Olympus evolt e-410 Introduction Manual

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Shooting functions 
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 Exposure, image and color
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Auto white balance
This function enables the camera to automatically detect white in images and adjust the color 
balance accordingly. Use this mode for general use.
Preset white balance
Seven different color temperatures are programmed on this camera covering a variety of 
indoor and outdoor lighting including fluorescent lights and light bulbs. For example, use 
preset WB when you want to reproduce more red in the picture of a sunset, or capture a 
warmer artistic effect under artificial lighting.
Custom white balance
You can change the color temperature of one of the preset WB settings to your liking.
g “Setting the auto/preset/custom white balance” (P. 55)
One-touch white balance
You can set the optimum white balance for the shooting conditions by pointing the camera at 
a white object like a sheet of white paper. The white balance achieved with this setting is 
saved as one of the preset WB settings.
g “Setting the one-touch white balance” (P. 57)
Color temperature
The spectral balance of different white light 
sources is rated numerically by color 
temperature — concept of physics, 
expressed using the Kelvin (K) temperature 
scale. The higher the color temperature, the 
richer the light in bluish tones and the poorer 
in reddish; the lower the color temperature, 
the richer the light in reddish tones and the 
poorer in bluish.
It follows, then, that the color temperatures 
of fluorescent lights make them unsuitable 
as artificial light sources. There are gaps in 
the hues from the color temperatures of 
fluorescent light. If these differences in hue are small, they can be calculated with color 
temperature and this is called correlated color temperature.
The 4000K, 4500K and 6600K preset settings in this camera are correlated color 
temperatures, and should not be considered strictly as color temperatures. Use these 
settings for shooting conditions under fluorescent lights. 
Setting the auto/preset/custom white balance
You can adjust the white balance by selecting the appropriate color temperature for the light 
conditions.
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p: WBi
[AUTO]/[
5]/[2]/[3]/[1]/[w]/[x]/[y]/[V]/[CWB]
• CWB (Custom White Balance) is set by selecting [CWB] and 
turn the control dial while pressing down the F (Exposure 
Compensation) button.
Control panel screen
• The color temperatures for each light source 
indicated in the above scale are approximate.
i button
MENU button
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