Olympus FE-150/X-730 manuel d'utilisation

DIGITAL CAMERA Detailed explanations of all the functions for getting the most o ut of your camera. Advanced Manual Thank you for purchasin g an Olympus digit al camera . Before you start to use your new camera, please read these instr uctions carefully to enjoy opt imum performance and a longer service life. Keep th is manual in a safe pla ce for [...]

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

4 About the menus ... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... .......... 14 Using the men us ............... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... .......... 15 Shooti ng mode me nu ................. ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... .......... 17 IMAGE [...]

5 Direct print ing (PictBrid ge) ..................... ........... .......... ........... .......... .......... 27 Using th e dire ct printin g func tion................... ........... .......... ........... ...... 27 Printing pictur es ............ ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... ...... 27 Other prin t modes a[...]

6 Shooti ng tips and info rmation ............ ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ... 49 Tips befo re you start tak ing pictu res ............. ........... .......... ........... ...... 49 The camer a does not turn on ev en when a batter y is loa ded . .... . 49 No pict ure is t aken when the sh utter bu tton is presse d ....[...]

7 Camera care ....... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ... 62 Battery and cha rger ............. ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... ...... 63 Useful use of the access ories ............ ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ... 64 The c[...]

8 Button operat ions 1 1 Button op erati ons Button operations Shooti ng still picture Set the mode switch to K and lightly press th e shutter button (halfway). The green lamp lights when the focus and exposure are locked (focus lock). Now press the shutter button all the way ( fully) to shoot a picture. Locking the fo cus and then composing the sh[...]

9 Button op erations 1 Set the mode switch to the shooting or pla yback mode. The camera determines the o ptimum settings and shoots the picture. You can select one of shooting modes that most closely matches to the desired shot. g “SCN (Scene) Shooting pictures b y selecting a scene according to the situation” (P.19) Audio is recorded with the[...]

10 Button operat ions 1 Press to set the sett ings. Use the arrow pad to select the playback picture and th e items on the menus. Shooti ng mode: Zoomi ng in on you r subject • The white area of the zoom bar indicates the optical zoom. When the cursor reaches the red area on the zoom bar, the digital zoom is enable d and the picture will be enlar[...]

11 Button op erations 1 Playbac k mode: S witchin g the picture display Press the O F button in shooting mode. Press X / Y to adjust, and press A . Y : Adjusts toward [+]. X : Adjusts toward [–]. 8 O F button Changing pict ure brig htness 2 1 3 4 ’ 06 06 . 02 02 . 16 16 12 12 : 30 30 4 100 100 - 0004 000 4 HQ HQ Close-up pla yback • If you pr[...]

12 Button operat ions 1 Press the X & button repeat edly in shooting mo de. Press A to set. Press the N Y button repeatedly in shooting mode. Press A to set. • The self-timer lamp lights for approximately 10 secon ds, blinks for approximately 2 seconds, and then the picture is t aken. • Press the N Y button to cancel the self-timer. • Sel[...]

13 Button op erations 1 In playback mode, select a picture you want to print , and press the < button. g “Direct pr inting (PictBridge)” (P.27) In playback mode, select the picture yo u want to erase, and press the S button. In shooting mode, you can also erase any picture by pressing S button. • Once erased, pictur es cannot be restor ed.[...]

14 Menu operations 2 G 2 Menu operati ons Menu operations Press the MENU button to display the top menu. The menus on the top menu are changed by the modes. When the mode swit ch is set to K or n . About the menus 2 Arrow pad ( O / N / X / Y ), A MENU button OK EXIT MENU SCN S C N PANORAMA P A N O R A M A SETUP SETUP RESET RESET IMAGE I M A G E QUA[...]

15 Menu operations 2 Use the arrow pad and A to set menu items. This explains how to use the menus wi th th e [VIDEO OUT] setting as an example. Using the menus 1 2 SETUP SETUP VOLUME PIXEL MAPPING VIDEO OUT X OK SET MENU BACK '06.01.01 00:00 NTSC LOW SCN S C N PANORAMA P A N O R A M A SETUP SETUP RESET RESET IMAGE I M A G E QUALITY Q U A L I [...]

