Adjusting Color (White Balance) - Olympus E-PM2 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 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
white
O
balance
1
>
n
One-touch
white
P/Q
balance
(P. 50)
Custom
white CWB
balance
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
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
S-IS S-IS
j
WB WB WB WB
WB WB WB WB
AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO
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L F
HD
WB WB
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