Olympus CAMEDIA D-370 User Manual

DIGITAL CAMERA/APPAREIL PHOTO NUMÉRIQUE DIGITALKAMERA/CAMERA DIGITAL/ 數碼相機

C-100/D-370

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BASIC MANUAL/MANUEL DE BASE KURZANLEITUNG/MANUAL BÁSICO/ 基本手冊

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■ Before using your camera, read this manual carefully to ensure correct use.

■ We recommend that you take test shots to get accustomed to your camera before taking important

photographs.

■ These instructions are only a basic manual. For more details on the functions described here, refer to the software CD’s reference manual on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM reference manual also includes instructions for connecting the camera to a PC.

■ Avant d’utiliser votre appareil photo, veuillez lire attentivement ce mode d’emploi, de manière à obtenir les meilleurs résultats possibles.

■ Avant d’effectuer des prises de vues importantes, nous vous conseillons par ailleurs de faire quelques essais afin de vous familiariser avec le maniement de l’appareil photo.

■ Ces instructions ne sont qu’un manuel de base. Pour plus de détails sur les fonctions décrites ici, se référer aux manuel de référence du CD logiciel sur le CD-ROM. Le manuel de référence compris dans le CD-ROM comprend aussi des instructions pour la connexion à un ordinateur.

■ Bitte lesen Sie vor dem Gebrauch dieser Kamera sorgfältig diese Bedienungsanleitung, um optimale Ergebnisse beim Fotografieren zu erzielen.

■ Wir empfehlen, vor wichtigen Aufnahmen Probeaufnahmen durchzuführen, um sich mit der Bedienung und den Funktionen der Kamera vertraut zu machen.

■ Die vorliegende Broschüre stellt nur eine einfache Anleitung dar. Falls Sie ausführlichere Angaben zu den hier beschriebenen Funktionen benötigen, steht Ihnen die KURZANLEITUNG auf der CD-ROM zur Verfügung. Das CD-ROM Nachschlage-Handbuch enthält auch Anweisungen für den Anschluss der Kamera an einen PC.

■ Antes de usar su cámara lea este manual detalladamente para asegurar el uso correcto.

■ Nosotros le recomendamos que tome fotografías de prueba para familiarizarse con su cámara antes

de tomar fotografías importantes.

■ Estas instrucciones constituyen sólo un manual básico. Para más detalles de las funciones descritas aquí, refiérase a las manual de consultas del software CD en el CD-ROM. En el manual de consulta de CD-ROM también se incluyen las instrucciones para conectar la cámara a un PC.

■ 在使用本相機之前，請仔細閱讀本手冊以掌握正確之用法。

■ 在進行重要的拍攝之前，最好先試拍數次以熟悉本相機之性能。

■ 本手冊僅為基本手冊。本手冊中所提到的功能之詳細說明，請參閱 CD-ROM 上的軟體 CD 參考手冊。CD-ROM

參考手冊中也包括相機與個人電腦連接的說明。

■ Introduction

About this manual

● The information contained in this manual may be subject to change without

notice. For the latest information on the product names, model numbers, etc., plaese contact Olympus representative.

● The information contained in this manual has been compiled by taking all

possible measures to ensure its accuracy. However, if you find any errors or incomplete information, please contact Olympus representative.

● It is prohibited by copyright laws to duplicate in part or in whole the

information contained in this manual, except for personal use. Reproduction without permission of the copyright owner is prohibited.

● Olympus will not assume any liability for damages, loss of profit or claim

from a third party due to improper use of this product.

● Olympus will not assume any liability for damages and loss of profit due to

loss of image data resulting from servicing by a third party who is not designated by Olympus or from other causes.

● The quality of the images shot with this product differs from that of the

images shot with ordinary film-based cameras. Copyright

Radio and Television Interference

Change or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer may void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Adjust or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the distance between the camera and receiver.

• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which

the receiver is connected. Only the included USB cable should be used to connect the camera to a personal computer (PC).

2001 OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.

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Declaration of conformity

Model Number: C-100/D-370

Trade Name: OLYMPUS

Responsible Party: Olympus America Inc.

Address: 2 Corporate Center Drive, Melville, New York

Telephone Number: 631-844-5000

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject

to the following two conditions:

(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and

(2) This device must accept any interference received, including

interference that may cause undesired operation.

This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian

Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations

“CE” mark indicates that this product complies with the European requirements for safety, health, environment and customer protection.

