Olympus SP 570 SP-570UZ Instruction Manual (English) - Page 41

FINE ZOOM Zooming in on your subject without reducing image quality OFF /ON This function allows you to zoom up to 30× by combining the optical zoom and image cropping. As data with few pixels are not converted to multiple pixels, there is no loss of image quality. • [IMAGE SIZE] is limited to [I] and lower. • [FINE ZOOM] cannot be used in combination with [DIGITAL ZOOM]. DIGITAL ZOOM Zooming in on your subject OFF /ON The digital zoom can be used to take close-up pictures with stronger magnification than the optical zoom. Optical zoom Digital zoom P P Menu operations 10M W T NORM 1/400 F3.5 IN 4 Maximum magnification: Still picture shooting modes Optical zoom × digital zoom: Approx. 100× (max.) Movie shooting mode Optical zoom × digital zoom: Approx. 60× (max.) 10M W T NORM 1/400 F3.5 IN 4 Zoom bar White: The optical zoom area Yellow: The digital zoom area METERING Changing the area for measuring the brightness of a subject ESP n J Meters the brightness at the center of the monitor and the surrounding area separately to capture an image with balanced brightness. When taking pictures against strong backlight, the center of the picture may appear dark. The AF target mark area is metered. Recommended for taking a picture against strong backlight. Meters the brightness over a wide area with emphasis on the center of the screen. This method is used when you do not want to allow surrounding light to affect the picture. AF MODE Changing the focusing area FACE DETECT iESP When a face is being detected in the screen, the camera will focus on the face. A frame is displayed at the detected position. The camera determines which subject within the screen to focus on. Even when the subject is not in the center of the screen, focusing is possible. SPOT Focus selection is based on the subject within the AF target mark. AREA Move the AF target mark to select the area you want to focus on to take a picture. • The [FACE DETECT] may not be able to detect the face for some subjects. • If [FINE ZOOM] or [DIGITAL ZOOM] is set to [ON], [AREA] cannot be set. EN 41