Olympus OM-3Ti User Manual

INSTRUCTIONS

Thank you f or purchasing the OLYMPUS OM-3Ti. This durable, lightweight SLR camera incorporates titanium — a metal that's lighter than aluminum, yet six times stronger — in the camera body. It is a single lens reflex camera with a mechanical shutter. Features include Multi Spot Metering, OTF Auto Flash and Super FP Flash Control System. Designed to facilitate serious photography with such professional-level techniques as daylight synchro-flash photography, the purpose of the OM-3Ti is to expand the sphere of creative photography. Before using t h e camera, we recommend that you read this instruction manual carefully, familiarizing yourself with the operating instructions so you can get the ver y best performance and service life from your new camera.

Note: All the components of the Olympus OM-3Ti are carefully designed and their production and assembly is strictly

controlled to enhance the unmatched performance of the system. If any interchangeable lenses, flashes, or accessories other than Olympus products are used, Olymp us cann ot be responsible fo r poor results or damage of the OM-3Ti.

Correct

Incorrect Operation Operation order

Press lightly

Lamp on

Lamp blinking Single beep

Automatic operation

Continuous beep

Attention

< Preparation before Taking Pictures >

• Dioptric Correction 5

• Mounting th e Lens 7

• Loading the Batteries 9

• Checking the Batteries 11

• Loading the Film 13

• Setting the ISO Film Speed 16

< Taking Photographs (I) >

— Center Weighted Average Light Metering —

• Center-Weighted Average Light Metering 19

• Rewinding the Film 22

< Taking Photographs (II) >

— Spot Metering —

• How to Use Spot Metering 25

• How to Clear Spot Metering 28

• How to Use the Multi-Spot Metering 29

• Highlight Control 32

• Shadow Control 35

< Taking Photographs (III) >

— Flash Photography —

• Taking OTF Auto Flash Photographs 39

• Taking Daylight Synchro-Flash Photographs

(Super FP Flash Mode) 42

< Taking Photographs (IV) >

— Other Operations —

• Exposure Compensation in the OTF

Aut o Flash Mode 45

• Bulb Exposure 46

• Using the Viewfinder Illuminator 47

• Changing the Focusing Screen 48

• Changing the Camera Back 4 9

• Attaching the Grip 50

TABLE OF CONTENTS

< For Your Creative Photography >

• The Fascinating Results of Creative Exposure

and High-Speed Synchronization 53

• Center-Weighted Average Light Metering 55

• OTF Auto Light Metering 56

• SPOT Metering (1) 57

• SPOT Metering (2) 58

• Shooting with One-Point Spot Metering 61

• Shooting w it h Multi -Spot Metering 63

• Sophisticated Multi-Spot Metering 65

• Highlight Control 67

• Shadow Control 69

• Viewfinder Information 71

• Exposure Compensation 72

• Depth of Field 72

• Depth of Field Scale 73

• Preview Button 74

• Shutter Speeds 75

• Bulb Exposure 76

• Multiple Exposures 77

• Infrared Photography 77

< OM SYSTEM >

• Flash Photography 79

• OTF Auto Flash 80

• Operation of T-Seri es Flash 80

• Main Specifications of T-Series Flash 81

• Main Specifications of F280 82

• Using Ele ctr on ic Flashes Other than the T-Series Flash Units 82

• Bounce Flash 83

• Shooting with a Motor Drive 85

• Motor Drive Group 86

• Recordata Back 4 87

• Macrophotography 88

• Chart of Photographic Ranges 89

• Macro Photo Units 90

• Finder Group Units 92

• Selection of Filters 95

• Handling Care 97

• Questions and Answers 99

• Description of Controls 104

•Specifications 108

< Preparations before Taking Pictures >

Dioptric Correction

The OM-3Ti permits dioptric adjustment according to you r eyesight.

Remove the body cap.

Pull out th e diopter adjustment knob.

Turn and adjust the knob so that the matscreen appears

sharp.

Push th e kno b bac k in until it locks.

Mounting the Lens

Remove the rear lens cap .

Align the red dots and rotate the lens clockwise until it locks.

