Olympus u 700 manual

DIGITAL CAMERA Detailed explanations of all the functions including camera buttons and menus are provided. Use them accor ding to your purpose. Advanced Manual Thank you for purchasing an Olympus digit al camera. Before you start to use your new camera, please read these instr uctions carefull y to enjoy optimum performance and a longer service lif[...]

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3 Contents How to use this manual ..... ............................................................... ........... 2 Contents ................................................. ..................................................... 3 POWER bu tton .................... ....... ........ Turni ng the camera on and o ff 8 Shutter bu tton ..... .........[...]

4 RESET ..... ..... Change the shooting funct ions ba ck to default settings 20 s (Scene ) ..... Shooti ng pictu res by sele cting a scene acc ording t o the si tuation 20 CAMERA MENU .... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ... 21 WB ........... ........... .......... ........... .... Adjusting the colo[...]

5 SETUP menu s ........... .......... ....... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... .......... 33 MEMORY FORMAT (FORMAT) Formatting t he inter nal memory or c ard 33 BACKUP .....Copying picture s in the i nternal me mory to the card 33 W ........ ........... .......... ........... ...... Sele cting a d isplay languag e 34 PW ON [...]

6 Flow ...... .......... ........... ....... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... ....... .......... ... 48 Using OLYM PUS Master ......... .......... ....... ........... ........... .......... ........... ...... 48 What is OL YMPUS Ma ster? .............. ........... ........... .......... ........... ...... 48 Install t he OL[...]

7 Selectin g the o ptimal rec ord mod e ............. ....... .......... ........... ...... 66 To return the set tings of function s to d efault se ttings............. ...... 66 Confirmi ng the exposure when th e monit or is diffi cult to see outd oors ... 66 Playbac k help................ ........... ....... ........... .......... ........... ....[...]

8 Button ope rations 1 1 Butto n oper atio ns Button operations Shooti ng still pi ctures 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 all the w ay (fully) to shoot a picture. Locking the fo cus and then compo[...]

9 Button operati ons 1 Recording movies Set the mode dial to n , and lightly press the shutter button to lock the focus, and then press the shutte r button fully to star t recording. Press the shutter button again to stop recording . Set the mode dial to the desir ed shoo ting or playback mode. The camera determines the o ptimum settings and shoots[...]

10 Button ope rations 1 The last picture taken is displayed. • Press the arrow pa d ( 1243 ) to view other pictures. • Use the zoom button to switch amo ng close-up p layback, index display and calendar display. g Movie playback “MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies” (P. 25) Use the arrow pad to select scenes, pl ayback pictu re, and the items on[...]

11 Button operati ons 1 Displays the top menu. Shootin g mode: Zoo ming in on your subject 6 m button ( MENU) 7 Zoom butto n Zooming while shooti ng/close-up playback P P P WB AUTO ISO AUTO o h őİłŖŕŐ őİłŖŕŐ ESP 12 : Select a setting, and press o . 1 2 Func tion me nu : Select the setting items. 4 4 4 3072 30 72 × 2304 23 04 HQ HQ 4 4 [...]

12 Button ope rations 1 Playback mode: Switching the picture display P ʼnŒ ʼnŒ Ĵıĸij Ĵıĸij ȿ ijĴıĵ ijĴıĵ [ IN I N ] 4 4 [ ] a 8 Self- time r Flash mode Macro mode/ Super ma cro mode 7 9 0 IJ ij ĵ [ IN I N ] Ĵ - - - - IJijĻĴı IJijĻĴı ĨıķįıĴįijķ Ĩ ı ķ į ı Ĵ į ij ķ IJııĮıııĵ IJııĮıııĵ ĵ ʼnŒ ʼnŒ [[...]

13 Button operati ons 1 Press the 3 # button in shooting mode to select the flash mode. Press o for setting. Press the 4 & button in shooting mode to select the macro mode. Press o for setting. Press the 2 Y button in shooting mode to select on and off of the self-timer. Press o for setting. • The self-timer lamp lights for appr oximately 10 [...]

14 Button ope rations 1 In playback mode, select the pictur e you want to erase, and press the S button. • Once erased, pictures cannot be rest ored. Check each pictur e before erasing to avoid accidentally erasing pictures yo u want to keep. g “ 0 Protecting pictures” (P. 28) Display a picture to print out in playback mode, and press the <[...]

