Shooting Tips; Focusing On The Subject; Subjects That Are Difficult To Focus On; Taking Pictures Without Blurring - Olympus FE-170/X-760 Advanced 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.
g"Shutter button Shooting pictures" (P.10)
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.
• Select j from f to shoot pictures.
g"f Shooting pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation"
(P.11)

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.

Taking pictures without blurring

Hold the camera in a correct posture and press the shutter button slowly.
You can reduce the blurring by shooting the picture in h mode.
The factors that can cause the picture to blur are as follows:
• Images are shot using a zooming function of high magnification.
• The object is dark and the shutter speed is slow.
• The flash cannot be used or when a low shutter speed shooting mode is selected.
Subject with low Subject with an
contrast extremely bright
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
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