Olympus 1040 User Guide

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18 EN
Brightening the subject 
against backlight 
(SHADOW ADJ
*1
)
The camera fi nds a person’s face that has been 
darkened by backlight and makes it appear 
brighter for taking the picture.
*1
  Shadow adjustment technology
1
 Press the 
f button.
2
 Use 
FD
 to select [ON], and press 
the x button to set.
3
  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.
  For some subjects, the frame may not 
appear or may take some time to appear.
  When set to [ON], [METERING] (p. 25) 
is automatically fi xed to [ESP], and [AF 
MODE] (p. 25)
 is automatically fi xed to 
[FACE DETECT].
Using the optical zoom
Pressing the zoom lever adjusts the shooting 
range.
Press toward W (Wide) Press toward T (Telephoto)
  Optical zoom: 3×, digital zoom: 5×
To take larger images without reducing 
image quality
[FINE ZOOM] (p. 24)
To take larger images
[DIGITAL ZOOM] (p. 25)
  The zoom bar appearance identifi es the 
status of the fi ne zoom/digital zoom.
Using Shooting Functions
10
M
10
M
P
4
4
IN
N
ORM
N
ORM
W
W
TT
10
M
10
M
P
4
4
IN
N
ORM
N
ORM
W
W
TT
W
W
TT
Zoom bar
Fine zoom 
range
Digital zoom 
range
When using 
optical zoom
When using 
fi ne zoom
When using 
digital zoom
Optical zoom range
P
OK
OK
OFF ON
OFF
SET
SET
SHADOW ADJ
SHADOW ADJ
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