16 Menu operations 2 3 Press O / N to select a setting, an d press A . • Select t he vide o sign al [NT SC] or [PAL] from [ VIDEO OUT] menu, and the n press A . • The menu item is set a nd the previ ous menu is displa yed. • Pr ess the MENU button repeat edly to close th e menu. • W hen the MENU button is presse d before pressi ng A , a set[...]

17 Menu operations 2 • The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ). Imag e qualit y for stil l pictu re shooti ng and th eir applications Imag e qualit y for mov ie sho oting Shooting mode menu K n 1 IMAGE QUALITY Changing the image qua lity Image quali ty/Image size Compres sion Appl ication SHQ FE-1 50/X-73 0 2560 × 1920 FE-160/ X-7[...]

18 Menu operations 2 Panorama shooting lets you cr eate a panor amic picture, using the OLYMPUS Master software from the provide d CD-ROM. An Olymp us xD-Picture Card (referred to as “card” in this m anual) is required for panor ama shooting. Use the arrow pad to specify at which edge you want to connect the pictures, and then compose your shot[...]

19 Menu operations 2 The camera retains the changed settings even if the power is turned off. To reset the settings to the factory default setting, use the reset function. Functions that RESET affects an d thei r factor y defa ult sett ings The scene selection screen displays sample images and the shooting mode to best suit the situation. 3 RESET R[...]

20 Menu operations 2 • The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ). Protected pictures cannot be e rased by the single- frame/all-frame erase function, but they are all erased by formatting. •P r e s s X / Y to select a picture, and press O / N t o set the protector [ON] . You can continue to protect other pictures. Playback mode m e[...]

21 Men u opera tio ns 2 Pictur es taken with the came ra held v ertically are display ed hori zontally. This functi on lets you turn su ch pictu res so that they are displa y ed vert ically. New picture orient ations ar e saved ev en when the po wer is turned of f. • You ca n selec t the pict ure to r otate by pres sing X / Y . • P ress A to st[...]

22 Menu operations 2 Pictures are shown on the index display. g “Zoom button Zooming while s hooting/clo se-up playback” (P. 10) Protected pictures cannot be erased. Canc el the protection befor e erasing such pictures. Once erased, pictures cannot be rest ored. Check each picture befor e erasing to avoid accid entally er asing pictures you wa [...]

23 Menu operations 2 All existing data, including protected pi ctures, are erased when the inter nal memory or the car d is formatted. Make sure t hat you save or transfer important data to a computer befo re formatting the card. • Make sure there is no card inserted in the camera when formattin g the internal memory. • Be sure that the card is[...]

24 Menu operations 2 The pixel mapping funct ion allows the camera to check and adjust the CCD and image processing functions . It is not necessary t o operate this function frequently. Approximately once a year is recommended. Wait at least one minute after taking or viewing pictur es to al low the pixel mapping function to perform properly. If yo[...]

25 Menu operations 2 The factory default settings differ accordin g to the region where the camera is sold. To play back camera images on a TV, se t t he video output according to your TV’s video signal type. • The video signal types fo r different count ries and district s are written be low. Check the video signal type befor e connecting the [...]

26 Printing pi ctures 3 3 Pri nti ng pict ures Printing pictures You can print out the pictures you have taken. If you print the pictures at home, you can either conne ct the camer a directly to the printer or you can connect the camera to a computer and download the pictures to the co mputer first. If you go to a photo stor e, it is a good idea to[...]

27 Printing pictures 3 By connecting the camer a to a PictBridge-compatible printer , you can print out pictures directly. Select the pictures you want to print and the n umber of prints on the camera’s monitor. To find out if your printer is compa tible with PictBridge, refer to the printer ’s instruction manual. What is PictBr idge? A standar[...]

28 Printing pi ctures 3 3 Press the < button. • Printing starts. • When printing is finished, the picture selection screen is displayed. To pr int another picture, press X / Y to select a picture, and press the < button. • When you have finishe d, disconnect the USB cable from the camera with the picture selection screen displayed. 4 Di[...]

