Olympus SP-100EE User Manual

DIGITAL CAMERA

SP-100EE

Instruction Manual

Thank you for purchasing an O lympus digital camera. Before you star t to

use your new camera, please r ead these instructions caref ully to enjoy optimum p erfo rmanc e and a longer ser vice life. 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.

The screen and camera illustrat ions shown in this manual were produced

during the develop ment stages and may differ from the actual pr oduct.

Unpack the box contents

The following items are included with the camera. If anything is missing or damaged, contact the dealer from whom you purchased the camera.

Digital camera Strap

Lens cap and

lens cap strap

Other accessories not shown: Warranty card Contents may vary depending on purchase location.

USB-AC adapter (F-2AC) USB cable (CB-USB8)

Lithium Ion Battery

(LI-92B)

OLYMPUS Setup

CD-ROM

Attaching the camera strap

• Attach the strap to the other eyelet in the same manner.

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

• You can attach the lens cap to the strap.

Names of parts

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1 n button 2 Indicator lamp 3 Shutter button 4 Zoom lever 5 Built-in flash 6 Strap eyelet 7 Self-timer lamp/AF illuminator 8 Dot sight 9 Lens 0 Diopter adjustment dial

f g

6 a

b c d

a Dot sight switch b Flash switch c AFL/FOCUS LIMIT button d Side zoom lever e Tripod socket f Battery/card compartment lock g Battery/card compartment cover h Speaker

5 6

1 Stereo microphone 2 Viewfinder (EVF) 3 Monitor 4 Dot sight adjustment dial 5 Mode dial 6 Control dial 7 Fn button 8 u (EVF) button 9 Connector cover 0 Multi-connector a HDMI micro connector b q (Playback) button

2 3

b c

d e

c Arrow pad d H (Left) button e A button f  button g R (Movie) button h F (Up) / F (Exposure

compensation) button

i I (Right) /# (Flash) button j G (Down) / jY (Sequential

shooting/Self-timer) /  (Erase) button

k INFO (Information display) button

g h

j k

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Preparations for shooting

Inserting and removing the battery and card

Follow Steps 1 and 2

to open the battery/card compartment cover.

• Turn off the camera before opening the battery/card compartment cover.

Insert the battery while sliding

the battery lock knob in the direction of the arrow.

• Insert the battery as illustrated with the C mark toward the battery lock knob.

• Slide the battery lock knob in the direction of the arrow to unlock, and then remove the battery.

Insert the card straight until it clicks into

place.

• Always use the specified cards with this camera. Do not insert other types of memory cards. g “Using the card” (P. 89)

• Do not touch the metallic parts of the card directly.

Battery/card compartment lock

Battery/card compartment cover

Battery lock knob

Write-protect switch

To remove the card

Press the card in until it clicks and comes out slightly, then remove the card.

Follow Steps 1 and 2 to close

battery/card compartment cover.

• When using the camera, be sure to close the battery/card compartment cover.

Charging the battery

Connect the USB cable and USB-AC adapter to the camera

and charge the battery.

• The battery is not fully charged at shipment. Before use, be sure to charge the battery until the indicator lamp turns off (up to 5 hours).

Connecting the camera

Indicator lamp On: Charging Off: Charged

Multi-connector

USB cable (supplied)

Connector cover

AC outlet

For charging the battery abroad, see “Using your charger and USB-AC adapter abroad” (P. 88).

Never use any cable other than supplied or Olympus-designated USB cable.

This may cause smoking or burning.

The included F-2AC USB-AC adapter (hereafter referred to as USB-AC

adapter) differs depending on the region where you purchased the camera. If you received a plug-in type USB-AC adapter, plug it directly into AC outlet.

Be sure to unplug the power plug of the USB-AC adapter from the wall outlet

when the charging is complete or the playback ends.

For details on the battery, see “Battery Handling Precautions” (P. 98). For

details on the USB-AC adapter, see “USB-AC adapter” (P. 99).

• If the indicator lamp does not light, check the USB cable and USB-AC adapter connections.

• If “No Connection” is displayed on the back monitor, disconnect the USB cable and set [Storage] in [USB Connection] (P. 61) before connecting the cable again.