11747-3157 USA

Trademarks

● Microsoft products, such as Windows and Internet Explorer, are registered

trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States of

America and in other countries.

● Macintosh and Apple are registered trademarks of Apple Computers, Inc.

● Other brand names and product names mentioned in this manual are

trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

About the camera file system

The DCF (Design rule for Camera File system) is a standard established by JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Association).

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■CONTENTS

PREPARATIONS 5

Names of parts ................................ 5

Attaching the strap ........................... 6

Loading the batteries ....................... 6

Using a smartmedia card (optional) ....

Tur ning the camera on/off ................ 8

Adjusting the date and time ............. 9

TAKING PICTURES 11

Taking pictures ............................... 11

Using the flash ............................... 12

Macro mode ................................... 13

Selftimer ......................................... 13

Digital Tele mode............................ 14

Sequence mode ............................. 14

Exposure compensation ................ 15

White balance ................................ 16

Image quality .................................. 17

Spot metering mode ...................... 18

PLAYING BACK PICTURES 19

Playing back an image ................... 19

Index playback ............................... 19

Auto playback................................. 20

Close-up playback.......................... 20

Erasing an image ........................... 21

Erasing all images .......................... 22

Protecting important images .......... 22

OTHER FUNCTIONS 24

Recording a moving image ............ 24

Playing back moving images.......... 24

Rec view ........................................ 25

Beep sound .................................... 25

Adjusting the monitor brightness .... 25

Card format/memory setup ............ 26

Memory back-up ............................ 27

Displaying image information ......... 27

ERROR MESSAGES 29

Error codes .................................... 29

Specifications 30

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REPARATIONS

■ NAMES OF PARTS

1 Shutter button 2 Lens barrier 3 Lens 4 Flash 5 Macro lever 6 Selftimer lamp 7 DC-IN jack 8 Connector cover 9 USB connector

458 0 ABC

EFD

0 Monitor A Viewfinder B Green lamp C Arrow pad D Tripod socket E

(Monitor) button

(OK/Menu) button

G Card cover H Strap eyelet I Battery compartment cover

G H

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■ ATTACHING THE STRAP

1 Pass the short end of the strap through the

strap eyelet.

Pass the long end of the strap through the loop.

3 Pull tight and check that the strap is securely

attached.

■ LOADING THE BATTERIES

This camera uses four AA alkaline (included), NiMH, lithium or NiCD batteries, or two CR-V3 lithium battery packs.

1 Check that the lens barrier is closed and both the monitor and the

green lamp are off.

2 Pull the battery compartment cover

toward A and pull up in the direction of B.

3 Insert the batteries as shown, making

sure that they are correctly oriented.

4 Pull down the battery compartment

cover in the direction of C and close firmly by pressing the in the direction of D.

mark

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• If the batter y compartment cover is difficult to close, press on the mark and [OPEN] mark on the cover with your both thumbs without applying unreasonable force.

• If the camera is left without batteries for about one hour, all the settings will be reset to the default settings.

• When powering the camera by batteries, if the batteries star t to run low, the red battery status will be displayed. When the batteries are close to exhaustion, the LCD monitor turns off and the green lamp blinks.

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USING A SMARTMEDIA CARD (OPTIONAL)

A SmartMedia card should be used if you need to store more pictures than the internal memory can hold. (Please see the chart on the following page.) SmartMedia is not included with this camera, it must be purchased separately. This camera accepts only SmartMedia removable memory. If you insert a SmartMedia card, the image will be stored on the card and you can playback the image with the card. If you remove the card from the camera, the image will be stored on the internal memory and you can playback the image with the internal memory.

➜➜➜

Card insertion mark

1 Make sure that the camera is turned off.

Close the lens barrier and check that both the monitor and the green lamp are off.

2 Open the card cover. 3 Insert the SmartMedia card correctly as shown.

There is a mark showing the correct orientation of the card on the inside of the card cover. To remove the card, grasp it with your fingertips and pull it out in the direction shown.

4 Close the card cover until it clicks.

Non-Olympus or non-Lexar cards, or cards formatted on other equipment, such

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as a PC, may not be recognized by the camera. Format the card with the camera before using it. See “Card format/Memory setup” ( p.26).

• Never open the card cover or remove the SmartMedia card or batteries when

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the camera is turned on. The data on the card may be lost, and once lost, it cannot be restored.

