Olympus FE-210, X-775 Advanced Manual

DIGITAL CAMERA

FE-210/X-775

Advanced
Manual

( Thank you for purchasing an Olympus digital camera. Before you start to use your new camera, please read

these instructions carefully to enjoy optimum performance. Keep this manual in a safe place for future
reference.

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

photographs.

( In the interest of continually improving products, Olympus reserves the right to update or modify information

contained in this manual.

( The screen and camera illustrations shown in this manual were produced during the development stages and

may differ from the actual product.

Quick Start Guide

Get started using your camera
right away.

Button operations

Menu operations

Printing pictures

Using OLYMPUS Master

Getting to know your
camera better

Appendix

Contents

Quick Start Guide P. 3

Button operations

Menu operations

Printing pictures

Using OLYMPUS Master

P. 10

P. 16

P. 28

P. 37

Test out the functio ns of the camera
buttons by foll owing along with the
illustrations

Learn about the menus that cont rol the
functions and settin gs for basic
operation.

Learn how to print pictures you hav e
taken.

Learn how to transfer and save
pictures to a computer.

Getting to know your
camera better

Appendix

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P. 45

P. 54

Find out more about camera
operations and how to take better
pictures.

Read about convenien t functions and
safety precautions o n how to use your
camera more effectiv ely.

Gather these items (box contents)

Digital camera Strap AA batteries

USB cable

Video cable

Other items

• Basic Manual

• Advanced Manual (this manual)

• Warranty card
Contents may vary depending on
purchase location.

(2)

OLYMPUS Master

CD-ROM

Attach the strap

Quick Start Guide

( Pull the strap tight so that it does not come loose.

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Insert the batteries

a. Insert the batteries into the camera.

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Quick Start Guide

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( Even when an optional xD-Picture Card™ (hereinafter called the

card) is not inserted, you can take a picture. For details on inserting
an optional card, please refer to “Inserting and removing the card”
(P. 56).

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5

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4

Hint

The directions of the arrow pad (ONXY) is indicated
with ONXY in this manual.

O

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YX

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N

Turn the camera on

Y / M /D

Y M D TI M E

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This explains how to turn on the camera in shooting mode.

a. Set the mode dial to h.

When shooting
movies

Mode dial

pictures

Still picture shooting modes

When shooting still

h This function allows you to shoot with the camera's automatic settings.
h This function stabilizes images when taking pictures.

B Suitable for taking pictures of people.
E Suitable for taking pictures of landscapes.
M Suitable for taking pictures of people at night.

f Select from 10 scene modes according to the shooting conditions.

g Use the shooting guide displayed on the screen to shoot pictures

according to the situation.

b. Press the o button.

X

Y M D TIME

----.--.-- --:--

CANCEL

When the date and time
have not yet been set, this
screen will appear.

o button

( To turn off the camera, press the o button once again.

Quick Start Guide

Y/M/D

MENU

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Set date and time

Y / M /D

Y M D TI M E

----.--.-- --:--

2007

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Y M D TI M E

Y / M /D

2007

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Y M D TI M E

Y / M /D

About the date and time setting screen

Y-M-D (Year-Month-Day)

X

Y M D TIME

----.--.-- --:--

MENU

CANCEL

Y/M/D

Hour

Minute
Date formats (Y-M-D, M-D-Y, D-M-Y).

Cancel the setting

a. Press the OF/< button and the NY button to select [Y].

( The first two digits of [Y] are fixed.

OF/< button

<

Quick Start Guide

NY button

X

Y M D TIME

2007

.--.-- --:--

MENU

CANCEL

b. Press the Y# button.

<

Y# button

Y/M/D

c. Press the OF/< button and the

NY button to select [M].

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X

Y M D TIME

2007

.

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MENU

CANCEL

Y/M/D

d. Press the Y# button.

2007

--:--

Y M D TI M E

Y / M /D

2007

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Y M D TI M E

Y / M /D

2007

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Y / M /D

Y M D TI M E

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e. Press the OF/< button and the

NY button to select [D].

f. Press the Y# button.
g. Press the OF/< button and the

NY button to select “hour” and
“minute”.

( The time is displayed in the 24-hour

format.

h. Press the Y# button.
i. Press the OF/< button and the

NY button to select [Y/M/D].

