Olympus E-330 EVOLT E-330 Advanced Manual (English) - Page 151

Shooting tips and information The picture is too grainy There are several factors that can cause the picture to appear grainy. Increasing the ISO sensitivity • When you increase the [ISO] setting, "noise", which appears as spots of unwanted color or unevenness in the color, can be introduced and give the picture a grainy appearance. This camera is equipped with a function to allow shooting at high sensitivity while suppressing noise; however, increasing the ISO sensitivity creates grainier pictures than when using a lower sensitivity. g"ISO k Setting the desired sensitivity to light" (P. 78) Shooting pictures under low illumination with slow shutter speed • When shooting pictures in the dark, the shutter speed becomes slow and noise easily occurs. Setting [NOISE REDUCTION] to [ON] removes the noise during shooting and beautiful pictures can be taken. g"Noise reduction" (P. 87) Image taken appears whitish This may occur when the picture is taken in backlight or semi-backlight conditions. This is due to a phenomenon called flare or ghost. As far as possible, consider a composition where strong light source is not taken in the picture. Flare may occur even when a light source is not present in the picture. Use a lens hood to shade the lens from the light source. If a lens hood does not have effect, use your hand to shade the lens from the light. Taking pictures with the correct color Getting to know your camera better The reason why there are differences between the colors in a picture and the actual colors taken and the actual color is the light source illuminating the subject. [WB] is the function that allows the camera to determine the correct colors. Normally, the [AUTO] setting provides the optimal white balance, but depending on the subject, it may be better to experiment with changing the [WB] setting. • When the subject is in the shade on a sunny day • When the subject is illuminated by both natural light and indoor lighting, such as when near a window • When there is no white in the frame g"White balance k Adjusting the color tone" (P. 79) Taking panorama pictures 10 The [PANORAMA] function is only available when the Olympus xD-picture card is used. Cards made by other manufacturers cannot be used. Use the provided OLYMPUS Master to join pictures taken with the panorama mode on the computer. g"Panorama shooting" (P. 64) 151