Olympus SH-21 Instruction Manual page 40

Selecting the method for measuring the Selecting the method for measuring the
brightness [ESP/n brightness [ESP/
I (Shooting menu 1)  ESP/n
Submenu 2
Shoots to obtain a balanced
brightness over the entire screen
ESP (Meters the brightness at the center
and surrounding areas of the screen
separately).
Shoots the subject at the center
during backlighting (Meters the
5 (spot)
brightness at the center of the
screen).
When set to [ESP], the center may appear dark when
shooting against strong backlighting.
Shooting at higher magnifi cations than Shooting at higher magnifi cations than
optical zoom [Digital Zoom] optical zoom [Digital Zoom]
J (Shooting menu 2)  Digital Zoom
Submenu 2
Off Disable digital zoom.
On Enable digital zoom.
[Digital Zoom] is not available when [a Super
Macro] (p. 31) is selected.
The option selected for [Digital Zoom] affects the
appearance of the zoom bar.
"To take larger images" (p. 20)
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Application
Application
Reducing the blur caused by the Reducing the blur caused by the
camera shake when shooting camera shake when shooting
[Image Stabilizer] (still images)/ [Image Stabilizer] (still images)/
[IS Movie Mode] (movies) [IS Movie Mode] (movies)
J (Shooting menu 2) 
Image Stabilizer (still images)/
A (Movie menu) 
IS Movie Mode (movies)
Submenu 2
The image stabilizer is deactivated.
This is recommended for shooting
Off
when the camera is fi xed in place on
a tripod or other stable surface.
On The image stabilizer is activated.
There may be a noise coming from inside the camera
when the shutter button is pressed with [Image
Stabilizer] (still images) set to [On].
Images may not be stabilized if camera shake is too
severe.
When the shutter speed is extremely slow, such as
when taking pictures at night, [Image Stabilizer] (still
images) may not be as effective.
Application