Shooting; Setting The Shooting Mode; Taking Photographs - Olympus E-PM2 Instruction Manual

Shooting

Setting the Shooting mode

1 Press the MENU button to display the top menu.
2
Use HI to select a shooting mode.
• In the P/A/S/M column, use FG to highlight P, A, S, or M.
MENU button
3
Press Q.
• In SCN and ART modes, a menu will be displayed. Use FG to highlight options
and press Q to select.
A full auto mode in which the camera automatically optimizes settings for the
A
current scene. The camera does all the work, which is convenient for beginners.
Aperture and shutter speed are automatically adjusted for optimal results.
P
You control aperture. You can sharpen or soften background details.
A
You control shutter speed. You can express the motion of moving subjects, or
S
freeze motion without any blur.
You control aperture and shutter speed. You can shoot with long exposures for
M
fi reworks or other dark scenes.
ART
Select an art fi lter.
SCN
Select a scene according to the subject.
n Shoot movies using shutter speed and aperture effects and movie special effects.
• For information on using the shooting modes, read "Using the shooting modes" (P. 24).

Taking photographs

First, try taking photographs in full auto mode.
1
Select A as the shooting mode.
 Monitor
ISO
sensitivity
ISO-A
200
250 F5.6 250
Shutter speed
A
ART SCN
n
R R
Available
recording
time
Number of
01:02:03 01:02:03
storable still
38 38
pictures
Aperture value
1
P
A
SETUP
S
M
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