Exposure (brightness)“Taking pictures with the right brightness”

●Taking pictures of a subject against a backlight

Faces or backgrounds are bright even when shot against backlight.

[SHADOW ADJUST] (p. 34)

●Taking pictures using [FACE/iESP] (p. 34)

Appropriate exposure is obtained for a face against backlight, and the face is brightened.

●Taking pictures using [n] for [ESP/n] (p. 34)

Brightness is matched with a subject in the center of the screen and the image is not affected by background light.

●Taking pictures using [FILL IN] (p. 28) flash A subject against backlight is brightened.

●Taking pictures of a white beach or snow scene

Set the mode to [qBEACH & SNOW], [aSNOW]* (p. 24)

*STYLUS TOUGH-8010/μ TOUGH-8010 and STYLUS TOUGH-6020/μ TOUGH-6020 only

●Taking pictures using exposure compensation (p. 30)

Adjust the brightness while viewing the screen for taking the picture. Normally, taking pictures of white subjects (such as snow) results in images that are darker than the actual subject. Use the exposure compensation to adjust in the positive

(+) direction to express whites as they appear. When taking pictures of black subjects, on the other hand, it is effective to adjust in the negative (-) direction.

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Image quality“Taking sharper pictures”

●Taking pictures with the optical zoom

Avoid using digital zoom (p. 35) to take pictures.

●Taking pictures at a low ISO sensitivity

If the picture is taken with a high ISO sensitivity, noise (small colored spots and color unevenness that were not in the original image) can occur, and the image can appear grainy.

“Selecting the ISO sensitivity” (p. 31)

Panorama“Taking pictures so that the frames are stitched smoothly”

●A tip for panoramic shooting

Taking pictures by pivoting with the camera at the center prevents shifting of the image. When taking pictures of close objects in particular, pivoting with the lens end at the center produces favorable results.

[PANORAMA] (p. 25)

Batteries“Making batteries last longer”

●Avoid any of the following operations when not actually taking pictures because they deplete the battery power

●Repeatedly pressing the shutter button halfway.

●Repeatedly using the zoom.

●Set [POWER SAVE] (p. 50) to [ON]

“Taking pictures with colors at the same shade as they appear”

●Taking pictures by selecting white balance (p. 30)

Best results in most environments can normally be obtained with the [WB AUTO] setting, but for some subjects, you should try experimenting with different settings. (This is especially true for sunshade under a clear sky, mixed natural and artificial light settings, and so on.)

●Taking pictures using [FILL IN] (p. 28) flash

Use of the flash is also effective for shooting under fluorescent and other artificial lighting.

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