•

The SmartMedia card is a precision instrument. Do not subject it to unreasonable force or impact. Do not touch the gold-colored metal area of the card.

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• Some of the camera function are ignored if a write-protect seal is affixed to

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the SmartMedia card. When you use these functions, remove the seal from the card.

Write-protect seal

Approx. number of recordable images

Card memory capacity

Internal memory Approx. 1 3 4 7

Image quality

SHQ HQ SQ1 SQ2

4 MB 6 12 16 29

8 MB 12 24 33 58

16 MB 25 49 66 110

32 MB 51 99 132 221

64 MB 102 199 265 442

128 MB 204 399 532 887

■ TURNING THE CAMERA ON/OFF

WHEN TAKING PICTURES

Turning the camera on.... Open the lens barrier.

Turning the camera off ... Close the lens barrier.

Camera turns on

• When the lens barr ier is opened with no card inserted, “NO CARD” will be

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displayed on the monitor. This is not a malfunction. Use the internal memory of the camera to take pictures.

• The camera’s mode will change to power save mode if you do not carry out any operation for 3 minutes. To take pictures, turn the camera on.

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The camera will turn on in Record mode.

The camera will turn off.

Camera turns off

WHEN PLAYING BACK PICTURES

Turning the monitor on ... Press the button with the lens barrier

Turning the monitor off ... Press the

Camera with the lens barrier closed

The camera’s mode will change to power save mode if you do not carry out any

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operation for 3 minutes. To play back pictures, turn the camera on.

closed.

The camera will turn on in Play mode and the monitor will turn on.

The camera and the monitor will turn off.

Monitor turns on

button.

Monitor turns off

lights up goes off

■ ADJUSTING THE DATE AND TIME

1 Press the button.

The monitor will turn on.

2 Press the button.

The menu will be displayed.

3 Select [SETUP] using the / buttons and

press the

4 Select [ ] using the / buttons and

press the

button.

5 Select the date format [Y-M-D (Year-Month-

Day), M-D-Y (Month-Day-Year) or D-M-Y (DayMonth-Year)] using the press the

The date adjustment screen will be displayed.

button.

/ buttons, and

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6 Set the first item using the / buttons

and press the

Move to the next item.

button.

7 Repeat until the date and time settings are

adjusted.

8 Press the button when the time reaches

00 seconds.

Setting of the date and time is completed.

9 Press the button again.

The date and time adjustment menu will be completed.

10 Press the button to turn the monitor off.

The date and time settings will be erased or become incorrect if the camera is left without batteries or the batteries are exhausted. Make sure that the date and

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time settings are correct before taking an important picture.

The date and time can be adjusted both in Record mode and Play mode using

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the same procedure.

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aking pictures

■ TAKING PICTURES

TAKING PICTURES USING THE VIEWFINDER

1 Slide the lens barrier open until it clicks. 2 Position the subject in the viewfinder using the Target mark.

To take pictures at a distance of less than 60cm (2ft.), see “Macro mode” (

p.13).

3 Press the Shutter button halfway.

The green lamp next to the viewfinder lights. The exposure is locked while the Shutter button is pressed halfway.

4 Press the Shutter button fully.

The picture is taken.

TAKING PICTURES USING THE MONITOR

1 Open the lens barrier. 2 Press the button.

The monitor will turn on. Press the

3 Compose the picture by looking at the subject in the monitor. 4 Take the picture in the same way as you would when using the

viewfinder.

• If the green lamp blinks when the Shutter button is pressed halfway, the flash

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is not fully charged. The green lamp blinks while the camera is recording the picture taken. Wait for 2 to 40 seconds untill the green lamp stops blinking.

• When the memor y gauge is full, no more images can be taken. Wait a few seconds until the memory gauge goes off before taking any more pictures.

• When a picture is taken in bright light, such as sunlight, vertical lines may appear on the monitor. This is not a malfunction.

• The monitor is for checking the composition only. Check the hand jitter, focus and exposure accuracy afterwards by displaying the image on a PC.

• It will take longer to record a picture when the monitor is used.

button again to turn the monitor off.

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• Press the Shutter button gently. Pressing the button down hard will cause the

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camera to move, resulting in a blurred picture.

• Never remove the battery or AC adapter, open the card cover while the green lamp is blinking. The picture you have just taken may not be recorded and previous pictures may be destroyed.

