Olympus Stylus 500 Advanced Manual

Also see for m Digital 500: Basic Manual

Contents

6Table of ContentsHow to use this manual....................................................................... 4Composition of the manual ................................................................. 51 Basic operation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11Mode dial........................................................................................... 12Direct buttons .................................................................................... 13Menus ............................................................................................... 15About the menus ......................................................................... 15How to use the menus ................................................................ 192 Tips before you start taking pictures - - - - - - 21Holding the camera ........................................................................... 22If correct focus cannot be obtained ................................................... 23How to focus (focus lock) ............................................................ 23Subjects that are difficult to focus on .......................................... 24Record mode ............................................................................. 25Still picture record modes............................................................ 25Movie record modes.................................................................... 26Card capacity in number of pictures/remaining recording time ... 26To change the record mode ........................................................ 283 Basic shooting functions- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29Selecting a shooting mode according to the situation....................... 30Selecting a shooting mode .............................................. 35SHOOT & SELECT shooting ...................................................... 36Zooming in on a distant subject ........................................................ 37Using the optical zoom................................................................ 37Using the digital zoom................................................................. 38Taking close-up pictures (macro/super macro mode) .......... 39Flash shooting .............................................................................. 414 Advanced shooting functions - - - - - - - - - - - 43AF mode............................................................................................ 44Metering ............................................................................................ 45ESP/Spot metering ...................................................... 45ISO sensitivity ................................................................................... 46Exposure compensation ............................................................. 47White balance .......................................................................... 48Histogram ................................................................................... 49