29 Printing pictures 3 1 Follow the step1 and 2 on page 27 to display a screen shown right an d press i button. 2 Select [CUSTOM PRINT], an d press A . • When the turned off camera is connected to a PC with the attached USB ca ble, the [USB] screen appears on the monitor of the camera. 3 Follow the operation guide to set ea ch setting. Other prin[...]

30 Printing pi ctures 3 If the [PRINTPAPER] screen is not di splayed, [SIZE], [BORDERLESS] and [PICS/SHEET] are set to [STANDARD]. Press X / Y to select the picture you want to p rint. You can also use the zoom button and select a picture from th e index display. Setting the pr inting pap er Selecting the picture to print OK SET PRINTPAPER SIZE SIZ[...]

31 Printing pictures 3 4 Select [OK], and pres s A . • Print ing s tar ts. • When pr inting is finished, the [PRINT MODE SELECT ] screen is dis played. To canc el pri nting 5 In the [PRINT MODE SELECT] screen, pr ess MENU button. • A messag e is disp layed. Setting the numbe r of prints and da ta to be printed OK PRINT INFO SET DATE X FILE NA[...]

32 Printing pi ctures 3 6 Disconne ct the USB cable from the came ra. • The c amera turns off . 7 Disconne ct the USB cable from the printer.[...]

33 Printing pictures 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-compat ible photo store: You can print the pictures using the pr int reserv[...]

34 Printing pi ctures 3 Follow the operatio n guide to make a print reservat ion for a selected picture. 1 In the playback mode, press the MEN U button to display the top menu. 2 Select [PRINT ORDER] [ < ], and press A . 3 Press X / Y to select the frames fo r print reservatio ns, and the n press O / N to set the numb er of prints. • You canno[...]

35 Printing pictures 3 Reserves all the pictures stored on the card. The number of prints is set at one print per picture. 1 In the p layback mo de, press MENU button to d isplay th e top menu. 2 Select [PRINT ORDER] [ U ], and pre ss A . 3 Select the date and time setting, and press A . NO The pi ctures are print ed without th e date and time . DA[...]

36 Printing pi ctures 3 5 When you h ave finished canceling prin t reservation s, press A . 6 Select the date and time setting, and pr ess A . • The setting is applie d to the remaini ng pictures with print re servations. 7 Select [SET], and pres s A .[...]

37 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 4 Conn ecting the c amera to a comp uter Connecting the camera to a computer Using the USB cable provided with your camera , you can connect the camera to a computer and download (transfer) the images to your computer using the OLYMPUS Master software, also provided w ith the camera. OLYMPUS Master is an ap[...]

38 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 Before installing the OLYMPUS Master software, please confirm tha t your computer is compatible with the following system requirements. For newer operating systems, please refer to the Olympus web site as show n on the back cover of this manua l. Operating environ ment Window s OS Windows 98SE/Me/2000 Profe[...]

39 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 Note • O perati on is only guaran teed on a Ma cinto sh equi pped wi th a built -in US B port . • QuickTime 6 or la ter and Safari 1.0 or later should b e installed on your computer. • Be sure to remo ve the media (dra g & drop o nto the tr ash icon) before performi ng the follo wing oper ations .[...]

40 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 4 Follow the on-scree n instruction s. • When the OLYMPUS Master licensing agreement is displayed, read the agreement and click “Yes” to proceed with the installation. • When the “User Information” dialog box is displayed, e nter your “Name” and “OLYMPUS Master Serial N umber”; select yo[...]

41 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 Macintosh 1 Insert the CD-ROM in to the CD-ROM drive. • The CD-ROM window is displayed. • If the CD-ROM window is not displayed, double-click the CD-ROM icon on the desktop. 2 Double-cl ick on the desir ed langu age folder. 3 Double-click the “Installer” icon. • The OLYMPUS Master installer starts[...]

42 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 1 Make sure th e camera is turn ed off. • The Power/Card access lamp is off. • The monitor is off. • The lens is retracte d. 2 Connect the multi-connector on the camera to the USB port on the computer using the provided USB cable. • Refer t o your computer’s i nstruction manual t o locate the posi[...]

43 Connecti ng the camera 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 after installation, the “Registration” dialog box is displayed before the main menu. Follow the prompts and fill in the registration form. Macinto[...]

