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DIGITAL CAMERA Detailed explanations of all the functions for getting the most out 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 carefull y to enjoy optimum performance and a longer service life. Ke ep this manual in a sa fe place for [...]
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2 How to use this manual Sear ch for a topic XXX Table of Cont ents g P. 3 Contents How to use this manual ............... .................................. .............................. 2 Contents ....... .... ...... .... ..... ...... .... ...... ..... ...... .... ...... ..... ...... .... ...... ..... ...... .... ... 3 POWE R butto n ...... ....[...]
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3 Contents How to use this manual .................................................................... ........... 2 Contents ...................................................................... ................................ 3 POWER button .......... .......... ........... .... Turning t he camera on an d off 8 Shutter button ..... .......... [...]
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4 About the menu s ... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... ....... .......... ... 15 Using the men us ........... ........... .......... ........... ....... ........... .......... ........... ...... 16 Shooti ng mode me nu ................. ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... .......... 18 CAM[...]
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5 SETUP menu ............. .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... ...... 29 MEMORY FORMAT (FORMA T) ................ .......... .............. ........... ...... Formatti ng the in ternal memory or c ard 29 BACKUP ......... ...Copying picture s in the i nternal me mory to the card 29 W ........ ........... [...]
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6 To downl oad and save images to a computer without us ing OLYMP US Master .............. ........... .......... ........... .......... ... 54 Shooti ng tips a nd info rmation ......... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... ...... 55 Tips befo re you s tart tak ing pictu res ................. .......... ........... .......... .[...]
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7 Camera care ................. ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ....... ........... ...... 69 The batte ry .......... .......... ....... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... ...... 70 Useful us e of the access ories ................ ........... ....... .......... ........... .......... ... [...]
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8 Button operat ions 1 G1 Button operations Button operations Shooti ng still picture Set the mode dial to h , i , l , k , L , j , h , SCN and lightly press t he shutter button (ha lfway). The green lamp lights when th e focus and exposure are locked (focus lock). Now press the shutte r button all the way (fully) to shoot a picture. Locking the fo [...]
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9 Button op erations 1 The camera switches to playback mode. The last picture taken is displayed. • Press the arrow pad to view other pictures. • Use the zoo m lever to switch betwe en close-up playback, index display and calendar display. g “MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies” (P.24) When you press the q button while the camera is turned off, [...]
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10 Button operat ions 1 This function r educes the blur incu rred by a moving subject or camera movement when taking pictures. The came ra switches to t he movie r ecording mo de. Audio reco rding is not a vailable. You can set the desir ed setting followi ng the shooting guide displayed on the monitor. • Press the MENU button to display the shoo[...]
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11 Button op erations 1 Shootin g mode: Zoo ming in on your subject Optical z oom mag nificat ion: 3X Playbac k mode: Switchi n g the picture displa y 6 Zoom l ever Zooming while shooti ng/close-up playback Wide-angle: Push the zoom lever t oward W . Telephoto: Pull the zoom lever toward T . 2592 25 9 2 × 1944 19 4 4 HQ HQ 4 4 2592 25 9 2 × 1944 [...]
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12 Button operat ions 1 Displays the top menu on the monit or. Use the arrow pad to select the playback picture and th e items on the menus. Press to set the sett ings. Press the O F button in shooting mode. Press X / Y to adjust, and press F . Y : Adjusts toward [+]. X : Adjusts toward [–]. Press the X & button repeat edly in shooting mode. [...]
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13 Button op erations 1 Press the N Y button repeatedly in shooting mode. Press F to set. • The self-timer lamp lights for appr oximately 10 seconds, blinks for approximately 2 seco nds, and then the picture is taken. • Press the N Y button to cancel th e self-timer. • Self-timer shooting is automatic ally canceled after o ne shot. Press Y # [...]
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14 Button operat ions 1 Press the DISP./ E button to change the display in th e following order. Displaying the menu gui de With a menu item selected, hold dow n the DISP./ E button. Release the DISP ./ E button to close the menu guide. f DISP./ E button Changing the information display/Displaying the m enu guide f ’ 06 06 . 02 02 . 16 16 12 12 :[...]
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15 Menu operations 2 2 Menu operation s Menu operations Press the MENU button to display the top men u. The menus on the top menu are change d by the modes. • If you press the MENU button while the mode dial is set to GUIDE , the shooting guide screen is displayed. About the menus 2 Arrow pad ( O / N / X / Y ), F Mode dial MENU button SCN S C N O[...]
