Changing The Brightness Of Highlights And Shadows; Choosing How The Camera Measures Brightness (Metering) - Olympus PEN E-PL8 Instruction Manual

Changing the brightness of highlights and shadows

Press the F button (F) and press the INFO button to
display the Highlight & Shadow Control menu. Use HI to
choose a tone level. Choose "low" to darken shadows or
"high" to brighten highlights.
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Exposure
compensation

Choosing how the camera measures brightness (metering)

Choose how the camera meters subject brightness.
1
Press the z button to display
the live control, and select the
metering item using FG.
2
Select an option with HI and press the z button.
Digital ESP
p
metering
Center weighted
averaging
H
metering
Spot metering
I
Spot metering -
IHI
highlight
Spot metering -
ISH
shadow
3
Press the shutter button halfway.
• Normally, the camera will start metering when the shutter button is pressed halfway
and lock exposure while the shutter button is held in this position.
50 EN
INFO INFO
0 0
Low tone
The camera meters exposure in 324 areas of the frame and
optimizes exposure for the current scene or (if an option other
than [OFF] is selected for [I Face Priority]) portrait subject.
This mode is recommended for general use.
This metering mode provides the average
metering between the subject and the
background lighting, placing more weight on
the subject at the center.
Choose this option to meter a small area
(about 2% of the frame) with the camera
pointed at the object you wish to meter.
Exposure will be adjusted according to the
brightness at the metered point.
Increases spot metering exposure. Ensures bright subjects
appear bright.
Lowers spot metering exposure. Ensures dark subjects appear
dark.
INFO
0 0
High tone
P
S-IS S-IS
I S O
200
L N
0 0
HD
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P 2.0 2.0
250 F5.6 250
+ +
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Metering
AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO
S-AF S-AF
ISO ISO ISO ISO
AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO
i i
ESP R R
HI HI SH SH