Olympus 010584 Datasheet download pdf (Page 25)

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Improving your shooting skills – Shooting guides

Taking night scene pictures

There are different types of night scenes, ranging from the afterglow of a sunset to city lights at

night. Sunset and fireworks sceneries are also a type of night scene.

Using a tripod

A tripod is a must when shooting night scenes as the shutter

speed is slow due to the darkness. Even when a tripod is not

available, you should also place the camera on a stable

ground such that it does not shake. Even when the camera is

secured, you may also move the camera when pressing the

shutter button. Hence, use the remote control or self timer to

activate the shutter as far as possible.

Changing shooting mode

When taking night scenes, the balance of the brightness in the composition is not uniform due

to the intensity of brightness. As there are many dark areas, using

(program shooting) mode

will take a whitish picture that is overexposed. First of all, use

(aperture priority shooting)

mode to take the picture. Set the aperture to the medium setting (about F8 or F11) and leave

the shutter speed to the camera. As it is common for the picture to turn out too bright, adjust the

exposure compensation to –1 or –1.5. Check the aperture and exposure compensation in the

[REC VIEW]

image and change it if necessary. Noise may occur easily when shooting at slow

shutter speeds. Set

[NOISE REDUCT.]

[ON]

to reduce the occurrence of noise.

Using manual focus

For cases when the subject is dark and you cannot focus using AF

(auto focus) or when you cannot focus in time for pictures such as

fireworks, set the focus mode to MF (manual focus) and focus

manually. For night scenes, turn the focus ring of the lens and check

whether you can see the street lights clearly. For fireworks, as long as

the long focus lens is not used, it is okay to adjust to infinite. If you

know the approximate distance, you can also focus on something that

is found at the same distance in advance.

“

: Program shooting” (P. 26), “

: Aperture priority

shooting” (P. 27), “Sequential shooting / Self-timer / Remote

control” (P. 39), “Focus mode” (P. 43), “Noise reduction” (P. 53), “Rec

view – Checking the picture immediately after shooting” (P. 68)

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