Olympus E-P1 Review: 11. Menus: Digital Photography Review

Camera Menus

The E-P1 has a revised version of the menu system seen in the most recent E-system DSLRs. The settings menu allows just about every aspect of the camera's behavior to be tweaked and fine-tuned to your tastes and then hidden if you don't find yourself regularly changing those settings. This is the least satisfying area of the E-P1; it's over-complex, inconsistent, occasionally illogical and it's way too easy to get lost.

Record menu 1


Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Card setup	• All Erase • Format
Custom Reset Setting	• Reset • Reset1 Set Reset • Reset2 Set Reset	Enables you to reset the camera back to factory defaults or to 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 • Custom Cont. / Sharp. / Sat.	Select the color / tone response from five pre-programmed settings. Each can then be further tuned by setting contrast / sharpness / saturation (in 5 steps, Lo - Hi). Monotone mode also has options to simulate the effect of four colored filters and the ability to add four tints to the final image.
Gradation	• Auto • High Key • Normal • Low Key	Set the type of gradation, H extends bright gradations, L extends dark gradations. Auto splits the image into regions and selects settings for each.
Image size / quality	• Still Picture RAW Size/quality 1 JPEG Size/quality 2 JPEG Size/quality 3 JPEG Size/quality 4 JPEG RAW + Size/quality 1 JPEG RAW + Size/quality 2 JPEG RAW + Size/quality 3 JPEG RAW + Size/quality 4 JPEG • Movie HD SD	Selects the types of file written, including control over the image size and quality of JPEGs. In RAW+JPEG mode the E-P1 writes one JPG and one ORF (RAW) file.
Image aspect	• 4:3 • 3:2 • 16:9 • 6:6

Record menu 2


Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Movie AE Mode	• P • A • ART 1 • ART 2 • ART 3 • ART 4 • ART 5 • ART 6
Movie + Still	• Off • On	'On' takes a single full resolution still at the end of each movie clip.
Drive mode	• Single • Continuous • 12 second self-timer • 2 second self-timer
Image Stabilizer	• IS 1 • IS 2 • IS 3 • IS OFF	-
Multiple Exposure	• Frame Off 2 frames • Auto Gain On/Off • Overlay On/Off

Play menu


Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Slide show	• Start • BGM Melancholy Nostalgic Love Cool Off • Slide All Still Picture Movie	Choose one of the specially commissioned background music tracks.
Rotate enable	• Off • On	When enabled, camera rotates images when viewed in playback mode.
Edit	• RAW/JPEG RAW Data Edit On/Off JPEG Edit Shadow Adjust Redeye Fix Crop Aspect Black & White Sepia Resize e-Portrait • Image overlay 2 Images Merge 3 Images Merge	Process the displayed image. Selecting a RAW image creates a JPEG using the current camera settings (White Balance, image size/quality etc.). If the image is a JPEG, one of eight post-processing effects can be applied. Image overlay allows multiple images to be combined. The images are selected then merged, with variable intensity.
DPOF Print Order	• Mark image • Mark ALL images
Reset Protect	• Yes • No	Removes 'protected' status from all images.

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