X

Y M D TIME

2007

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MENU

CANCEL

X

Y M D TIME

2007

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MENU

CANCEL

X

Y M D TIME

2007

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SET

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Quick Start Guide

j. After all items have been set, press the H button.

( For a more accurate setting, you can press the H button when the

time signal hits 00 seconds.

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H button

CANCEL

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Take a picture

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a. Hold the camera.

Horizontal grip Vertical grip

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b. Focus.

Quick Start Guide

c. Shoot.

Shutter

button

Press

halfway

Shutter

button

Press

completely

Place this mark over your subject.

[ ]

[

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The number of
remaining still pictures
is displayed.

The green lamp indicates the focus
and exposure are locked.

The card access lamp blinks.

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Review your pictures

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q button

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Previous picture

Next picture

Erase pictures

a. Press the X& button and the Y# button to display the

picture you want to erase.

b. Press the S button.

ERASE

YES

NO

MENU

S button

BACK

SET

c. Press the OF/< button to select [YES] and press the

H button.

OF/< button

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H button

ERASE

MENU

BACK

YES

NO

SET

Quick Start Guide

OK

OK

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Button operations

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1 o button Turning the camera on and off

Power on: Camera turns on in the shooting mode.

Button operations

2 Shutter button Shooting pictures

• Lens extends

• Monitor turns on

Shooting still pictures

Set the mode dial to anything except A and press the shutter button lightly (halfway).
The green lamp lights when the focus and exposure are locked (focus lock). Now
press the shutter button all the way (completely) to take the picture.

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Self-timer

Macro/
Super macro mode

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Shooting mode

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Exposure
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Flash mode

c

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Green lamp

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Locking the focus and then composing the shot
(Focus lock)

Compose your picture with the focus locked, and then
fully press the shutter button to shoot a picture.

• When the green lamp blinks, the focus is not adjusted
properly. Try locking the focus again.

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Recording movies

Set the mode dial to n, and press the shutter button halfway to lock the focus. Press
the shutter button completely to start recording, and press the shutter button again to
stop recording.

3 K button (Shooting) Selecting shooting mode/turning on the power

Switching to the shooting mode.
While the camera is off, it can be set to turn on in shooting mode when K is pressed.
g “K/q Turning on the camera with the K or q button” (P. 26)

4 q button (Playback) Selecting playback mode/turning on the power

Switches to the playback mode and the last picture taken is displayed.

• Press the arrow pad to view other pictures.

• Use the zoom lever to switch among close-up playback and index display.

• Press H to delete the information display shown for 3 seconds during single-frame

playback.

While the camera is off, it can be set to turn on in playback mode when q is pressed.

g “K/q Turning on the camera with the K or q button” (P. 26)
g “MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies” (P. 21)

5 Mode dial Switching between shooting modes

Set the mode dial to the desired shooting mode and shoot pictures.

• Press H to delete the mode information display shown for 3 seconds when the

mode dial is set to other than SCENE or GUIDE.

h Shooting pictures with automatic settings

The camera determines the optimum settings for the shooting conditions
automatically.

h Shooting pictures with digital image stabilization

This function stabilizes the blur caused by a moving subject or camera movement
when taking pictures.

i, l, M Shooting pictures according to the situation

You can shoot pictures with the appropriate settings for portraits, landscapes, night
and portrait.

Button operations

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f Shoot pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the

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situation

You can shoot pictures by selecting from 10 types of scenes according to the situation.
Press H to confirm your selection.

jSPORT / NINDOOR / bCANDLE
/ RSELF PORTRAIT / SSUNSET / cFIREWORKS
/ VBEHIND GLASS / VCUISINE / dDOCUMENTS
/ iAUCTION

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N
W
R

MENU

BACK

SET

•The scene mode selection screen displays
sample images as well as a description of the
shooting situation for which it is designed.

• To switch scenes after selecting a scene,
press MENU and select [f] from the Top

OK

Menu. The selection screen is displayed.

• By switching to another scene, most settings
will be changed to the default settings of each
scene mode.

g Follow the shooting guide to take better pictures

This function allows you to set the target items by following the shooting guide
displayed on the screen.

SHOOTING GUIDE 1/3

1 Brightening subject.

2 Shooting into backlight.

3 Blurring background.

Adjusting area in focus.

