Olympus Camera E Pl5 Instruction Manual

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Using shooting options
  Using live guides
Live guides are available in iAUTO (A) mode. While iAUTO is a full auto mode, live 
guides make it easy to access a variety of advanced photographic techniq\
ues. 
Change Color Saturation
Guide item
Q0
Clear & Vivid
Flat & Muted
Level bar/selection
1 Set the mode dial to A.
2 After pressing the Fn button or Q to display the live guide, use the  FG 
buttons on the arrow pad to highlight an item and press  Q to select.
3 Use FG to choose...

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 Controlling exposure (exposure compensation)
Press the F button (F) and use HI to adjust exposure compensation. Choose 
positive (“+”) values to make pictures brighter, negative (“–”) values to make pictures 
darker. Exposure can be adjusted by ±3.0 EV.
Negative (–)No compensation (0) Positive (+)
# Cautions
•  Exposure compensation is not available in  A, M, or SCN mode.
 Changing the brightness of highlights and shadows
 To display the tone control dialog, press the F button...

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 Using a fl ash (fl ash photography)
The fl ash can be set manually as required. The  fl ash can be used for fl  ash 
photography in a variety of shooting conditions. 
1 Attach the fl  ash unit and raise the  fl ash 
head.
•   g “Attaching the fl  ash unit” (P. 14)
2 Press the # button (I) to display options.
3 Use HI to choose a fl  ash mode and press Q.
•  The options available and the order in which they are displayed vary dep\
ending on 
the shooting mode.  g “Flash modes that can be...

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 Flash modes that can be set by shooting mode
Shooting mode Super 
control  panel Flash mode
Flash 
timing Conditions for 
fi  ring the  fl ash Shutter 
speed  limit
P/A
#AUTO Auto fl
 ash
1st 
curtain Fires automatically 
in dark/backlit  conditions 1/30 sec. – 
1/250 sec.*
! Auto fl
 ash 
(red-eye reduction)
#Fill-in fl  ash Always fi res 30 sec. – 
1/250 sec.*
$ Flash off
kk k
!
SLOW Slow synchronization 
(red-eye reduction) 1st 
curtain Fires automatically 
in dark/backlit...

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  Choosing a focus target (AF target)
Choose which of the 35 autofocus targets will be used for autofocus.
1 Press the P button (H) to display the AF target.
2 Use FGHI to select the single target display and position the AF target.
•  “All targets” mode is restored if you move the cursor off the screen.
•  You can choose from the following 4 target types. Press the INFO button and use 
FG.
All Targets Single Target
(Standard size,  small size) Group Target
The camera...

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oSingle-frame 
shooting Shoots 1 frame at a time when the shutter button is pressed 
(normal shooting mode).
TSequential H
Photographs are taken at about 8 frames per second (fps) 
while the shutter button is pressed all the way down.
SSequential LPhotographs are taken at about 3.5 frames per second (fps) 
while the shutter button is pressed all the way down.
Y12s Self-timer 
12 SEC Press the shutter button halfway to focus, the rest of the way 
down to start the timer. First, the...

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1 Press the U button to display the zoom frame.
•  If the camera was focused using autofocus just before the button was pre\
ssed, the zoom frame will be displayed at the current focus position. 
• Use  FGHI to position the zoom frame.
• Press the  INFO button and use FG to choose the zoom ratio.
Comparison of AF and zoom frames
14×
10×
7×
5×
2 Press the U button again to zoom in on the zoom frame.
• Use FGHI to position the zoom frame.
•  Rotate the control dial to choose the...

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Basic playback operations
 Monitor display during playback
Simplifi ed display Overall display
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2  Eye-Fi upload complete ..................P. 79
3 Print reservation 
Number...

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Single-frame playback
 Press the q button to view pictures full frame. Press the shutter button halfway to\
 
return to shooting mode.
  Index display/calendar display
25 frames
Index displayQ
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GUSingle-frame 
playback Calendar display
2012.10Sun
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat  30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  8  9 10  11 12 1314 15 16 17 18 19 20 
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 
28 29 30 31  1  2  3
 
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Using playback options
Press Q during playback to display a menu of simple options that can be used in\
 
playback mode.
JPEG
m
R
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Rotate
JPEG Edit
Back
Set
Still image frame Movie frame
JPEG Edit, RAW Data Edit  g P. 66, 67
—
Image Overlay g P. 68 
—
Movie Play —
0 (Protect) 
R (Audio recording) 
—
Rotate 
—
m (Slideshow) 
Erase 
 Performing operations on a movie frame (Movie Play)
Q
Pause or resume playback. •  You can perform the following operations while playback...