guide 3
Preparations for shooting ...........3
Charging and inserting
the battery ...............................3
Inserting and removing cards .....4
Attaching a lens to the camera ...5
Power on ....................................6
Setting the date/time...................7
Names of parts and functions .....8
Camera .......................................8
Mode dial ..................................10
Basic operations ........................12
Taking photographs/shooting
movies ...................................12
Playback/Erasing ......................14
Single-frame playback 14
Close-up playback
Index display
Movie playback 15
Erasing images 15
Using art fi lters..........................16
Shooting in scene mode ...........17
Using the iAUTO mode live
guides ....................................18
Using live control ......................20
Using the menus.......................21
Information displayed in the
monitor ........................................22
Shooting ...................................22
Playback ...................................23
Quick task index 24
Basic photography and useful
functions 30
Sequential shooting/
using the self timer ....................30
Image quality (record mode) .....31
Choosing a record mode ..........31
Setting the image aspect ...........32
Using face detection ..................32
Turning [g FACE DETECT]
on ..........................................32
Taking pictures using face
detection ................................32
Switching the information
display .........................................33
Display magnifi cation ................34
Panoramas ..................................35
Taking pictures for a
panorama ..............................35
Other shooting options and
advanced settings
36
“Point-and-shoot” photography
(P program mode) ......................36
Choosing aperture
(A aperture-priority mode) ........37
Choosing shutter speed
(S shutter-priority mode) ...........38
Choosing aperture and shutter
speed (M manual mode) ............39
Choosing when the exposure
ends (bulb) ............................39
Controlling exposure
(exposure compensation) ..........40
Previewing the effects of
exposure compensation and
white balance ........................40
ISO sensitivity .............................41
Adjusting color
(white balance) ...........................41
White balance compensation ...42
One-touch white balance ..........43
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