Olympus E-520 - Manual (Page 130)

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Custom Menu 2
A (Aperture Priority) Mode
You set the aperture yourself and the camera automatically varies the shutter speed so that the
picture is taken with the correct exposure.
AE (Automatic Exposure)
The camera’s built-in exposure meter automatically sets the exposure. The 3 AE modes available
on this camera are P mode, in which the camera selects both the aperture and shutter speed,
A mode, in which the user selects the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed, and
S mode, in which the user selects the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture. In M mode,
the user selects both the aperture and the shutter speed.
Aperture
The adjustable lens opening which controls the amount of light that enters the camera. The larger
the aperture, the shorter the depth of field and the fuzzier the background. The smaller the
aperture, the greater the depth of field and the sharper the background. Aperture is measured in
f / stops. Larger aperture values indicate smaller apertures, and smaller aperture values indicate
larger apertures.
AUTO mode
Program AE mode (see “P [Program] Mode”). In addition, this mode features automatic flash pop
up when shooting in low-light conditions.
Center weighted averaging metering
A light metering mode or technique that uses an average of the center and periphery of the image
area but is biased toward the information at the center of the image area. This method is best used
when the brightness of the center and periphery of the image area does not vary greatly. See also
digital ESP metering and spot metering.
Color space
A model that describes colors using more than three coordinates. Color spaces such as sRGB,
Adobe RGB are occasionally used for encoding / reproducing colors.
Color temperature
The spectral balance of different white light sources is rated numerically by color temperature – a
concept of theoretical physics that, with incandescent lighting, corresponds roughly to the absolute
lamp filament temperature, expressed on the Kelvin (K) temperature scale. The higher the color
temperature, the richer the light in bluish tones and the poorer in reddish; the lower the color
temperature, the richer the light in reddish tones and the poorer in bluish. You may encounter
difficulties with color reproduction when shooting indoors under fluorescent lighting, or where
sunlight and fluorescent lighting are both present. Your camera is provided with a white balance
adjustment feature that you can use to compensate for the odd effects of combinations of color you
may occasionally see in your pictures.
Tab Function Setting Ref. page
X k P. 15
CF / xD CF* / xD P. 96
EDIT FILENAME
Adobe RGB
OFF* / A – Z / 0 – 9 P. 96
sRGB
s j –7 – +7 k –7 – +7 P. 96
W *1 P. 96
VIDEO OUT *1 P. 97
REC VIEW OFF / AUTO q / 1 SEC – 20 SEC (5 SEC*) P. 97
PIXEL MAPPING k P. 117
FIRMWARE k P. 97
* Factory default setting
*1 Settings differ depending on the region where the camera is purchased.
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