■ USING THE FLASH

The flash automatically fires in lowlight and backlight conditions, but the flash mode can be selected to suit various conditions.

1 Open the lens barrier and press the button. 2 Select [CAMERA] using the / buttons and press the button.

3 Select [ ] using the / buttons and press the button.

4 Select the flash mode using the / buttons and press the

button.

FLASH MODE SETTINGS

Auto (no display) : Flash fires automatically in low light or backlit conditions

Red-eye ( ) : Reduces the phenomenon of a subject's eyes appearing

Flash on ( ) : Fires in any circumstances Flash off ( ) : Does not fire regardless of the light conditions Night view ( ) : Use this mode when taking night views Night view/Red-eye

• To comfirm the current flash mode setting, press the button with the lens

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barrier open. Press the button after the confirmation to change the flash mode setting.

• Range of flash: ~ 2.5m/8ft.

• All the flash mode settings except for Red-eye ( ) will return to Auto mode

(default setting) when the lens barrier is closed.

• The green lamp blinks while the flash is charging and the shutter button will not be pressed. Wait until the green lamp goes off.

• When taking pictures at close range using the flash, the appropriate br ightness may not be achieved and there may be pronounced shadows as a result. Olympus recommends that you check the picture on the camera’s LCD monitor.

• The flash cannot be used in Sequence mode, Panorama mode and Movie mode.

(default setting)

red in the resulting picture

( ) : Use this mode when taking people against a night view

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■ MACRO MODE

Use this mode to take close-up pictures at a distance of less than 25-60cm (10"-2ft.).

1 Open the lens barrier and slide the Macro lever across.

The monitor will turn on automatically and the To cancel Macro mode, slide the macro lever back to its original position.

symbol will be displayed.

2 Take the picture.

Macro mode is automatically cancelled when the camera is turned off.

Macro mode is canceled when the lens barrier is closed.

Note

• Make sure to slide the macro lever completely.

• When using the Macro mode, keep the distance between the camera and the

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subject at a distance of more than 25cm (10'').

• If you tr y to take a picture at a distance of less than 25cm (10''), the autofocus will not work properly even though the Shutter button is released.

• If you use the flash in Macro mode, the brightness may not be correct and there may be pronounced shadows as a result. Olympus recommends that you check the picture on the camera’s monitor.

■ SELFTIMER

1 Open the lens barrier and press the button. 2 Select [CAMERA] from the Camera menu screen using the /

buttons and press the button.

3 Select [DRIVE] using the / buttons and press the button. 4 Select [ SELF-TIMER] using the / buttons and press the

button.

The Selftimer is now set. Press the

5 Compose the picture on the monitor or in the viewfinder and press

the Shutter button.

The Selftimer lamp on the front of the camera lights for 10 sec. and then blinks for 2 sec. before the picture is taken. The Selftimer automatically goes off after the picture is taken.

button again to exit the menu.

• The Selftimer is canceled automatically after the picture is taken.

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• To cancel the Selftimer after the Shutter button has been pressed, shut the lens barrier off.

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■ DIGITAL TELE MODE

This mode enables you to enlarge the image digitally to magnifications 1.6×, 2×, 3.2× and 4×.

1 Open the lens barrier and press the or button. 2 The magnification changes in the sequence [1.6× → 2.0× → 3.2× →

4.0×] each time the

The magnification changes in the sequence [3.2× → 2.0× → 1.6× → No display (1.0)] each time the

button is pressed.

3 Take the picture.

· Press the mode.

· When the magnification is set to 3.2× or 4×, set the Quality mode to SQ2.

• Press the button to turn the monitor off and cancel Digital Tele mode.

Note

• The pictures taken in Digital Tele mode may become coarser.

button to turn the monitor off and cancel the Digital Tele

■ SEQUENCE MODE

1 Open the lens barrier and press the button. 2 Select [CAMERA] from the Camera menu screen using the /

buttons, and press the button.

3 Select [DRIVE] using the / buttons, and press the button. 4 Select [ SEQUENCE] using the / buttons and press the

button.

Sequence mode is now set. Press the

5 Press the Shutter button and keep it pressed.

Picture-taking will continue while the Shutter button is pressed and stop when the button is released. To return to normal recording mode, close the lens barrier and then reopen it.

button again to exit the menu.

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• Sequence mode is canceled when the lens barr ier is closed.

