Olympus STYLUS-550WP Instruction Manual page 45

"Taking pictures with the right
brightness"
• Taking pictures using [FACE DETECT] (p. 27)
Appropriate exposure is obtained for a face
against the backlight, and the face is brightened.
• Taking pictures using [FILL iN] (p. 20) flash
A subject against a backlight is brightened.
• Taking pictures using exposure compensation
(p. 21)
Adjust the brightness while viewing the screen
for taking the picture. Normally, taking pictures of
white subjects (such as snow) results in images
that are darker than the actual subject. Use the
[] button to adjust in the positive direction to
express whites as they appear. When taking
pictures of black subjects, on the other hand, it is
effective to adjust in the negative direction.
"Taking pictures with colors at the same
shade as they appear"
• Taking pictures by selecting [WB] (p. 25)
Best results in most environments can normally
be obtained with the AUTO setting, but for some
subjects, you should try experimenting with
different settings. (This is especially true for
sunshade under a clear sky, mixed natural and
artificial light settings, and so on.)
"Taking sharper pictures"
• Taking pictures with the optical zoom
Avoid using [DIGITAL ZOOM] (p. 25) to take
pictures.
• Taking pictures at a low leO sensitivity
If the picture is taken with a high ISO sensitivity,
noise (small colored spots and color unevenness
that were not in the original image) can occur, and
the image can appear grainy.
[iso] (p. 25)
"Making battery last longer"
® Avoid performing the following operations as
much as possible as they use up battery power
even if no pictures are actually taken
® Repeatedly pressing the shutter button
halfway.
® Repeatedly using the zoom.
® Set [POWER SAVE] (p. 33) to [ON]
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Playback
"Playing images in the internal memory
and card"
@ Remove the card when playing back pictures
in the internal memory
® "Loading the battery and the
xD-Picture card TM(sold separately) into the
camera" (p. 11)
• "Using a microSD card/microSDHC card (sold
separately)" (p. 12)
"Erasing the sound recorded to a still
image"
@ Record over the sound with silence when
playing back the image
[@ (Add sound to still picture)] (p. 29)
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