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16 Menu operations 2 Use the arrow pad and F to se t menu items. This explains how to use the menus with the [VID EO OUT] setting as an example. Using the menus Top menu 1 Press the MENU butto n to display the t op menu, and press Y and then press F . • [VID EO OUT] is on a menu in [SETUP]. Press Y . 2 Press O / N to select a setting, and press Y[...]
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17 Menu operations 2 3 Press O / N to select a setting, and press F . • Select the vi deo si gnal , [NTSC] or [PAL] fr om [VIDEO OUT] menu and t hen press F . • The menu item is set and the previo us menu i s displ ayed. • Press the MENU button repeat edly, to close th e menu. • When the MENU button is presse d before pr essing F , a settin[...]
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18 Menu operations 2 • The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ). The digital zoom can be used t o take close-up pictures with stronger magnification than the optical zoom. (Optical zoom × Digital zoom Max. 12×) Shooting mode men u h i l k L j h SCN n 1 CAMERA MENU DIGITAL ZOOM ............. .......... .............. ........... ..[...]
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19 Menu operations 2 Panorama shooting lets you create a panoramic picture, using the OLYMPUS Master software from the provided CD- ROM. An Olympus xD-Picture Card (referred to as “Card” in this manual) is required for panorama sho oting. Use the arrow pad to specify at which e dge you want to connect the pictures, and then compose your shots s[...]
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20 Menu operations 2 Image quality for still picture sh ooting and their applications Image quality for mo vie recording To reset the shooting mode settings to t he factory default, use the reset function. Functions that RESET affects an d their factory default settings 2 IMAGE QUALITY Changing th e image quality Image qual ity/Image size Compressi[...]
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21 Menu operations 2 • The scene selection screen displays sample images and the shooting mode to best suit the situation. • If switching to the other scene, the sett ings of each scene will return to default except a fe w settings. 4 SCN (Scene) Shooting pictures by selecting a scene according to the situation M NIGHT + PORTRAIT / N INDOOR / b[...]
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22 Menu operations 2 • The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ). Protected pictures cannot be erased 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 to set the protector [ON]. You can continu e to protect other pictures. Playback mode me n[...]
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23 Menu operations 2 Pictur es take n with the ca mera held vertica lly are di splaye d horizo ntally . This fun ction lets you t urn such pictures s o that they ar e displa yed verti cally. New pi cture orient ations are sa ved ev en when the po wer is turne d off. • You can select the picture to ro tate by pressing X / Y . • Select the transi[...]
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24 Menu operations 2 Select the data with n and press F to playback a movie. Selecting [MOVIE PLAY] from the top menu and pressing F will also pl ayback a movie. Operations during mov ie playback Press F to pause playback. Press F again to replay the movie. Operatio ns during pa use • Press the MENU button to cancel movie playback. 3 MOVIE PLAY P[...]
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25 Menu operations 2 When a still picture or movie is recorded, it is automatically register ed to the calendar by the date of recording. g “Zoom lever Zoom ing while s hooting/close-up playback” (P.11) Pictures are shown on the inde x display. g “Zoom lever Zoom ing while s hooting/close-up playback” (P.11) Protected pictures canno t be er[...]
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26 Menu operations 2 You can edit a picture recorded on the internal memory or on the card and save it as a new picture. This changes the image size o f a picture and saves it as a new file. Crops part of a picture and saves it as a new file. • O / N / X / Y : Adjusts the position of the pictu re. • Zoom lever: Adjusts the size of t he picture.[...]
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27 Menu operations 2 Adds a selected title to a picture and saves it as a new picture. •P r e s s X / Y to select a picture, and press F . •P r e s s X / Y to select a title, and press F . Pres s O / N to rotate the picture 90° clockwise or counterclockwise. • Adjust the position and size of the title, and press F . •P r e s s O / N / X / [...]
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28 Menu operations 2 Adjusting the brightness of a picture and saves the pictur e as a new file. • Adjust the brightness by pressing O / N . Adjusting the color strength of a pictur e and saves the picture as a new file. • Adjust the color strength by pressing O / N . This function allows you to save printing data (the number of prints and the [...]
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29 Menu operations 2 All existing data, including protected pi ctures, are erased when the internal memory or the card is formatted. Make sure that 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 formatting the interna l memory. • Be sure that the card is in[...]
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30 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 perfor m properly. If y[...]
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31 Menu operations 2 The factory default settings differ according to the region where the camera is sold. To play back camera images on a TV, set 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 below. Check the video signal type befor e connecting the cam[...]
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32 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 connect the camera directly to the printer or you can connect the camera to a comp uter and download the pictures to the co mputer first. If you go to a photo stor e, it is a good idea to [...]
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33 Printing pictures 3 By connecting the camer a to a PictBridge-compatible printer, yo u can print out pictures directly. Select the pictures you want to print and the number of prints on the camera’s monitor. To find out if your printer is compatible with PictBridge, refer to the printer’s instruction manual. What is PictBr idge? A standard f[...]
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34 Printing pi ctures 3 3 Press the < button. • Printing starts. • When printing is fin ished, 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 fr om the camera with the picture selection screen displayed. 4 [...]
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35 Printing pictures 3 1 Follow the step 1 and 2 on page 33 to displa y a scene sh own ri ght, and press F . 2 Select [CUSTOM PRINT], an d press F . • When the camera turned off is co nnected to a PC with the attached USB cab le, the [USB] screen appe ars on the monitor of the camera. 3 Follow the operation guide to set each s etting. Other prin [...]
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36 Printing pi ctures 3 If the [PRINTPAPER] screen is not disp layed, [SIZE], [BORDERLESS] and [PICS/SHEET] are set to [STANDARD] . Press X / Y to select the picture you want to print. You can also use the zoom lever and select a picture from the index disp lay. Setting t he pri nting pap er Selecti ng the pictu re to print PRINTP APER SIZE SIZE BO[...]
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37 Printing pict ures 3 4 Select [PRINT], and press F . • Printing starts. • When printing is finished, the [PRINT MODE SELECT] screen is displayed. To cance l printing 5 In the [PRINT MODE SELECT] screen , press th e MENU button. • A message is displayed. Setting the numbe r of prints and data to be prin ted PRINT INFO P FILE NAME DA TE <[...]
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38 Printing pi ctures 3 6 Disconnect the USB cable fro m the camera. • The camera turns off. 7 Disconnect the USB cable fro m the printer.[...]
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39 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 proce dures. Printing using a DPOF-compatible p hoto store: You can print the pictures using the p rint reserv[...]
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40 Printing pi ctures 3 Follow the operatio n guide to make a print reservation for a selected picture. 1 In the playback mo de, press the MENU button to display the top menu. 2 Select [PRINT ORDER] [ < ], and pr ess F . 3 Press X / Y to select the frames for prin t reservatio ns, and then pr ess O / N to set the nu mber of prints. • You canno[...]
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41 Printing pictures 3 5 Select the date and time print setting, and press F . NO The pic tures are pr inted with out the dat e and time. DATE The se lected pict ures are pr inted wit h the shoot ing date. TIME The selected pi ctures ar e printed wit h the shooting time. 6 Select [SET], and press F . Reserves all the pictures stored on the card. Th[...]
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42 Printing pi ctures 3 You can reset all the print reservation data o r just for selected pictures. 1 Select the top menu [PRINT ORDER], and press F . To reset the print reservation data for all the pictures 2 Select [ < ] or [ U ], and press F . 3 Select [RESET], and press F . To reset the print reservation data for a selected picture 2 Select[...]
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43 Connecti ng the camera to a comput er 4 4 Conn ecting t he came ra to a comput er 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 [...]
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44 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[...]
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45 Connecti ng the camera to a comput er 4 Note • O peratio n is onl y guar anteed o n a Macin tosh eq uipped wi th a bu ilt-in USB port . • QuickTime 6 or la ter and Safar i 1.0 or later should b e installed on your computer. • Be sure to remo ve the me dia (drag & drop onto the tras h icon) be fore pe rforming the follo wing oper ations[...]
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46 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 4 Follow the on-scree n instructions. • 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 Number”; select your[...]
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47 Connecti ng the camera to a comput er 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 language folder. 3 Double-click the “Installer” i con. • The OLYMPUS Master installer start[...]
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48 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 1 Make sure th e camera is turned o ff. • The monitor is off. • The lens is retracte d. 2 Connect the multi-co nnector on the camera to the USB po rt on the com puter using the provided USB cable. • Refer t o your co mputer’s instruct ion manual t o locate the position of the USB por t. • The came[...]
