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DIGITAL CAMERA
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Detailed explanations of all the functions
Advanced
including camera buttons and menus are
provided. Use them according to your
Manual
purpose.
Thank you for purchasing an Olympus digital camera. Before you start to use your new
camera, please read these instructions carefully to enjoy optimum performance and a
longer service life. Keep this manual in a safe place for future reference.
We recommend that you take test shots to get accustomed to your camera before takin
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How to use this manual Search for a topic Table of Contents gP. 3 Contents How to use this manual............................................................................... 2 Contents...................................................................................................... 3 1 Button operations.................................................8 Test out the functions of the camera buttons by following the illustrations and actually trying them out on the camera. POWER button ....
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Contents How to use this manual............................................................................... 2 Contents...................................................................................................... 3 1 Button operations.................................................8 Test out the functions of the camera buttons by following the illustrations and actually trying them out on the camera. POWER button ...................................Turning the camera on and off 8 Shu
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RESET..........Change the shooting functions back to default settings 20 s (Scene)..... Shooting pictures by selecting a scene according to the situation 20 CAMERA MENU................................................................................. 21 WB ...............................................Adjusting the color of a picture 21 ISO..................................................Changing the ISO sensitivity 21 DRIVE ......................................................... Continuous s
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SETUP menus........................................................................................... 33 MEMORY FORMAT (FORMAT)Formatting the internal memory or card 33 BACKUP .....Copying pictures in the internal memory to the card 33 W.............................................. Selecting a display language 34 PW ON SETUP............... Setting the startup screen and volume 34 SCREEN SETUP ..... Registering a picture as the startup screen 34 COLOR ............................ Setting the co
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4 Connecting the camera to a computer .............48 Learn how to transfer pictures to a computer and save them. Flow ........................................................................................................... 48 Using OLYMPUS Master........................................................................... 48 What is OLYMPUS Master? ............................................................... 48 Install the OLYMPUS Master software ............................................
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Selecting the optimal record mode............................................... 66 To return the settings of functions to default settings................... 66 Confirming the exposure when the monitor is difficult to see outdoors... 66 Playback help...................................................................................... 66 The red-eye cannot be fixed ........................................................ 66 The picture cannot be registered in the album..........................
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1 Button operations Button operations 1 Shooting modes Shooting mode 12 P 3 [ ] 1 [IN IN] 44 Playback mode 1 POWER button Turning the camera on and off Power on: Shooting mode Playback mode • Monitor turns on • Monitor turns on • Lens extends 2 Shutter button Shooting pictures Shooting still pictures Set the mode dial to K, h or s, and lightly press the shutter button (halfway). The green lamp lights when the focus and exposure are locked (focus lock). Now press the shutter button
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Button operations Recording movies Set the mode dial to n, and lightly press the shutter button to lock the focus, and then press the shutter button fully to start recording. Press the shutter button again to stop recording. 3 Mode dial Switching between shooting and playback modes Set the mode dial to the desired shooting or playback mode. 1 K Shooting still pictures The camera determines the optimum settings and shoots the picture. h Shooting pictures using image blur reduction This function
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Shooting modes 7 5 6 3 4 1 Playback mode q Viewing still pictures/Selecting playback mode The last picture taken is displayed. • Press the arrow pad (1243) to view other pictures. • Use the zoom button to switch among close-up playback, index display and calendar display. g Movie playback “MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies” (P. 25) 4 Arrow pad ( 12 43) Use the arrow pad to select scenes, playback picture, and the items on the menus. 5 o button (OK/FUNC) Displays the function menu and sets the fu
