User manual OLYMPUS CAMEDIA E-20

[. . . ] Reference Manual I Thank you for purchasing this digital Olympus camera. I We recommend that you spend some time taking test shots and experimenting with all of the features before you take important pictures. For Customers in Europe "CE" mark indicates that this product complies with the European requirements for safety, health, environment and customer protection. "CE" mark cameras are intended for sales in Europe. For Customers in North and South America For Customers in USA Declaration of Conformity Model Number Trade Name Responsible party Address E-20 OLYMPUS Olympus America Inc. Telephone number : 631-844-5000 Tested to comply with FCC standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. [. . . ] Similarly, with a digital camera you have the option of adjusting the white balance. There are three ways to adjust white balance with this camera. Auto white balance The camera automatically determines the amount of white light and adjusts the color balance. Auto white balancing is sufficient for most conditions, but if there is no near white color in the picture, colors that are not originally white may appear white in the image and the white balance of the image may not be correct. Also, auto white balancing may not have the desired effect when shooting under white fluorescent or other fluorescent lights. In such a case, use a white surface and quick reference white balance to achieve the correct white balance, or use preset white balance to select a color temperature for the incident light to achieve the correct white balance. Quick reference (one touch) white balance You select an object like a white wall or a piece of white paper to be used as the white base to balance color in your picture before shooting. Just point the camera at a sheet of white paper and press the quick reference (one touch) white balance button to set the white base for balancing color in the picture. The setting that you capture is saved as a "preset" white balance setting and recorded in the camera's color temperature selections. Preset white balance You select a color temperature setting appropriate for the light source. For example, use preset white balancing when you want to reproduce more red in a picture of a sunset, or capture a warmer artistic effect under artificial lighting. By experimenting with different preset white balancing settings, you can achieve a variety of pleasing color effects in your pictures. 102 Preset white balance settings and color temperature The spectral balance of different white light sources is rated numerically by color temperature--a concept of physics that, with incandescent lighting, corresponds roughly to the absolute filament temperature of an incandescent lamp, expressed on the Kelvin (K) temperature scale. The higher the color temperature, the richer the light in bluish and the poorer in reddish; the lower the color temperature, the richer the light in reddish and the poorer in bluish. It follows then that the color temperatures of fluorescent lights are unsuitable 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 correlative color temperature. The 4000K and 4500K preset settings in this camera are correlative color temperature, and should not be considered strictly as color temperature values. Use for shooting sessions under fluorescent lights. More Red More Blue 7 8000 [K] 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 White balance with a flash We recommend using the auto white balancing with the flash. If you intend to use preset white balancing, select 6500K for the color temperature. When shooting with the flash, always play back your pictures and check the results. Various conditions can affect color temperature and how color is reproduced in your pictures. Monitor display The specified white balance setting is applied to the image displayed in the monitor. Note · The scale indicates the approximate color temperature for each light source. (One can only say that actual sunlight is about 5500K, and fluorescent lights about 4000K. ) Candle flame Hot white light bulb Clear day Overcast Shade on clear day White fluorescent Intense white fluorescent 103 Using White Balance With the camera in the auto white balance mode, the camera automatically registers the whitest part of the subject framed in the viewfinder and uses this as a base to balance other colors in the picture. Auto white balance mode not selected 2 1 Control panel Viewfinder 1 Control panel Viewfinder Press and hold down the white , and then balance mode button turn the main dial or sub dial. When you see -A- in the viewfinder and control panel, or AUTO WB in the monitor, stop turning the main dial or sub dial. Take the picture. 2 Monitor When the white balance mode button is released Control panel Viewfinder 104 Using Quick Reference (One Touch) White Balance Before you take a picture, point the camera at a white sheet of paper or other white surface, and then register and lock the white balance reference at the touch of a button. button 1 Under the same light source where you intend to take the picture, point the camera at a flat sheet of paper. Fill the viewfinder with the white surface. [. . . ] 187 shooting techniques backlit subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 remote/self-timer lamp location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 protect button location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 209 Index (continued) shutter release storage capacity TV screen connecting to camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]