Olympus E-300 EVOLT E-300 Advanced Manual (English) - Page 2

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How to use this manual This manual includes a table of contents, index and menu list to help you easily locate the information you need. Searching the table of contents ~ P. 4 All section titles and chapter headings are listed in the table of contents so that you can quickly find the information you need. There is a chapter containing information you need to know before using your camera for the first time, a chapter that describes basic shooting procedures, etc. For example When you want to play back the images you have just taken. V Go to Chapter 7 Playback and look for the page titled "Viewing still images........108". 7 Playback 107 Viewing still images 108 Single-frame playback 108 Close-up playback 109 Index display 111 Information display INFO 112 Slideshow 114 Rotating images 115 Playback on TV 116 Editing still images 117 Protecting images - Preventing accidental erasure 119 Erasing images 120 Single-frame erase 120 All-frame erase 121 8 Customizing the settings/functions of your camera 123 AEL METERING 124 EV STEP 124 Searching the index ~ P. 207 Terms used in this manual (such as the names of functions) are listed in alphabetical order. When you come across a term that you are not familiar with or about which you want to learn more, you can search the index to find the relevant page. Camera part names and monitor indications are listed at the end of the manual. For example If you want to know more about the term "HQ" V Go to the index at the end of this manual and look under H for "HQ.......36". g Auto flash 54 B BEACH & SNOW 42 Beep sound 131 Bulb shooting 51 C C-AF 82 CANDLE 42 CARD SETUP 135 Card adapter 157 Center weighted averaging metering 86 CLEANING MODE 182 Close-up playback 109 COLOR SPACE 106 Compact Flash 172 Compression 34 CONTRAST 102 Fill-in flash 56 FIREWORKS 40 Flash intensity control 60 Flash mode 54 FOCUS RING 126 Focus lock 30 FORMAT 135 G GRADATION 104 H 1 HIGH KEY 40 HQ 36 Information I Image rotation 115 Index display 111 ISO BOOST 92 J JPEG 35 Searching the list of menus ~ P. 192 The camera's menus are listed in a tree structure. When you come across a menu whose name is unfamiliar on the menu screen, you can find the relevant pages for this menu function in the menu list. For example When you want to know how to make settings for WB in the menu screen V Go through the menus until you find WB and look for the reference page number. Menu directory ⅷShooting Menu Menu Function AF WB ISO Setting -5.0 - 0.0 - +5.0 RAW, TIFF, SHQ, HQ , SQ, RAW+SHQ, RAW+HQ, RAW+SQ AUTO , , SLOW, SLOW, SLOW2, , S-AF , C-AF, MF, S-AF+MF AUTO , 3000K, 3600K, 4000K, 4500K, 6600K, 5300K, 6000K, 7500K, CWB1, CWB2, CWB3, CWB4, AUTO , 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 ESP , , AUTO Ref. Page P. 88 P. 36 P. 58 P. 79 P. 95 P. 91 P. 86 P 78 * For information on how to read the instructions in this manual, refer to "How to read the instruction pages" (P. 3) 2

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How to use this manual
This manual includes a table of contents, index and menu list to help you
easily locate the information you need.
Searching the table of contents
~
P. 4
All section titles and chapter headings are listed in the table of contents so that
you can quickly find the information you need. There is a chapter containing
information you need to know before using your camera for the first time, a
chapter that describes basic shooting procedures, etc.
When you want to play back the images you have just
taken.
Go to Chapter 7 Playback and look for the page titled
“Viewing still images
........
108”.
For example
7 Playback
107
Viewing still images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Single-frame playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Close-up playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Index display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Information display
INFO
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Slideshow
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rotating images
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Playback on TV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Editing still images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Protecting images — Preventing accidental erasure
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Erasing images
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Single-frame erase
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
All-frame erase
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
8
Customizing the settings/functions of your camera
123
AEL METERING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
EV STEP
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Searching the index
~
P. 207
Terms used in this manual (such as the names of functions) are listed in
alphabetical order. When you come across a term that you are not familiar with or
about which you want to learn more, you can search the index to find the relevant
page. Camera part names and monitor indications are listed at the end of the
manual.
If you want to know more about the term “HQ”
Go to the index at the end of this manual and look under H
for “HQ
.......
36”.
For example
1
Information
Auto flash
..................................................
54
B
BEACH & SNOW
................................
42
Beep sound
......................................
131
Bulb shooting
............................................
51
C
C-AF
..........................................................
82
CANDLE
............................................
42
CARD SETUP
........................................
135
Card adapter
..........................................
157
Center weighted averaging
metering
..........................................
86
CLEANING MODE
..................................
182
Close-up playback
............................
109
COLOR SPACE
......................................
106
Compact Flash
........................................
172
Compression
............................................
34
CONTRAST
......................................
102
Fill-in flash
..........................................
56
FIREWORKS
......................................
40
Flash intensity control
........................
60
Flash mode
..........................................
54
FOCUS RING
........................................
126
Focus lock
................................................
30
FORMAT
................................................
135
G
GRADATION
....................................
104
H
HIGH KEY
..........................................
40
HQ
............................................................
36
I
Image rotation
..................................
115
Index display
....................................
111
ISO BOOST
..............................................
92
J
JPEG
........................................................
35
Searching the list of menus
~
P. 192
The camera’s menus are listed in a tree structure. When you come across a menu
whose name is unfamiliar on the menu screen, you can find the relevant pages for
this menu function in the menu list.
When you want to know how to make settings for WB in
the menu screen
Go through the menus until you find WB and look for the
reference page number.
For example
Menu directory
–5.0 - 0.0 - +5.0
P. 88
RAW, TIFF, SHQ, HQ , SQ,
P. 36
RAW
+
SHQ, RAW
+
HQ,
RAW
+
SQ
AUTO ,
,
SLOW,
P. 58
SLOW,
SLOW2,
,
AF
S-AF , C-AF, MF, S-AF
+
MF
P. 79
WB
AUTO , 3000K, 3600K, 4000K,
P. 95
4500K, 6600K, 5300K,
6000K, 7500K, CWB1,
CWB2, CWB3, CWB4,
ISO
AUTO , 100, 200, 400,
P. 91
800, 1600
ESP ,
,
P. 86
AUTO
P 78
±
Shooting Menu
Menu
Function
Setting
Ref. Page
* For information on how to read the instructions in this manual, refer to “How to read the
instruction pages” (P. 3)
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