15 Button operati ons 1 Changing the in fo rmation displa ys Press the d button to change the display in the followin g order. *1 Not displayed i n case of n . *2 Not displayed when the mo de is set [OFF] in the menu. g “ u Display the histogram” (P. 38) “FRAME ASSIST Display the frame assist/Decide the type” (P. 38) Displaying the me nu gu[...]

16 Menu operat ions 2 2 Menu ope rations Menu operations 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 , pre ss the m button to display the shooting guide screen. About the menus 2 Arrow pad ( 1243 ) Mode Dial MENU button o Shooting modes Playback [...]

17 Menu operat ions 2 Use the arrow pad ( 1243 ) and o to set menu items. This explains how to use the menus w i th the [AF MODE] setting as an example. Using the menus 1 Press the m button t o display the t op menu, and then press o . • [AF MODE] is o n a menu in [CAMERA ME NU]. Pr ess o . • To dis play ot her menus , use the arrow pa d ( 1243[...]

18 Menu operat ions 2 3 Press 12 to select a se tting, and press o . • Select the [AF MODE] from [iESP] and [SP OT] and th en press o . • The menu item is set and the previo us menu is d isplayed . OK SET MENU BACK ij IJ C A M E R A M E N U AF MODE R P ANORAMA SPOT ŪņőŔ o o IJ ij OK SET MENU BACK C A M E R A M E N U WB AUTO ISO AUTO DIGIT A[...]

19 Menu operat ions 2 g “SETUP menus” (P. 33) • Some functions are not available according to the selected mode. g “Functions available in s hooting modes and scenes” (P. 71) • The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ). Still picture ima ge quality a nd their app lications Movie image quality Shooting mode menu K h s n 1 IM[...]

20 Menu operat ions 2 Restore shooting functions back to default settings. The mode dial has to be set to K (P or AUTO) in order to restor e default settings. Functi ons for returnin g the setting s to the original when the reset function is executed The scene selection screen displays sample images and the shooting mode to best suit the sit uation[...]

21 Menu operat ions 2 [ e Shoot & Select1] / [ f Shoot & Select2] • Press and hold the shutter button to shoo t pictures. After shooting pictures, select the ones you want to erase, put the R to them, a nd press S button to erase them. 4 CAMERA MENU WB ......... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... . Adjust[...]

22 Menu operations 2 You can take a sequence of pictures at one time while holding down the shutter button. The camera will take pictures in seque nce until you release the shutter button. • In speed sequential shooting, [IMAGE QUALITY] will be limited to below [2048 × 1536]. The digital zoom can be used to take cl ose- up shots with stronger ma[...]

23 Menu operat ions 2 Recording starts about 0.5 seconds after the shutter button is released and la sts about 4 seconds. When recording , aim the camera micr ophone at the source of the sound you want to record. Panorama shooting lets you create a panoramic picture, using the OLYMPUS Master software from the provided CD-RO M. An Olympus xD-Picture[...]

24 Menu operat ions 2 g “SETUP menus” (P. 33) • The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ). • Set [BGM] to [ON] or [OFF]. • Select the transition effect between pictures from [TYPE]. • Only the first frame of each movie is displayed. • After setting [BGM] and [TYPE], press o to start the slideshow. •P r e s s o or m butt[...]

25 Menu operat ions 2 Select [MOVIE PLAY] from the top menu, and press o to play back the movie. Another option is to select a picture with t he movie icon ( n ), and press o to play back the movie. Operations during movie playback •P r e s s o to pause the playback. Operat ions du ring pause • To resume th e movie, press o . • To cancel the [...]

26 Menu operat ions 2 This function lets you play back t he pictures in a calendar format by the date of recording. g “Zoom button Zooming while s hooting/close-up pl ayback” (P. 11) This function lets you view the pictures in 9 frames at th e same time. g “Zoom button Zooming while s hooting/clo se-up playback” (P. 11) This function lets y[...]

27 Menu operat ions 2 This fun ction lets yo u select th e titl e, synthe size the ti tle and the pictu re, and s tore it as a new pictur e. • Select the picture with 43 , and press o . • Select the title with 43 , and press o . Press 12 to turn the title 90 degrees clockwise a nd 90 degrees counterclockwise. • Press the arrow pad ( 1243 ) or[...]

28 Menu operat ions 2 This function allows you to save printing data (the number of pr ints and the date and time information) with the picture s stored on the card. g “Print settings (DPOF)” (P. 45) Protected pictures cannot be er ased, but they are all erased by formatting. • Select the picture with 43 , and protect it by selecting [ON] wit[...]

