Olympus SP-590UZ: Using Shooting Modes

Smoothing out skin tone and

texture (I mode)

The camera fi nds a person’s face and gives the

skin a smooth, translucent look for taking the

picture.

1

Set the mode dial to

I

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Shooting movies (

n

mode)

1

Set the mode dial to n.

I mode indicator

N

ORM

2

Point the camera toward the

subject. Check the frame appearing

around the face detected by the

camera, and then press the shutter

button to take the picture.

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The unedited image and edited image are both

saved.

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If the image cannot be retouched, only the

unedited image is saved.

The frame may not appear or may take

some time to appear for some subjects. In

addition, this function may have no visible

effect on some subjects.

The [IMAGE SIZE] of the retouched image

is limited to [J] or lower.

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A mode indicator

E

To record audio when shooting

[

R

(Movie REC)] (p. 39)

To zoom while recording audio

The optical zoom is not available when

recording. Use [DIGITAL ZOOM] (p. 33).

2

Press the shutter button halfway

down to focus on the subject, and

gently press the button all the way

down to start recording.

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Red during shooting

REC

Press halfway

Press fully

Remaining recording time (p.

73)

3

Gently press the shutter button all

the way down to stop recording.

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