Olympus 226260 Stylus 840 Instruction Manual (English) - Page 28

ss of a ESP/n Changing the area for measuring the brightness of a subject ESP n Meters the brightness at the center of the monitor and the surrounding area separately to capture an image with balanced brightness. When taking pictures against strong backlight, the center of the picture may appear dark. Only the center of the monitor is metered. Recommended for taking a picture against strong backlight. AF MODE Changing the focusing area FACE DETECT The camera searches a face within the frame and focus on it. iESP The camera determines which subject within the screen to focus on. Even when the subject is not in the center of the screen, focusing is possible. SPOT Focus selection is based on the subject within the AF target mark. • Even when [FACE DETECT] is set, faces may not be detected depending on the subject. R Recording sound with still pictures OFF / ON When activated [ON], the camera will record about 4 seconds of audio after the picture is taken. When recording, aim the camera microphone at the source of the sound you want to record. Microphone Menu operations IMAGE STABILIZER (still picture)/DIS MOVIE MODE (movie Shooting pictures using image stabilization OFF / ON Select to ON/OFF the image stabilization function. The default settings for [IMAGE STABILIZER] (still picture) and [DIS MOVIE MODE] (movie) are set to [ON] and [OFF] respectively. • When taking pictures with the camera stabilized (using a tripod), set to [OFF]. • Images may be blurry if the camera is severely shaken. • At very slow shutter speeds (for example when using still picture shooting mode or taking night photographs), some images may not acquire the proper stabilization effect. • When [DIS MOVIE MODE] (movie) is set to [ON] during shooting, the recorded images will be slightly magnified. 6 SILENT MODE Turning off camera sounds OFF / ON This function allows you to turn off operational sounds that occur during shooting and playback, warning beeps, shutter sounds, etc. 28 EN