Adjusting Color (White Balance) - Olympus PEN-F Instruction Manual

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
Press the F button to display options.
2
2
Use the rear dial to select an option.
WB mode
Auto white
balance
Preset white
balance
One-touch
white balance
Custom white
balance
One-touch white balance
Measure white balance by framing a piece of paper or other white object under the lighting
that will be used in the fi nal photograph. This is useful when shooting a subject under natural
light, as well as under various light sources with different color temperatures.
1
Select [P], [Q], [W] or [X] (one-touch white balance 1, 2, 3 or 4) and
press the INFO button.
2
Photograph a piece of colorless (white or gray) paper.
• Frame the object so that it fi lls the display and no shadows fall it.
• The one-touch white balance screen appears.
3 Select [Yes] and press Q.
• The new value is saved as a preset white balance option.
• The new value is stored until one-touch white balance is measured again. Turning the
power off does not erase the data.
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Color
temperature
k
AUTO
5
5300K
N 7500K
O 6000K
1
3000K
>
4000K
k
U
5500K
n
Color
temperature
P/Q/
set by one-
W/X
touch WB.
2000K –
CWB
14000K
Light conditions
Used for most light conditions (when there is a
white portion framed on the monitor). Use this
mode for general use.
For shooting outdoors on a clear day, or to
capture the reds in a sunset or the colors in a
fi reworks display
For shooting outdoors in the shadows on a clear
day
For shooting outdoors on a cloudy day
For shooting under a tungsten light
For subjects lit by fl uorescent lights
For underwater photography
For fl ash shooting
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.
After pressing the INFO button, use HI buttons
to select a color temperature and then press Q.
AUTO AUTO LOW LOW 200 200 250 250 320 320 400 400 500 500
250 F5.6 0.0
Recommend
ISO-A ISO-A
400 400
WB Auto
P
AUTO AUTO
WB WB
AUTO AUTO