44 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 To exit OLYMPUS M aster 1 Click “Ex it” on the main menu . • OLYMPUS Master is exited. 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 t[...]

45 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 2 Make the following preparatio ns for disconne cting the USB cable. Windows 98SE 1 Double -clic k the “ My Compu ter” ic on and right- 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 o r Eject Hardwa re” ic on in [...]

46 Connecting the came ra 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” [...]

47 Connecti ng the camera 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” window is displayed. 3 Click “Setting[...]

48 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 7 Click “Print”. • Printing starts. • Click “Menu” in the “P hoto Print” window to return to the ma in menu. This camera is compatible with USB mass storage. You can connect the camer a to the computer using the USB cable provided with the camera to downlo ad and save images without using OL[...]

49 Getting to know your camera be tter 5 5 Getting to k now yo ur camera better Getting to know your camera better The battery is not fully charged • C harge t he batt ery with the charger . The battery is temp orarily unable to function becau se of the cold • Ba ttery pe rforma nce dec lines in l ow tempera tures, and the ch arge may no t be s[...]

50 Getting to know your camera bett e r 5 There are several ways to focus, depending on the subject. When the subje ct is not in th e center of the fram e • Pl ace the subj ect i n the c enter o f the frame, lock t he f ocus on the su bject, and then recompo se yo ur pict ure. g “Shutte r butto n Shooti ng pict ures” ( P.8) The subject is mov[...]

51 Getting to know your camera be tter 5 Hold the camera properly and press the shutter button gently. Shoot with the h mode to avoid blurring. The following factors may cause b lurring. • Sh ooting with the higher ma gnifi cation s such as di gital zo om and op tical zoom. • Sh ooting a dark s ubject with a low shutt er sp eed. • W hen you s[...]

52 Getting to know your camera bett e r 5 • Often, br ight subject s (suc h as sn ow) turn ou t darker than their n atural colors. Adjust [ F ] toward [+] to make these s ubjects c loser to thei r real sha des. Converse ly, whe n you are shooti ng dark subject s, it can be ef fecti ve to ad just toward the [–]. Somet imes, us ing the flash may [...]

53 Getting to know your camera be tter 5 There are two ways to record the pictur es you take with th is camera. Recording pic tures to the internal mem ory • Pictures are r ecorded to the in ternal memory, and wh en the number of storab le still pictures reac hes 0, you must conne ct the ca mera to a c omputer to downl oad the p icture s, and th [...]

54 Getting to know your camera bett e r 5 • If you use a non- Olympu s card or a car d used for an other app licat ion, suc h as for a computer, the message [ C ARD ER ROR] is displa yed. T o use thi s card with th is camera, use the [FORMAT] funct ion to for mat the card. g “MEMORY FORMAT (FOR MAT) Formatting the internal memory or card” (P.[...]

55 Getting to know your camera be tter 5 • So me items may not be sele ctabl e from the men us when usin g the arro w pad. • Items that c annot be set with th e current sh ooting mode • It ems that cannot be set beca use of an item that has alr eady been set: [ % ] and [F LASH MODE], etc. • So me func tions c annot be used whe n there is n [...]

56 Getting to know your camera bett e r 5 The card is inserted • When the c ard is insert ed to the camer a, the pictures stored in t he intern al memory cann ot be pla yed back . Remove th e card first, a nd play ba ck the pictures . • Press W on the zoom button to view the pictures as thumbn ails (index display). g “Zoom but ton Zooming whi[...]

57 Getting to know your camera be tter 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 be en protec ted (rea d-only )[...]

58 Getting to know your camera bett e r 5 Monitor in dicatio n Possible ca use Correcti ve acti on This car d cannot be used in this ca mera. Or , the car d is not form atted . Format t he card or re place. • Select [PO WER OFF] a nd press A . Insert a new card. • Select [FORMAT ] [YES] and press A . All data on the card is eras ed. There i s a[...]

59 Getting to know your camera be tter 5 Some functions cannot be set in certain shooting modes. For more details, refer to the table below . Functi ons avail able in shooting modes Functions availab le in shooting modes an d scenes Shooti ng mode Function K A P h i QR R & 9 — 9 % 9 — 9 Y 9 Flash 9 — Zoom 9 — 9 SCN 9 — F 9 RESET 9 IMA[...]