29 Menu operat ions 2 Pictures recorded to t he card can be organized by sorting them into albums. Pictures stored in the int ernal memory cannot be entered in albums. g “Album playback menus” (P. 31) ALBUM ENTRY ...... ................. .............. ................. Adding pictures t o an album ŔŖŏ ŔŖŏ ŎŐŏ ŎŐŏ ijııķ ijı ıķ[...]

30 Menu operat ions 2 Protected pictures cannot be erased. C ancel protection before e rasing such pictures. Once erased, pictures cannot be restored. Ch eck each picture before erasing to avoid accid entally er asing pictures you wa nt to keep. • When erasing the picture in the intern al memory, do not insert the ca rd into the camera. • When [...]

31 Menu operat ions 2 • A card is requir ed. g “SLIDESHOW Playing back pictures automatica lly” (P. 24) “MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies” (P. 25) “Print settings (DPOF)” (P. 45) “SETUP menus” (P. 33) “ERASE Erase selected pictures/Erase all pictures (P. 30) To switch albums, select the desired album from [SEL. ALBUM]. g “ALBUM [...]

32 Menu operat ions 2 Even if a picture is removed from an alb um, the picture remains in the card. You can change the jacket (first fra me in the album) to be displayed on the album selection scr een. Other album menus g “ 0 Protecting pictures” (P. 28) “ y Rotating pictures” (P. 28) 2 PLAYBACK MENU UNDO ENTRY ..... ..................... .[...]

33 Menu operat ions 2 All existing data, including protected pi ctures, are erased when the inter nal memory or card is formatted. Make sur e that you save or transfer important data to a computer before formatting the card. • Make sure there is no card inserted in the camera when formattin g the internal memory. • When the internal memor y is [...]

34 Menu operat ions 2 You can select a language for on-screen display. Avail able languages vary depending on the area where you pur chased this camera. You can add other lan guages to your camera with the provided OLYMPUS Master software. You can select the volume level and the picture displayed w hen the camera is turned on. If [SCREEN] is set to[...]

35 Menu operat ions 2 File names and their folder names for recor ded pictures are automatically generated by the camera. File names and folder names respectively include file numbers (0001 to 9999) and folder names (100 to 999), and are named as follows. The pixel mapping feature allows the camera to check and adjust the CCD and image processing f[...]

36 Menu operat ions 2 The date and time is saved with eac h image, and is used in the file name. • The first two digits of the year are fixed. • The time is displayed in the 24-hour format. • For a more accurate setting, press o when the time signa l hits 00 seconds. • The date format is the same as that set with [ X ]. • The first two di[...]

37 Menu operat ions 2 • When [ X ] has not been set, [ALARM CLOCK] is n ot available. • When [DUALTIME] is set to [ON], the alarm sou nds according to the dua l time date and time setting. Setting an alarm • Select [ONE TIME] or [DAILY], and set the alarm time. • You can set snooze ( alarm intervals) or alarm sounds and volume. Operating, s[...]

38 Menu operat ions 2 The factory default settings differ according to the regio n where the camera is sold. To play back camera images on a TV, set the video output accordin g to your TV’s video signal type. • TV video signal types by count ry/regi on Check the video signal type before connecting the camera to the TV. NTSC: North America, Taiw[...]

39 Printing pict ures 3 3 Printing picture s Printing pictures You can print out the pictures you have taken. If you print the pictures at home, you can either connect the camera directly to the printer or you can connect the camera to a computer and download the pictures to the computer first. If you go to a photo store, it is a good idea to store[...]

40 Printing p ictures 3 By connecting the camera to a PictBridge- compatible printer, you can pr int out pictures directly. Select the pictures you want to pr int and the number of pr ints on the camera’s monitor. To find out if your printer is compatible with PictBridge, re fer to the printer’s instruction manual. What is PictBridge? A standar[...]

41 Printing pict ures 3 3 Press < button. • Printing starts. • When printing is finished, the pictur e selection screen is displayed. To p rint another picture, press 43 to select a picture, and press < button. • When you are finished , disconnect the USB cable from the camera with the picture selection screen displayed. 4 Remove the US[...]

42 Printing p ictures 3 1 Display the screen being indicated on the right a ccording to the procedu re 1 and 2 in P. 40, and press o . 2 Select [CUSTOM PRINT], and press o . 3 Make the print settin gs according to the operat ion guide. Other pri nt modes and pri n t settings (CUSTOM PRINT) Selecting the picture to print (availa ble only when a card[...]