4

Button operations

5 Shooting subject in motion.

SET

• Press MENU to display the shooting guide
again.

• To change the setting without using the
shooting guide, set the shooting mode to
another one.

• The content set using the shooting guide will

OK

return to the default setting by pressing MENU
or changing the mode using the mode dial.

n Recording movies

Recording moving images. Sound is not recorded.

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This icon lights red during movie recording.

The remaining recording time is displayed.
When the remaining recording time reaches
0, recording will stop automatically.

6 Zoom lever Zooming while shooting/close-up playback

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Shooting mode: Zooming in on your subject (Optical zoom x digital

zoom: 12x)

Zoom out:
Turn the zoom lever to the W side.

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Zoom in:
Turn the zoom lever to the T side.

Zoom bar
White area:

Optical zoom area

Red area:

Digital zoom area

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Playback mode: Changing the picture display

Single-frame playback

• Use the arrow pad to browse pictures.

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• Use the arrow pad to select a

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picture for playback, and press
H to play back the single-frame

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of the picture selected.

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TW

T

W

Close-up playback

• Turn and hold the zoom lever to
the T side to enlarge the picture
up to 10 times the original size.
Turn to the W side to reduce the
size.

• Use the arrow pad during close­up playback to scroll around the
picture.

• Press H to return to the single­frame playback.

Button operations

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7 MENU button Displaying the menu

Displays the Top Menu.

8 Arrow pad (ONXY)

Use the arrow pad to select scenes, playback picture, and the items on the menus.

9 H button

This button is used to confirm your selection.

0 OF / < button Changing picture brightness/Printing pictures

Shooting mode: Changing picture brightness

In shooting mode press OF/<, set with XY, then press H.

+ 2.0

• Adjustable from - 2.0 EV to + 2.0 EV.

Y: Brightens.
X: Darkens.

For manually making fine
adjustments to the exposure
when taking pictures.

SET

Activate the setting contents.

OK

Playback mode: Printing pictures

Display a picture to print out in playback mode, connect the camera to the printer, and
then press OF/< to print the picture.
g “Direct printing (PictBridge)” (P. 28)

Button operations

a X& button Shooting pictures close to the subject

Press X& in shooting mode to select the macro mode.
Press H to confirm your selection.

OFF MACRO OFF Macro mode is deactivated.

& MACRO This mode lets you shoot as close as 10 cm/3.9 in. (wide) and

% SUPER MACRO This mode lets you shoot as close as 5 cm/2.0 in. from your

60 cm/23.6 in. (tele) from your subject.

subject. Zoom position is automatically set and cannot be
changed.

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b NY button Self-timer shooting

Press NY in shooting mode to select on and off of the self-timer.
Press H to confirm your selection.

OFF SELFTIMER OFF Cancel the self-timer.
Y SELFTIMER ON Set the self-timer.

• After setting the self-timer, press the shutter button completely. Then the self-timer
lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for approximately 2 seconds, and
the shutter is released.

• To cancel the self-timer, press NY.

• Self-timer shooting is automatically canceled after one shot.

c Y# button Flash shooting

Press Y#in shooting mode to select the flash setting.
Press H to confirm your selection.

AUTO FLASH AUTO The flash fires automatically in low light or backlight

! REDEYE This emits pre-flashes to reduce the occurrence of red-

# FILL IN The flash fires regardless of the available light.
$ FLASH OFF The flash does not fire even in low light conditions.

conditions.

eye in your pictures.

d S button Erasing pictures

In playback mode, select the picture you want to erase, and press S.

• Once erased, pictures cannot be restored. Check each picture before erasing to
avoid accidentally erasing pictures you want to keep.
g “0 Protecting pictures” (P. 22)

Button operations

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Menu operations

PANORAMA

RESET

SILENT

MODE

SCENE

SETUP

IMAGE

QUALITY

SETUP

K button (Shooting mode)

q button (Playback mode)

H button

MENU button

<

Arrow pad (ONXY)

About the menus

Press m to display the Top Menu on the monitor.

• The items displayed on the Top Menu differ according to the mode.

Top Menu
(in still picture shooting mode)

PANORAMA

IMAGE

QUALITY

SCENE

SETUP

SILENT

MODE

SET

OK

RESET

EXIT

MENU

• Select [PLAYBACK MENU] or [SETUP] and press H to display detailed menus

from which to make settings.

