Adjusting Color (White Balance) - Olympus PEN E-PL8 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 z button to display the live control, and select the white balance
2
item using FG.
2
Select an option with HI and press the z button.
WB mode
Auto white
balance
Preset white
balance
One-touch
white balance
(P. 53 )
Custom white
balance
52 EN
Color
temperature
k
AUTO
5
5300K
N 7500K
6000K
O
1
3000K
>
4000K
k
U
5500K
n
Color
P/Q/ temperature
set by one-
W/X
touch WB
2000K –
CWB
14000K
WB Auto
P
AUTO AUTO
AUTO AUTO
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 z.
S-IS AUTO S-IS AUTO
White
WB WB WB WB
WB WB WB WB
AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO
AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO
balance
4:3
L N
F
FHD