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DIGITAL CAMERA
SZ-30MR
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 products, Olympus reserves the right to update or modify
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Step Checking the contents of the box 1 or Digital camera Strap Lithium Ion USB cable AV cable USB-AC adapter (F-2AC) OLYMPUS Setup Battery CD-ROM (LI-50B) 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. 13) “Shooting, Playback, and Erasing” (p. 19) Step How to Use the Camera Step Printing 4 5 “Camera Settings” (p. 3) “Direct printing (PictBridge)” (p. 56)
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Camera Settings Using the dial and the direct buttons Using the dial and the direct buttons Frequently used functions can be accessed using the direct buttons. Mode dial Changing the shooting mode (p. 25) Zoom lever (p. 20, 24) Shutter button (p. 19, 61) R button (record movies) (p. 20) q button (switching between shooting and playback) (p. 20, 22, 50) m button (p. 6) E button (menu guide) (p. 24) EN 3
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Operation guide The symbols FGHI displayed for image selections Wheel controller and settings indicate that the wheel controller is to F (up) / be used by pressing, not turning, the wheel controller INFO button (changing information sections shown on the right. display) (p. 21, 24) 4/30 4/30 X Y M D Time 5 M N NORM ORM 2011.02. 26 00:00 Y/M/D Y/M/D FILE 100 100 0004 0004 ’11/02/26 ’11/02/26 0 00:00 0:00 H (left) I (right) Print OK Single Print More Cancel MENU Set OK Operation guides displaye
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Using the Menu Using the Menu Use the menu to change camera settings. There may be menus that are unavailable depending on other related settings or the shooting mode. Function menu Function menu Press H during shooting to display the function menu. The function menu provides access to frequently used shooting settings. Selected option Flash Auto Flash Auto P P 0.0 0.0 WB WB Function menu AUT AUTO O ISO ISO AUT AUTO O 00:34 00:34 16M 4 4 NORM Shooting Setup menu To select the function menu Use
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S Setup menu etup 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 A button. ● The setup menu is displayed. ● Once a setting is selected, the display returns to 1 Reset Reset the previous screen. 2 Image Size 16M Compression Norm
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Menu Index Menus for Shooting Functions 1 Flash Auto Flash Auto 2 P P 3 4 0.0 0.0 5 WB WB 6 AUT AUTO O ISO ISO 7 AUT AUTO O 8 00:34 00:34 16M 4 4 NORM 9 Portrait Portrait 1 1 0 Reset Reset 2 Image Size 14M 1 Image Stabilizer On Compression Normal 2 AF Illuminat. 1 Image Size 720p Shadow Adjust Auto Rec View On 0.0 0.0 1 2 Image Quality Normal AF Mode Face/iESP WB WB On Pic Orientation AUT AUTO O 2 Is Movie Mode Off ESP/ ESP 1 Icon Guide On R On 3 Digital Zoom Off 00:34 00:34 2 Date Stamp 1 4 4
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Menus for Playback, Editing, and Printing Functions 1 q (Playback) 1 Slideshow Slideshow ..................... p. 44 2 Photo Surfing Photo Surfi ng ................ p. 44 Edit Edit ............................... p. 45 1 Erase Erase ............................ p. 47 1 Print Order Print Order .................... p. 48 2 R R (Protect) .................... p. 48 y (Rotate).................... p. 48 3 y Exit MENU Set OK Menus for Other Camera Settings 1 r (Settings 1) Pixel Mapping ............
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N Names of ames of P Pa ar rt ts s Camera unit 1 n button .......p. 17, 19 10 2 Strap eyelet .................p. 10 11 3 Shutter button ........p. 19, 61 1 4 Zoom lever .............p. 20, 24 5 Connector cover ....p. 14, 16 2 6 Multi-connector 3 ..................p. 14, 16, 53, 56 7 HDMI micro connector 4 ....................................p. 53 12 8 Battery/card compartment 13 14 lock .............................p. 13 13 9 Battery/card compartment cover ...........................p. 13 10
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1 Speaker 2 Flash switch .................p. 32 3 Monitor .......p. 11, 19, 52, 61 4 R button (record movies) 3 ....................................p. 20 5 q button (switching between shooting and playback) 1 4 ........................p. 20, 22, 50 5 2 6 m button..............p. 3, 6 6 7 A button (OK) ...............p. 4 7 8 Wheel controller .............p. 4 8 INFO button (changing information display) 9 ..............................p. 21, 24 D button (erase) .........p. 23 9 E button (m
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Monitor Shooting mode display Shooting mode display 1 2 1 Shooting mode .......p. 19, 25 15 Shadow Adjustment 2 Battery check ..........p. 16, 62 Technology..................p. 41 P P 3 3 Flash .............................p. 32 16 Compression (still images) 25 4 Flash standby/fl ash charge ..............................p. 40, 69 5 24 0.0 0.0 ....................................p. 61 17 Image size (still images) 6 WB WB 23 AUT AUT P P O O 7 4 Macro/super macro ......p. 32 ......................