Menu operations

• When your camera is set according to the shooting guide with the mode dial set at

g, press m to display the shooting guide screen.

SETUP menu items

1

MEMORY FORMAT

2

BACKUP

W

PIXEL MAPPING

K/qK/q

MENU

BACK

ENGLISH

NO

SET

OK

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Operation guide

PANORAMA

RESET

SILENT

MODE

SCENE

SETUP

IMAGE

QUALITY

RESET

PANORAMA

SCENE

SETUP

SILENT

MODE

IMAGE

QUALITY

During menu operations, the buttons and their respective functions are displayed at
the bottom of the monitor. Follow these guides to navigate the menus.

Operation
guide

RESET

EXIT

PANORAMA

QUALITY

MENU

IMAGE

SCENE

SETUP

SILENT

MODE

SET

OK

BACK

EXIT

SET

MENU

: Returns to the previous menu.

MENU

: Exits the menu.
: Press the arrow pad (ONXY) to select

a setting.

OK

: Sets the selected item.

H button

m button

Arrow pad (ONXY)

Using the menus

This explains how to use the menus with the [VIDEO OUT] setting as an example.

1 Set the mode dial to a setting other than g.
2 Press m to display the Top Menu.

Press Y to select [SETUP] and then press
H.

• [VIDEO OUT] is one of the selections on the
[SETUP].

RESET

EXIT

PANORAMA

MENU

IMAGE

QUALITY

SCENE

SETUP

SILENT

MODE

SET

OK

Menu operations

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3 Use arrow pad ON to select [VIDEO OUT],

SETUP

SETUP

SETUP

PANORAMA

RESET

SILENT

MODE

SCENE

SETUP

IMAGE

QUALITY

and press H.

• Unavailable settings cannot be selected.

•Press X in this screen to move the cursor to the
page display. Press ON to change the page.
To select an item or function, press Y or H.

Page display:
The page display mark is displayed when
there are additional menu items on the
next page.

1

MEMORY FORMAT

2

BACKUP

W

PIXEL MAPPING

K/qK/q

MENU

BACK

11

s

2

BEEP

X

VIDEO OUT

MENU

BACK

The selected item is displayed in a
different color.

ENGLISH

NO

SET

NORMAL

ON

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NTSC

SET

4 Use arrow pad ON to select [NTSC] or

1

[PAL] and press H to confirm your
selection.

• The menu item is set and the previous menu is
displayed. Press m repeatedly to exit the
menu.

•

To cancel changes and continue menu operation,
press

m

before pressing H.

Shooting mode menu K

*

2

1

* xD-Picture Card is required.

2

BACK

s

BEEP

X

VIDEO OUT

MENU

NTSC

PAL

SET

OK

OK

OK

RESET

EXIT

PANORAMA

MENU

IMAGE

QUALITY

SCENE

4

SETUP

SILENT

MODE

SET

5

OK

Menu operations

3

• Some menu items are not available depending on the position of the mode dial.

g “Functions available in shooting modes and scene modes” (P. 53)

g “SETUP menu” (P. 25)

• The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ).

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1 IMAGE QUALITY Changing the image quality

Still picture image quality and their applications

Image quality/Image size Compression Application

SHQ 3072 × 2304 Low

HQ 3072 × 2304 Standard

SQ1 2048 × 1536 Standard

SQ2 640 × 480 Standard

16:9 1920 × 1080 Standard

compression

compression

compression

compression

compression

• This is useful for printing large images
on A3-size (16 × 11.7 in.) paper.

• This is useful for performing computer
image processing, such as contrast
adjustment and red-eye correction.

• This is useful for printing on A4-size
(11.7 × 8.5 in.) or postcard-sized (6 × 4
in.) paper.

• This is useful for computer editing
such as rotating or adding text to a
picture.

• This is useful for sending as e-mail
attachments.

• This is useful for expressing the
broadness of a subject such as
landscapes and for vie wing pictures on
a wide-screen television.

Movie image quality

Image quality /Image size

SHQ 640 × 480

HQ 320 × 240

2 PANORAMA Creating a panoramic picture

Panorama shooting lets you create a panoramic picture, software on the provided CD­ROM. An Olympus xD-Picture Card is required for panorama shooting.

