Shooting Tips; Focusing On The Subject; Subjects That Are Difficult To Focus On - Olympus Stylus 840/ 840 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
The subject is moving quickly
• Focus the camera on a point roughly the same distance away as the subject you want to
shoot and lock the focus (by pressing the shutter button halfway). Then recompose your
picture and press the shutter button completely as the subject enters the frame.

Subjects that are difficult to focus on

• Under certain types of conditions, it is difficult to focus using Auto 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
Be sure to hold the camera firmly with both hands and press the shutter button slowly so as
to avoid moving the camera. You can also reduce the blurring by using the image
stabilization function during shooting.
g "IMAGE STABILIZER (still picture)/DIS MOVIE MODE (movie) "Shooting pictures using
image stabilization" (P.28)
Pictures are more likely to be blurry when:
• images are shot at a high-magnification zoom setting, i.e. using both optical zoom and
digital zoom functions,
• the object is dark and the shutter speed is slow, or
• scene modes where the flash is turned off and/or the shutter speed is slow.
Taking stabilized pictures without the flash
The flash is activated automatically when there is insufficient light, or when the camera is
shaken. To take pictures with no flash in dark places, set the flash mode to [$] and set as
follows:
Increase the [ISO] setting
52 g "ISO Changing the ISO sensitivity" (P.26)
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Changing the focusing area" (P.28)
Subject with low Subject with an extremely
contrast bright area in the center
of the frame
Subjects at
different distances
Fast-moving
subject
Subject without
vertical lines
The subject is not in the
center of the frame