When to charge the batteries

Error message

Charge the battery when the error message shown on the right appears.

Battery Empty

Flashes in red

Turning on the camera and making the initial settings

When you turn on the camera for the first time, a screen appears enabling to set the language for the menus and messages displayed in the monitor, and the date and time. To change the selected date and time, see “Setting the date and time d [X]” (P. 63).

Press the n button to turn on the camera, press

FGHI

the A button.

Press

pad to select the year for [Y].

of the arrow pad to select your language and press

of the arrow

YMDTime

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Back

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Y/M/D

Press I of the arrow pad

to save the setting for [Y].

As in Steps 2 and 3, press

FGHI

of the arrow pad to

set [M] (month), [D] (day), [Time] (hours and minutes), and [Y/M/D] (date order), and then press the A button.

• For precise time setting, press the A button as the time signal strikes

00 seconds.

Use HI to select the

time zone and then press the A button.

• Use FG to turn daylight saving time ([Summer]) on or off.

Y M D Time

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Y/M/D

Summer

Using basic functions

Taking photographs

Press the n button to turn on the camera.

When the camera is turned on, the monitor will turn on.

Set the mode dial to P.

In mode P, the camera automatically adjusts shutter speed and aperture in response to subject brightness.

Frame the shot.

• When holding the camera, take care not to cover the flash, microphone or other important parts with your fingers, etc.

• To shoot using the viewfinder (EVF), press the u (EVF) button. Every time you press the u (EVF) button, the viewfinder (EVF) and the back monitor are switched alternately.

• If the display in the viewfinder (EVF) looks blurry, look through the viewfinder (EVF) and rotate the diopter adjustment dial (P. 4) until the display is in sharp focus.

Press the shutter button

halfway down to focus.

The camera was unable to focus if the AF target mark flashes red. Try focusing again.

• The shutter speed and aperture value are displayed in red if the camera is unable to achieve optimal exposure.

Press halfway

Shutter speed

AF target

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Aperture value

To take the picture, gently

press the shutter button all the

Press

halfway

Press the rest of

the way down

way down while being careful not to shake the camera.

Viewing photographs (Playing back images)

Turn on the camera. Press the q button.

• Your most recent photograph is displayed.

• Press HI to select an image.

q button

Displays the

previous frame

Displays the next frame

Arrow pad

Index display

• In single-frame playback, turn the zoom lever to W for Index playback.

• Use FGHI to move the cursor.

• Turn the zoom lever to T for single-frame playback.

Close-up playback

• In single-frame playback, turn the zoom lever to T to zoom in up to 10×; turn to W to zoom out. Press the A button to return to single-frame playback.

• Press FGHI to scroll an image to the direction of the button you pressed.

Still image

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Recording movies

Press the R (movie) button

to start recording.

• The movie is shot in the set shooting mode. Note that the shooting mode effects may not be obtained for some shooting modes.

• Sound is also recorded.

• When using a camera with a CMOS image sensor, moving objects may appear distorted due to the rolling shutter phenomenon. This is a physical phenomenon whereby distortion occurs in the filmed image when shooting a fast-moving subject or due to camera shaking. In particular, this phenomenon becomes more noticeable when using a long focal length.

Press the R (movie) button again to stop recording.

Lights up red when

recording

RECREC

Recording time

0:00

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RECREC

0:000:00

Recording length

0:340:34

(P. 91)

Movie playback

Select a movie, and press the A button.

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Movie PlayMovie Play

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During playbackMovie

Pausing and restarting

playback

Fast forward

Rewind

Adjusting the volume

Press the A button to pause playback. During pause, fast forward or reverse, press the A button to restart playback.

Press I to fast forward. Press I again to increase the fast forward speed.

Press H to rewind. Press H again to increase the rewind speed.

Use FG to adjust the volume.

Operations while playback is paused

Elapsed time/Total shooting time

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During pause

Cueing

Advancing and

rewinding one frame at

a time

Resuming playback

Use F to display the first frame and press G to display the last frame.

Press I or H to advance or rewind one frame at a time. Hold I or H pressed for continuous advance or rewind.

Press the A button to resume playback.

To stop movie playback

Press the  button.

