Olympus Stylus 850 SW User Manual
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• When Shadow Adjustment Technology is set to [ON], the subject’s face appears brighter
even against backlight and the color of the background is enhanced in the picture. This
function can also be used to shoot a subject inside a home or building from outside.
g “f Brightening the subject against backlight” (P. 19)
• With [ESP/n] set to [n], the picture can be taken based on the brightness at the center
of the monitor without being affected by the light in the background.
g “ESP/n Changing the area for measuring the brightness of a subject” (P. 29)
• Set the flash to [
#] to activate fill-in-flash. You can shoot a subject against backlight without
the face of the subject appearing dark. [
#] is effective for shooting against backlight and
under fluorescent and other artificial lighting.
g “
3# button Flash shooting” (P. 18)
• It is effective to set the exposure compensation to [+] by pressing
1F when shooting
against strong backlighting.
g “
1F button Changing picture brightness (Exposure Compensation)” (P. 17)
• Adjusting exposure of person’s face by setting [AF MODE] to [FACE DETECT] makes the
subject’s face appear brighter even against strong backlighting.
g “AF MODE Changing the focusing area” (P. 30)
There are two ways to record the pictures you take with this camera.
Recording pictures to the internal memory
• Pictures are recorded to the internal memory, and when the number of storable still pictures
reaches 0, you must connect the camera to a computer to download the pictures, and then
erase the pictures from the internal memory.
Using a card (optional)
• Pictures are recorded to the card when inserted in the camera. When the card is full, you
download the pictures to a computer, and then either erase the pictures from the card or use
a new card.
• Pictures are not recorded to the internal memory when a card is inserted in the camera.
Pictures in the internal memory can be copied to the card using the [BACKUP] function.
g “BACKUP Copying pictures in the internal memory to the card” (P. 36)
“The card” (P. 64)
Number of storable still pictures and recording length of movies
Still pictures
Taking pictures of a subject against backlight
Additional shooting tips and information
Increasing the number of pictures that can be taken
IMAGE SIZE
COMPRES-
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Number of storable still pictures
Internal memory
Using a 1GB card
With sound
Without
sound
With sound
Without
sound
G 3264 × 2448
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3
3
253
255
M
7
7
492
499
H 2560 × 1920
L
5
6
404
410
M
12
12
820
841
I 2048 × 1536
L
9
9
615
627
M
18
19
1254
1305
J 1600 × 1200
L
15
15
1031
1066
M
29
31
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