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DIGITAL CAMERA
FE-5050/FE-4050
Instruction Manual
● 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 taking important photographs.
● In the interest of continually improving our products, Olympus reserves the right to upda
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Step Checking the contents of the box 1 or Digital camera Strap LI-42B Lithium F-2AC USB cable AV cable OLYMPUS Ion Battery USB-AC adapter Setup CD-ROM Other accessories not shown: warranty card Contents may vary depending on purchase location. Step Preparing the Camera Step Shooting and Playing Back Images 2 3 “Preparing the Camera” (p. 12) “Shooting, Viewing, and Erasing” (p. 19) Step How to Use the Camera Step Printing 4 5 “Camera Settings” (p. 3) “Direct printing (PictBridge)” (p. 46) “Pri
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Camera Settings Using the Direct Buttons Using the Direct Buttons Frequently used functions can be accessed using the direct buttons. Shutter button (p. 20) Zoom buttons (p. 21) q button (switch between shooting and playback) (p. 20, 22) m button (p. 5) E button (menu guide) (p. 25) Arrow pad The symbols FGHI displayed for image F (up) / selections and settings indicate that the arrow pad INFO button (change information display) (p. 22, 25) is to be used. X YM D TIME 2010.10. 26 12:30 Y/M/D
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Using the Menu Using the Menu Use the menu to change camera settings such as the shooting mode. There may be menus that are unavailable depending on other related settings or the s mode (p. 26). Function menu Function menu Press the H button during shooting to display the function menu. The function menu is used to choose the shooting mode and provides access to frequently used shooting settings. Shooting mode Selected option PROGRAM AUTO PROGRAM AUTO P P P P 0.0 0.0 WB WB AUT AUTO O ISO ISO F
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Setup menu Setup menu Press the m button during shooting or playback to display the setup menu. The setup menu provides access to a variety of camera settings, including options not listed in the function menu, display options, and the time and date. 1 Press the m button. 4 Use FG to select the desired submenu 2 and then press the H button. ● The setup menu is displayed. ● Once a setting is selected, the display returns to RESET RESET the previous screen. COMPRESSION NORMAL AF MODE FACE/iESP
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Menu Index Menus for Shooting Functions PROGRAM AUTO PROGRAM AUTO 1 P P 9 RESET IMAGE SIZE VGA 2 COMPRESSION NORMAL FRAME RATE 30fps 3 AF MODE FACE/iESP IS MOVIE MODE OFF 1 DIGITAL ZOOM OFF 1 R ON 4 2 ICON GUIDE ON 2 0.0 0.0 5 DATE STAMP OFF WB WB AUT AUTO O 6 ISO ISO 7 AUT AUTO O EXIT MENU SET OK EXIT MENU SET OK 14M 8 4 4 1 Shooting mode 5 Exposure compensation ...p. 31 AF MODE .........................p. 35 DIGITAL ZOOM ................p. 35 P (PROGRAM AUTO) ......p. 19 6 White balance ....
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Menus for Playback, Editing, and Printing Functions 1 q (Playback) SLIDESHOW SLIDESHOW ................ p. 37 EDIT EDIT ....................... p. 37, 38 1 ERASE ERASE ......................... p. 38 1 PRINT ORDER PRINT ORDER ............. p. 39 20 0 (Protect) ................ p. 39 y y (Rotate).................... p. 39 EXIT MENU SET OK Menus for Other Camera Settings 1 r (Settings 1) 2 s (Settings 2) FORMAT MEMORY FORMAT/ s (Monitor) ................ p. 42 BACKUP FORMAT ...................
