Adjusting Color (White Balance) - Olympus E-M5Mark II Instruction Manual

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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 Q to select white balance.
2
Select an item using the front dial and press the Q button.
WB mode
Auto white
AUTO
balance
5
N
Preset white
O
balance
1
>
U
n
One-touch
P/Q/
white balance
W/X
(P. 56 )
Custom white
CWB
balance
Cautions
• When [Color Creator] is set, the white balance is fi xed to AUTO.
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
k
For underwater photography
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
ISO
WB
AUTO
AUTO
AUTO
i
U
AEL/AFL
4:3
P
250 F5.6
250
0.0
0.0
Light conditions
White balance
NORM
01:02:03
01:02:03
1023
1023
EN
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