Olympus FE 300 FE-300 Instruction Manual (English) - Page 46

Lamp indicators This camera uses several lamps to indicate the camera status. Lamp Status Self-timer lamp The lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for approximately 2 seconds, and then the picture is taken. Card access lamp Lit (red): Shooting mode Lit (green): Playback mode Unlit: Power is off. Blinking (red): A picture is being recorded, the camera is reading a movie, or images are being 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 and the card Green lamp of the monitor 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 minimize the battery consumption, set [POWER SAVE] to [ON] and turn off the camera whenever it is not in use. g "POWER SAVE Setting the camera to the power save mode" (P. 28) Functions that cannot be selected from menus • Some items are not 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: [%] and [#], etc. • Items that cannot be set because you are attempting to edit pictures taken with another camera. • Some functions cannot be used when there is no card in the camera. [PANORAMA], [PRINT ORDER], [FORMAT], [BACKUP] Selecting the optimal image quality A record mode expresses a combination of desired image sizes and compression levels. Use the following examples to help determine the optimal image quality when shooting. To print large images on full-size paper/To edit and process images on a computer • [SHQ] or [HQ] To print A4 (11.7×8.5 in.)/postcard-size images • [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 widescreen television. • [16:9] g "IMAGE QUALITY Changing the image quality" (P. 19) 46 EN