Olympus Stylus 500 Digital - Manual (Page 6)

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Table of Contents
How to use this manual....................................................................... 4
Composition of the manual ................................................................. 5
1 Basic operation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11
Mode dial........................................................................................... 12
Direct buttons .................................................................................... 13
Menus ............................................................................................... 15
About the menus ......................................................................... 15
How to use the menus ................................................................ 19
2 Tips before you start taking pictures - - - - - - 21
Holding the camera ........................................................................... 22
If correct focus cannot be obtained ................................................... 23
How to focus (focus lock) ............................................................ 23
Subjects that are difficult to focus on .......................................... 24
Record mode ............................................................................. 25
Still picture record modes............................................................ 25
Movie record modes.................................................................... 26
Card capacity in number of pictures/remaining recording time ... 26
To change the record mode ........................................................ 28
3 Basic shooting functions- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29
Selecting a shooting mode according to the situation....................... 30
Selecting a shooting mode .............................................. 35
SHOOT & SELECT shooting ...................................................... 36
Zooming in on a distant subject ........................................................ 37
Using the optical zoom................................................................ 37
Using the digital zoom................................................................. 38
Taking close-up pictures (macro/super macro mode) .......... 39
Flash shooting .............................................................................. 41
4 Advanced shooting functions - - - - - - - - - - - 43
AF mode............................................................................................ 44
Metering ............................................................................................ 45
ESP/Spot metering ...................................................... 45
ISO sensitivity ................................................................................... 46
Exposure compensation
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White balance .......................................................................... 48
Histogram ................................................................................... 49