Olympus CAMEDIA E-20 Manuel De Base page 20

balance mode button
sub dial until you see -A- in the viewfinder and
control panel, or AUTO WB in the monitor,
and then take the picture.
• Quick reference (one touch) white balance.
Under the same light source where you intend
to take the picture, point the camera at a
white surface (wall, sheet of paper, etc.), fill
the viewfinder with the white surface, and
then press the quick reference white balance
button on the front of the camera. When
you see GOOD displayed in the monitor,
press the button to save the setting. Press
and hold down the white balance mode button
, and then turn the main dial or sub dial to
zero for the color temperature setting. Then
take the picture. If you see NO GOOD, this
means that not enough white surface was
available, the white surface reflected too
much light, or color around the corners of the
sheet interfered with the registration.
• Preset white balance. Hold down the white
balance mode button
main dial or sub dial until you see the desired
color temperature setting, and then release
the button. Select AUTO, a color
temperature setting in the range 3000K to
7500K, or Quick Reference.
Setting the Record Mode
The record mode settings determine the quality
of the images and also affects the file sizes.
The better the quality, the larger the file size.
Hold down the record mode button
turn the main dial or sub dial to the left until you
see the desired setting in the control panel
[Blinking TIFF (indicates RAW), TIFF, SHQ, HQ
(default), and SQ], or turn to the right to display
them in reverse order. RAW and TIFF can be
set only in the IS mode.
TIFF, SHQ, HQ, and SQ respectively stand for
"Tagged Image File Format," "Super High
Quality," "High Quality," and "Standard Quality."
RAW indicates the raw output from the CCD. To
display RAW data files on your PC, CAMEDIA
Master software or Photoshop is required.
(Photoshop requires the Olympus RAW File
Import Plug-in included in the software CD.)
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, turn the main dial or
, and then turn the
, and then
Setting Factory-set
Resolution
(no. of pixels)
RAW 2560 x 1920
TIFF 2560 x 1920
SHQ 2560 x 1920
HQ 2560 x 1920
SQ 1280 x 960
* The resolution and compression for a record
mode can be customized using the menu.
Adjusting Sharpness
You can select HARD, NORMAL, or SOFT for
the sharpness setting using the menu.
Adjusting Contrast
You can select HIGH, NORMAL, or LOW to
adjust the amount of gradation between areas of
different brightness in the image using the menu.
Using the Noise Reduct
(Noise Reduction Mode)
Use this mode to reduce the amount of noise that
appears in images when shooting night scenes or
other shots that require a long exposure time. The
noise reduction function operates only when you
are shooting with the shutter speed set slower
than 1/2 or in the bulb shooting mode.
Taking Sequential Exposures
(Burst Mode)
With the burst mode, press and hold down the
shutter button to take rapid shots. In IS mode
you can take up to three or four sequential shots
(depending on the record mode). In PS mode
you can take up to seven sequential shots.
Set the mode dial to P, A, S, or M, and then
hold down the drive button
sequential mode mark
Press and hold down the shutter button. The
camera will take sequential shots until you
release the shutter button. The pictures are
taken at the same exposure, while bracketing
exposures takes multiple pictures at different
exposures.
Factory-set
Compression
1:1
(not compressed)
1:1
(not compressed)
1:2.7
1:8
1:8
until you see the
in the control panel.