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To an OM-10 Owner We appreciate very much that you have acquired other accessories are added to make it a complete system of photography. With the OM-10 you can an OM-10, a camera designed to allow you to take good pictures automatically and with the greatest gradually widen your enjoyment of the photo- graphic art. ease. We sincerely wish that it will become for you a The Olympus OM-10 is a single lens reflex camera source of unending satisfaction. To this effect, of the finest quality in which
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TABLE OF CONTENTS matically ......... 19 Long Exposures ...... 30 Description of Controls ... 3 The OM-10: Designed to Save Flash Photography ..... 31 Preparations before Battery Consumption ... 22 Using the Winder 2 ..... 33 Taking Pictures . . . . 6 to 15 Mounting and Detaching Switching the Camera Off . 23 From General Photography Rewinding the Film .... 23 to the Use of Interchange- the Lens .......... 7 able Lenses ........ 35 Inserting the Batteries ... 9 Unloading the Film .... 24 Checkin
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DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS (P. 39) (P. 23) Manual Adapter Rewind Release Lever Socket Shoulder Strap Eyelet (P. 39) Manual Adapte Guide Knob (P. 10, P.25) Self-Timer/ Battery Check Light Self-Timer/ Battery Check Beeper Standard Lens Preview Button 3
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The photo indicates OM-10 camera body with the 50mm F1.8 standard lens. (P. 37) Depth of Field Scale (P. 17, P. 27) (P. 8) Aperture Ring Lens Release Button (P. 19) Focusing Ring Lens Mount Ring Exposure (P. 29) Compensation Dial (P. 15) Mode/ASA Film (P. 11, P.24) Rewind Knob/ Speed Dial (P. 30) Camera Back Release Mode Index (P. 22) Rewind Crank Shutter Release Button (P. 22) (P. 24) Activator Switch Exposure Counter (P. 14) Selector Dial (P.30, P.39, P.49) (P. 17, P.23, P.25) Mode Selector Le
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(P. 18) Viewfinder Eyepiece Frame Shutter Curtain (P. 13) Sprocket Film Rewind (P. 12, P. 13) Shaft Film Take-up Spool (P.11) Camera Back Film Pressure Plate Film Cartridge Pressure Spring (P.11) Film Chamber Film Guide Pins Body Mount Ring (P. 33) Tripod Socket (P. 33) Winder Coupling Terminal (P. 33) Winder Coupling Socket (P. 33) Guide Pin Hole (P.9) Battery Chamber 5
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PREPARATIONS BEFORE TAKING PICTURES The OM-10's circuits are powered by two 1.5V alkaline-manganese or silver oxide batteries. Without them, the shutter of this electronic single lens reflex camera will not function. This section is devoted to explaining the preparations which you must go through before proceeding to take pictures. Please keep in mind that they are indispensable for obtaining good results. 6
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MOUNTING AND DETACHING THE LENS Remove the front lens cap. Remove the body cap and the rear lens cap.* * If you have purchased an OM-10 in conjunction with a lens, the body cap and rear lens cap are not provided. 7
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Mount the lens. Detach the lens. 8
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INSERTING THE BATTERIES Insert two 1.5V alkaline-manganese batteries Remove the cover of the battery chamber. LR44 (A76). Replace the cover. (NOTE) Two 1.5V silver oxide batteries SR44 (Eveready EPX-76) or equivalents can be also used. 9
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CHECKING THE BATTERIES Move the selector dial to "CHECK". A beeping sound is heard and the battery check light turns on. After the check set back the dial. (Attention) If no sound is heard and the light does not turn on, the batteries have not been correctly inserted, or their charge is exhausted. In this case they must be replaced. 10
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LOADING THE FILM Load the film. Open the camera back. (Never load or unload the camera in direct sun- light.) 11
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Insert the film leader in one of the slots of the The film leader must not be excessively drawn take-up spool. out. (The film leader is (The film leader does (The film leader is twisted.) not enter completely.) excessively drawn out.) 12
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Wind the film once. The perforations of the film must engage with the sprocket teeth. Make sure it is well tense, and close the back 13
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(Ways of taking blank shots) Take blank shots until the exposure counter shows "1". This instance is not suit- able for taking blank shots since the automatic ex- posure control built in the OM-10 prolongs the ex- posure time. 14
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SETTING THE ASA FILM SPEED Set the ASA film speed. (The ASA film speed dial is set at ASA 100.) 15
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THE WAY TO AUTOMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY All the problems of exposure are electronically taken care by the OM-10. It is a single lens reflex camera which can be set for automatic control of exposure, and when set so taking correctly exposed, beautiful pictures could not be simpler. 16
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SETTING THE APERTURE Confirm that the camera is set at the "AUTO" Set the desired aperture. position. (Aperture guideline) NOTE: To make full use of the aperture ring, read Set the selector dial at the "ON" position. page 27. 17
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The proper shutter speed lights up in the viewfinder. 18
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TAKING PICTURES AUTOMATICALLY Focus. 19