Connects pictures from

left to right

Y: The next picture is connected at

the right edge.

X: The next picture is connected at

the left edge.

Connects pictures from

bottom to top

O: The next picture is connected at

the top.

N: The next picture is connected at

the bottom.

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Use the arrow pad to specify at which edge you want to connect the pictures; and then
compose your shots so that the edges of the pictures overlap. The part of the previous
picture that will be combined will not remain in the frame. Remember the frame
displayed on the monitor as a rough indication, then compose the shot so that the
edges of the previous picture in the frame overlap with the next shot.

•Press H to exit panorama shooting.

• Panorama shooting is possible for up to 10 pictures. When 10 pictures have been

shot, the warning mark (g) will be displayed.

3 RESET Restoring default settings

NO /YES

It restores shooting functions to their factory default settings.

Functions restored to the factory default settings

Function Factory default setting Ref. Page

# AUTO P. 15
& OFF P. 14

F 0.0 P. 14

IMAGE QUALITY HQ P. 19
Y OFF P. 15
f jSPORT P. 12

Menu operations

4 f (Scene)

The scene mode selection screen displays sample images as well as a description of
the shooting situation for which it is designed. This can only be selected when the
mode dial is set to f.

• By switching to another scene, most settings will be changed to the default settings
of each scene mode.
g “f Shoot pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation”

(P. 12)

Selecting a scene mode according to the shooting situation

5 SILENT MODE Setting to turn off operational sounds

OFF /ON

This function allows you to turn off operational sounds that occur during shooting and
playback, etc...

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Playback mode menu q

RESIZE

ERASE

PRINT

ORDER

SILENT

MODE

PLAYBACK

MENU

MOVIE

PLAY

MY

FAVORITE

SETUP

RESIZE

ERASE

PRINT

ORDER

SILENT

MODE

SLIDE-

SHOW

MY

FAVORITE

SETUP

PLAYBACK

MENU

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When a still picture is selected When a movie is selected

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SLIDE­SHOW

MY

FAVORITE

MENU

EXIT

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RESIZE

PLAYBACK

MENU

ERASE

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PRINT

ORDER

SETUP

SILENT

MODE

SET

2

MOVIE

PLAY

MY

FAVORITE

MENU

OK

EXIT

RESIZE

PLAYBACK

MENU

ERASE

3

SET

PRINT

ORDER

SETUP

SILENT

MODE

OK

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* A card is required.

g “SETUP menu” (P. 25)
g “SILENT MODE Setting to turn off operational sounds” (P. 20)

• The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ).

1 SLIDESHOW Playing back pictures automatically

Press H to start the slideshow.

• Only the first frame of each movie is displayed.

• To stop the slideshow, press H or m.

2 MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies

Select [MOVIE PLAY] from the Top Menu, and press H
to play back the movie.

• In playback mode, you can also playback a movie by

selecting a picture with the movie icon (A) and

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pressing H.

MOVIE PLAY

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Menu operations

Operations during movie playback

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• Press H to pause the playback.

Y: Fast forwards the movie while pressed.
X: Rewinds the movie while pressed.

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Operations during pause

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Y: Plays the movie while pressed.
X: Plays the movie in reverse while pressed.

O: Displays the first frame.
N: Displays the last frame.

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• To resume the movie, press H.

• To cancel the playback of the movie in the middle of it or during pause, press
MENU.

3 PLAYBACK MENU

0 .......................................................................................................Protecting pictures

OFF /ON

0

Protected pictures cannot be erased using [ERASE],
[SEL. IMAGE] or [ALL ERASE], but they are all erased by
formatting.

OFF

ON

EXIT

• Select the picture with XY, and protect it by selecting

[ON] with ON. You can protect several frames in
succession.

OK

y ............................................................................................................. Rotating pictures

+90° /

Pictures taken with the camera held vertically are displayed horizontally during
playback. This function lets you rotate such pictures so that they are displayed

Menu operations

vertically on the monitor, and the new picture orientations will be saved even after the
power is turned off.

0° /-90°

y

OK

EXIT

+90°

y

OK

EXIT

0°

y

Select the picture with XY and then rotate the display by selecting [+90°]/[0°]/[-90°]
with ON. You can rotate several frames in succession.

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-90°

EXIT

OK