Olympus E-420 E-420 Instruction Manual (English) - Page 119

White balance color temperature, different white light sources is rated

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Shooting mode Super control panel screen display Flash mode Conditions to timing Conditions to fire the flash Shutter speed restrictions 2nd CURTAIN Fill-in flash/Slow synchronization (2nd curtain) 2nd curtain # Manual flash S FULL (FULL) M # 1/4 Manual flash (1/4) Always fires 60 sec. 1/180 sec. 1st curtain # 1/16 Manual flash (1/16) # 1/64 Manual flash (1/64) *1 When the flash is set to the Super FP mode, it detects backlight with longer duration than for normal flash before emitting light. g"Super FP flash" (P. 71) *2 AUTO, !, # cannot be set in NIGHT+PORTRAIT mode. White balance color temperature 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. 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 color of sunlight and other natural light sources and the color of a light bulb and other artificial light sources • The color temperatures for each light source can be expressed in terms of color indicated in the above scale are approximate. temperature. 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. Information 13 119 EN

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119
EN
13
Information
*1
When the flash is set to the Super FP mode, it detects backlight with longer duration than for normal
flash before emitting light.
g
“Super FP flash” (P. 71)
*2
AUTO
,
!
,
#
cannot be set in NIGHT+PORTRAIT mode.
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. 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 color of sunlight and
other natural light sources and the color of a
light bulb and other artificial light sources
can be expressed in terms of color
temperature.
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.
S
M
2nd
CURTAIN
Fill-in flash/Slow
synchronization
(2nd curtain)
2nd curtain
Always fires
60 sec. -
1/180 sec.
#
FULL
Manual flash
(FULL)
1st curtain
#
1/4
Manual flash (1/4)
#
1/16
Manual flash (1/16)
#
1/64
Manual flash (1/64)
White balance color temperature
Shooting
mode
Super control
panel screen
display
Flash mode
Conditions
to timing
Conditions to fire
the flash
Shutter
speed
restrictions
The color temperatures for each light source
indicated in the above scale are approximate.