Remove the front lens cap. (Press in the mount tabs on the edges of the lens cap parallel with "OLYMPUS").

Removing the Lens

Press the lens release button a nd turn the lens counterclockwise.

Mounting of a third-party lens can damage the automatic clear button. This disables the spot function.

Loading the Batteries

Do not use different types of batteries or new and old batteries at the same time. If you are not likely to use

the camera f o r a long period o f time, remove the batteries before putting it away.

Remove the battery cover.

Wipe battery surfaces clean. Make sure that + signs are facing upwards.

Use two SR44 silver oxide or LR44 alkaline manganese batteries or one CR-1/3N lithium battery.

Checking the Batteries

Always check the batteries after inserting new batteries, when shooting in co ld weather, or if the camera has

not been used for a long time.

Press the BATTERY CHECK button.

The battery check indicator light s and th e camera beeps to tell you that the batteries have enough power. As the battery power weakens, the signals will become

intermittent then vanish completely when they are

exhausted.

Loading the Film

Pull up on the rewind knob to open the camera back.

Tear off t he top of th e film box and insert it into the memo holde r. It wi ll remind you which film you are using.

Insert the cartridge and push down the film rewind knob. (Always load the film in the shade.)

Insert th e film leader into the take-up spool.

Wind the fil m and make sure the sprocket teeth catch both the upper a nd lower film perforations.

Take up the slack by turning the rewind crank clockwise.

Close the camera back until it clicks into place.

Face the camera toward light and take two blind shots.

This will bring the film to the first frame.

Setting the ISO Film Speed

Lift up the outer collar and rotate until t he IS O speed

appears in the window.

Align the exposure line A with the index B .

If the exposure compensation dial does not turn to the desired ISO number,

set it once at an intermediate value then repeat the procedure.

— Center-Weighted Average Light Metering —

< Taking Photographs (I) >

The OM-3Ti's exposure mode employs center-weighted average light metering. This meets a wide range of

shooting requirements.

Center-Weighted Average Light Metering

Press the shutter release lightly to activate the vie wfinder

display.

Focus on yo u r subject.

Set the bar graph tip to th e fixed point between the arr ows by adjusting the aperture and/or shutter speed rings

The shutter speed you have set will be displayed in the

viewfinder.

Fixed point

Bar display

Compose the sh ot and press the shutter release.

When the subject is too bright, select a faster shutter speed.

When the subject is too dark, select a slower shutter speed.

The viewfinder display will go out a f t e r about 60 seconds. To turn the display back on again, touch the shutter release button lightly.

Rewinding the Film

When the exposure counter indicates the end of your

roll of film.

Push the "R" Rewind Release Button.

Fold ou t the rewind crank and wi nd it until th e film

tension is released.

Open the camera back by pulling up on the rewind knob and remove the film.

< Taking Photographs (II) >

— Spot Metering —

The spot metering system of the OM-3Ti enables you to control the

exposure of backlighted and high-contrast subjects and expands shooting possibilities for more creative photography.

exposure as you like.

It insures perfect

How to Use Spot Metering

Reference

P 57-62

Align the microprism area with the area you want to

measure. (T he spot metering range is outlined by the

outer edge of the microprism.)

Spot metering range

Press the spot button to take a meter reading. Yo u wi ll he ar an electronic sound and the word "SPOT" will appear in the

viewfinder. The metered value is displayed by the

mark.

If you move the camera, another mark will indicate the exposure value in the center of the frame along with

the spot metered value.

Set the bar graph ti p t o th e fixed point between the ar rows by adjusting the aperture and/or shutter speed rings.

The shutter speed you have set will be displayed in the

viewfinder.

Press the shutter release to take the picture.

The subject will turn out correctly exposed, regardless of

the brightness of the background.

The spot metering mode is automatically canceled after the shutter

releases or when 60 seconds has passed since it was engaged.

Center-weighted average metering wil l be restored.

How to Clear Spot Metering

Set the lever to CLEAR. "SPOT" and mark will

disappear and the mode will return to center-weighted

average metering.

How to Use the Multi-Spot Metering

Spot metering is possible in up to 8 spots.

This sample photo shows a backlighted subject.