• To play back movies on the computer, the supplied PC software is recommended. For the first use of the PC software, connect the camera to the computer, then launch the software.

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Erasing images during playback

Display the image you want to erase and press G ().

• To erase a movie, select the movie to erase and press G ().

Press

• Grouped images are erased as a group (P. 17).

• Multiple images or all images can be erased at a time (P. 58).

to select [Erase], and press the A button.

Erase

Cancel

Back

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Playing back panorama and grouped images

Playing back panorama images

Panorama images that were combined together using [Auto] or [Manual] can be scrolled for viewing.

Select a panorama image during

playback. Press the A button.

Replay

To control panorama image playback

Stop playback: Press the  button. Pause: Press the A button. Control while paused

FGHI

Press

to scroll the image in the direction of the pressed button. Turn the zoom lever to enlarge/shrink the image. Press the A button to restart scrolling.

Playing back grouped images

With sequential shooting and interval shooting, the taken images are displayed as a group during playback.

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Viewing area

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T side

A button

Expands.

• Expand to view the frames of a group in index view.

• If you want to delete images from the grouped images, you can expand the group and delete the images individually.

ExpandExpand

PlayPlay

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Sequential images frame

• Select the image and press the A button to display the images respectively.

• Use HI to view the previous/next frame.

Plays back the grouped images in sequence automatically or pauses playback.

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Monitor display

Shooting screen displays

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24 23 22

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Date

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AUTOWBAUTO

ISO

AUTO

4:3

MFMF

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

282930

When the shutter button is pressed halfway down

Reading a histogram

If the peak fills too much of the frame, the image will appear mostly black.

The green section shows luminance distribution within the screen’s center.

If the peak fills too much of the frame, the image will appear mostly white.

Switching the displays

The displays change in the order of Normal → Detailed → No info. each time the INFO button is pressed.

No. Name Normal Detailed No info.

Shooting mode

Sub mode

Picture Mode

Flash

Exposure compensation

White balance

ISO sensitivity

Image size (still images)

Aspect

Image size (movies)

Recording with sound/ wind noise reduction

Movie recording length

Movie recording icon

World time

Image stabilization

Metering

Date stamp

Compression

Number of storable still pictures

Current memory

Battery check

Histogram

AF target mark

Focus limit

Grid Guide

Aperture value

Shutter speed

Camera shake warning

RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RRR RR RR RR

RR RR

– – –

RR RR RR RR RR

–

RR RRR RR

–

RRR RRR RRR

R R R

– – – – – – –

– – –

–

– – – – – – – – – – – –

– –

Playback mode display

100-0004100-0004

2.0

2.01/10001/1000

4608

34564608 3456

AUTOWB125

ISO

ORM

AUTOWB125

ISO

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• Normal

23 64

1010

Still image

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• Detailed

1 23 54

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ISO

AUTOWB125

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4608 100-0004100-0004

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1110 129

• No information

Switching the displays

The displays change in the order of Normal → Detailed → No info. each time the INFO button is pressed.

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2.02.01/10001/1000

14 15

16 17 18 19

2021

No. Name Normal Detailed No info.

Battery check

Eye-Fi transfer data

Protect

Adding sound

Upload order

Print reservation/number of prints

Current memory

Frame number/ total number of images

Compression/Image size (movies)

Shutter speed

Shooting mode

ISO sensitivity

Aperture value

Histogram

Exposure compensation

Picture mode/sub mode

White balance

Image size (still images)

File name

Recording date and time

Grouped images

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RR RR RR RR RR RR

– – – – – – – – – – –

RR RRR

R R R R R R R R R R R

– – – – – – –

–

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Shooting using basic functions

Using the shooting modes

Selecting shooting mode

Turn the mode dial to set the shooting mode to the indicator.

• After selecting

List of shooting mode

• The default settings of the function are highlighted in .

Shooting mode Sub mode

P (Program mode) A (iAUTO mode)

ART

(Art Filter)

O (Scene Mode)

p (Panorama) M (Manual mode)

(Shutter-priority mode)

S A

(Aperture-priority mode)

• “List of settings available in each shooting mode” (P. 92), “List of O

settings” (P. 93), “List of ART settings” (P. 94)

• In certain shooting modes, the camera may take a few moments for image processing after taking a picture.

