Olympus E-M1X, Instruction Manual

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2-13 Color and Quality
2-13 Color and Quality
This section is primarily devoted to features that affect the color and fi nal look of
photographs. Covered are white balance, picture mode, and other items that affect
color balance and features (such as High Res Shot) for shooting high-resolution
pictures.
Adjusting Hue (
K
WB)
White balance makes white objects look white. Although [AUTO] works well in
most situations, you can choose other options if [AUTO] fails to make white objects
appear white or if instead you wish to deliberately lend white objects a color cast.
• This setting can be accessed via:
- The
WB
button (P. 203)
- The LV super control panel (P. 204)
- The menus (P. 204)
- Live controls (P. 204)
White balance mode
Color
temperature
Choose for
Auto white
balance
AUTO —
Most normal scenes (scenes containing objects
that are white or close to white)
• This mode is recommended in most
situations.
• You can opt to preserve the colors seen
under incandescent lighting (P. 205).
Preset white
balance
5
5300 K Sunlit outdoor scenes, sunsets, fi reworks
N
7500 K Daylight shots of subjects in the shade
O
6000 K Shots taken in daylight under overcast skies
1
3000 K Subjects under incandescent lighting
>
4000 K Subjects under fl uorescent lighting
U
— Underwater photography
n 5500 K
Light sources with the same color temperature
as fl ash lighting
One touch white
balance
P
/
Q
/
W
/
X
Value selected
for one-touch
white balance
Situations in which you want to set white
balance for a specifi c subject
• Color temperature is set to a value metered
from a white object under the lighting what
will be used in the fi nal photograph (P. 207).
Custom white
balance
CWB
2000 K –
14000 K
Situations in which you can identify the
appropriate color temperature
• Choose a color temperature.
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