Olympus FE 170 FE-170 Advanced Manual (English) - Page 51

Shooting tips Focusing on the subject There are several ways to focus, depending on the subject. When the subject is not in the center of the frame • Place the subject in the center of the frame, lock the focus on the subject, and then recompose your picture. g"Shutter button Shooting pictures" (P.10) The subject is moving quickly • Focus the camera on a point roughly the same distance away as the subject you want to shoot (by pressing the shutter button halfway), and then recompose your picture and wait for the subject to enter the frame. • Select j from f to shoot pictures. g"f Shooting pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation" (P.11) Getting to know your camera better Subjects that are difficult to focus on • Under certain types of conditions, it is difficult to focus using auto focus. The green lamp on the monitor lights, allowing you to check if the focus is locked. The green lamp blinks. The subject cannot be brought into focus. Subject with low contrast Subject with an extremely bright area in the center of the frame Subject without vertical lines The green lamp lights, but the subject cannot be brought into focus. Subjects at different distances Fast-moving subject The subject is not in the center of the frame In these cases, focus (focus lock) on an object with high contrast at the same distance as the intended subject, recompose your shot and then take the picture. If the subject has no vertical lines, hold the camera vertically and focus the camera using the focus lock function by pressing the shutter button halfway, and then return the camera to the horizontal position while keeping the button pressed halfway and take the picture. Taking pictures without blurring Hold the camera in a correct posture and press the shutter button slowly. You can reduce the blurring by shooting the picture in h mode. The factors that can cause the picture to blur are as follows: • Images are shot using a zooming function of high magnification. • The object is dark and the shutter speed is slow. • The flash cannot be used or when a low shutter speed shooting mode is selected. EN 51