| AF Mode | For Stills and Movies can set up the choice for each from S-AF, C-AF, MF, S-AF+MF, C-AF+TR |
| Full-time AF | Set it On for continuous focus using constant AF or Off to only work when shutter or assigned button causes AF. |
| AEL/AFL | Set Modes for S-AF, C-AF, MF to make the shutter button and assigned AEL/AFL button behave as desired |
| Reset Lens | Set On to make the lens return to infinity focus or Off to stay where last focused at power off. |
| Bulb/Time Focusing | In MF, during exposure On allows focus using the lens focus ring, Off locks the focus during the exposure. |
| Focus Ring | Set focus ring to clockwise or anti-clockwise rotation. |
| MF Assist | Set On to cause the preview image to magnify when the focus ring is touched, Off for no change to preview magnification. |
| Focus Spot Set Home | For 4 different focus spot modes, set the home position. |
| AF Illuminat. | Set On for the AF lamp to assist with close to medium range focus, Off for no light. |
| Face Priority | Set Face Detection Off or On or nearest eye, or left eye or right eye. |
| Button Function | Set up the function(s) that will happen when pressing the Fn/Red/Right/Down/Pad operation/Len FN button. Need to explore the possibilities by experiment and reading the manual on page 79. |
| Dial Function | Sets the way the control dial is used in each of the PASM modes, press the Up button to reverse the roles. Manual page 72. |
| Dial Direction | Set the direction the dial turns to increase/decrease the settings. |
| Dial Lock | If set Off then dial action is immediate without needing to press the Up button. |
| Mode Dial Function | Allows
the 4 MySets to be assigned to any 4 Mode dial spots. At turn on the
MySet is applied to the dial spot, or twist away and back and the MySet
is reapplied to the dial spot to reset temporary changes. |
| Rls Priority S | Set On for shutter release even when auto focus is not attained, Off to cause the shutter release to only happen when proper auto focus is attained. |
| Rls Priority C | Set On for shutter release even when auto focus is not attained, Off to cause the shutter release to only happen when proper auto focus is attained. |
| Burst L fps | Choose Low speed frame advance from 1/2/3/3.5 fps, AF is effective for all frames, speed may be slower than this. |
| Burst H fps | Choose Hi speed frame advance from 4/5/6/7/8 fps and auto focus only happens for first frame, actual speed may be slower. |
| Burst /+ IS Off | Set On means that no stabilisation is used in burst more, set Off means that stabilisation is used in burst mode. |
| Lens I.S. Priority | Set On allows the OIS in unswitched lenses to have priority over the IBIS, also IBIS must be set On for this to happen. If using a switched OIS lens then the switch overrides everything and uses OIS regardless of Lens IS Priority settings and IBIS setting. If any lens OIS is active then IBIS is automatically disabled. They never work together. |
| HDMI | Select HDMI output of 1080i/720p/480p-576p and set HDMI control On or Off where On allows suitable TV remotes to control the camera replay via the HDMI cable. |
| Video Out | Choose NTSC or PAL TV standard to suit your TV or recorder. |
| Control Settings | Choose how the shooting modes of PASM/iAuto/Art/Scn display the Live Control/Live SCP/Live Guide/Art Menu /Scene Menu. Check the chart on page 73 of the manual and experiment with what you need to see when the Info button is cycled. |
| Info Settings | Choose
what displays when Info button is pressed for Live view/Playback/Index
playback. In each case you can choose any, all or none of the options. For Playback choose - Image only, Overall, Histogram, Highlight & Shadow (blinkies), Light Box (depends on another setting) For Live View choose - Histogram, Highlight & Shadow (blinkies), Image only For Thumbnail view choose - 4 display, 9 display, 25 display, 100 display, calendar display. |
| Displayed Grid | Choose one of five different grid overlays for live view, or Off for no grid. |
| Picture Mode Settings | Choose which Picture Modes will be available when Picture Mode is selected. Choices are any or all of I-Enhance, Vivid, Muted, Portrait, Monotone, Custom (user sets this up), Soft Focus, Pale & Light Colour, Light Tone, Grainy Film, Pin Hole, Diorama, Cross Process,Gentle Sepia, Dramatic Tone, Key Line, Watercolour. |
| Histogram Settings | Set the upper and lower boundaries shown on the histogram, also has an effect on the blinkies = Highlight & Shadow feature. |
| Mode Guide | Set On to display the Mode when the dial is turned, or Off for no Mode display. The actual mode selected or invoked by the MySets is always displayed on the LCD, when the icons are displayed. |
| Live View Boost | Set On to more easily see what's in the frame, particularly for low light or low key shots. Set Off to show more or less what the actual exposure will look like. When On the Exposure Compensation has no effect on the preview or the preview histogram or blinkies, but does have an effect on the actual exposure. When Off the Exposure Compensation does have an effect on the preview. |
| Frame Rate | The manual says to set High for reduced frame lag, but also says "image quality may drop". I haven't experimented with this but this is the refresh rate for the LCD/Viewfinder? So only the preview image quality will drop and not the final image quality. |
