Olympus FE 210 FE-210 Advanced Manual (English) - Page 46

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 and lock the focus (by pressing the shutter button halfway). Then recompose your picture and press the shutter button completely as the subject enters the frame. • Select j from f to shoot pictures. g "f Shoot pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation" (P. 12) 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. Prevent blur by using image stabilization Be sure to hold the camera firmly with both hands and press the shutter button slowly so as to avoid moving the camera. You can reduce the blurring by shooting the picture in h mode. g "h Shooting pictures with digital image stabilization" (P. 11) The factors that can cause the picture to blur are as follows: 46 EN • images are shot at a high-magnification zoom setting, i.e. using both optical zoom and digital zoom fonctions. • the object is dark and the shutter speed is slow, or • scene modes where the flash is turned off and/or the shutter speed is slow.