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• The flash cannot be used in this mode.

• Since the shutter speed is set to the maximum 1/30 sec. to prevent hand jitter,

the resulting picture may be darker than usual.

• It takes a while to record the images taken in this mode.

• The number of recordable pictures will vary depending on the image quality

mode and whether a SmartMedia card is used. If you intend to take a lot of pictures, a SmartMedia card is recommended.

■ EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

This mode enables you to change the brightness of the image.

1 Press the button with the lens barrier open. 2 Select [CAMERA] from the Camera menu screen using the /

buttons and press the button.

3 Select [ ] using the / buttons and press the button. 4 Adjust the exposure compensation setting by pressing the

button to make the image darker and the button to make it lighter, and press the

The exposure compensation is now set. Press the the menu.

5 Take the picture.

You can continue taking pictures with the selected exposure compensation setting. Close the lens barrier to cancel the exposure compensation setting.

• The setting of exposure compensation will be returned to ±0.0 (default setting)

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when the lens barrier is closed.

• When you adjust the exposure compensation, the image displayed on the monitor changes to the relevant brightness setting. If it is hard to see any difference because the subject is dark, display the recorded image on the camera’s monitor to check the brightness.

• The desired br ightness (exposure compensation) may not be obtained if the flash is used.

• The exposure compensation values may be inadequate if the subject is in extremely bright or extremely dark surroundings.

button.

button again to exit

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■ WHITE BALANCE

This camera uses automatic white balance to shoot the subject in a naturallooking tone. However, it may sometimes be difficult to get satisfactory results automatically due to lighting or weather conditions. In such cases, change the white balance settings.

1 Press the button with the lens barrier open. 2 Select [PICTURE] from the Camera menu screen using the /

buttons and press the button.

3 Select [ ] using the / buttons and press the button. 4 Select the white balance setting and press the button.

Tne white balance is now set. Press the

5 Take the picture.

You can continue taking photos with the selected white balance setting. Close the lens barrier to cancel the white balance setting.

White balance settings

Auto (no display) : Automatically adjusts the white balance to ensure natural

Daylight ( ) : Ensures natural colors outside in full daylight (sunny

Cloudy ( ) : Ensures natural colors outside in overcast daylight (cloudy

Tungsten Light ( ) : Ensures natural colors in tungsten light. Fluorescent Light ( ) : Ensures natural colors in fluorescent light.

• The white balance setting will return to [AUTO] (default setting) when the lens

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barrier is closed.

• Natural colors are hard to obtain under a mixture of artificial and natural lighting or under fluorescent lights, etc.

• Select [ ] to obtain colors close to those under tungsten light.

• The white balance may not function under special lighting.

• Check that the setting is the optimum setting by displaying the image on the

monitor and checking the colors.

• To determine if the selected setting is the best choice, always check the recorded image by playing it back on the camera’s monitor.

colors (default setting).

weather).

button again to exit the menu.

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■ IMAGE QUALITY

There are 4 kinds of image quality: SHQ, HQ, SQ1 and SQ2.

1 Press the button with the lens barrier open. 2 Select [PICTURE] from the Camera menu screen using the /

buttons and press the button.

3 Select [ ] using the / buttons and press the button. 4 Select the image quality using the / buttons and press the

button.

Image quality is now set. Press the

5 Take the picture.

You can continue taking photos in the selected image quality mode.

Image Quality modes

SHQ 1280 × 960 Pixels (For clear prints)

HQ 1280 × 960 Pixels (For viewing images on a PC)

SQ1 1024 × 768 Pixels (For e-mail attachments)

SQ2 640 × 480 Pixels (For taking a lot of pictures)

The Image Quality setting remains when the lens barrier is closed.

• The image quality setting will remain even when the lens barrier is closed.

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• The number of recordable images varies depending on the image quality setting and the storage method used. (The camera’s internal memory capacity is 1MB, SmartMedia cards are currently available in 8MB to 128 MB capacities.)

• The number of pixels is the same for HQ and SHQ, but the compression rate is lower for SHQ, resulting in a clearer image when enlarged. SHQ also requires more time to record and play back images than HQ.

• When you change to a high image quality and the remaining recordable image count is low, the internal memory or SmartMedia card warning mark may be displayed. This indicates that there is insufficient memor y space. If this happens, select a different image quality.

button again to exit the menu.

