Adjusting Color (White Balance); White Balance - Olympus E-M1 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
Set the lever to position 2, and turn the rear dial to
select items.
Lever
5
WB mode
Auto white
balance
Preset white
balance
One-touch

white balance

(P. 59)
Custom white
balance
58 EN
Color
temperature
k
AUTO
5
5300K
N
7500K
O
6000K
1
3000K
>
4000K
k
U
n
5500K
Color
P/Q/
temperature
W/X
set by one-
touch WB.
2000K –
CWB
14000K
Rear dial
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 AUTO AUTO LOW LOW 250 250 320 320 400 400 500 500
200 200
250 F5.6 0.0
Recommend
I S O - A I S O - A I S O - A I S O - A
200 200 200 200
WB Auto
P AUTO AUTO
AUTO AUTO
WB WB WB WB
AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO