Olympus C-510 manual

DIGITAL CAMERA Instruction Manual Getting to know your camera better Quick Start Guide Get started using your camera right away. Button operations Menu operations Printing pictures Using OLYMPUS Master ( Thank you for purchasing an Olympus digital camera. Before you start to use your new camera, please read these instructions carefully to enjoy opt[...]

2 EN Contents Test out the functions of the camera buttons by following along with the illustrations. Learn how to print pictures you have taken. Learn how to transfer and save pictures to a computer. Find out more about camera operations and how to take better pictures. Read about convenie nt functions and safety precautions to use your camera mor[...]

Quick Start Guide EN 3 Gather these items (box contents) ( Pull the strap tight so that it does not come loose. Digital Camera Strap AA batteries (2) USB Cable AV Cable OLYMPUS Master 2 CD-ROM Items not shown: Instru ction Manual (this manual), warr anty card. Contents may vary depending on purc hase location. Attach the strap Quick Start Guide d43[...]

Quick Start Guide 4 EN Prepare the camera a. Insert the batteries and the xD-P icture Card (optional) into the camera. ( With this camera, you can take pictur es without inserting the optional xD- Picture Card™ (hereinafter referred to as “the card”). If you take pictures without inserting the card, the pictures will be stored in the internal[...]

Quick Start Guide EN 5 Turn the camera on This explains how to turn on the camera in shooting mode. a. Set the mode dial to h . Still picture shooting modes b. Press the o button. ( To turn off the camera, press the o button once again. h The camera determines the optimum settings for shooting pictures. h This function reduces the blur incurred by [...]

Quick Start Guide 6 EN Set the date and time a. Press the O F / < and N Y buttons to select [Y]. • The first two digits of the year are fixed. b. Press the Y # button. c. Press the O F / < and N Y buttons to select [M]. About the date and time setting screen MENU TIME TIME D M Y ---- ---- .--.-- --:-- .--.-- --:-- CANCEL Y/M/ Y / M / D Y-M-[...]

EN 7 Set the date and time Quick Start Guide d. Press the Y # button. e. Press the O F / < and N Y buttons to select [D]. f. Press the Y # button. g. Press the O F / < and N Y buttons to select the hours and minutes. • The time is displayed in the 24-hour format. h. Press the Y # button. i. Press the O F / < and N Y buttons to select [Y/[...]

Quick Start Guide 8 EN Take a picture a. Hold the camera. c. Shoot. Horizontal grip Vertical grip b. Focus. HQ HQ 3072 3072 × 2304 2304 [ IN IN ] 4 4 [ ] 1/1000 1/1000 F3.1 F3.1 Shutter Button (Press Halfway) When the focus and exposure are locked, the green lamp lights up, and the shutter speed and aperture value are displayed. Place this mark ov[...]

Quick Start Guide EN 9 Review your pictures a. Press the q button. a. Press the X & and Y # buttons to display the picture you want to erase. b. Press the S button. c. Press the O F / < button, select [YES], and press H . Arrow pad Displays the next image Displays the previous image q button < 12:40 1 2: 4 0 '07.12.10 ' 0 7 . 1 [...]

Button operations 10 EN Button operations Shooting still pictures Set the mode dial to a setting other than n , and lightly press the shutter button (halfway). The green lamp lights when the focus and exposure are locked (f ocus lock), and the shutter speed and aperture value are displayed (only when the mode dial is set to h , h ). Now press the s[...]

Button operations EN 11 The last picture taken is displayed. • Press the arrow pad to view other pictures. • Use the zoom lever to switch betwee n close-up playback and index display. •P r e s s H to delete the information display show n for 3 seconds duri ng single-frame playback. This function is used to set the camera to turn on in playbac[...]

Button operations 12 EN Follow the shooting guide displa yed on the screen to set the target items. •P r e s s m to display the shooting guide again. • To change the setting without us ing the shooting guide, set the shooting mode to another one. • The content set usin g the shooting guide will change to the default setting by pressing m or c[...]

Button operations EN 13 Press X & in shooting mode to se lect the macro mode. Press H for setting. Press N Y in shooting mode to select on or off for the self-timer. Press H for setting. • After setting the self-timer, press the shutter butto n completely. Then, th e self-timer lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for approximat e[...]

Button operations 14 EN Shooting mode: Zoomin g in on your subject Optical zoom: 3× Digital zoom: 4× (optical zoom × digital zoom: Max. 12×) Playback mode: Switchin g the picture display Zoom lever Zooming while shooting/Close-up playback d Zoom out: Turn the zoom lever to the W- side. Zoom in: Turn the zoom lever to the T- side. The white area[...]

Menu operations EN 15 Menu operations Press m to display the top menu on the monitor. • The contents displayed on the top menu differ accordi ng to the mode. • Select [PLAYBACK MENU] or [SETUP] and press H . The screen for selecting the menu item is then displayed. • When the mode dial is set to R and the settings are made by following the sh[...]

Menu operations 16 EN This explains how to us e the menus with the [ 8 ] (warning sound) setti ng as an example. 1 Set the mode dial to a setting other than R . 2 Press m to display the top menu. Press Y to select [SETUP], and press H . •[ 8 ] is on a menu in [SETUP]. 3 Press ON to select [ 8 ], and press H . • Unavailable settings cannot be se[...]

Menu operations EN 17 • Some functions are not available according to the selected mode. g “Functions available in shoo ting modes and scenes” (P. 45) g “SETUP menus” (P. 23) • The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ). Still picture image qualit y and their applications Movie image quality Shooting mode menu K IMAGE QUALIT[...]

Menu operations 18 EN Panorama shooting lets you create a panoramic picture, using the OLYMPUS Master software on the provided CD-RO M. An Olympus xD-Picture Card is required for panorama shooting. Use the arrow pad to specify at which edge you want to co nnect the pictures; and then compose your shots so that th e edges of the pictures overla p. T[...]

Menu operations EN 19 The scene selection screen displa ys sample images and the shoo ting mode to best suit the situation. This can be set only when the mode dial is set to f . • By switching to another scene, most settings will be changed to the defaul t settings of each scene. g “ f Shooting pictures by selecting a scene mode according to th[...]

Menu operations 20 EN Select [MOVIE PLAY] from the top menu, and press H to play back the movie. Another option is to se lect a picture with the movie icon ( n ) and press H to play back the movie. Operations during movie playback •P r e s s H to pause the playback. Operations during pause • To resume the movie, press H . • To cancel the play[...]

Menu operations EN 21 Select a picture with XY , and select [+90°]/[0°]/[-90°] with ON to rotate pictures. You can rotate several frames in succession. Registers and plays back your favorite still pi ctures as new ones in the internal memory. Up to 9 pictures can be registered. • Registered pictures will not be erased even if the internal me m[...]

Menu operations 22 EN Erasing pictures registered in MY FAVORITE • Select a picture with XY , and press H . Protected pictures cannot be erased. Cancel protection befo re erasing protected pictures. Once erased, pictures cannot be restored. Check each picture before erasing to avoid accidentally erasing pict ures you want to keep. • When erasin[...]

Menu operations EN 23 All existing data, including protec ted pictures, are erased when the internal memory or card is formatted (images registered to “My Favorite” are no t erased). Make sure that you save or transfer important data to a computer before formatting. • Make sure there is no card in serted in the camera when f ormatting the int[...]

Menu operations 24 EN •P r e s s ON to adjust the volume. • You can adjust the volume to on e of five levels or mute the volume. The date and time is saved with each image, and is used in the file name. If the date and time are not set, the [ X ] screen is displayed each ti me the camera is turned on. K / q .....................................[...]

Menu operations EN 25 To play back camera images on a TV, set th e video output accordin g to your TV’s video signal type. • TV video signal types differ by country/re gion. Check the video signal type before connecting the camera to the TV. NTSC: North America, Taiwan, Korea, Japan PAL: European co untries, China Playing back pictures on a TV [...]

Printing pictures 26 EN Printing pictures By connecting the camera to a PictBridge-compatible printer, you can print out pictures directly. Select the pictures yo u want to print and the number of prints on the camera’s monitor. To find out if your printer is compatible with PictBridge, ref er to the prin ter’s instruction manual. What is PictB[...]

Printing pictures EN 27 3 Press O F / < . • Printing starts. • When printing is finished, the picture selection screen is displayed. To print another picture, press XY to select a picture, and press O F / < . • When you are finished, disconnect the USB cable from the camera with the picture selection screen displayed. 4 Disconnect the U[...]

Printing pictures 28 EN Note • If the [PRINTPAPER] screen is not displayed, [SIZE], [BORDERLESS] and [PICS/SHEET] are set to [STANDARD]. Press XY to select the picture you wa nt to print. You can also turn the zoom lever and select a picture from the index display. Selecting a print mode Setting the print paper Selecting the picture to print Sett[...]

Printing pictures EN 29 4 Select [PRINT], and press H . • Printing starts. • When printing is finished, th e [PRINT MODE SELECT] screen is displayed. To cancel printing 5 In the [PRINT MODE SELECT] screen, press m . • A message is displayed. 6 Disconnect the USB cable from the camera. 7 Disconnect the USB cable from the printer. Print reserva[...]

Printing pictures 30 EN To use print services without using DPOF • Pictures stored in the internal memory cannot be printed at a photo store. The pictures need to be copied to a card before taking them. g “BACKUP Copying pictures in the internal memory to the card” (P. 23) Follow the operation guide to make a print reservatio n for a selected[...]

Printing pictures EN 31 Reserves all the pictures stored on the card. The number of pr ints is set at one print per picture. 1 Press m in the playback mode and display the top menu. 2 Select [PRINT ORDER] [ U ], and press H . 3 Select the date and time setting, and press H . NO The pictures are printed without the date and time. DATE All pictures a[...]

Using OLYMPUS Master 32 EN Using OLYMPUS Master Using the USB cable provided wi th your camera, you can connect the came ra and computer and download (transfer) the images to your co mputer using the OLYM PUS Master software, also provided with the camera. OLYMPUS Master is a software application for mana ging your digital images on your computer. [...]

Using OLYMPUS Master EN 33 Before installing the OLYMPUS Master software, please conf irm that your computer is compatible with the follo wing system requirements. For newer operating systems, pl ease refer to the Olympus web site as shown on the back cover of this manual. Operating environment Windows OS Windows 2000 Professional/XP Home Edition/X[...]

Using OLYMPUS Master 34 EN Windows 1 Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. • The OLYMPUS Master setup screen is displayed. • If the screen is not displayed, double-click the “My Computer” icon and click the CD-ROM icon. 2 Select the display language and click the “OLYMPUS Master 2” button. • When the component installation screen i[...]

Using OLYMPUS Master EN 35 1 Make sure the camera is turned off. • The monitor is off. • The lens is retracted. 2 Connect the USB connector on the camera to the USB port on the computer using the provided USB cable. • Refer to your computer’s instruction manual to locate the position of the USB port. • The camera turns on automatically. ?[...]

Using OLYMPUS Master 36 EN 1 Click “Transfer Images” on the browse window, and then click “From Camera” . • The window for selecting the pictures you want to transfer from the camera is displayed. All the images in the camera are displayed. 2 Select “New Album” and enter an album name. 3 Select the image files and click “Transfer Im[...]

Using OLYMPUS Master EN 37 1 Click the “Album” tab on the browse window and select the album that you want to view. • The selected album image is displayed in the thumbnail area. 2 Double-click the still picture thumbnail that you want to view. • OLYMPUS Master switches to the image edit window and the picture is enlarged. • Click “Back[...]

Using OLYMPUS Master 38 EN Please take care that your battery is fully charged! 1 Make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet. 2 Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the computer. 3 Plug the other end of the USB cable into the camera’s USB connector. • The camera turns on automatically. • The monitor turns on and the selectio[...]

Getting to know your camera better EN 39 Getting to know your camera better The battery is inserted incorrectly • Remove the batteries and insert them correctly. There is not enough po wer left in the battery • Insert new batteries. Or, charge it when using the rechargeable battery. The battery is temporarily unable to function because of the c[...]

Getting to know your camera better 40 EN There are several ways to focu s, depending on the subject. When the subject is not in the center of the frame • Place the subject in the center of the frame, lock the focus on the subject, and then recompose your picture. g “Shutter button Shooting pictures/movies” (P. 10) The subject is moving quickl[...]

Getting to know your camera better EN 41 There are several factors that can ca use the picture to appear grainy. Using the digital zoom to take close-up pictures • With the digital zoom, part of the image is cropped and enlarged. The greater the magnification, the grainier the picture appears. Taking pictures with the mode dial set to M or f mode[...]

Getting to know your camera better 42 EN Number of storable still pictures and record ing length of movies Still pictures Movies • If you use a non-Olympus card or a card used for another application, such as a computer, use the [FORMAT] function to format the card. g “MEMORY FORMAT (FORMAT) Formatting the internal memory or card” (P. 23) Thi[...]

Getting to know your camera better EN 43 • Performing any of the following operations when not actually taking pictures can deplete the battery power. • Repeatedly pressing the shutter button halfway • Repeatedly using the zoom • To save battery power, set [POWER SAVE] to [ON ], or turn off the camera whenever it is not in use. g “POWER S[...]

Getting to know your camera better 44 EN • Once sound is added to a picture, it is not po ssible to erase the sound. In this case, make a re-recording with silence. g “ R Adding sound to still pictures” (P. 21) The size of the picture displa yed on a computer screen chan ges depending on the computer settings. When the monitor settin g is 1,0[...]

Getting to know your camera better EN 45 Some functions cannot be set in certain shooting modes. For more details, refer to the table below. Functions available in shooting modes * [IMAGE QUALITY] is fixed at [640 × 480]. There is an error in the internal memory. Select [MEMORY FORMAT] [YES] and press H . All data in the internal memory is erased.[...]

Appendix 46 EN Appendix Exterior: • Wipe gently with a soft cloth. If the camera is very dirty, soak the cloth in mild soapy water and wring well. Wipe the camera with the damp cloth and then dry it with a dry cloth. If you have used the camera at the beach, use a cloth soaked in clean water and wrung well. Monitor: • Wipe gently with a soft cl[...]

Appendix EN 47 Pictures can be recorded on the optional card. The internal memory and card are the camera’s media for recording pictures, similar to film in a film camera. Pictures recorded to the internal me mory or card can be easily erased on the camera or processed using a computer. Unlike portable storage media, the internal memory cannot be[...]

Appendix 48 EN ( The AC adapter can be used in most home electric al sources within the r ange of 100 V to 240 V AC (50/60Hz) around the world. However, depending on the country or area you are in, the AC wall outlet may be shaped differently and the AC adapter may require a plug adapter to match the wall outlet. For details, ask at yo ur local ele[...]

Appendix EN 49 WARNING ( Do not use the camera near flammable or explosive gases. ( Do not use the flash and LED on people (infants, small children, etc.) at close range. • You must be at least 1 m (3 ft.) away from the faces of your subjects. Firing the flash too close to the subject’s eyes could cause a momentary loss of vision. ( Keep young [...]

Appendix 50 EN • To prevent causing battery leaks or damaging their terminals, carefully follow all instructions regarding the use of batteries. Never attempt to disa ssemble a battery or modi fy it in any way, by soldering, etc. • If battery fluid gets into your eyes, flush your eyes immediately with clear, cold running water and seek medical [...]

Appendix EN 51 • Recommended temperature ranges for NiMH batteries: Operation ..................0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) Charge ......................0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) Storage .....................-20°C to 30°C (-4°F to 86°F) • Using, charging, or storing the batteries outside these ranges could shorten battery life or [...]

Appendix 52 EN • Olympus makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, by or concerning any content of these written materials or softwar e, and in no event shall be liable for any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose or for any consequential, incidental or indirect damages (including bu[...]

Appendix EN 53 • IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. • Microsoft and Windows are registered tr ademarks of Microsoft Corporation. • Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Inc. • xD-Picture Card™ is a trademark. • All other company and product names are re gistered trademarks and/or trademarks of thei[...]

Appendix 54 EN Design and specificat ions subject to chan ge without notice. SPECIFICATIONS ( Camera Product type : Digital camera (for shooting and displaying) Recording system Still pictures : Digital recording, JPEG (in accordance with Design rule for Camera File system (DCF)) Applicable standards : Exif 2.2, Digit al Pr int Order Format (DPOF),[...]

Appendix EN 55 Names of Parts Camera Flash g P. 13 Zoom lever g P. 14 o button g P. 10 Lens Mode dial g P. 11 O F / < button (Exposure Compensation/Print) g P. 12 X & button (Macro mode) g P. 13 N Y button (Self-timer) g P. 13 Strap eyelet g P. 3 Battery/card compartment co ver g P. 4 Connector cover/ DC-IN jack A/V OUT jack g P. 25 S button[...]

Appendix 56 EN ( Shooting Mode Monitor Symbols & Icons Item Indications Ref. Page 1 Shooting mode P , B , F , U , A , C etc. P. 10 2 Self-timer Y P. 13 3 Shutter speed 4 – 1/2000 P. 8 4 Aperture value F3.1, etc. P. 8 5 Exposure compensation -2.0 – +2.0 P. 12 6 Battery check e = full power, f = low power – 7 Green lamp { = Auto Focus Lock [...]

Appendix EN 57 ( Playback Mode Item Indications Ref. Page 1 Battery check e = full power, f = low power – 2 Current memory [IN] (Playing back the picture in the internal memory), [xD] (Playing back the picture in the card) P. 47 3 Print reservation/Number of prints Movie < ×10 n P. 29 P. 20 4 Sound record H P. 19 5P r o t e c t 9 P. 20 6 Imag[...]

58 EN Index K / q ....................................... ................ 24 h (AUTO) ........................................ 5, 11 S button (erase) .................................... 9, 13 Y # button (flash mode) ........................... 13 X & button (macro) ................................... 13 H button (OK) .........................[...]

EN 59 PC .............................................. .......... 32, 35 PictBridge .............. .................................... 26 PICTURE + SOUND R .............................. 19 Picture rotation y ...................................... 20 PIXEL MAPPING ....................................... 23 Playback mode q .................... 9, [...]

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