Olympus CAMEDIA C-2500L QUICK START GUIDE

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Macro Mode

The macro mode is for taking pictures of small subjects at very close distance.Ranges as small as 9 x 11 cm ( 3.5 x 4.3 in.) can be taken when photographed from 0.3 (1 ft.)m away.(TELE)

Set the mode dial to "P", "A" or "M".

Press the [FOCUS] button.

Check that appears on the control panel. If not, press the [FOCUS] button several times to display .

Press the shutter release button down halfway.

This will lock the focus. The green lamp inside the viewfinder will light up to indicate the camera is ready to take the picture.

Press the shutter release button down all the way.

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• The shutter can click at distances within 0.3 m (1 ft.)of the subject.In such a case, check focus on the LCD monitor after taking the picture. For images at less than 0.3 m (1 ft.) from the subject, it is recommended to use the super macro mode.(P.30)

Macro

Super Macro

The super macro mode is for taking pictures at even closer distances than that offered in the macro mode.You can get as close as 2 cm (0.8 in.) from the subject.

Set the mode dial to "P", "A" or "M".

Press the [FOCUS] button.

Check that appears on the control panel. If not, press the [FOCUS] button some times until it appears.

Press the shutter release button down halfway.

This will lock the focus. The green lamp inside the viewfinder will light up to indicate the camera is ready to take the picture.

Press the shutter release button down all the way.

NOTE

• The built-in flash which is in the fill-in flash mode can be used in the super macro mode. However, the lens can cast a shadow over the subject or the subject might not otherwise be properly illuminated.

• In the super macro mode, you can get as close as 60 cm (2 ft.) to 2 cm (0.8 in.) of subjects, but subjects closer than 0.3 m (1 ft.) will appear to be out of focus in the "TELE" mode.Use the edge of the "WIDE" mode.

• Outlines of subjects may be awry when you get as close as 2 cm (0.8 in.) of subjects.

• It takes more time than usual to focus when you are in the Macro mode right after taking pictures of subjects at a distance.

• Using the optional Wide conversion lens (WCON-08) or Macro conversion lens (MCON-40) in the super macro mode may not achieve sufficient effect.

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Infinity Mode

The infinity mode is used to take pictures of faraway subjects.

Set the mode dial to "P", "A" or "M".

Press the [FOCUS] button.

Check that mark appears on the control panel. If it does not appear, press the [FOCUS] button a number of times until it appears.

Press the shutter release button down all the way.

Infinity

Manual Focusing

It is possible to set the distance manually and focus on subjects.Manual focusing is effective with - for example - subjects which cannot be brought into focus with the autofocus feature (P.17).

Set the mode dial to "P", "A" or "M".

Press the [FOCUS] button.

Check that appears on the control panel. If it does not appear, press the [FOCUS] button a number of times until it appears.

Set the focal distance with the top / bottom point of the jog dial.

If a picture was already taken with manual focusing, the previous value will be displayed. Values displayed on the LCD are just standard references.

Press the shutter release button down halfway.

Shutter speed and aperture will be displayed on the control panel.

Press the shutter release button down all the way.

To change the focal distance again, press the [FOCUS] button.

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• Pressing the shutter release button with the [OK] button held down will enable quick focus mode.

• It is recommended to check the focus of the images right after taking them.

• The unit of distance can be meters (m) or feet (ft) (P. 75).

• Only the following operations are available during manual focusing distance setting operation: – Card change. – Mode dial. – ON/OFF button. – Shutter release button. – Card compartment cover opening/closing. – Flash opening/closing. – Zooming. – Jog dial up/down. – Focus locking.

• Sudden temperature change or other external effect may cause the focus setting to deviate.If this happens, try to take pictures with the focus set one step closer or farther.

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Spot Metering

Spot metering is used to get the right exposure with dark subjects.With backlighted subjects, images are not affected by background light.

Set the mode dial to "P", "A" or "M".

Press the [ ] button.

Check appears on the control panel. If it does not appear, press the [ ] button.

Position the autofocus mark over the subject and press the shutter release button down halfway.

This will lock the focus and exposure.The green lamp inside the viewfinder will light up to indicate the camera is ready to take the picture.

Press the shutter release button down all the way.

Spot Metering mode

NOTE

• At spot metering, when you use the built-in flash, a preliminary flash light is emitted to do metering by pressing the shutter release button down halfway.The regular flash light is emitted by pressing the shutter release button down all the way.

Setting Metering Mode

Metering measures the brightness of the subject before the picture is taken.This information is used then to determine exposure.With the Camedia C-2500L , you can select between centre metering and spot metering.The default is centre metering.

Centre Metering

This is the metering technique used generally in picture-taking. Light is metered across a wide area around the centre of the image.

