Camera Menus
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| The E-P3's menus have been given a much-needed cosmetic makeover, and now look much prettier on the OLED screen. In structure they're almost identical to the E-PL2's, but in true Olympus fashion they've been made even more complicated than ever before. Luckily, pressing the 'Info' button now displays a little snippet of explanatory text that gives you a fighting chance of working out what each function does... |
The redesign of the menus also helps you to keep track of exactly whereabouts you are a little more easily. When you enter a top-level menu and select an item, it's highlighted and the background image goes slightly bokeh. |
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| Some menu items have a separate option selection screen, which now looks like this... | ...and others get drop-down sub-menus, when the available options can easily be displayed on the same screen. |
Shooting Menu 1
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| Option | Values / Actions | Notes |
| Card setup | • All Erase • Format |
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| Reset/Myset* | • Reset Basic Full• Myset1 SetReset• Myset2 SetReset• Myset3 SetReset• Myset4 SetReset |
Enables you to reset the camera back to factory defaults, or to set up four user-defined 'Myset' settings. |
| Picture Mode* | • 1 i-EnhanceContrast (-2 to +2) Sharpness (-2 to +2)Saturation (-2 to +2)Gradation AutoNormalHigh KeyLow KeyEffect (High, Standard, Low)• 2 Vivid Cont. / Sharp. / Sat. / Grad.• 3 Natural Cont. / Sharp. / Sat. / Grad.• 4 Muted Cont. / Sharp. / Sat. / Grad.• 5 Portrait Cont. / Sharp. / Sat. / Grad.• Monotone Contrast SharpnessB+W FilterNeutralYellowOrangeRedGreenPict ToneNeutralSepiaBluePurpleGreen Gradation• Custom Mode /Cont / Sharp / Sat / Grad• ART1 Pop Art 2 Filter Types5 Effects• ART2 Soft Focus 2 Effects • ART3 Pale&Light Color 2 Filter Types4 Effects • ART4 Light Tone • ART5 Grainy Film 2 Filter Types3 Effects • ART6 Pin Hole 3 Filter Types1 Effect • ART7 Diorama • ART8 Cross Process 3 Effects • ART9 Gentle Sepia 3 Effects • ART10 Dramatic Tone 3 Effects |
Select the color / tone response from five pre-programmed settings. Each can then be further tuned by setting contrast / sharpness / saturation (in 5 steps), and gradation. Monotone mode also has options to simulate the effect of four colored filters and the ability to add four tints to the final image. Art Filters are now available from the Picture Mode menu and can therefore be applied in all exposure modes. Many have a number of variants (or types), which can also be combined with a range of 'Effects' including frames and starburst. |
| Image size / quality | • Still PictureRAWSize/quality 1 JPEGSize/quality 2 JPEGSize/quality 3 JPEGSize/quality 4 JPEGRAW + Size/quality 1 JPEGRAW + Size/quality 2 JPEGRAW + Size/quality 3 JPEGRAW + Size/quality 4 JPEG • Movie AVCHD FullHD FineAVCHD FullHD NormalAVCHD HD Fine AVCHD HD NormalM-JPEG HDM-JPEG 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. The 4 JPEG Size/quality settings available for selection are configured in the Custom G menu. |
| Image aspect | • 4:3 • 16:9 • 3:2 • 6:6 • 3:4 |
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Shooting Menu 2
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| Option | Values / Actions | Notes |
| Drive mode | • Single • Continuous • 12 second self-timer • 2 second self-timer |
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| Image Stabilizer | • IS 1 • IS 2 • IS 3 • IS OFF |
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| Bracketing* | • AE BKT3F / 0.3 EV3F / 0.7 EV3F / 1.0 EV • WB BKT A-BOff3F / 2 Step3F / 4 Step3F / 6 StepG-M Off3F / 2 Step3F / 4 Step3F / 6 Step• FL BKT 3F / 0.3 EV3F / 0.7 EV3F / 1.0 EV• ISO BKT 3F / 0.3 EV3F / 0.7 EV3F / 1.0 EV• ART BKT* OffOnPop ArtSoft FocusPale & Light ColorLight ToneGrainy FilmPinholeDioramaCross ProcessGentle SepiaDramatic Tonei-EnhanceVividNaturalMutedPortraitMonotoneCustom |
Bracketing setup has moved from the custom menu, and now includes the option of bracketing across as many Art Filters and Picture Modes as you please. |
| Multiple Exposure | • FrameOff2 frames • Auto Gain On/Off• Overlay On/Off |
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| Flash Exposure Compensation* | • +/-3 stops in 1/3 stop steps | Previously in Custom menu |
| Flash RC Mode* | • Off • On |
Previously in Custom menu |
| Digital Tele-converter* | • Off • On |
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Play menu
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| Option | Values / Actions | Notes |
| Slide show | • Start • BGM* MelancholyJoyCoolBeatOff• Effect* FadeFalling PhotosPhoto Line• Slide AllStill PictureMovie• Slide Interval* 2-10 sec• Movie Interval* Full Short |
Choose one of the specially commissioned background music tracks. |
| Rotate enable | • Off • On |
When enabled, camera rotates images when viewed in playback mode. |
| Edit | • Sel. ImageRAW Data EditYes/NoJPEG EditShadow AdjustRedeye FixCropAspectBlack & WhiteSepiaSaturation*Resizee-PortraitVoice annotation*NoStartErase • Image overlay 2 Images Merge3 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 |
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| Reset Protect | • Yes • No |
Removes 'protected' status from all images. |
