Taking A Picture Using Manual Focus; Setting The Image Aspect - Olympus E-620 Instruction Manual

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• In order to use the < button, [Fn FACE DETECT] needs to be set up in the menu in advance.
g"; FUNCTION" (P. 97)
• After setting [g FACE DETECT] to [ON] while using the < button, the following functions are
automatically set to the best settings for taking pictures of people.
Function
METERING
GRADATION
LIVE VIEW AF MODE
AF MODE
AF AREA
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If the camera detects a face, a frame will be
displayed in that location.
• When you press the shutter button, the camera will focus
on the position of the face detection frame (however, if a
single AF target is selected with [AF AREA], the camera
will focus on the AF target selected).
• With [AF SENSOR] or [HYBRID AF], the camera will focus
on the AF target that is closest to the face detection frame.
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Notes
• During sequential shooting, face detection will work only
at the first shot.
• Depending on the subject, the camera may not be able to correctly detect the face.

Taking a picture using manual focus

During live view, you can take a picture focusing manually while checking the focus on the
LCD monitor.
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Set the AF mode to [S-AF+MF] or [MF]. g"AF mode selection" (P. 55)
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Adjust the focus by rotating the focus ring.
• In [S-AF+MF] mode, after pressing the shutter button halfway or pressing the AEL/AFL button,
you can rotate the focus ring to finely adjust the focus before taking the picture.
• Using the enlarged display can be very convenient when adjusting the focus manually.
g"Enlarged display operation" (P. 41)

Setting the image aspect

You can change the aspect ratio (horizontal-to-vertical ratio) when taking pictures using live
view. Depending on your preference, you can set the aspect ratio to [4:3] (standard), [3:2],
[16:9], or [6:6]. JPEG images are trimmed and saved according to the aspect ratio.
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Notes
• RAW images are not trimmed and are recorded with the aspect ratio information at the time of
shooting.
• During RAW image playback, images are displayed with a border based on the aspect ratio.
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Setting
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IMAGER AF
S-AF
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MENU [W] [IMAGE ASPECT]
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