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49 Connecti ng the camera to a comput er 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. Macint[...]
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50 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 th[...]
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51 Connecti ng the camera to a comput er 4 2 Make the following preparatio ns for disconne cting the USB cable. Windows 98SE 1 Double -click t he “My C omputer” i con 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 “Unpl ug or Ej ect Hardwa re” ic on in[...]
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52 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 p icture 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”[...]
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53 Connecti ng the camera to a comput er 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 “Settin[...]
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54 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 6 Select the numb er of cop ies. 7 Click “Print”. • Printing starts. • Click “Menu” in the “ Photo Print” window, to return to the main menu. This camera is compatible with USB mass storage. You can con nect the camera to the computer using the USB cable provided with the camera to download [...]
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55 Getting to know your camera be tter 5 G585 Getting to know yo ur camera better Getting to know your camera better The batteries are load ed incorrectly • Reload th e batte ries c orrectl y. The batteries are exhausted • R eplace th e batteri es with n ew ones, or ch arge the batteries. The battery is temp orarily unable to fu nction because [...]
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56 Getting to know your camera bett er 5 The memory gaug e is full • N o picture s can be taken when the memo ry gauge is full. Wait un til ther e is space in th e memory gauge . Using the camera wit h the default set ting • The default settin g of the date and time is not co rrect. Set the co rrect ti me and date. g “ X Setting the date and [...]
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57 Getting to know your camera be tter 5 • Under cert ain type s of conditi ons, i t is difficu lt to focu s using auto focus. The green l amp on th e monitor lights , allowi ng you to check if th e focus i s locked . In th ese cases, focus (focus l ock) on an o bject with high contrast at the sa me distan ce as the i ntended su bject, re compose[...]
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58 Getting to know your camera bett er 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 • The sensit ivity of t he CCD incr eases a utomatic ally, you c an hold the came[...]
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59 Getting to know your camera be tter 5 There are two ways to record the pictur es you take with this cam era. Recording pic tures to the internal memory • Pictures are r ecorded to the in ternal memo ry, and wh en the nu mber of storab le still pi ctures re aches 0, you must connect the camera t o a computer to downl oad the pic tures, an d the[...]
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60 Getting to know your camera bett er 5 • If you use a non- Olympus card or a card used fo r another app licati on, such as for a computer, the mes sage [ CARD ER ROR] is displaye d. To use thi s card with th is camera, use the [FORMAT] fun ction to f ormat th e card . g “MEMORY FORMAT (FOR MAT) Formatting the internal memory or card” (P.29)[...]
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61 Getting to know your camera be tter 5 • So me items may not be selectab le from the men us when using th e arrow pad. • Items that c annot be set with th e curr ent sh ooting mod e • It ems that ca nnot be se t because of the combina tion of t he items tha t have alread y been set: [ % ] and [F LASH MODE], etc. • So me functi ons cann ot[...]
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62 Getting to know your camera bett er 5 The card is inserted • When the c ard is insert ed to th e camer a, the pi ctures stored in the intern al memory cann ot be playe d back. Remov e the card first, and p lay back the pictures . • Pl ay back a p icture, an d press the DISP./ E bu tton. Press th e DISP./ E but ton repeat edly to chan ge the [...]
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63 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 acti on q CARD ERROR There is a pr oblem with the card . This car d cannot be us ed. Ins ert a new card. q WRIT E- PROTECT Writing to the card is prohi bited. The recor ded image ha s been protec ted (read- only) [...]
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64 Getting to know your camera bett er 5 Monitor in dicatio n Possib le cause Correc tive actio n This car d cannot be used in this camer a. Or, the car d is not f ormatt ed. Format t he car d or re place. • Select [PO WER OFF] an d press F . Insert a new ca rd. • Select [FO RMAT] [YES] and press F . All data on th e card is eras ed. There i s [...]
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65 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 . Grayed out areas ( ) in the SCN column indicate that to enable the shooting scene in SCN mode, ther e are restricti ons to the functions that can be set. g “Functions with restrictions in shooting scenes”[...]
