Olympus E-410 EVOLT E-410 Instruction Manual (English) - Page 54

AE lock k Locking the exposure The metered exposure value can be locked with the AEL button (AE lock). Use AE lock when you want a different exposure setting from the one that would normally apply under the current shooting conditions. Normally, pressing the shutter button halfway locks both AF (auto focus) and AE (automatic exposure), but you can lock the exposure alone by pressing the AEL button. Press the AEL button at the position where you wish to lock the metering values and the exposure will be locked. As the exposure will be locked while the AEL button is being pressed, press the shutter button. AEL button • Releasing the AEL button cancels AE lock. 3 • Using the custom menu, you can set AE lock so that it is not canceled when the AEL button is released. g "AEL/AFL memo" (P. 72) Shooting functions k Exposure, image and color AE lock Viewfinder ISO k Setting the desired sensitivity to light The higher the ISO value, the greater the camera's light sensitivity and the better its ability to shoot in low light conditions. However, higher values may give pictures a grainy appearance. For [AUTO], sensitivity is set automatically according to the shooting conditions and is fixed to ISO100 when flash is not fired in S or M mode. Control panel screen ip : ISOi [AUTO], [100] - [1600] Menu MENU[W][ISO] White balance k Adjusting the color tone Color reproduction differs depending on the light conditions. For instance, when daylight or tungsten lighting is reflected on white paper, the shade of white produced will be slightly different for each. With a digital camera, white color can be adjusted to reproduce more natural white with a digital processor. This mechanism is called white balance. There are 4 options for setting the WB with this camera. 54 EN