43 Printing pict ures 3 Note • If the [PRI NTPAPER] s creen is not displaye d, [SIZ E], [BORDE RLESS] and [PICS/ SHEET] a re set to [S TANDARD]. Press 43 to select the picture you want to print. You can also use the zoo m button and select a pictu re from the index display. 4 Select [OK], and press o . • Printing starts. • When printing is fi[...]

44 Printing p ictures 3 To cancel printing 5 In the [PRINT MODE SELECT] scre en, press m butto n. • A message is displayed. 6 Disconnect the USB cable from the camera. • The camera turns off. 7 Disconnect th e USB cable fro m the printer. OK CANCEL TRANSFERRING Screen durin g data tr ansfer OK ŜŊŏŞ SET PRINT CONTINUE CANCEL Press o Select [[...]

45 Printing pict ures 3 Print reservation allows you to save printing data ( the number of prints and the date and time informatio n) with the pictures stored on the card. Pictures with prin t reservations can be printed using the following pr ocedures. Printing using a DPOF-compati ble photo store. You can print the pictures using the pr int reser[...]

46 Printing p ictures 3 Follow the operatio n guide to make a print reservat ion for a selected picture. 1 Press the m button in the play back mode and disp lay the top menu. 2 Select [PR INT O RDER] [ < ], and press o . • Playing back the album:Top menu [PRINT ORDER] [ < ] 3 Press 43 to select the frames for print reservatio ns, and the n [...]

47 Printing pict ures 3 3 Select the date and time setting, and p ress o . NO The pi ctures are pr inted without the date and time. DATE All pictur es are printe d with the shootin g date . TIME Al l pictures are printed wi th the sh ooting time. 4 Select [SET], and press o . You can reset all the print reservation data or just for sele cted pictur[...]

48 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 4 Conne cting the c amera t o a com puter Connecting the camera to a computer Using the USB cable provided w ith your camera, you can connect the camera and computer and download (transfer) the images to your computer using the OLYMPUS Master software, a lso provided with the camera. OLYMPUS Master is appli[...]

49 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 Before installing the OLYMPUS Master software, please confir m that your computer is compatible with the following system req uirements. For newer operating systems, please refer t o the Olympus web site as shown on the back cover of this manual. Operating enviro nment Windows OS Windows 98SE/Me/2000 Profes[...]

50 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 Window s 1 Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. • The OLYMPUS Master setup screen is displayed. • If the screen is not displayed, do uble-click the “My Computer” ico n and click the CD- ROM icon. 2 Click “OLYMPUS Master”. • The QuickTime installation screen is displayed. • QuickTime is r[...]

51 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 • A screen asking whether or not yo u want to install Adobe Re ader is displayed. Adobe Reader is r equired to read the OLYMPUS Master instruction manual. If this screen is not displayed, Adobe R eader is already installed on your computer . To install Adobe Reader, click “ OK”. 5 Follow the on-screen[...]

52 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 1 Make sure th e camera is turned off. • The monitor is off. • The lens is retr acted. 2 Connect the multi-connector on the camera to the USB port on the computer using the provided USB cable. • Refer t o your co mputer’s i nstruction man ual to locate the position of the USB port. • The camera tu[...]

53 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 Windows 1 Double-click the “OLYMPUS Master” icon on the desktop. • The main menu is displayed. • When OLYMPUS Master is started up for the first time afte r installation, the “Registration” dialog box is displayed before the main menu. Follow the prompts and fill in the registration form. Macint[...]

54 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 1 Click “Transfe r Images” on the OLYMPUS Master main menu. • The menu for selecting the source is d isplayed. 2 Click “From Camera” . • The window for selecting images is displayed. All the ima ges in the camera are displayed. 3 Select the image files and click “Transfer Images”. • A wind[...]

55 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 2 Make the following preparatio ns for disconne cting the USB cable. Windows 98SE 1 Double -clic k the “ My Comput er” ic on and r ight- click the “Remova ble Disk” icon to displa y the menu. 2 Click “Eject” on the menu . Windows Me/2000/XP 1 Click t he “U nplug or Eject H ardware ” icon in [...]

56 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 1 Click “Browse Images” on the OLYMPUS Master main menu. • The “Browse” window is displayed. 2 Double-c lick the still picture thumbnail tha t you want to vi ew. • The camera switches to view mode an d the picture is enlarged. • To return to the main menu, click “Menu” in the “Browse” [...]

