Olympus SP-565 Instruction Manual

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37ENShooting pictures while keeping thesubject in focus [FULLTIME AF]K CAMERA MENU X FULLTIME AF: P A S M r s ASubmenu 2 ApplicationOFFPressing the shutter buttonhalfway down brings the subjectinto focus and locks the focus.ONFulltime AF keeps the subject infocus, without having to press theshutter button down halfway. Thisreduces focusing time.Also, the subject is automatically kept infocus during movie shooting.Shooting pictures while focusingon subjects moving back and forth[AF PREDICT]K CAMERA MENU X AF PREDICT: P A S M r sSubmenu 2 ApplicationOFFPressing the shutter buttonhalfway down brings the subjectinto focus and locks the focus.ONWhen the shutter button ispressed halfway down, the cameratracks the focusing subject, andit continues to keep the subjectin focus while the button is heldhalfway down. This reducesfocusing time.The camera may not be able to bring somesubjects into focus even when set to [ON].[AF PREDICT] is not available when using[& MACRO] and [% SUPER MACRO].(p. 24)Using the AF illuminator to focus on ashadowy subject [AF ILLUMINAT.]K CAMERA MENU X AF ILLUMINAT.: P A S M r sSubmenu 2 ApplicationOFF The AF illuminator is not used.ONWhen the shutter button is pressedhalfway down, the AF illuminatorturns on to aid focusing.AF illuminatorRetouch the blur effects caused bythe camera shake when shooting[IMAGE STABILIZER]K CAMERA MENU X IMAGE STABILIZER: P A S M r s ASubmenu 2 ApplicationOFFThe image stabilizer isdeactivated. This is recommendedfor shooting when the camera isfixed in place on a tripod or otherstable surface.ONThe image stabilizer is used fortaking pictures. Pressing theshutter button halfway downactivates the stabilizing function.The image stabilizer can be less effectiveduring night shooting and other situationswhere the shutter speed is extremely slow.Images may not be stabilized if camerashake is too severe.When set to [ON], shooting a movie foran extended period of time results in thecamera heating up, and the protective circuitautomatically shuts off the power.Adjust the settings for the functions while referring to “Using the Menu” (p. 3).