ART

, O, or p, select the sub mode.

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Pop Art/Soft Focus/Pale&Light Color/ Grainy Film/Pin Hole/Diorama/Dramatic Tone

B Portrait/e e-Portrait/F Landscape/ 1 Interval Shooting/i

G Night Scene/U Night+Portrait/ C Sport/2 Indoor/3 Self Portrait/

` Sunset/X Fireworks/_ Cuisine/ ^ Documents/g Beach & Snow/ I Super Macro/E Backlight HDR

Auto STD/Auto FULL/Manual

–

Hand-Held Starlight/

P. 12

P. 23

P. 24

P. 26

P. 28

P. 29

A (iAUTO mode)

A full auto mode in which the camera automatically optimizes settings for the current scene. The camera does all the work, which is convenient for beginners.

Rotate the mode dial to A.

Press the shutter button halfway down to focus.

The camera was unable to focus if the AF target mark flashes red. Try focusing again.

To take the picture, gently press the shutter button all the way

down while being careful not to shake the camera.

ART

(art filters)

You can shoot with color and effect like posters and paintings.

Sub mode Application

Pop Art

Soft Focus

Pale&Light Color

Grainy Film Expresses the strength and roughness of black and white.

Pin Hole

Diorama

Dramatic Tone

Enhances the color and atmosphere of an image more brightly and vividly.

Expresses an ethereal atmosphere with a soft tone and makes an image dreamy.

Expresses a comfortable floating feeling by making an image more pale and light.

Expresses the tunnel effect like that obtained from an old fashioned camera or a toy camera by reducing the peripheral brightness.

Expresses an image shooting a surreal miniature world with enhancing the saturation and contrast and blurring an outof-focus area of an image.

Enhances the local contrast of an image and provide an image that a difference of brightness and darkness is emphasized.

Rotate the mode dial to

Use HI to select a sub mode and press

ART

the A button at the end.

• Press the A button once again to display the

sub mode selection screen.

Pop Art

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MENUMENU

O (scene mode)

Only by selecting a sub mode according to the subject or the scene, you can shoot with an proper setting.

Sub mode Application

Portrait Suitable for portrait shooting.

e-Portrait

Landscape Suitable for landscape shooting.

Interval Shooting

Hand-Held

Starlight

Night Scene Suitable for tripod shooting of night scenes.

Night+Portrait

Sport Suitable for fast action shooting.

Indoor Suitable for shooting portraits indoors like party scene.

Self Portrait Suitable for shooting yourself with holding the camera.

Sunset Suitable for shooting the sunset.

Fireworks Suitable for shooting fireworks at night.

Cuisine Suitable for shooting cuisine.

Documents Suitable for shooting paper documents or time tables.

Beach & Snow

Super Macro Suitable for shooting extremely close-up images.

Backlight HDR

Smoothes out skin tones and texture. This mode is suitable when viewing images on a high-definition TV.

Automatically shoot successive images according to set [Start Waiting Time], [Frame], and [Interval Time].

Reduces blur when shooting low light/ illuminated scenes. The flash can be used.

Suitable for portrait shooting against a background of night view.

Suitable for shooting at snow-capped mountains, seascapes in the sun, and other whitish scenes.

Suitable for contrasting scenes. This mode captures multiple images and merges them into one, properly exposed image.

Rotate the mode dial to O.

Use HI to select a sub mode and press

Portrait

the A button at the end.

• Press the A button once again to display the

sub mode selection screen.

• In [e-Portrait] mode, two images are recorded: an unmodified image and a second image to which [e-Portrait] effects have been applied.

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MENUMENU

1 Interval Shooting

Adjusts interval settings in the setting menu before selecting Interval Shooting in O (Scene Mode) to shoot.

Customizing the setting

Press the  button to display the

menus. Use H to move to the page tab, and

use FG to select Setting menu 3 and

Ta b

Interval Settings

Function

Dial Function

m/ft

BackSettings Menu 3

then press A.

Use FG to select [Interval Settings] and press A. Then

press FG to select an item and press A.

Interval Settings

Function

Dial Function

m/ft

Use FG to highlight an option and press A to select.

