Olympus E-500 EVOLT E-500 Advanced Manual (English) - Page 76

6 Exposure, image and color If you wish to go beyond simple shooting using only the shutter button, you will find various functions that can be used to modify image/brightness/exposure parameters to achieve remarkably better results. For instance, if you want to shoot atmospheric pictures indoors, or if your subject would strongly reflect the flash light, shooting without the flash would typically result in a blurred or dark picture. To overcome this problem, try adjusting the ISO setting; use a lower ISO value with normal light, and a higher ISO value with dark subjects. With exposure compensation you can adjust the image brightness and make a significant difference to how the picture turns out. Try adjusting toward minus when you want to capture images with a dark background such as green leaves in shadow or crimson foliage on a mountainside. The red, green, and yellow of autumn leaves will be beautifully reproduced, standing out against the background.