Set the mode dial to "P", "A" or "M".

Press the shutter release button down halfway.

The green lamp inside the viewfinder will light up to indicate the camera is ready to take the picture.

Press the shutter release button down all the way.

This will lock the focus and exposure.

Spot Metering

Centre Metering

MEMO

• Check does not appear on the control panel. The default is centre metering with the C-2500L.

If appears on the control panel, spot metering is the set metering technique. Press the [ ] button. will disappear from the control panel and center metering will be set.

Setting Aperture

By setting the aperture manually, you can take sharp pictures from foreground to background or with the foreground and background deliberately out-of-focus.

Set the mode dial to "A" or "M". Use the left point of the jog dial to set the aperture at and

the right point to set the aperture at . Press the shutter release button down halfway to lock the focus.

The green lamp inside the viewfinder will light up to indicate the camera is ready to take the picture. The exposure level will be displayed on the control panel when you are in the M mode. If exposure is off by more than ±2 EV, a triangle blinks on the panel. If metering is impossible, the entire exposure indications blinks.

Press the shutter release button down all the way.

M MODEA MODE

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Exposure Compensation

In the P and A modes, you can compensate exposure to ±2EV in 1/3 EV steps.

Set the mode dial to "P" or "A". While holding down the [+/-] button, set the exposure compen-

sation with the right / left point of the jog dial.

Pressing the right point of the jog dial with the [+/-] button held down increases (+) compensation. Pressing the left point of the jog dial with the [+/-] button held down increases (-) compensation. Exposure compensation will be displayed on the control panel.A tone is emitted when either the highest or lowest value of the exposure compensation is reached.

Once the exposure compensation is decided, press the shutter release button down halfway.

The green lamp inside the viewfinder will light up to indicate the camera is ready to take the picture.

Press the shutter release button down all the way.

A MODEP MODE

"P" / "A"

MEMO

• The flash light is not compensated automatically.See P. 47 about how to change the amount of the flash light.

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"A" / "M"

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• Aperture has varying values in the TELE and the WIDE modes.

WIDE TELE F2.8 F3.9

F5.6 F7.8

NOTE

• If exposure is compensated in the positive direction when the flash is used, the shutter speed will be reduced in order to expose the background more clearly.In this case, hold the camera firmly to avoid picture blur.

• The selected exposure compensation value is stored in memory although the power is switched off.Check the value when turning on the camera again.

NOTE

• If the aperture is set at , smear may occur in the picture frame in areas where there is a bright object (e.g., reflected sunlight).This phenomenon is a normal characteristic of the CCD.Should this happen, set the aperture to .

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Setting Shutter Speed

Setting shutter speed enables you to capture objects in motion.

Set the mode dial to "M".

Set shutter speed with the top / bottom point of the jog dial.

Pressing the top point of the jog dial will fasten up shutter speed. Pressing the bottom point of the jog dial will slow down shutter speed.

Press the shutter release button down halfway.

The green lamp inside the viewfinder will light up to indicate the camera is ready to take the picture. The exposure level will be displayed on the control panel. If exposure is off by more than ±2 EV, a triangle blinks on the panel. If metering is impossible, all the exposure indications blink.

Press the shutter release button down all the way.

M MODE

NOTE

• A 1/250-sec. or faster shutter speed may eliminate the effect of the flash light.

"M"

Portraits

Try recalling a portrait you have seen. Many times, a portrait of a singer or movie star shows the subject in focus with a plain or out-offocus background.You can take portrait-like shots by making the background hazy so that the subject stands out.This is done easily in the A mode by simply setting a narrow aperture.

To make the background blurry, the aperture must be F 2.8. The wider the aperture, the narrower the range of focus is, hence the background falls out-of-focus.

Group Photographs

Try recalling a group photograph such as a class photo taken on a school trip. Everyone stands in a row and a wide area including the background is brought into focus.You, too, can take group photographs that focus not only on the subject but the background as well.This is done easily in the A mode by simply setting a wide aperture.

To include the background within the range of focus, the aperture must be F 5.6.The wider the aperture, the narrower the range of focus is, hence the background falls out-of-focus.The narrower the aperture, the wider the range of focus is, hence the background can be brought within focus.

Portraits

Group Photographs

Taking Pictures of Moving Objects

By changing the shutter speed, you can change the way someone running or a car in a race comes out.This special effect is done in the M mode with the manual shutter speed feature.

The faster the shutter speed (1/500, 1/1000 sec, etc.), the more an object in motion seems frozen.

The slower the shutter speed (1/15, 1/30 sec, etc.), the more an object in motion seems to be flowing.

