Olympus Stylus 810 - Manual (Page 62)

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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.
Hold the camera in a correct posture and press the shutter button slowly. In
addition, pressing the
h/ < button and taking a picture in the h mode
stabilize the digital image.
The digital images are not stabilized when:
• images are shot using a zooming function of high magnification, 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.
Subjects that are difficult to focus on
To shoot a stabilized digital image
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.