Olympus STYLUS 700 - Manual (Page 63)

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• Take pictures with K in s mode. Suitable for taking pictures on a sunny
day at the beach or in the snow.
g “ s Shoot pictures by selecting a scene according to the situation” (P. 9)
• Often, bright subjects (such as snow) turn out darker than their natural colors.
Adjust [F] toward [+] to make these subjects closer to their real shades.
Conversely, when you are shooting dark subjects, it can be effective to adjust
toward the [–]. Sometimes, using the flash may not produce the brightness
(exposure) that was intended.
g “ 1F button Changing picture brightness” (P. 13)
• 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. 22)
• 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 lightening.
g “ 3# button Flash shooting” (P. 13)
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. 33)
“The card” (P. 77)
Taking pictures of a white beach or snow scene
Taking pictures of a subject against backlight
Additional shooting tips and information
Increasing the number of pictures that can be taken