Olympus C-25: Using Shooting Modes

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C-25

Using Shooting Modes: Olympus C-25

To lock the focus distance for

underwater shoots (AF lock) (Available

in the FE-360/X-875/C-570 only)

When [k UNDERWATER WIDE1], or,

[H UNDERWATER MACRO] is selected,

press l.

AFL

^ mark

To cancel, press l again to clear the

^ mark.

Shooting with optimum

aperture value and shutter

speed ( P mode)

In this mode, automatic camera shooting can

be used while also allowing changes to a wide

range of other shooting menu functions such as

exposure compensation, white balance, and so

forth as needed.

1

Press the B button.

Current shooting mode display

10

EN

8

M

8

M

AUTO

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

WB

AUTO

WB

AUTO

N

ORM

Using the best mode for the

shooting scene ( f mode)

[ f] (p. 27)

1

Press the m button.

2

Use klmn to select [ f],

and press the B button.

PORTRAIT

EXIT

MENU

SET

OK

An explanation of the selected mode is displayed

while the E button is pressed and held.

3

Use kl to select the best

shooting mode for the scene, and

press the B button.

AUTO

N

ORM

AUTO

2

Use kl to select the current

shooting mode display, and use mn

to select P.

8

M

8

M

4

IN

4

N

ORM

Using Shooting Modes

Icon indicating

the scene mode

that is set

N

ORM

To take underwater photos (Available

in the FE-360/X-875/C-570 only)

Select [k UNDERWATER WIDE1],

*1

[l UNDERWATER WIDE2]

,

[H UNDERWATER MACRO].

*1

When set to [l UNDERWATER WIDE2],

the focus distance is automatically xed to

approx. 5.0 m (16.4 ft.).

Be sure to use an underwater case.

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3

Press the B button.

EN

11

8

M

P

8

M

4

IN

4

N

ORM

P mode indicator

N

ORM

Using the digital image

stabilization mode (h mode)

This mode enables the user to reduce blurring

that is caused by a camera shake and subject

movement.

1

Press the B button.

Current shooting mode display

8

M

8

M

AUTO

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

WB

AUTO

WB

AUTO

N

ORM

AUTO

N

ORM

AUTO

2

Use kl to select the current

shooting mode display, and use mn

to select h.

3

Press the B button.

h

4

IN

4

N

ORM

N

ORM

8

M

Shooting movies (n mode)

1

Con rm the mode indicator is n.

h mode indicator

8

M

By switching to another mode, most function

settings in h mode will be changed to the

default settings of each mode.

00:34

IN

00:34

QVGA

QVGA

15

A mode indicator

15

When the mode indicator is not n, press

n/K button.

2

Press the shutter button halfway

down to focus on the subject, and

gently press the button all the way

down to start recording.

Press halfway

Press fully

00:34

00:34

REC

Lights up red when recording

REC

Remaining recording time (p. 47)

3

Gently press the shutter button all

the way down to stop recording.

Audio is recorded simultaneously with the

movie.

During audio recording, only the digital

zoom can be used. To record a movie with

optical zoom, set [R] (movies) (p. 25) to

[OFF].

To return to shooting still images, press the

n/K button.

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