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Names Names of of P Par arts ts Camera unit 1 Strap eyelet ....................p. 9 4 2 Multi-connector 5 .................. p. 14, 16, 43, 46 1 3 Battery/card compartment 6 cover ........................... p. 12 4 Self-timer lamp .............p. 31 5 Flash ............................. p. 30 7 6 Microphone ............. p. 36, 37 7 Lens ........................ p. 58, 72 8 Tripod socket 9 Speaker 8 2 3 9 FE-4050 4 5 7 1 6 2 8 3 8 EN
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1 n button ........ p. 17, 19 1 2 Indicator lamp ... p. 13, 14, 16 2 3 Shutter button ...............p. 20 4 Monitor ...................p. 19, 53 3 5 m button .................. p. 5 6 6 Zoom buttons ...............p. 21 7 q button (switch between shooting 7 and playback) ....... p. 20, 22 8 H button (OK) ......... p. 4, 17 4 8 9 Arrow pad .......................p. 3 INFO button 9 (change information 5 display) ................. p. 22, 25 D button (erase) .......... p. 24 10 10 E button (men
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Monitor Shooting mode display Shooting mode display 1 2 1 Battery check ................ p. 16 13 World time .................... p. 45 2 Shooting mode ....... p. 19, 26 14 Digital image stabilization P P 3 Flash ............................. p. 30 (movies) ...................... p. 35 19 3 Flash standby/fl ash charge 15 Compression 4 .................................... p. 53 (still images)................ p. 34 5 18 0.0 0.0 6 P P 4 Macro ...........................p. 30 16 Number of storable
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Playback mode display Playback mode display 1 Battery check ................ p. 16 ● Normal display 2 Print reservation/number of 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 4 6 prints ...................p. 50/p. 49 3 Protect .......................... p. 39 10 10 4/30 4/30 4 Adding sound ......... p. 36, 37 5 Current memory ........... p. 60 6 Frame number/ total number of images (still images)................ p. 22 17 Elapsed time/ 00:12 00:12//00:34 00:34 ’10/10/26 ’10/10/26 1 12:30 2:30 15 total recording time Still i
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Pr Preparing the Camer eparing the Camera a Inserting the battery and the SD/SDHC Insert the battery while sliding the battery lock knob in the direction of the arrow. memory card (sold separately) Slide the battery lock knob in the direction of the Always use SD/SDHC memory cards with this arrow to unlock, and then remove the battery. camera. Do not insert any other types of memory Turn off the camera before opening the battery/card card. compartment cover. When using the camera, be su
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T To remove the SD/SDHC memory card o remove the SD/SDHC memory card W Windows indows Insert the supplied CD in a CD-ROM drive. 12 1 Windows XP ● A “Setup” dialog will be displayed. Windows Vista/Windows 7 ● An Autorun dialog will be displayed. Click “OLYMPUS Setup” to display the “Setup” dialog. Press the card in until it clicks and comes out slightly, then grab the card and pull it out. Charging the battery and setting up using the supplied CD Connect the camera to the computer to charge
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Connecting the camera Connecting the camera OLYMPUS Viewer 2 Operating Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or later) / FE-5050 FE-4050 System Windows Vista / Windows 7 Processor Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or better 1 GB or more (2 GB or more RAM recommended) Free Hard 1 GB or more Indicator lamp Drive Space Multi-connector 1024 × 768 pixels or more Monitor Minimum 65,536 colors Settings (16,770,000 colors recommended) ib USB cable (supplied) Operating Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or later) / System Windows Vis
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Macintosh Macintosh Install OLYMPUS Viewer 2. 2 ● Check the system requirements before beginning Insert the supplied CD in a CD-ROM drive. 1 installation. ● Double-click the CD (OLYMPUS Setup) icon on ● Click the “OLYMPUS Viewer 2” button and follow the desktop. the on-screen instructions to install the software. ● Double-click the “Setup” icon to display the “Setup” dialog. OLYMPUS Viewer 2 Operating Mac OS X v10.4.11–v10.6 System Processor Intel Core Solo/Duo 1.5 GHz or better 1 GB or m
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The included USB-AC adapter has been designed to FE-5050 FE-4050 2 be used only for charging. Make sure that operations such as shooting, viewing images and so on are not being used while the USB-AC adapter is connected to the camera. Indicator lamp Example: USB-AC adapter with an Example: USB-AC adapter with an AC AC On: Charging cable cable Off: Charged 1 The battery is not fully charged at the time of purchase. Before use, be sure to charge the battery until the indicator lamp turns of
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Operation guide Date, time, time zone, and language Operation guides displayed at the bottom of the screen The date and time set here are saved to image fi le names, indicate that the m button, H button, or zoom buttons date prints, and other data. You can also choose the should be used. language for the menus and messages displayed in the monitor. RESET COMPRESSION NORMAL Press the n button to turn on the 1 AF MODE FACE/iESP camera. 1 DIGITAL ZOOM OFF 2 ICON GUIDE ON ● The date and time set
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Press I to save the setting for [Y]. 3 X Y M D TIME -- -- -- -- -- Y/M/D 2010. . : MENU CANCEL As in Steps 2 and 3, use FGHI and the 4 H button to set [M] (month), [D] (day), [TIME] (hours and minutes), and [Y/M/D] (date order). For a more accurate setting, press the H button when the time signal hits 00 seconds while setting the minutes. To change the date and time, adjust the setting from the menu. [X] (Date/time) (p. 44) Use HI to select your home time zone and 5 press the H button
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Shooting, V Shooting, Viewing, iewing, and Er and Erasing asing Shooting with the optimum aperture Current shooting mode display value and shutter speed PROGRAM AUTO PROGRAM AUTO P P [PROGRAM AUTO] In this mode, automatic shooting settings are activated while also allowing changes to a wide range of 0.0 0.0 WB WB other shooting menu functions, such as exposure AUT AUTO O ISO ISO compensation, white balance, etc. as needed. AUT AUTO O 14M 4 4 Press the n button to turn on the 1 camera. Pr
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Shooting movies [MOVIE] Press the shutter button halfway down to 3 focus on the subject. Press the H button to display the function ● When the camera focuses on the subject, the 1 exposure is locked (shutter speed and aperture menu screen. value are displayed), and the AF target mark PROGRAM AUTO PROGRAM AUTO P P changes to green. ● The camera was unable to focus if the AF target mark fl ashes red. Try focusing again. 0.0 0.0 AF target mark WB WB AUT AUTO O ISO ISO AUT AUTO O P P 14M 4 4 U