57 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 Pictures can be printed from the photo, index, postcar d and calendar menus. The explanation below uses the photo menu. 1 Click “Print Images at Home” on the OLYMPUS Master main menu. • The print menu is displayed. 2 Click “Photo” . • The “Photo Print” windo w is displayed. 3 Click “Settin[...]

58 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 7 Click “Print”. • Printing starts. • To return to the main menu, click “Menu” in the “Pho to Print” window. This camera is compatible with USB mass storage. You can connect the camer a to your computer using the USB cable provided with the camera to download and save images without using OL[...]

59 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 5 G etting to k now your camera b etter Getting to know your camera better The battery is not fully charged • Charg e the bat tery with the char ger. The battery is temp orarily unable to fu nction becau se of the cold • Batter y perfo rmance dec lines in low t emperat ures, and th e charge may not be s[...]

60 Getting to know your camera better 5 The camera has been u sed in the same conditions fr om the time of purchase • No date and time h ave been se t for the ca mera at t he time of pu rchas e. Set the date and time b efore us ing the camera. g “ X Setti ng the da te and time” (P . 36) The battery has been pulled out of t he camera. • The [...]

61 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 • Under ce rtain types o f conditi o ns, it is d ifficult to focu s using auto focus. The green l amp on the moni tor li ghts, allowing you to che ck if the fo cus is locked . In th ese case s, foc us (foc us lock ) on an o bject with high contra st at t he same distan ce as th e intende d subjec t, reco [...]

62 Getting to know your camera better 5 The flash fires automatically when there is in sufficient light. If the subject is too far away, the flash may have no effect. Here is how to take pictures without the flash in this type of situation. Set the camera to h mode • Because the sensitivity of the CCD inc reases automatic ally, you can hold the c[...]

63 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 • Take pic tures wit h K in s mode. Suit able fo r taking p ictur es on a sun ny day at th e beach or in the sn ow. g “ s Shoot pict ures by select ing a scen e accord ing to th e situa tion” (P. 9) • Ofte n, bright subject s (such a s snow) turn ou t dark er than th eir nat ural color s. Adjust [ F[...]

64 Getting to know your camera better 5 Number of storable still p ictures and recordin g length of movies Still pictures Movie • If you use a no n-Olym pus card or a card used fo r anothe r applic ation, suc h as for a computer, the message [ CARD ERROR] is displa yed. To use this card with th is camer a, use th e [FORMAT] fun c tion t o format [...]

65 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 This camera uses several lamps to in dicate the camera status. • Perfor ming any o f the fol lowing op erati ons when no t actuall y takin g picture s can depl ete the bat tery po wer. • Repea tedly pr essing the shut ter butt on halfw ay • Repea tedly us ing the zoom • To sav e batter y powe r, tur[...]

66 Getting to know your camera better 5 A record mode expresses a combinati on of desired image size and compression level. Use the following examples to help deter mine the optimal reco rd mode when shooting. To print large images on full-size pape r/To edit and process images on a computer • [SHQ] or [HQ] To print postcard -size images •[ S Q[...]

67 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 • When a card has be en inserted i n the camera, t he picture in the i n terna l memory can not be pl ayed back . Pull out the card before o perati ng the camera. • Play back a pict ure, an d press the d bu tton. Press the d button re peatedl y to ch ange t he amou nt of info rmation displa yed. g “ d[...]

68 Getting to know your camera better 5 The size of the picture displayed on a computer screen changes depending on the computer settings. When the monitor setting is 1,024 × 768 and you are using Internet Explorer to view a picture with an image size of 2,048 × 1,536 at 100%, the entire picture cannot be viewed without scrolling . There are seve[...]

69 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 When you get an e rror message on the camera... Monitor indic ation Possib le cause Correc tive ac tion q CARD ERROR There is a pr oblem with the card . This car d cannot be used. I nsert a new card. q WRIT E- PROTECT Writing to the card is prohi bited. The recor ded imag e has been protec ted (read- only) [...]

70 Getting to know your camera better 5 This car d cannot be used in this ca mera. Or , the car d is not format ted. Format t he card or re place. • Select [POWER OFF] and press o . Insert a new card. • Select [FOR MAT] [YES] and press o . All data on the card is e rased. There i s an error in the internal memory. Select [MEMORY FORMAT] [YES] a[...]

71 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 Some functions cannot be set in certain shooting modes. For more details, refer to the table below . Grayed out areas ( ) in the s column indicate that to enable the shooting scene in s mode, there a re restrictions to the functions that can be set. g “Functions with restrictions in shooting scenes” (P.[...]

