Adding Effects To A Movie; Setting The Image Aspect; Aspect Ratio - Olympus E-M1 Instruction Manual

Adding effects to a movie

You can create movies that take advantage of the effects available in still photography
mode. Set the dial to n to enable the settings.
Set the shooting mode to n , press the Q button,
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and use the rear dial to select a shooting mode
item.
Switch the shooting mode using the front dial and press the Q button.
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P Optimal aperture is set automatically according to the brightness of the subject.
Depiction of background is changed by setting the aperture. Use the rear dial to
A
adjust the aperture.
Shutter speed affects how the subject appears. Use the rear dial to adjust the
S
shutter speed. Shutter speed can be set to values between 1/30 s and 1/4000 s.
You control both aperture and shutter speed. Use the front dial to choose the
aperture, the rear dial to select the shutter speed from values between 1/30 s and
M
1/4000 s. Sensitivity can be set manually to values between ISO 200 and 3200;
auto ISO sensitivity control is not available.
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Cautions
• When recording a movie, you cannot change the settings for exposure compensation,
aperture value, and shutter speed.
• If [Image Stabilizer] is activated while recording a movie, the recorded image is enlarged
slightly.
• Stabilization is not possible when the camera shake is excessive.
• When the inside of the camera becomes hot, shooting is automatically stopped to protect
the camera.
• With some art fi lters, [C-AF] operation is limited.
• Cards with an SD speed class of 6 or above are recommended for movie recording.

Setting the image aspect

You can change the aspect ratio (horizontal-to-vertical ratio) when taking pictures.
Depending on your preference, you can set the aspect ratio to [4:3] (standard), [16:9],
[3:2], [1:1], or [3:4].
Press the Q button and select an aspect ratio.
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Select a setting using the front dial and press the Q button.
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Cautions
• JPEG images are cropped to the selected aspect ratio; RAW images, however, are not
cropped but are instead saved with information on the selected aspect ratio.
• When RAW images are played back, the selected aspect ratio is shown by a frame.
Program Auto
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P P A A S S M M
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M-IS ON M-IS ON
P P
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WB WB WB WB
AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO
S-AF S-AF
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