Camera Menus

The EM-5's menus carry on the trend begun with the E-P3 (which used the same OLED rear screen) with background images appearing behind the menus that drop out-of-focus when you engage any of the five tabs on the left of the screen. There's an option in the Setup menu to add a sixth tab to the menu, containing the options for anything attached to the accessory port.
The menus are about as logically laid-out as they can be, given how many options and settings they contain. To get the most out of the E-M5, it's well-worth scanning through the options in the Settings menu, on the next page of this review. There you'll find options to customize almost every aspect of the camera's behavior, including changing button functions, control interfaces and display options.
It's worth looking out for a couple of options, such as the choice to set the Fn1 button to conduct an AF acquisition in manual focus mode (Custom A3, set MF to Mode 3). There's also an option (Custom C6) that, by default, disables the image stabilization during continuous shooting, which is worth knowing about. A series of settings changes is also needed to engage IS when shooting with manual focus lenses. We'll be publishing a short article about how to get the best from the E-M5, at some point in the next week.
Shooting Menu 1
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Option |
Values / Actions |
Notes |
Card setup |
• All Erase
• Format |
|
Reset/Myset |
• Reset
Basic
Full
• Myset1
Set
Reset
• Myset2
Set
Reset
• Myset3
Set
Reset
• Myset4
Set
Reset |
Enables you to reset the camera back to factory defaults, or to set up four user-defined 'Myset' settings. |
Picture Mode |
• 1 i-Enhance
Contrast (-2 to +2)
Sharpness (-2 to +2)
Saturation (-2 to +2)
Gradation
 Auto
 Normal
 High Key
 Low Key
Effect (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
Sharpness
B+W Filter
 Neutral
 Yellow
 Orange
 Red
 Green
Pict Tone
 Neutral
 Sepia
 Blue
 Purple
 Green
Gradation • Custom
Mode /Cont / Sharp / Sat / Grad
• ART1 Pop Art
Filter Type (2 options)
Effects (Off + 5 options)
• ART2 Soft Focus
Effects (Off + 2 options)
• ART3 Pale&Light Color
Filter Type (2 options)
Effects (Off + 4 options)
• ART4 Light Tone
Effects (Off + 1 option)
• ART5 Grainy Film
Filter Type (2 options)
Effects (Off + 3 options)
• ART6 Pin Hole
Filter Type (3 options)
Effects (Off + 1 option)
• ART7 Diorama
Effects (Off + 1 option)
• ART8 Cross Process
Filter Type (2 options)
Effects (Off + 3 options)
• ART9 Gentle Sepia
Effects (Off + 4 options)
• ART10 Dramatic Tone
Filter Type (2 options)
Effects (Off + 4 options)
• ART10 Dramatic Tone
Filter Type (2 options)
Effects (Off + 5 options) |
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.
There's also a Custom option that allows you to create your own preset. This custom option can be fine-tuned as much as any of the presets on which it's based.
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 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
MOV FullHD Fine
MOV FullHD Normal
MOV HD Fine
MOV HD Normal
M-JPEG HD
M-JPEG SD |
Selects the types of file written, including control over the image size and quality of JPEGs.
In RAW+JPEG mode the writes one JPG and one ORF (RAW) file.
The 4 JPEG Size/quality settings available for selection are also user-configurable in Custom menu section G. |
Image aspect |
• 4:3
• 16:9
• 3:2
• 1:1
• 3:4
|
|
Digital Tele-converter |
• Off
• On
|
Stills-only digital crop mode |
Shooting Menu 2
|
Option |
Values / Actions |
Notes |
Drive mode |
• Single
• Continuous High
• Continuous low
• 12 second self-timer
• 2 second self-timer |
|
Image Stabilizer |
• IS 1
• IS 2
• IS 3
• IS OFF |
|
Bracketing |
• AE BKT
2F / 0.3 EV (0,+ or 0,–)
2F / 0.7 EV (0,+ or 0,–)
2F / 1.0 EV (0,+ or 0,–)
3F / 0.3 EV
3F / 0.7 EV
3F / 1.0 EV
5F / 0.3 EV
5F / 0.7 EV
5F / 1.0 EV
7F / 0.3 EV
7F / 0.7 EV
• WB BKT
A-B
 Off
 3F / 2 Step
 3F / 4 Step
 3F / 6 Step
G-M
 Off
 3F / 2 Step
 3F / 4 Step
 3F / 6 Step
• FL BKT
3F / 0.3 EV
3F / 0.7 EV
3F / 1.0 EV
• ISO BKT
3F / 0.3 EV
3F / 0.7 EV
3F / 1.0 EV
• ART BKT*
Pop Art – On/Off
Soft Focus – On/Off
Pale & Light Color – On/Off
Light Tone – On/Off
Grainy Film – On/Off
Pinhole – On/Off
Diorama – On/Off
Cross Process – On/Off
Gentle Sepia – On/Off
Dramatic Tone – On/Off
Key Line – On/Off
i-Enhance – On/Off
Vivid – On/Off
Natural – On/Off
Muted – On/Off
Portrait – On/Off
Monotone – On/Off
Custom – On/Off |
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.
The 2 frame AE bracket option gives the choice of whether you want an under or overexposed image along with the correctly exposed one.
|
Multiple Exposure |
• Frame
Off
2 frames
• Auto Gain
Off
On
• Overlay
Off
On |
|
Flash Exposure Compensation |
• +/– 3 stops in 1/3 stop steps |
|
Flash RC Mode |
• Off
• On |
Remote Flash mode. A settings panel replaces the normal func. menu |
Play menu
|
Option |
Values / Actions |
Notes |
Slide show |
• Start
• BGM
Melancholy
Joy
Cool
Beat
Off
• Effect
Fade
Falling Photos
Gallery
Photo Line
• Slide
All
Still Picture
Movie
• Slide Interval
2–10 sec in 1 sec intervals
• 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. Image
RAW Data Edit
 Yes/No
JPEG Edit
 Shadow Adjust
 Redeye Fix
 Crop
 Aspect
 Black & White
 Sepia
 Saturation
 Resize
 e-Portrait
Voice annotation
 No
 Start
 Erase
• 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 (0.1x to 2.0x for each image) |
DPOF Print Order |
• Mark image
• Mark ALL images |
|
Reset Protect |
• Yes
• No |
Removes 'protected' status from all images. |
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