72 Getting to know your camera better 5 Functions with restrict ions in shooting scenes *1 [ % ] is no t availab le. *2 Only the pict ure qual ity belo w [204 8 x 1536] is av ailab le. *3 The p icture quality is fixe d to [640 x48 0]. *4 AF lock is on. VIDEO OUT 99999 u 9999 — FRAME ASSI ST 9999 — Scene Functi on B C g V F D G U N W c RS X j P [...]

73 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 Aperture The adjustable lens opening which contr ols the amount of light that enters t he camera. The larger the aperture, the shorter the dep th of field and the fuzzier the background. Th e smaller the aper ture, the greater the depth of field and the sharper the back ground. Larger aperture v alues indic[...]

74 Getting to know your camera better 5 ISO A method for indic ating film speed by the International Organization fo r Standardization (ISO) (ex.gISO1 00h). Higher ISO values indica te greater sensitivity to light, so images can be expo sed even in low-lig ht conditions. JPEG (Jo int Phot ographic Experts Group) A compression fo rmat for still imag[...]

75 Miscell aneous 6 6 Miscell aneou s Miscellaneous Exterior: • Wipe ge ntly wit h a soft cloth. I f the c amera is very di rty, soak the cl oth in mil d soapy water an d wring well. Wipe t he camera with the damp clo th and the n dry it wi th a dry clot h. If you ha ve used th e camera at the beac h, use a cl oth soa ked in cl ean water and wrun[...]

76 Miscellaneou s 6 ( This came ra uses one Olymp u s lith ium ion b attery. No other type of batteries can be used . ( Power co nsumpti on by the came ra vari es depend ing on whi ch func tions a re used. ( Durin g the cond itions d escrib ed below, po wer is con sumed c ontinuou sly and t he batter y becomes e xhaust ed quick ly. • The zoom is [...]

77 Miscell aneous 6 Pictures can be recorded on the optional car d. The internal memory and card are th e camera’s media for recording pictur es, similar to film in a film camera. Pictures recorded to the int ernal memory or card can be easily erased on the camera or proc essed us ing a co mputer . Unlike portable stor age media, the interna l me[...]

78 Miscellaneou s 6 1 Turn off the camera 2 Open the batte ry compartmen t/card cover. Inserting the card 3 Orient the ca rd as shown, and insert it into the card slot as shown in the il lustration. • Insert the card straight in. • Insert the card until it clicks into place. Removin g the card 3 Push the ca rd all the wa y in and release slowly[...]

79 Miscell aneous 6 Note • The ca rd access lamp blinks while th e camera is readin g the imag es. Readi ng of ima ges may ta ke some time. Do not open the battery compartme nt/ card cove r while the card acce ss lamp is blinki ng. Doing so ma y damage th e data in the inter nal memory or the card and r ender the i nternal me mory or car d unus a[...]

80 Miscellaneou s 6 • T o prote ct the high-pr ecision tech nology cont ained in th is produc t, never le ave the camera in the place s listed b elow , no matte r if in use o r storage: • Plac es where tempe ratur es and/o r humidity are high or go thro ugh extr eme changes . Dire ct sunl ight, b eaches, lock ed ca rs, or near o ther h eat sou [...]

81 Miscell aneous 6 • Do not pu sh the monito r forcibl y; othe rwise th e image may be come vague , resulti ng in a playback mode failure or damage to the mon itor . • A stri p of light may appear on the to p/bo ttom of t he monit or , but this is not a malfunct ion. • When a sub ject is vi ewed dia gonall y in the camer a, the e dges may ap[...]

82 Miscellaneou s 6 Unautho rized phot ograph ing or us e of copyr ighte d materi al may viol ate appl icable copyri ght laws. Ol ympus assumes no respons ibility f or unaut horize d photog raphin g, use or other acts that infr inge upon t he ri ghts o f c opyrig ht own ers. All ri ghts rese rved. No par t of the se written materials or th is softw[...]

83 Index ! Red-eye re ductio n flash . . . . . 13 # Fill-in flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 $ Flash off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 % Super macro mode . . . . . . . . . . 13 & Macro mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 < butt on (pri nt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1 F button (e xposur e compensa tion) . . . . . .[...]

84 F FADER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 FILE NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 File name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Flash ch arge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Fluore scent lamp 1/ 2/3 wxy . . .[...]

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