Olympus Stylus 725 SW Advanced Manual

Also see for M 725 SW: Manual Avanzado Manual

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60 Getting to know your camera better5• The reason why there are differences between the colors in a picture and theactual colors taken and the actual color is the light source illuminating thesubject. [WB] is the function that allows the camera to determine the correctcolors. Normally, the [AUTO] setting provides the optimal white balance, butdepending on the subject, it may be better to experiment with changing the[WB] setting.• When the subject is in the shade on a sunny day• When the subject is illuminated by both natural light and indoor lighting,such as when near a window• When there is no white in the center of the frameg “WB Adjusting the color of a picture” (P. 19)• Take pictures with K in s mode. Suitable for taking pictures on a sunnyday at the beach or in the snow.g “s (Scene) Shooting pictures by selecting a scene according to thesituation” (P. 18)• Often, bright subjects (such as snow) turn out darker than their natural colors.Adjust [F] toward [+] to make these subjects closer to their real shades.Conversely, when you are shooting dark subjects, it can be effective to adjusttoward the [–]. Sometimes, using the flash may not produce the brightness(exposure) that was intended.g “1F button Changing picture brightness” (P. 12)• With [ESP/n] set to [n], the picture can be taken based on the brightnessat the center of the monitor without being affected by the light in thebackground.g “ESP/n Changing the area for measuring the brightness of a subject” (P. 20)• Set the flash to [#] to activate fill-in-flash. You can shoot a subject againstbacklight without the face of the subject appearing dark. [#] is effective forshooting against backlight and under fluorescent and other artificial lightening.g “3# button Flash shooting” (P. 12)Taking pictures with the correct colorTaking pictures of a white beach or snow sceneTaking pictures of a subject against backlight