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Button operations Function menu P P WB AUTO ISO AUTO o ESP h P 1 12: Select a setting, and press o. 1 : Select the setting items. 2 6 m button (MENU) Displays the top menu. 7 Zoom button Zooming while shooting/close-up playback Shooting mode: Zooming in on your subject Optical zoom: 3× Zoom out: Zoom in: Press W on the Press T on the zoom button. zoom button. HQ HQ 3072 3072×2 2304 304 444 HQ HQ3 3072 072×2 2304 304 444 11
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7 Flash mode P a Self-timer 8 [ ] Macro mode/ [IN IN] 0 Super macro mode 44 9 1 Playback mode: Switching the picture display Single-frame playback • Use the arrow pad 1243 to browse pictures. [IIN N] W T T W [ ] IIN N - - - - W T Close-up playback [IIN N] Index display - - - - • Press T to incrementally • Use the arrow pad enlarge the picture up to 10 ( 124 3) to select a times the original size. Press picture for playback, and W to reduce the
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Button operations 8 3# button Flash shooting Press the 3# button in shooting mode to select the flash mode. Press o for setting. AUTO (Auto-flash) The flash fires automatically in low light or backlight conditions. ! Red-eye reduction flash This emits pre-flashes for red-eye reduction. 1 # Fill-in flash The flash fires regardless of the available light. $ Flash off The flash does not fire even in low light conditions. 9 4& button Shooting pictures close to the subject Press the 4& button in sho
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c b d 1 bS button Erasing pictures In playback mode, select the picture you want to erase, and press the S button. • Once erased, pictures cannot be restored. Check each picture before erasing to avoid accidentally erasing pictures you want to keep. g“0 Protecting pictures” (P. 28) c< button Printing pictures Display a picture to print out in playback mode, and press the < button. g“EASY PRINT” (P. 40) 14 Button operations
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Button operations d d button Changing the information displays /Display the menu guide Changing the information displays Press the d button to change the display in the following order. Shooting mode Playback mode 1 Normal display Normal display P [IIN N] $ [ ] l R o % k[IIN N] n 44 *1 Simple display Detailed display [IIN N] [ ] FRAME No information P $ *1*2 ASSIST display (Horizontal and
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2 Menu operations Menu operations 2 Shooting modes MENU o button Mode Dial Arrow pad (1243) Playback mode 2 About the menus Press the m button to display the top menu. The contents displayed on the top menu differ according to the mode. • When the mode dial is set at g, press the m button to display the shooting guide screen. Top menu in the Top menu in the shooting mode playback mode P PRINT PRINT RINT SLIDE- S SLIDE- LIDE- P IMAGE IIMAGE MAGE SHOW S SHOW HOW EDIT EDIT EDIT ORDER O ORDER RD
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Menu operations Using the menus Use the arrow pad (1243) and o to set menu items. This explains how to use the menus with the [AF MODE] setting as an example. Set the mode dial to the desired mode. • In this case, set the mode dial to K. 1 Press the m button to 2 Press 12 to select a setting, display the top menu, and and press o. 2 then press o. • [AF MODE] is the sixth menu item, so press 2 five times, and • [AF MODE] is on a menu in [CAMERA MENU]. Press o. then press o. • Unavailable sett
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3 Press 12 to select a setting, 2 and press o. • Select the [AF MODE] from [iESP] and [SPOT] and then press o. • The menu item is set and the previous menu is displayed. CAMERA MENU o AF MODE R SPOT PANORAMA o MENU BACK SET OK Page display When there are more menu items on the next CAMERA MENU WB AUTO page, press 4 on the procedure 2 screen to ISO AUTO move the cursor to the page display. DRIVE o ESP Press 12 to change the page. DIGITAL ZOOM OFF To return to the previous page, press 3
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Menu operations Shooting mode menu K h s n CAMERA MENU 1 WB ISO DRIVE IMAGE IMAGE IMAGE QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY 4 ESP/n R RESET RESET ESET *2 DIGITAL ZOOM 2 AF MODE SCN S S SCN SCN C CN N R MENU EXIT SET OK *1 2 PANORAMA *3 *1 A card is required. 3 *2 [RESET] cannot be selected when the mode dial is set to s h. *3 s can be selected when the mode dial is set to s. g “SETUP menus” (P. 33) • Some functions are not available according to the selected mode. g “Functions available in s
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2 RESET Change the shooting functions back to default settings NO /YES Restore shooting functions back to default settings. The mode dial has to be set to K (P or AUTO) in order to restore default settings. Functions for returning the settings to the original when the reset function is executed Function Factory default setting Ref. Page 2 Flash AUTO P. 13 & OFF P. 13 F 0.0 P. 13 IMAGE QUALITY HQ P. 19 YYOFF P. 13 WB AUTO P. 21 ISO AUTO P. 21 DRIVE o P. 22 ESP/n ESP P. 22 DIGITAL ZOOM OFF P. 22