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Playback mode display Playback mode display 1 Battery check ..........p. 16, 62 ● Standard display 2 Grouped image .............p. 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 1 3 Photo with movie clip ....p. 37 4 3D image ......................p. 36 3D 3D 10 10 4/30 4/30 5 Print reservation/number of prints ...........................p. 59 6 Eye-Fi transferred .........p. 49 11 7 Protect ..........................p. 48 8 Adding sound .........p. 43, 45 00:12 00:12//00:34 00:34 10 9 Current memory ...........p. 68 ’
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Pr Preparing the Camer eparing the Camera a Inserting the battery Turn off the camera before opening the battery/card compartment cover. When using the camera, be sure to close the battery/ Battery/card Battery/card 1 2 2 compartment cover compartment cover card compartment cover. 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 Battery/card compartment lock Battery/card compartment lock 2 Charging the battery and setting up using the supplied CD Connect the camera to the computer to charge the battery and use the supplied C
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W Wiindows ndows C Connecting the camera onnecting the camera Insert the supplied CD in a CD-ROM drive. 1 Indicator lamp Windows XP ● A “Setup” dialog will be displayed. Windows Vista/Windows 7 ● An Autorun dialog will be displayed. Click “OLYMPUS Multi-connector Setup” to display the “Setup” dialog. USB cable (supplied) Connector cover Computer (on and running) If the “Setup” dialog is not displayed, select “My Computer” (Windows XP) or “Computer” (Windows Vista/Windows 7) from the start
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Macintosh Macintosh OLYMPUS Viewer 2 Insert the supplied CD in a CD-ROM drive. Operating Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or later) / 1 System Windows Vista / Windows 7 ● Double-click the CD (OLYMPUS Setup) icon on the desktop. Processor Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or better ● Double-click the “Setup” icon to display the “Setup” dialog. 1 GB or more (2 GB or more RAM recommended) Free Hard 1 GB or more Drive Space 1024 x 768 pixels or more Monitor Minimum 65,536 colors (16,770,000 Settings colors recommen
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Copy the camera manual. 3 2 ● Click the “Camera Instruction Manual” button to Indicator lamp Indicator lamp open the folder containing the camera manuals. On: Charging On: Charging Of Off: Charged f: Charged Copy the manual for your language to the computer. Charging the battery with the included USB-AC adapter The battery is not fully charged at shipment. Before The included F-2AC USB-AC adapter (hereafter use, be sure to charge the battery until the indicator referred to as USB-AC adapt
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Date, time, time zone, and language As in Steps 2 and 3, use FGHI to set 4 [M] (month), [D] (day), [Time] (hours and The date and time set here are saved to image fi le names, minutes), and [Y/M/D] (date order), and then date prints, and other data. You can also choose the press the A button. language for the menus and messages displa yed in the monitor. For precise time setting, press the A button as the time signal strikes 00 seconds. Press the n button to turn on the 1 To change th
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1 W Write-protect rite-protect switch switch Insert the card straight until it clicks into place. Do not touch the contact area directly. 2 1 1 2 2 “Number of storable pictures (still images)/Continuous recording length (movies) in the internal memory and cards” (p. 69, 70) To remove the card 1 2 Press the card in until it clicks and comes out slightly, then remove the card. 18 EN
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Shooting, Playbac Shooting, Playback, and Er k, and Erasing asing Shooting with the optimum aperture Hold the camera and compose the shot. 3 value and shutter speed (P mode) In this mode, automatic shooting settings are activated Monitor while also allowing changes to a wide range of other shooting menu functions, such as exposure compensation, white balance, etc. as needed. Set the mode dial to K. 1 Horizontal grip Press the n button to turn on the 2 camera. P mode indicator. Vertical g
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The effects of the shooting mode can be used when To take the picture, gently press the shutter 5 shooting movies. When the shooting mode is p, , W button all the way down while being careful s (Beauty), P (Sparkle) or , recording is not to shake the camera. performed in P mode. You can shoot still images during movie recording. P P “Shooting still images while recording a movie” (p.31) Press the R button again to stop recording. 2 Sound will also be recorded. Press fully 1/400 1/400