| Art LV Mode | Mode 1 always displays the filter effect in the preview (and slows everything down), Mode 2 turns off the preview showing of the filter effect. |
| Flicker reduction | Reduces flicker under some lighting types such as fluorescent, Selections are Off, Auto, 50Hz, 60Hz. |
| LV Close Up Mode | Mode 1 will cancel the magnify zoom at half press of the shutter, Mode 2 does not cancel the magnify effect. |
| Playback Close Up Mode | In
Mode 1 press Magnify to go through the various playback magnifications
ranging progressively from 2x to 14x. The thumbnail button goes
backwards towrds 1x. The OK button sets to 1x normal display. In Mode 2 press Magnify to display the last selected zoom frame, from 5x to 14x, press magnify a second time to allow the Info button to change the magnification, press a third time to go back to 1x display. The OK button has no effect. |
| Backlit LCD | Set brightness to hold for 8 sec/ 30 sec/ 1 min/ hold. At end of period drops back to dim display to save power. |
| Sleep | Set time delay before camera sleeps, 1 min/ 3 min / 5 min. Saves power, awakens with button press. |
| Sound | Set On or Off, I set it Off to get rid of the very annoying focus beeps and other random beeps. |
| USB Mode | Choices of Auto/Storage/MTP/Print. Leaving it at Auto will display the options when the USB is connected. Storage should be used for in/out operations including firmware updates. |
| EV Step | Set the increment used for exposure parameters, choices are 1/3EV, 1/2EV, 1EV. |
| Noise Reduct. | Set On, Off, Auto. This is dark frame subtraction, where an equal period dark frame is shot after a (normally) long exposure shot. The dark frame reveals the long exposure noise which is then subtracted from the actual image to make it cleaner. This doubles the time an exposure takes, so a 10 second exposure will take 20 seconds. Auto means that it will only kick in for 4 seconds or longer shutter times. |
| Noise Filter | Choices are Off, Low, Standard, High. Only has an effect on the jpegs, can reduce jpeg noise at the expense of reducing image detail, leads to a smearing "plastic" effect at higher ISO. I always leave it Off. |
| ISO | Choices are Auto, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800, 25600 if ISO Step is set to 1EV. Choices for 1/3 EV step are Auto, 200, 250, 320, 400, 500, 640, 800, 1000, 1250, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3200, 4000, 5000, 6400, 8000, 10000, 12800, 16000, 20000, 25600. Above 6400 being really marginal quality for most situations. |
| ISO Step | Set to 1EV or 1/3EV |
| ISO-Auto Set | Set High and Low limits to ISO. Base is normally left at 200. High can be as high as you can endure. |
| ISO-Auto | Choose P/A/S or All where P/A/S has Auto ISO for PAS modes but manual ISO for Manual mode. All allows Auto ISO to work for all of the PASM modes. |
| Metering | Set the metering mode, choose for Matrix, centre weighted, spot, spot hi, spot sh(adow). Spot hi allows for highlights to stay bright, spot shadow allows shadows to remain dark. You need to experiment with that last two to see what they do for you. |
| AEL Metering | Choices of auto, matrix, centre weighted, spot, spot hi, spot sh. This sets what the AEL assigned button does when pressed. Auto follows what the current preview metering mode is. |
| Bulb/Time Timer | Set the maximum time for Bulb and Time shooting. Choices ar 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 20, 25, 30 minutes. |
| Live Bulb | Set Live Bulb display interval timing. Off, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60 seconds. Display count will be ISO 200=24, 400=19, 800=14, 1600=9 times. |
| Live Time | Set Live Time display interval timing. Off, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60 seconds. Display count will be ISO 200=24, 400=19, 800=14, 1600=9 times. |
| Anti-Shock | Choices of Off, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30 seconds. This sets the delay between the shutter initial closure after shutter button press until the shutter runs for the exposure. Helps lessen shutter shock or tripod shakes. Can use this delay in burst mode to get say 1 shot per second while the shutter button is held down. |
| Flash X-Sync | Set the maximum flash sync speed, limit is 1/250 sec for the FL-LM1, is slower for other attached flashes. |
| Flash Slow Limit | Set the slowest shutter speed when flash is used, too slow and shake and/or subject blur may occur in parts lit by ambient light, default is 1/60 sec, I usually set it to 1/30 sec. |
| Flash Compensation + Exposure Compensation | The manual says....When set to [On], it will be added to the exposure compensation value and flash intensity control will be performed. I have not tested what this does in reality. I leave it Off and manage flash by using Manual mode with selected ISO, Aperture and shutter speed and let TTL flash fill in as appropriate with possible added flash compensation to make things look nice. |
| File Set | Can
set up the jpeg compression and the image size for 4 possible
combinations. Choices are from Large, Medium, Small for pixel count,
