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Basic operation - digital camera

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1 Basic operation Basic operation 1 Are you ever overwhelmed by all of the advanced shooting and editing functions? Professional photographers use these functions to achieve a variety of effects. Now you too can achieve such effects simply by pressing the buttons on your digital camera. You can use the various functions available to adjust the brightness and white balance of your pictures, alter the focusing range, and much more. Just display a menu on the monitor and use the buttons to choose a setting. Familiarize yourself with the buttons and menus before reading the explanations of the various functions. SET MEM PIC CAMERA MODE MENU RESET OK HOLD ESP/ DRIVE ISO 1/2/3/4 ESP OFF AUTO HQ 00:36 Movies Sequential shooting 9

Section	Page
How to use this manual	2
Composition of the manual	3
1 Basic operation	9
Mode dial	10
Direct buttons	12
Using the direct buttons in shooting mode	12
Using the direct buttons in playback mode	13
Menus	14
About the menus	14
Using the menus	17
Using the GUIDE function	19
How to read the procedure pages	20
2 Tips before you start taking pictures	21
Turning the camera on and off	22
If the correct focus cannot be obtained	23
How to focus (focus lock)	23
Subjects that are difficult to focus on	24
Record mode	25
Still picture record modes	25
Movie record modes	27
Number of storable still pictures/remaining recording time	27
Changing the record mode	29
The internal memory and memory card	31
The card	32
Inserting and removing the card	32
3 Basic shooting functions	34
Selecting a scene mode according to the situation	35
Zooming in on your subject	38
Using the zoom	38
Using the digital zoom	39
Using macro/super macro mode	40
Flash shooting	41
Flash intensity control	43
Synchro	44
Slave flash shooting (FLASH)	45
Recording movies	45
Camera movement compensation	47
Recording sound with movies	47
4 Advanced shooting functions	48
Changing the aperture value for shooting pictures	49
Changing the shutter speed for shooting pictures	50
Changing the aperture value and shutter speed for shooting pictures	51
My Mode	51
Focusing applications	52
AF mode (iESP/SPOT/AREA)	52
Manual focus (FOCUS MODE)	53
Fulltime AF	54
AF predict	54
AF lock	55
AF illuminator	56
Changing the area for measuring the brightness of a subject (ESP/Spot)	56
AE lock	57
Changing ISO sensitivity (ISO)	58
Changing picture brightness	58
Adjusting the white balance	59
White balance compensation	61
Adjusting a picture for recording (SHARPNESS/CONTRAST/SATURATION)	62
Reducing picture noise (NOISE REDUCTION)	63
5 Additional shooting functions	64
Sequential shooting	65
Timelapse shooting	66
Self-timer shooting	67
Panorama shooting	68
Recording sound with still pictures	69
Changing the monitor and viewfinder display (DISP./GUIDE)	70
Histogram	71
Frame assist	72
6 Playback	73
Playing back still pictures	74
Playing back pictures in a calendar (CALENDAR)	75
Picture rotation	75
Playing back movies	76
Selecting the position to begin movie playback (INDEX PLAY)	77
Playing back albums	78
Adding pictures to an album (ALBUM ENTRY)	78
Viewing pictures in albums (SEL. ALBUM)	80
Selecting an album cover (SELECT TITLE IMAGE)	81
Undoing album entries (UNDO ENTRY)	82
Erasing pictures from albums	83
Slideshow	84
Adding sound to still pictures	86
Editing still pictures (RAW DATA EDIT/Resizing/Trimming/REDEYE FIX/BLACK & WHITE/SEPIA)	87
Creating composite pictures (FRAME/TITLE/CALENDAR/LAYOUT)	90
Adjusting pictures (BRIGHTNESS/SATURATION)	93
Editing movies	94
Creating an index	95
Editing a movie	96
Playing back pictures on a TV	97
Video output	98
Protecting pictures	99
Copying pictures in the internal memory to the card (BACKUP)	99
Erasing pictures	100
Single-frame erase	101
All-frame erase	101
Formatting the internal memory or card (MEMORY FORMAT/FORMAT)	102
7 Settings	103
Resetting the settings to the default (RESET)	104
Selecting a display language	104
Changing the startup screen and shutdown screen (PW ON SETUP/PW OFF SETUP)	105
Screen setup	105
Viewing pictures immediately (REC VIEW)	106
Setting camera sounds (Beep sound/BEEP/SHUTTER SOUND/VOLUME)	107
Resetting file names (FILE NAME)	108
Adjusting the image processing function (PIXEL MAPPING)	109
Adjusting the monitor brightness	110
Setting the date and time	111
Setting the date and time in another time zone (DUAL TIME SETUP)	112
Setting the measurement unit (m/ft)	113
Customizing the camera (MY MODE SETUP/SHORT CUT/CUSTOM BUTTON)	113
8 Printing pictures	118
Direct printing (PictBridge)	119
Using the direct printing function	119
Printing pictures (EASY PRINT)	120
Printing pictures (CUSTOM PRINT)	121
Other print modes and print settings	125
If an error message is displayed	128
Print settings (DPOF)	129
How to make print reservations	129
Single-frame reservation	131
All-frame reservation	132
Resetting print reservation data	133
9 Connecting the camera to a computer	134
Flow	135
Using OLYMPUS Master	136
What is OLYMPUS Master?	136
Installing OLYMPUS Master	137
Connecting the camera to a computer	141
Starting up OLYMPUS Master	142
Displaying camera images on a computer	144
Downloading and saving images	144
Viewing still pictures and movies	146
Printing pictures	147
To download and save images to a computer without using OLYMPUS Master	149
10 Appendix	150
Troubleshooting	151
Error messages	151
Troubleshooting	153
Camera care	160
Batteries	161
AC adapter (optional)	162
Safety Precautions	163
Glossary of terms	167
11 Miscellaneous	170
Menu list	171
List of factory default settings	180
Functions available in shooting modes and scenes	182