Camera Menus
As has already been said, the menus on the Olympus are long - an unfortunate consequence of the extensive customization the E520 offers. However, the behavior of the menus is a little odd in places - some levels of menu automatically scroll on to the options of the next 'tab,' while others loop within their tab. And some option screens are escaped by pressing the left arrow, others by pressing the 'menu' button. It's not a big deal but does make using the menus more awkward than necessary.
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The E-520's menus are split into five tabbed groups: Record menu (2), Play menu and Setup menu (2). Use the 4-way controller to move down the tabs, press right to enter the menu and change settings. Each menu is described below. |
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Record menu 1
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| Option | Values/Actions | Notes |
| Card setup | • All Erase • Format |
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| Custom Reset Setting | • Reset • Reset1  Set Reset• Reset2 SetReset |
Enables you to reset the camera back to factory defaults or to any one of two pre-defined 'Reset' settings. |
| Picture Mode | • 1 Vivid Cont./Sharp./Sat. • 2 Natural Cont./Sharp./Sat.• 3 Muted Cont./Sharp./Sat.• 4 Portrait Cont./Sharp./Sat.• Monotone Cont./Sharp./Filter/Tone |
Select the color/tone response from five pre-programmed settings. Each can then be further tuned by setting contrast/sharpness/saturation (a range of -2 to +2). |
| Gradation | • Auto • High Key • Normal • Low Key |
Set the type of gradation, High Key extends bright gradations, Low Key extends dark gradations. |
| Image size/quality | • RAW • Large Fine (LF) • Large Normal (LN) • Middle Normal (MN) • Small Normal (SN) • RAW + LF • RAW + LN • RAW + MN • RAW + SN |
In RAW+JPEG mode the E-520 writes one JPG and one ORF (RAW) file. Image size and quality settings are customizable in setup menu 1 - F |
| White Balance | • Auto • 5300 K (Daylight) • 7500 K (Shade) • 6000 K (Cloudy) • 3000 K (Incandescent) • 4000 K (Fluorescent 1) • 4500 K (Fluorescent 2) • 6600 K (Fluorescent 3) • 5500 K (Flash) • Custom • Kelvin (2000 - 14000 K) |
- Fine Tune Red/Green -  "- "- "- "- "- "- "- " |
| ISO | • Auto • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 • ISO 800 • ISO 1600 |
Here shown with the maximum range of sensitivities. |
| Noise reduction | • Auto • Off • On |
Enable or disable long exposure noise reduction. |
| Noise Filter | • Off • Low • Standard • High |
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Record menu 2
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| Option | Values/Actions | Notes |
| Metering mode | • ESPESP+AFESP • Center Weighted Average • Spot • Highlight based spot • Shadow based spot |
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| Flash RC mode | • Off • On |
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| Flash compensation | • -2.0 to +2.0 EV • 1/3 EV steps |
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| AF mode | • S-AF • C-AF • MF • S-AF & MF • C-AF & MF |
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| AF area | • Automatic selection • Left point [• ] • Center point[ • ] • Right point [ •] |
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| Anti-Shock | • Off • On; 1 - 30 sec |
Known as 'Mirror Lock-up' on other brands. |
| AE Bracket | • Off • 3 frames, 0.3 EV • 3 frames, 0.7 EV • 3 frames, 1.0 EV |
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| WB Bracket | • A-BOFF3Frames 2 Step3Frames 4 Step3Frames 6 Step • G-M OFF3Frames 2 Step3Frames 4 Step3Frames 6 Step |
Creates multiple images with different white balance settings, from a single exposure. Applying bracketing in both the Amber-Blue (Kelvin) axis and the Green-Magenta (Tint) axis creates 9 images, with every permutation of A-B and G-M setting. |
| Fl Bracket | • Off • 3 frames, 0.3 EV • 3 frames, 0.7 EV • 3 frames, 1.0 EV |
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Play menu
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| Option | Values/Actions | Notes |
| Slideshow | • Single image • 2 x 2 thumbnail index • 3 x 3 thumbnail index • 4 x 4 thumbnail index • 5 x 5 thumbnail index • 7 x7 thumbnail index • 10 x 10 thumbnail index |
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| Rotate enable | • Off • On |
When enabled images are automatically rotated |
| Edit | • JPEG/TIFF files Shadow AdjustRedeye FixCropBlack & WhiteSepiaSaturationResize1280 x 960 640 x 480 320 x 240 No • RAW files Creates a JPEG copy of image using the current camera settings |
Produce copies of the displayed image. If the image is a RAW then selecting this option will develop the RAW to a new JPEG using the current camera settings (White Balance etc.). |
| DPOF | • Mark image • Mark ALL images |
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| Copy All | • Yes • No |
Copies all images from one card to another |
| Reset Protect | • Yes • No |
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