and Super Fine, Fine , Normal, Basic for compression. These four choices then appear as the four possibilities for the jpeg when using the SCP to select the image output. If using RAW or RAW+jpeg then the jpeg is only usually for checking purposes so a Large-Normal jpeg is perfect for that to save storage space. If relying on jpegs only (unwise) then Large-Fine is the useful choice. The Super Fine choice gains so little in extra quality over the Fine that it is truly not worth bothering with due to its huge size. Better in that case by far to use the RAW and get even better results later with a RAW processing program. |
| Pixel Count | Set the pixel count for Medium and Small images. The Large is always the maximum pixel count for the aspect ratio chosen. |
| Shading Comp. | Set On to help avoid corner darkening (vignetting) with some lenses at some apertures. Can cause slight increase in noise in the corners but does improve the result in the jpeg. |
| WB | Set the White Balance, choices are Auto, 5300K, 7500K, 6000K, 3000K, 4000K, 5500K, user set 1, user set 2, Custom White Balance choice of from 2000K to 14000K. Most allow custom offsets, most have symbols to indicate possible use, ie sunny, cloudy etc. Usually accessed via the SCP instead of digging in the menus. |
| All WB Plus/Minus | All
Set allows a universal offset to all WB settings except Custom White
Balance (CWB). This offset is the plus/minus A & G seen in the SCP. All Reset with a yes/no choice causes all the individual custom settings to be reset. |
| WB Auto Keep Warm Colour | Set to Off to stop the too warm look under artificial hot filament lighting. |
| Flash + WB | Adjust the Flash white balance, choice of Off, WB Auto, WB Flash. You need to experiment with this until you get the results that please. |
| Colour Space | Set to sRGB or Adobe RGB. Has an effect on the jpeg and causes the default first digit of the file name to change from P for sRGB to _ (underscore) for AdobeRGB. The RAW is the same but with a flag in it to indicate which colour space was chosen for the jpeg. The common use is the sRGB space, the larger Adobe RGB space only suits those situations that really need it and can handle it. The RAW of course is even wider colour space so can be handled in any fashion in any space. |
| Quick Erase | Set On and the previewed image is immediately deleted when the delete button is pressed. Off and a Yes/ No choice appears for confirmation of delete. |
| RAW+JPEG Erase | Choice to delete RAW+jpeg, or RAW only or jpeg only. |
| File Name | Set
to Auto and the file numbers keep increasing even when a new card is
inserted, the numbers carry on from the last shot taken or the highest
number found on the card, whichever is the highest. Set to Reset, and the file numbering always starts from 0001 on a fresh card inserted. |
| Edit Filename | Here
you can edit the first four digits of the filename to something
sensible or recognisable. The default for sRGB is Pmddxxxx and for
Adobe RGB is _mddxxxx. Where 'm' is the month running from 1 for
January to '9' for September and 'A' for October, 'B' for November and
'C' for December. The xxxx runs from 0001 to 9999 then a new folder is
created to carry on from 0001 again. The folders run as 100OLYMP\,
101OLYMP\, 102OLYMP at each 9999 overflow. In my case I identify the bodies in use by editing the filename so E-PL1 body number 1 has PL1Axxxx file names, E-P3 has EP3Axxxx, and the E-PL5 has PL5Axxxx, when a second E-PL5 body arrives it will become PL5Bxxxx. Or before a holiday the file names could be set to say JP13xxxx for a holiday to Japan in 2013. Leave it all to the imagination and what may be useful for you. The default "mdd" file name stuff really confuses, the date is in the exif data anyway, why repeat it in the filename? |
| Priority Set | Can set whether Yes or No is the default highlighted when a confirmation is required. |
| dpi Settings | Sets print resolution, not needed to worry about in this day and age, an old hangover from Photoshop days when it tended to more obey the dpi settings over the actual print size required. |
| Copyright Settings | Set up the required copyright name and artist name to be inserted in all files |
| Movie Mode | Set the movie record mode. Choices of PASM. |
| Movie Sound | Can be set On or Off. Off of course for a silent movie or to add sound later from another source when in post process. |
| Movie Effect | Can be On or Off. On means you have a choice of Multi Echo, One Shot Echo, Art Fade, Movie Teleconverter. See page 86 of the manual for more help. |
| Wind Noise Reduction | Choices of Off, Standard, Low, High. Alters sound filters to try and stop wind buffeting noise in the microphones. |
| Recording Volume | Set to Low, Medium, High as the occasion requires. |
| Pixel Mapping | Use when needed or every couple of years to map out bad pixels. |
| Exposure Shift | Sets a exposure compensation offset to the various metering modes. Enables a "permanent" offset to any or all of Matrix, Centre-Weighted or Spot metering. |
| Battery Warning Level | Set to positive values to get the low battery warning earlier. |
| Touch Screen Settings | Enable/disable the touch screen operation. Easier to do on the left hand side of the LCD to select disable/AF/AF + shoot functions. |
| Eye-Fi | Enable/disable upload when using an Eye-Fi card. |