Reducing Camera Shake (Image Stabilizer) - Olympus PEN E-PL8 Instruction Manual

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 z.
• 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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Tips
• If the subject is too bright or too dark or visibly tinted, the message [WB NG Retry] will be
displayed and no value will be recorded. Correct the problem and repeat the process from
Step 1.

Reducing camera shake (image stabilizer)

You can reduce the amount of camera shake that can occur when shooting in low light
situations or shooting with high magnifi cation. The image stabilizer starts when you
press the shutter button halfway.
1
Press the z button to display the live control, and select the image
stabilizer item using FG.
2
Select an option with HI and press the z button.
OFF
S-IS1
S-IS2
Still
picture
S-IS3
S-IS AUTO
OFF
Movie
ON
Image stabilizer
Focal Length
Auto I.S.
P S-I S AUTO S-I S AUTO
OFF OFF S-IS S-IS S-IS S-IS S-IS S-IS
Still-I.S. Off Image stabilizer is off.
All Direction Image stabilizer is on.
Shake I.S.
Vertical Shake Image stabilization applies only to vertical
I.S. (Y) camera shake.
Image stabilization applies only to horizontal
Horizontal (Z) camera shake. Use when panning the
Shake I.S. camera horizontally with the camera held in
portrait orientation.
The camera detects the panning direction and
Auto I.S.
applies the appropriate image stabilization.
Movie-I.S. Off Image stabilizer is off.
In addition to applying image stabilization in
Movie-I.S. On all directions, the camera compensates for the
camera shake that occurs when you walk.
S-I S AUTO S-I S AUTO
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WB WB WB WB
WB WB WB WB
AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO
AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO
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