Restoring Default Settings; Confirming The Exposure When The Monitor Is Difficult To See Outdoors; Playback Help And Troubleshooting Tips; Playback Tips - Olympus Stylus 820 Instruction Manual

Restoring default settings

• This camera retains the settings (except for AUTO, h, and s) even after the power is
turned off. To return the settings to default settings, execute [RESET].
g "RESET Restoring default settings" (P. 22)

Confirming the exposure when the monitor is difficult to see outdoors

The monitor may be difficult to see and the exposure difficult to confirm when shooting
outdoors.
Press g/E repeatedly to display the histogram
• Set the exposure so that the graph is concentrated on the outer edges and the graph is
balanced on both sides.
How to read the histogram
1 If the peak fills too much of the frame, the image will appear
mostly black.
2 If the peak fills too much of the frame, the image will appear
mostly white.
3 The part indicated in green in the histogram shows the luminance
distribution within the AF target mark.
g "g/E button Changing the information on display/Display the menu guide/Checking the
time" (P. 18)

Playback help and troubleshooting tips

Blurry images cannot be stabilized
• Even if [DIS EDIT] is selected, not all blurry pictures can be fixed.
• If the shutter speed is low and/or if the digital image is severely shaken: The recorded
picture may not be stabilized or cannot acquire the proper stabilization effect.
• Moving object: The image cannot acquire the proper stabilization effect.
• In addition, the digital image stabilization mode cannot be activated when:
• the internal memory capacity or the card capacity is insufficient.
• the image was extracted from a movie, the image was shot with another camera, or
the image was already fixed with Digital Image Stabilization Edit.
The red-eye cannot be fixed
• Depending on the picture, the red-eye may not be fixed. Also, parts except the eye may be
fixed.

Playback tips

Playing back the picture in the internal memory

• When a card has been inserted in the camera, the picture in the internal memory cannot be
played back. Pull out the card before operating the camera.

Viewing picture information

• Play back a picture, and press g/E. Press g/E repeatedly to change the amount
of information displayed.
g "g/E button Changing the information on display/Display the menu guide/Checking the
time" (P. 18)
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