Warning mark

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■ SPOT METERING MODE

If a shot is backlit, ordinary photometric settings (Digital ESP Metering) will make the subject appear too dark. To compensate for this, switch the camera to Spot Metering Mode. This feature is used to obtain the right exposure regardless of backlighting.

1 Open the lens barrier and press the button. 2 Select [CAMERA] from the Camera menu screen using the /

buttons and press the button.

3 Select [ ] using the / buttons and press the button.

4 Select [ SPOT] using the / buttons and press the

button.

Setting of spot metering is completed. Press the the menu.

5 Press the Shutter button.

You can continue recording images in the selected metering mode. The metering mode will return to ESP mode when the lens barrier is closed and then reopened.

The metering mode will return to ESP mode (default setting) when the lens

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barrier is closed.

button again to exit

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LAYING BACK PICTURES

■ PLAYING BACK AN IMAGE

This mode is for displaying images one at a time on the monitor.

1 Press the button with the lens

barrier closed.

The camera will turn on in Play mode. The last recorded image will be displayed on the monitor.

2 Press the / buttons.

Press the previous image and the display the next image.

button to display the

button to

3 Press the button.

The monitor will go off and the camera will turn off.

• If the button is pressed quickly twice (double-clicked) when the camera is

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in Record mode, the camera’s mode will change to Play mode.

• After the camera is turned on, the monitor may light momentarily and an image will be displayed after a short while. This is not a malfunction.

■ INDEX PLAYBACK

This mode is for displaying images in index mode from single-image playback mode.

1 Press the button with the lens barrier closed. 2 Press the button. 3 Press the button to move the green frame to the next image and

the

button to move the frame to the previous image.

4 Press the button.

The image in the green frame will be displayed.

Changing the number of images in the index playback

Select the number of images in the index playback from 4, 9 or 16.

1 Press the button with the lens barrier closed.

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2 Press the button to display the Play menu screen. 3 Select [PLAY] using the / buttons and press the button. 4 Select [ ] using the / buttons and press the button. 5 Select the number of images [4], [9] or [16] using the / buttons

and press the

Setting of the number of images in the index display is completed. Press the button again to exit the menu.

button.

■ AUTO PLAYBACK

In this mode all the images are automatically displayed one after another.

1 Press the button with the lens barrier closed. 2 Press the button to display the Play menu screen. 3 Select [PLAY] using the / buttons and press the button. 4 Select [ ] using the / buttons and press the button. 5 Select [START] using the / buttons and press the button.

Auto Playback will start. Each image will be played back for 3 seconds starting from the image after the one currently displayed. To cancel Auto Playback, press the

If you display the Play menu while an image marked by the Moving Image ( )

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symbol is being played, you cannot select [ ]. Display a still picture first.

button.

■ CLOSE-UP PLAYBACK

Images can be played back in 4 stages of magnification: 1.5×, 2×, 2.5× and 3×.

1 Press the button with the lens barrier closed. 2 Press the button.

The image will be magnified in the sequence [1.5×] → [2.0×] → [2.5×] → [3.0×] each time the

3 Press the button.

Scroll mode will be enabled. Scroll up or down, left or right, using the / / / buttons to display the area you want to see. Press the

button again to exit scroll mode.

button is pressed.

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4 Press the button after exiting scroll mode to return to the 1×

single-image playback screen.

The above operation cannot be performed while an image marked by the Moving

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Image ( ) symbol is displayed. Display a still picture first.

■ ERASING AN IMAGE

1 Press the button with the lens barrier closed. 2 Display the image you want to erase and press the button. 3 Select [PLAY] using the /

buttons and press the button.

4 Select [ ] using the /

buttons and press the button.

5 Select [ ] using the /

buttons and press the button.

The image will be erased.

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• You can also move to the erase menu by keeping the button pressed for

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at least 1 second while the image you want to erase is displayed.

• If the image you want to erase is protected or a write-protect seal is affixed to the SmartMedia card, the image cannot be erased. Unprotect the image or remove the write-protect seal on the SmartMedia card before attempting to erase the image.

• Erased images cannot be restored. Before erasing an image, be sure that you are not erasing important data.

■ ERASING ALL IMAGES

You can erase all the images in the internal memory or on the SmartMedia card.

