Olympus 5050 C-5050 Zoom Reference Manual (11 MB) - Page 46

Taking still pictures Comparison of the viewfinder & monitor Shooting and playback basics Viewfinder Monitor Advantages Camera movement does You can check the picture area not occur easily and that the camera actually subjects can be seen records more accurately. clearly even in bright places. Little battery power is used. 2 Disadvantages When close to a subject, Camera movement can occur the image in the viewfinder easily and subjects may be is a little different from the difficult to see in bright/dark picture that the camera places. The monitor uses actually records. more battery power than the viewfinder. Tips Use the viewfinder for Use the monitor when you general snapshots want to shoot while checking (landscape pictures, the picture area that the casual shots, etc.). camera actually records, or (Approx. 0.8 m/2.6 ft. to take pictures when the subject ) is less than 0.8 m/2.6 ft. away, such as close-up shots of people or flowers (macro shooting). • The camera records a wider area than the image in the viewfinder. • As you get closer to the subject, the actual image recorded becomes lower than the one in the viewfinder (see left). 45