Example. Monochrome base. Yellow is the color filter, not a separate picture mode. Contrast +1, sharpness +1, filter Yellow, shadows −1. Monochrome color, gradation, highlights and midtones not recorded. Saturation is not recorded for monochrome. Dial these in on the camera yourself.
The numbers are this site's catalog indexes, not camera codes. Menu names follow the OM-1 Mark II Picture Mode list. These examples were not read from a camera. Anything not listed is not recorded; do not read it as 0 or Auto.
The OM-3 has this Picture Mode too: turn the Creative Dial to the Picture Mode position first. For the COLOR1–4 and MONO1–4 factory presets, see the OM-3 page.
Creative Dial
- Position
- Not recorded
- The Creative Dial on the front of the OM-3 and PEN-F. COLOR, MONO, CRT and ART open their own setting screens; the Picture Mode position uses the Picture Mode menu.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-3, PEN-F
- Monochrome Profile
- Not recorded
- The Monochrome Profile the recipe starts from. The OM-3 has MONO1 to MONO4, the PEN-F Monochrome Profile 1 to 3. MONO1 is the standard monochrome preset with every setting at ±0.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-3, PEN-F
Tone
- Contrast
- +1
- Contrast, −2 to +2.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-1 Mark II, OM-3
- Sharpness
- +1
- Sharpness, −2 to +2.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-1 Mark II, OM-3
Gradation
- Gradation
- Not recorded
- Auto (Shadow Adj), Normal, High Key, Low Key. The number is this site's catalog index, not a camera code.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-1 Mark II, OM-3, PEN-F
Highlight & Shadow Control
- Highlights
- Not recorded
- Highlights, −7 to +7.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-1 Mark II, OM-3
- Midtones
- Not recorded
- Midtones, −7 to +7.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-1 Mark II, OM-3
- Shadows
- −1
- Shadows, −7 to +7.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-1 Mark II, OM-3
Monochrome
- Color Filter
- Yellow
- None, Yellow, Orange, Red, Green. Yellow is a filter, not a separate picture mode.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-1 Mark II, OM-3, PEN-F
- Monochrome Color
- Not recorded
- Normal, Sepia, Blue, Purple, Green. The number is this site's catalog index, not a camera code.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-1 Mark II, OM-3
COLOR / MONO effects
- Shading Effect
- Not recorded
- Brightness of the frame edges, −5 to +5. Available in Color Profile and Monochrome Profile Control. Fixed at ±0 in High Res Shot, Live ND, Multiple Exposure and a few other modes.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-3
- Color Filter (Color/Level)
- Not recorded
- Color/Level in Monochrome Profile Control: none or one of 8 colors. Separate from the Color Filter of the Monochrome picture mode (None, Yellow, Orange, Red, Green).Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-3
- Filter level
- Not recorded
- Strength of the Color/Level filter, 3 steps. Not recorded when the filter is None.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-3
- Film Grain Effect
- Not recorded
- Grain like black-and-white film, Monochrome Profile only. Off, Low, Medium, High.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-3, PEN-F
White balance
- White balance
- Not recorded
- Auto and the 7 presets, with the color temperatures listed in the manual. Custom WB (CWB) and One-touch WB are left out: the manual gives no step for the CWB Kelvin value, and One-touch WB is measured on site.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-1 Mark II, OM-3
- Keep Warm Color
- Not recorded
- Only with WB Auto. On keeps the warm tones of incandescent light; Off suppresses them.Confirmed in the official manual for: OM-1 Mark II, OM-3