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66 Getting to know your camera bett er 5 Functions with restrict ions in shooting scenes *1 Only [2 048 × 1536] and [640 × 48 0] are avai lable. *2 Only [6 40 × 480] are ava ilable. Scene Functi on a Z V N M c j P d R W S X i & 9 — 9 — 9 — % 9 — 9 — 9 — Y 9 Flash 9 — 9 — Optica l zoom 9 — 9 IMAGE QUAL ITY 9 * 1 99 * 1 9 * 2[...]
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67 Getting to know your camera be tter 5 CCD (Charge-Cou pled Device) This converts ligh t passing through the len s into electrical sign als. On this camera, light is picked up and converte d into RGB signa ls to build a sin gle image. DCF (Design Rule for Cam era File System) A standar d for image files by the Japan El ectronics and Information T[...]
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68 Getting to know your camera bett er 5 Pixels A pixel is the s mallest unit (dot) us ed to make up a n image. Clear large-s ized printed images require million s of pixels. Sleep mode A mode design ed to save battery lif e. The camera automatically en ters the sleep mo de if you do not op erate it for a cert ain time. To exit the slee p mode, use[...]
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69 Miscellan eous 6 6 Miscell aneou s Miscellaneous Exterior: • Wipe gently wi th a soft cloth. I f the came ra is very dirty, s oak the c loth in mil d soapy water an d wring wel l. Wipe the camera wit h the damp clo th and the n dry it wit h a dry clot h. If you ha ve used the ca mera at the b each, us e a cloth soa ked in clea n water and wrun[...]
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70 Miscellane ous 6 ( In additi on to the batte ries pro vided with the camera , the follo wing types of battery can b e used. Choose the pow er sou rce best suited to t he situ ation. AA alkaline batt eries/ Oxyride batteries The nu mber of p ictures that yo u can ta ke may v ary consi derably depend ing on t he battery manufacture r and shoo ting[...]
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71 Miscellan eous 6 Pictures can be recorded on the optional xD -Picture Card. 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 compu ter. Unlike portable stor age media, the in[...]
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72 Miscellane ous 6 1 Turn off th e camera. 2 Open the batte ry compartment/c ard cover. Inserting the card 3 Orient the car d, and insert it into th e card slot a s shown i n the ill ustration. • Insert the card straight in. • Insert the card until it clicks into place . Removin g the card 3 Push the ca rd all the way in and release slowly. ?[...]
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73 Miscellan eous 6 Note • The card acc ess lamp b links while the came ra is readin g the images . Readin g of images may take some time . Do not open t he Batter y compartmen t/ Card cove r while the card access lamp is bl inking. Doing so ma y damage the da ta in the i nternal memory or the card and rend er the int ernal memory or car d unus a[...]
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74 Miscellane ous 6 • T o prot ect the high-p recision techn ology co ntained in this p roduct , never leave the camera in the places l isted bel ow , no matter if i n use or stor age: • Pl aces wher e temperat ures and/o r humidity are high or g o through ex treme changes . Direct sunligh t, bea ches, lo cked ca rs, or ne ar other heat s ource[...]
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75 Miscellan eous 6 • Using, char ging, or s toring the batte ries outside t hese ran ges coul d shorten ba ttery life or af fect ba ttery per formanc e. Alway s unlo ad the ba tteries from th e camer a before storing the came ra for a long period . • Before using NiMH or NiCd batt eries, alw ays read the provided i nstructio ns. • The number[...]
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76 Miscellane ous 6 Unautho rized phot ographin g or use of co pyrigh ted materi al may violat e applicab le copyri ght laws. Oly mpus assume s no respo nsibilit y for unaut horized ph otograph ing, use or other acts t hat in fring e upon t he ri ghts of copyr ight own ers. All ri ghts rese rved. No part o f thes e written materials or this softwar[...]
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77 Index S butto n (Erase ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 O F button (Expos ure compe nsatio n) . . . . . 12 Y # butto n (Flash mode) . . . . . . . . 13 X & butto n (Macro ) . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 F button (OK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 q button (Playba ck mode) . . . . . . . 9 < butt on (Print ) . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 34 N [...]
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78 Formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 FRAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 G Green lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 60 GUIDE SHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 H HQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 I IMAGE QUA LITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Image size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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79 Remainin g record ing time . . . . . . . 10 RESET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Resizing Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 S SATURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 SCN (Scene) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 21 SEL. I MAGE S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Select ing a l anguage W . . . . . . 29 SELF PORTRAI T [...]
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