Shooting Tips; Focusing On The Subject; Subjects That Are Difficult To Focus On - Olympus Stylus 740 Instruction Manual

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.
• Set [AF MODE] to [iESP].
g "AF MODE Changing the focusing area" (P. 21)
The subject is moving quickly
• Focus the camera on a point roughly the same distance away as the subject you want
to shoot (by pressing the shutter button halfway), and then recompose your picture and
wait for the subject to enter the frame.

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.
The green lamp
lights, but the
subject cannot be
brought into focus.
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
Hold the camera in a correct posture and press the shutter button slowly. To stabilize the digital
image, take pictures with h pressed (Stylus750/µ750) or the mode dial set to h (Stylus740/
µ740).
The digital images are not stabilized when:
• images are shot using a zooming function of high magnification, i.e., using both optical
zoom and digital zoom functions,
• the object is dark and the shutter speed is slow, or
• the flash cannot be used or when a low shutter speed set s mode is selected.
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Subject with low Subject with an
extremely bright
contrast
area in the center
of the frame
Subjects at Fast-moving
different distances subject
Subject without
vertical lines
The subject is not
in the center of the
frame