Olympus 5060 C-5060 Wide Zoom Reference Manual (9.6 MB) - Page 68

Taking still pictures Shooting basics • Press the shutter button gently using the ball of your finger. If it is pressed hard, the camera may move and pictures may come out Note blurred. • Recorded pictures will be saved on the card regardless of whether the camera is turned off or the battery is replaced or removed. • Never open the card cover, remove the battery or connect/ disconnect the AC adapter while the card access lamp is blinking. Doing so could destroy stored pictures and prevent storage of pictures you have just taken. • When taking pictures against strong backlight, the area of the picture in shadow may appear colored. • When you point the camera lens toward a bright subject, smears (lines like beams of light) may appear on the image in the monitor. This does not affect recorded pictures. 3 Comparison of the viewfinder & monitor Advantages Disadvantages Tips Viewfinder Camera movement does not occur easily and subjects can be seen clearly even in bright places. Little battery power is used. When close to a subject, the image in the viewfinder is a little different from the picture that the camera actually records. Use the viewfinder for general snapshots (landscape pictures, casual shots, etc.). (Approx. 0.8 m/2.6 ft. to )) Monitor You can check the picture area that the camera actually records more accurately. Camera movement can occur easily and subjects may be difficult to see in bright/dark places. The monitor uses more battery power than the viewfinder. Use the monitor when you want to shoot while checking the picture area that the camera actually records, or take pictures when the subject is less than 0.8 m/2.6 ft. away, such as close-up shots of people or flowers (macro shooting). • The camera records a wider area than the image in the viewfinder. • As you get closer to the subject, the actual image recorded becomes lower than the one in the viewfinder (see left). 67