• When erasing images in the internal memory, do not inser t a SmartMedia

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1 Press the button with the lens barrier closed. 2 Press the button to display the Play menu screen. 3 Select [SETUP] using the / buttons and press the button. 4 Select [ ] or [ ] using the / buttons and press the

5 Select [ ALL ERASE] using the / buttons and press the

6 Select [ ] using the / buttons and press the button.

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card.

• When erasing images on a Smar tMedia card, insert the card first.

button.

All the images will be erased.

• Protected images will not be erased.

• If a write-protect seal is affixed to the SmartMedia card, the images on the

card cannot be erased.

• Erased images cannot be restored. Before erasing, make sure that you are not erasing important data.

■ PROTECTING IMPORTANT IMAGES

1 Press the button with the lens barrier closed. 2 Display the image you want to protect. 3 Press the button to display the Play menu screen.

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4 Select [PLAY] using the /

buttons and press the button.

5 Select [ ] using the /

buttons and press the button.

6 Select [ON] using the /

buttons and press the button.

The image will be protected. To cancel the protect setting, select [OFF].

• You can also protect an image by keeping the button pressed for at least

Note

Caution

1 second while the image you want to protect is displayed.

• The protected image is indicated by a symbol.

• The protect setting is saved when the camera is turned off.

• Protected images cannot be erased by [Erasing an image] or [Erasing all

images], but will be erased by formatting the card.

• Images on a card with a wr ite-protect seal cannot be protected.

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THER FUNCTIONS

■ RECORDING A MOVING IMAGE

In addition to still pictures, this camera has the ability to take movie pictures.

1 Press the button with the lens barrier open. 2 Select [CAMERA] using the / buttons and press the button. 3 Select [DRIVE] using the / buttons and press the button. 4 Select [ MOVIE] using the / buttons and press the

button.

Movie mode is now set and the monitor will automatically turn on. Press the

button again to exit the menu.

5 Take the picture.

Press the Shutter button to start recording moving images. Recording stops when the Shutter button is pressed again.

• Movie mode is canceled when the monitor is turned off by pressing the

Note

button.

• The flash cannot be used in Movie mode.

• It takes a while to record the images taken in this mode.

• The recordable time will vary depending on whether a SmartMedia card is used.

• Sound cannot be recorded.

■ PLAYING BACK MOVING IMAGES

1 Press the button with the lens barrier closed and display the

desired image with the

2 Press the button to display the Play menu screen. 3 Select [PLAY] using the / buttons and press the button. 4 Select [ ] using the / buttons and press the button. 5 Select [START] using the / buttons and press the button.

The moving image will be displayed.

symbol indicated.

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■ REC VIEW

This function enables you to check an image by displaying it immediately after it is taken.

1 Open the lens barrier and press the button. 2 Select [SETUP] using the / buttons and press the button. 3 Select [REC VIEW] using the / buttons and press the

button.

4 Select [ON] using the / buttons and press the button.

ON: The last image taken is played back after shooting is completed. OFF: The screen for shooting the next image is played back immediately

after shooting is completed. Setting of the Rec View is completed. Press the

Note

button again to exit the menu.

The Rec View mode is saved when the camera is turned off.

■ BEEP SOUND

This function enables you to turn the warning beep sound off.

1 Open the lens barrier and press the button. 2 Select [SETUP] using the / buttons and press the button. 3 Select [ ] using the / buttons and press the button. 4 Select [OFF] using the / buttons and press the button.

The beep sound will be turned off. Press the

Note

button again to exit the menu.

• The beep sound setting is not cancelled when the camera is turned off.

• You can also set the beep sound from the Play menu.

■

ADJUSTING THE MONITOR BRIGHTNESS

1 Open the lens barrier and press the button. 2 Select [SETUP] using the / buttons and press the button.

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3 Select [ ] using the / buttons and press the button. 4 Adjust the brightness of the monitor using the / buttons

and press the

Press the make it darker.

button.

button to make the monitor brighter and the button to

5 Press the button again.

Setting of monitor brightness is now completed. Press the

Note

button again to exit the menu.

• The setting is not cancelled when the lens barrier is closed.

• You can also set the monitor brightness from the Play menu.

■ CARD FORMAT/MEMORY SETUP

This function enables you to format the SmartMedia card or internal memory. Any images on the card or in the memory will be erased when the card or memory is formatted.

• When formatting the inter nal memory, do not inser t a SmartMedia card.

• When formatting a Smar tMedia card, insert the card first.