Frame

Start Waiting Time

Sets the number of frames to be shot between 1 and 99 frames.

Sets the time from pressing the shutter button until the picture is taken between 0 and 60 minutes.

BackSettings Menu 3

Off

Frame

Start Waiting Time

Interval Time

Sets the shooting interval for the second and

Interval Time

subsequent frames per 10 seconds or between 1 and 60 minutes.

• Press the  button repeatedly to exit the menu.

• The interval may be longer than the set interval such as when the camera takes a few moments for image processing.

• Taken pictures are displayed as a group.

• For the free space on a card, you cannot shoot the set number of frames.

• The camera may go into sleep mode during interval shooting, but the shooting is performed according to the setting.

To cancel the interval shooting

Press the  button.

BackInterval Settings

Off

min sec

p (Panorama mode)

You can shoot and combine multiple images to create an image with a wide angle of view (panoramic image).

Rotate the mode dial to p.

Press the A button to go to the function menu. Use HI to

select a sub mode and press the A button at the end.

Submenu Application

Auto STD : 180°

Auto FULL : 360°

Manual

• Move the camera as if rotating it around a vertical axis through the center of the lens to take better panorama images.

Taking pictures with [Auto]

1 Press the shutter button to begin

shooting.

2 Start panning. When the arrow

reaches the end of the guide, recording ends automatically.

• The camera automatically processes the images and the combined panorama image is displayed.

• To stop shooting in the middle, press the shutter button or A button. If the camera pauses for a while, shooting automatically finishes.

• If the message [Image was not created.] is displayed, shoot again.

• To cancel the panorama function, press the  button.

Panorama images are automatically combined just by swinging the camera in the shooting direction.

Three frames are taken and combined by the camera. The user composes the shots using the guide frame and manually releases the shutter.

Cancel

Save

Guide

AUTO

FULL

Taking pictures with [Manual]

FGHI

1 Use

the next picture is to be connected, and then press the A button.

to specify at which edge

Direction for combining frames

MANUALMANUAL

2 Press the shutter button to take the first

frame.

3 Compose the next shot so that the edge of the first frame displayed faintly on

the screen overlaps the subject of the second frame, and press the shutter button.

• To combine only two frames, press the A button.

4 Repeat step 3 to take a third frame. The camera automatically combines the

frames into a single panorama image.

M (manual mode)

In mode M, you can set the aperture value, shutter speed, and ISO manually.

• The exposure difference from suitable exposure is displayed.

ISO

Shutter speed

Rotate the mode dial to M.

Press F, and use HI to select aperture value (F-numbers),

FNo.

Over/Under exposure

shutter speed, and ISO and use FG to select each value. Press the A button to set.

S (shutter-priority mode)

In mode S, you choose the shutter speed and let the camera automatically adjust the optimal exposure to shoot.

You can shoot a fast action scene without any blur, and shoot with impression of dynamic motion.

• The shutter speed and aperture value are displayed in red if the camera is unable to achieve optimal exposure.

Rotate the mode dial to S.

Press F and use FG to select shutter speed. Press I and

Shutter speed

Exposure Comp.

use FG to select exposure compensation value. Press the A button to set.

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A (aperture-priority mode)

In mode A, you choose the aperture value and let the camera automatically adjust the optimal exposure to shoot. You can express the depth of field, and blur the background intentionally.

• The shutter speed and aperture value are displayed in red if the camera is unable to achieve optimal exposure.

Rotate the mode dial to A.

Press F and use FG to select aperture value (F-numbers).

FNo.

Exposure Comp.

Press I and use FG to select exposure compensation value.

Press the A button to set.

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Using the zoom

Turning the zoom lever adjusts the shooting range. Turn the zoom lever as far as it will go to speed up the zoom operation, and turn it partway for a slow zoom operation.

• You can also use the side zoom lever for adjustment.

W side T side

Image size Zoom bar

Zoom bar

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ISO AUTO

AUTO

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Optical zoom

Super-resolution zoom*1

Other

*1 For the super resolution zoom and the details, refer to (P. 51). *2 Due to increased processing of the pixel counts, the image quality will not

degrade. The magnifi cation ratio changes depending on the image size setting.

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