Taking Pictures Without Blurring; Taking Pictures Without The Flash; The Picture Is Too Grainy - Olympus Stylus 720 SW Advanced Manual

Taking pictures without blurring

Hold the camera correctly and press the shutter button gently to shoot the
picture. You can reduce the blurring when shooting the picture in h mode.
The factors that can cause the picture to blur are as follows:
• When you use the optical zoom, digital zoom, or zoom at such higher
magnifications to shoot the picture
• When the shutter speed is set low to shoot a dark subject
• When the flash cannot be used or when a low shutter speed set s mode
is selected

Taking pictures without the flash

The flash fires automatically when there is insufficient light. If the subject is too
far away, the flash may have no effect. Here is how to take pictures without the
flash in this type of situation.
Set the camera to h mode
• Because the sensitivity of the CCD increases automatically, you can hold the
camera and take pictures in darker places with the flash off.
g "h Shooting pictures using digital image stabilization" (P. 9)
Increase the [ISO] setting
• Increase the value of the [ISO] setting.
g "ISO Changing the ISO sensitivity" (P. 19)

The picture is too grainy

There are several factors that can cause the picture to appear grainy.
Using the digital zoom to take close-up pictures
• With the digital zoom, part of the image is cropped and enlarged. The greater
the magnification, the grainier the picture appears.
g "DIGITAL ZOOM Zooming in on your subject" (P. 20)
Increasing the ISO sensitivity
• When you increase the [ISO] setting, "noise", which appears as spots of
unwanted color or unevenness in the color, can be introduced and give the
picture a grainy appearance. This camera is equipped with a function to allow
shooting at high sensitivity while suppressing noise; however, increasing the
ISO sensitivity creates grainier pictures than when using a lower sensitivity.
g "ISO Changing the ISO sensitivity" (P. 19)
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