Olympus FE 210 FE-210 Advanced Manual (English) - Page 49

Lamp indicators This camera uses several lamps to indicate the camera status. Lamp Self-timer lamp Card access lamp Green lamp of the monitor Status The lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for approximately 2 seconds, and then the picture is taken. Lit (red): Shooting mode and power is on. Lit (green): Playback mode and power is on. Off: Power is off. Blinking (red): An image or movie is being recorder or downloaded (when connected to a computer). • Do not do any of the following while the card access lamp is blinking. Doing so may prevent the image data from being saved and render the internal memory or card unusable. • Open the battery/card compartment cover • Remove the battery • Connect or disconnect the AC adapter Lit: The focus and exposure are locked. Blinking: The focus is not locked. • Release your finger from the shutter button, re-position the AF target mark on the subject and press the shutter button halfway again. Getting to know your camera better Extending the useful life of the battery • 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, turn off the camera whenever it is not in use. Functions that cannot be selected from menus • Some items may not be selectable from the menus when using the arrow pad. • Items that cannot be set with the current shooting mode • Items that cannot be set because of an item that has already been set: [%], [#], etc. • Some functions cannot be used when there is no card in the camera. [PANORAMA]/[FORMAT]/[BACKUP]/[PRINT ORDER] Selecting the appropriate image quality Image quality is a combination of desired image size and compression level. Use the following examples to help determine the optimal record mode when shooting. To make high quality prints on full-size paper such as A3 (16.5×11.7 in.)/To edit and process images on a computer • [SHQ] or [HQ] To print on A4 (11.7×8.5 in.) or postcard-size (6×4 in.) size paper • [SQ1] To send as an e-mail attachment or post on a Web site • [SQ2] To express the broadness of a subject such as landscapes/To view pictures on a wide-screen television • [16:9] g "IMAGE QUALITY Changing the image quality" (P. 19) EN 49