Olympus SP-550 UZ - Manual (Page 63)

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• Under certain types of conditions, it is difficult to focus using auto focus. The green lamp
on the monitor lights, allowing you to check if the focus is locked.
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.
Be sure to hold the camera firmly with both hands and press the shutter button slowly so as to avoid
moving the camera. To stabilize the digital image, take pictures with
h pressed.
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
• the flash cannot be used or when a low shutter speed set
s mode is selected.
To take pictures in low light places without flash, set the following after setting the flash mode to [ $]
(Flash off).
Set the camera to
h mode
g “h button Shooting with digital image stabilization” (P.14)
Increase the [ISO] setting
g “ISO Changing the ISO sensitivity” (P.24)
There are several factors that can cause the picture to appear grainy.
Using the digital zoom to take close-up pictures
• With the digital zoom, part of the image is cropped and enlarged. The greater the
magnification, the grainier the picture appears.
g “DIGITAL ZOOM Zooming in on your subject” (P.26)
Increasing the ISO sensitivity
• When you increase the [ISO] setting, “noise”, which appears as spots of unwanted color
or unevenness in the color, can be introduced and give the picture a grainy appearance.
This camera is equipped with a function to allow shooting at high sensitivity while
suppressing noise; however, increasing the ISO sensitivity creates grainier pictures than
when using a lower sensitivity.
g “ISO Changing the ISO sensitivity” (P.24)
Subjects that are difficult to focus on
Prevent blur by using image stabilization
Taking stabilized pictures without the flash
The picture is too grainy
The green lamp
blinks.
The subject cannot be
brought into focus.
Subject with low
contrast Subject with an
extremely bright area in
the center of the frame Subject without
vertical lines
Subjects at
different distances Fast-moving
subject The subject is not
in the center of the
frame
The green lamp lights,
but the subject cannot
be brought into focus.
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