Shutter Speed

Shutter speed is displayed as a unit of time:1/15, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, (sec) …. Fast Slow

1/2000 1/1000 1/500 1/125 1/60 1/30 1/15 1/8 1/4 1/2 1 2 On the control panel, " 1/125 " is displayed like " 125 " and " 2 " like " 2'' ''.

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Fast

Slow

Manual Exposure

Setting shutter speed and aperture yourself lets you take highly expressive photographs.

Set the mode dial to "M".

Set aperture with the left / right point of the jog dial.

Set shutter speed with the top / bottom point of the jog dial.

Press the shutter release button down halfway.

Press the shutter release button down all the way.

M MODE

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"M"

Triangle

NOTE

• When you specify slow shutter, the available range of the film speed (ISO number) will be limited. Plus, this can make images noisier according to the sensitivity of the CCD.

Types of Menu

This section explains menus displayed on C-2500L. The menus vary according to modes: shooting modes ( P mode, A mode and M mode ) and playback mode.

Menus in the P mode, A mode and M mode

• • • Set the drive mode.

• • • • Specifies the quality mode of images.

• • • Sets white balance.

• • • Specifies the film speed.

• • • • Sets the flash control.

• • • Specifies flash synchronization effect.

• • • Sets the distance in quick focus.

• • • • Specifies sharpness.

• • • • Sets the beep.

• • • Sets the period of REC-VIEW/SLEEP.

• • • • Sets the date/time.

• • • Sets RECINFO/unit of distance

• • • Specifies image types in SHQ/SQ.

• • • Specifies how to name folders and files.

• • • Returns menu settings to defaults.

Menus in the playback mode.

• • • • Specifies automatic frame-forwarding.

• • • Specifies the way to copy images.

• • • Specifies the way to erase images saved in SmartMedia / CompactFlash memory cards.

• • • • Sets brightness of the LCD monitor.

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• Even during setting in the shooting mode, the shutter release button can be enabled by using the cursor.

• The menu display will be OFF during shooting.

• While an image is being stored, the camera accepts no menu operation.Wait until the camera finishes storing.

Selected card

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Using the Jog Dial

How to Use the Jog Dial in Each Menu

The jog dial is used to shift the cursor in each menu. See “Setting Menus”, P.38 for the Menu.

/ button: Specifies item when the cursor is on it. (See the illustra-

tion )

/ button: Specifies the settings of a certain menu.

(See the illustration )

How To Use the Jog Dial In Each Mode

The jog dial specifies aperture, shutter speed, flash compensation and the distance in shooting mode. It specifies display units ( indexes ) to scroll down as well as images to display. The function of the jog dial varies according to the mode.

Shooting Modes

The function of the jog dial is as follows.

Shutter speed (in the M mode)

button specifies the shutter speed.

Aperture (in the A/M modes)

button specifies the aperture.

Exposure compensation (in the A/P modes)

[+/-] plus

buttons specify value of the exposure

compensation.(See the illustration )

Focal distance (in the manual focus mode)

button specifies the focal distance.

PlayBack Mode

The function of the jog dial is as follows.

/ button:

When a frame is displayed, pressing the / button forwards frames by increments of ten frames (e.g. first frame

➝ the eleventh ➝ the twentyfirst). When an index is displayed, pressing the / button displays the next page of the index.

/ button: When a frame is displayed, pressing the / button forwards frames by one frame. When an index is displayed, pressing the / button moves the cursor by one frame.

Pressing the jog dial with the button pressed down scrolls enlarged images. (See the illustration .)

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How to Switch the Page of Menus

4 items are displayed on each menu.You can scroll through these items in order to get to the next menu.

Using the top and bottom points of the jog dial, you can switch the Pages of menus.

Closing Menus

Close menus after settings.

Select one of the menu items and then press the [ ] button or the [OK] button.

Menu vanishes from the LCD monitor.

NOTE

• Select the menu items and then press the [OK] button to enter the setting.The setting will be canceled and remain previous settings if you press the [ ] button without pressing the [OK] button.

or OK

Setting Menus

Menus can be displayed on the LCD monitor so that you can select and set up camera features.This section explains the menu format and how to operate them.

About Menus

Setting Menus

Press the [ ] button.

The first menu will appear on the LCD monitor.

Press the top and bottom points of the jog dial until aligning the cursor on the item you want to set.

Press the right point of the jog dial to align the cursor with the setting.

Press the [OK] button.

This will enter the setting.

Available user-setting

Cursor

Item

MEMO

• If the shutter is released while a menu is displayed, the current settings will apply to the shot.When the menu button is pressed after shooting, the menu used in the last setting can be recalled without returning to the first menu page.This is convenient when you want to shoot multiple pictures with different settings.

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