Caution

• Before using a non-Olympus SmartMedia card or a card formatted on a PC, format the card on the camera first. Olympus CAMEDIA brand SmartMedia cards do not require formatting.

1 Press the button with the lens barrier closed. 2 Press the button. 3 Select [SETUP] using the / buttons and press the button. 4 If you format the card, select [ ] using the / buttons and

press the

If you format the internal memory, select [ buttons and press the button.

5 Select [ FORMAT] using the / buttons and press the

button.

6 Select [ FORMAT] using the / buttons and press the

button.

The card or internal memory will be formatted.

button.

] using the /

Note

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You can also format a card or the internal memory from the Camera menu.

• All protected images will be erased. Once formatted, the SmartMedia card or

Caution

internal memory cannot be restored.

• Cards with a wr ite-protect seal affixed to them cannot be formatted. Remove the seal before formatting the card. Do not re-use seals.

■ MEMORY BACK-UP

This function enables you to copy all image data recorded in the internal memory onto a SmartMedia card. Insert the card before following the procedure below.

1 Insert the SmartMedia card. 2 Press the button with the lens barrier closed. 3 Press the button. 4 Select [SETUP] using the / buttons and press the button. 5 Select [ ] using the / buttons and press the button. 6 Select [ BACKUP] using the / buttons and press the

button.

All the images in the internal memory will be copied onto the card.

■

DISPLAYING IMAGE INFORMATION

This function enables you to set display or non-display of image information on the monitor while the image is played back. If you enable this function, these information is displayed for 5 seconds.

Image data display ON Image data display OFF

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1 Press the button with the lens barrier closed. 2 Press the button. 3 Select [PLAY] using the / buttons and press the button. 4 Select [INFO] using the / buttons and press the button. 5 Select [ON] using the / buttons and press the button.

The image information will be displayed on the display screen. Press the

Note

button again to exit the menu.

The image information setting will return to OFF (default setting) when the camera is turned off.

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RROR MESSAGES

■ ERROR CODES

Monitor display Error

No card has been inserted or card is not detected.

Remedy

Insert or reinsert card.

Failure to record, display or erase.

Card is write-protected.

Smartmedia card is full. No more images can be recorded.

Internal memory is full. No more images can be recorded.

No images can be displayed.

Selected image cannot be displayed.

Failure to record, display or erase Wipe the card terminal with cleaning paper and reformat. If unable to format, use another card.

To record, remove the protect seal. For details, refer to the instruction manual for the SmartMedia card.

Insert another card or erase unwanted images.

Use a SmartMedia card or erase unwanted images.

There are no images in the card. Take pictures and then playback.

There are no images in the internal memory.Take pictures and then playback.

Images on a card recorded with another brand of camera or images transferred from a PC cannot be displayed.

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PECIFICATIONS

Product type: Digital camera (for recording and displaying) Recording system: Digital recording, compatible with JPEG

Recording media: Internal memory 1MB, SmartMedia card

No. of recordable frames: SHQ/Approx. 1, HQ/Approx. 3,

Sequence mode: 1.3 frames/second, 8 or more (HQ) Erase: Single-frame erase/All frames erase Image pickup element: 1/3.2 inch CCD solid-state image pickup

Recording image: 1280 × 960 pixels (SHQ/HQ mode)

White balance: Full auto TTL

Lens: Olympus lens 4.5mm, F4, 5 elements,

Photometric system: Digital ESP metering system with imager,

Exposure control system: Programmed auto exposure Aperture: f4, f8 Shutter*: 1 ~ 1/2000 sec. (used with mechanical shutter)

Shooting range: 0.6m ~ ∞/2ft ~ infinity (Standard mode)

Viewfinder: Optical real image viewfinder (Target mark),

LCD monitor: 1.5 inch TFT color LCD display No. of pixels: Approx. 114,000 pixels On-screen display: Date/Time, frame number, protect, image

(based on DCF) and DPOF

(4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB)

SQ1/Approx. 4, SQ2/Approx. 7 (When using internal memory)

1,310,000 pixels (gross)

1024 × 768 pixels (SQ1 mode) 640 × 480 pixels (SQ2 mode)

Preset (daylight, overcast, tungsten light, fluorescent light)

5 groups (equivalent to 35mm lens on 35mm camera)

Spot Metering

*Manual setting not available

0.25m ~ ∞/10" ~ infinity (Macro mode)

LCD monitor

quality, battery level, file number, print service, menu, etc.

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