Olympus E-20 E-20N Reference Manual (English) - Page 69

Subject without vertical lines The camera cannot focus on a subject with only horizontal lines. Hold the camera vertically, half-press the shutter button, and then hold it down to lock the focus. Re-position the camera horizontally, compose the picture, and then fully-press the shutter button to shoot the picture. Moving subject It is impossible to hold a fast moving object in the center of the viewfinder long enough for automatic focusing, so lock the focus on an object that is at the same distance from the camera as the subject you want to shoot, wait for the subject to appear, and then shoot the picture. Shooting through glass or glaring surface A picture taken through a window, or shooting a glaring surface like shiny metal, could be difficult to focus. If this problem occurs, set the focus mode switch to MF (manual focus) and focus the subject manually. Backlit subjects Strongly backlit subjects could be difficult to focus. Set the focus mode switch to MF (manual focus) and focus the subject manually. Close-up Subjects When shooting a subject closer than 1 m (3.3 ft.) the location where you see the AF target mark and the actual metered AF distance could be different. Try to point the camera at a large area of the subject to focus, or take the picture in the conversion lens mode (with a conversion lens). 4 67