Adjusting Color (White Balance); E White Balance - Olympus E-PL3 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
Display the live control (P. 22) and select the
white balance item using FG.
2 Select an option using HI and press Q .
WB mode
Auto white
AUTO
balance
5
N
Preset
O
white
balance
1
>
U
n
One-touch
white P/
balance Q
(P. 44)
Custom
white CWB
balance
White balance color temperature
As their temperature increases, objects fi rst start to shine red and then to shine blue as the
temperature rises further. Color temperature expresses the color of light in this way using
absolute temperatures in degrees K (kelvin).
• Fluorescent light sources indicated by
white dots in the accompanying fi gure have
colors that differ slightly from those on the
color temperature scale; the values shown
in the fi gure have been converted to color
temperatures for illustrative purposes.
Color
temperature
Used for most light conditions (when there is a
k
white portion framed on the monitor). Use this
mode for general use.
For shooting outdoors on a clear day, or to
5300K capture the reds in a sunset or the colors in a
fi reworks display
For shooting outdoors in the shadows on a clear
7500K
day
6000K For shooting outdoors on a cloudy day
3000K For shooting under a tungsten light
4000K For subjects lit by fl uorescent lights
k
For underwater photography
5500K For fl ash shooting
Color Choose when a white or gray subject can be
temperature used to measure white balance and the subject
set by one- is under mixed lighting or lit by an unknown type
touch WB. of fl ash or other light source.
After pressing the INFO button, use HI
2000K –
buttons to select a color temperature and then
14000K
press Q.
WB Auto
P
AUTO AUTO
AUTO AUTO
Light conditions
1
IS OFF IS OFF
j
WB WB WB WB
WB WB WB WB
AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO
AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO
4:3
L F
HD
WB WB
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