60 Getting to know your camera bett e r 5 CCD (Charge-Co upled Device) This conv erts light pas sing through the le ns into el ectrical signals . On this camera, light is picked up an d converted in to RGB signals to build a single image. DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) A standard for image files by the Japan Electronic s and Information T[...]

61 Getting to know your camera be tter 5 PictBridge A standard for co nnecting digital cameras and printe rs of different makers an d printing out pict ures dire ctl y. Pixels A pixel is the smalle st unit (dot) used to make u p an image. Clea r large-sized printed images requi re millions of pixels . Program auto Also ca lled Program AE mode. The [...]

62 Miscellane ous 6 6 Miscella neous Miscellaneous Exterior: • Wipe gently with a s oft cl oth. If t he camer a is ver y dirt y, soak the clo th in mild soap y water and wrin g well. Wipe th e camera with th e damp cl oth and then dr y it wi th a dr y cloth. If you hav e used th e camera at the beac h, use a cl oth soak ed in cle an water and wru[...]

63 Miscellan eous 6 ( This camera us es one Olympu s lithi um ion b attery. No othe r type of batte ries c an be used . ( Power con sumptio n by the ca mera va ries dep ending on which f unctio ns are use d. ( Durin g the conditi ons de scribe d belo w, pow er is c onsume d cont inuousl y and the batte ry becomes ex hauste d quickly. • The zoom i[...]

64 Miscellane ous 6 Pictures can be recorded on the optio nal xD-Picture C ard. The internal memory and card are the camera’s media for recording pictures, similar to film in a film camera. Pictures reco rded to the internal memory or card can be easi ly erased on the camera or processed using a comput er. Unlike port able storage media, the inte[...]

65 Miscellan eous 6 1 Turn off the camera. 2 Open the batte ry compartme nt/card cover. Inserting the card 3 Orient the c ard, and in sert it into th e card slot as sh own in the illustration. • Insert the card straigh t in. • Insert the card until it clicks into place. Removing the card 3 Push the card all the way in and release slowly. • Th[...]

66 Miscellane ous 6 Note • The Power/Car d access la mp blinks while the camera is re ading the imag es. Readin g of images may take s o me time. Do not o pen the battery compart ment/card cove r while the Power/ Card access lamp is b linking. Doin g so may d amage the data in t he inte rnal memor y or the c ard and re nder the in ternal memo ry [...]

67 Miscellan eous 6 • T o prote ct the hi gh-pre cisio n techno logy contained in this pr oduct, never leave th e camera in the places liste d below , no matter if in use or storage: • Pl aces where temp eratur es and/ or humidit y are hig h or go thr ough ext reme change s. Dire ct sun light, beach es, l ocked ca rs, or near o ther h eat so ur[...]

68 Miscellane ous 6 • Do n ot pus h the monito r fo rcibly; other wise t he ima ge may become vague, resul ting in a pl ayback mo de failure or damage to the monitor . • A stri p of lig ht may appe ar on the top/bot tom of the mo nitor , bu t this is not a malfunc tion. • When a subject is viewe d diagon ally in the ca mera, th e edges may ap[...]

69 Miscellan eous 6 Unauth orized photogr aphing or use of co pyrigh ted mate rial may violate a pplica ble copyri ght law s. Olympu s assu mes no resp onsibi lity for unautho rized p hotogr aphing, use or ot her act s that in fring e upon the right s of copyr ight own ers. All right s rese rved. No p a rt of t hese writte n mater ials or this so f[...]

70 Index S button (Erase) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 O F button (E xposure compensati on) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Y # butto n (Flash mode) . . . . . . . . 12 X & butto n (Macr o) . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 i butto n (OK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 < button (Print) . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 28 N [...]

71 L LANDSCAPE Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 lithium ion batte ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 M Macro & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 MEMORY FORMAT < . . . . . . . . . 23 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 MENU button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 14 Mode swi tch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

72 T TFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Top menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Total rec o rding time . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 U USB cab le . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 37, 4 2, 48 USB driv er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 48 V VIDEO OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 VOLUME . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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