Olympus X-42 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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When the subject is dark, noise reduction is
automatically activated. This approximately doubles
the shooting time during which no other pictures can
be taken.
To take pictures of a moving subject
like a pet ([ PET])
1 Use kl to select [ PET], and
press the B button to set.
2 Hold the camera to align the AF target
mark on the subject and press l.
When the camera recognizes the subject,
the AF target mark automatically tracks the
subject movement to focus on it continuously.
“To focus on a moving subject continuously
(AF Tracking)” (p. 26).
Shooting with automatic
settings (
G
mode)
According to the scene, the camera
automatically selects the ideal shooting
mode from [PORTRAIT]/[LANDSCAPE]/
[NIGHT+PORTRAIT]/[SPORT]/[MACRO]. This
is a fully automatic mode that allows the user
to take pictures using the best mode for the
shooting scene simply by pressing the shutter
button. Settings in the shooting function menu
are not available in
G
mode.
1
Press the
K
button a few times to
set
G
.
The icon changes depending
on the scene that the camera
automatically selects.
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AUTO
AF ON
Press the shutter button halfway down or press the
g button to check which shooting mode the
camera has automatically selected.
The shooting mode changes in the order
of P,
G
,
h
,
s
,
A
each time the
K
button is pressed. By switching to other
shooting mode, most settings set in other
than P mode will be changed to the default
settings of the respective shooting mode.
Using the best mode for the
shooting scene (
s
mode)
1
Press the
K
button a few times to
set
s
.
PORTRAIT
SET
OK
MENU
EXIT
An explanation of the selected mode is displayed
while the E button is pressed and held.
2
Use kl to select the best
shooting mode for the scene, and
press the B button.
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Icon indicating
the scene mode
that is set
In
s
modes, the optimum shooting
settings are pre-programmed for speci c
shooting scenes. For this reason, settings
may not be changed in some modes.
Submenu 1 Application
B PORTRAIT/F LANDSCAPE/
G NIGHT SCENE
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/
M NIGHT+PORTRAIT/C SPORT/
N INDOOR/W CANDLE
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/
R SELF PORTRAIT/S SUNSET
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/
X FIREWORKS
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/V CUISINE/
d DOCUMENTS/ PET
The camera
takes a
picture using
the optimum
settings for
the scene
conditions.
Using Shooting Modes