Olympus Stylus TG-Tracker Instruction Manual

DIGITAL CAMERA

ST Y LUS TG-TRACKER

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

CD-ROM

(Instruction

manual/

Computer

software)

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

• When using the camera underwater, be sure to attach the underwater lens protector (P. 60) and select [ (underwater flipped wide-angle) for [Field of View] (P. 27, 31, 32).

Strap

Lens protector (LP-T01)

Joint screw

(JS-T01)

Lithium Ion Battery

(LI-92B)

Underwater lens

protector (UP-T01)

Mount coupling

(MC-T01)

] (underwater wide-angle) or [ ]

USB-AC adapter

(F-5AC)

USB cable

(CB-USB10)

Steady grip

(SG-T01)

Attaching the camera strap

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

Names of parts

7 98

1 Headlamp 2 Lens 3 Lens protector 4 Strap eyelet 5 Battery/card

compartment/ connector cover

6 Battery/card

compartment/ connector cover latch

7 HDMI micro

connector

Do not stick pointed objects like a pin into the hole.

10 11

14 15

8 Micro-USB connector 9 Card slot 0 Power switch (ON/

OFF/LOG)

a Stereo microphone b Lens latch c Wi-Fi antenna d Speaker e Tripod socket f Indicator lamp g R (record) button

• You can adjust the angle of the monitor.

• Strong vibrations may cause the monitor to open.

1716 18 19 20

h  button i OK/MODE button j GPS antenna k M (Left)/Wi-Fi

button

l N (Right)/INFO/

Y (headlamp) button

m Monitor n Pressure adjustment

hole*

Preparations for shooting

Inserting and removing the battery and card

Keeping the battery/card compartment/connector cover latch

pressed (1), open the battery/card compartment/connector cover (2, 3).

• When opening or closing the battery/card compartment/connector cover, be sure the power switch is in the OFF position.

Insert the battery while sliding the battery lock knob in the

direction of the arrow.

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

Battery/card compartment/ connector cover latch

Battery/card compartment/ connector cover

Battery lock knob

• If you insert the battery in the wrong direction, the camera is not turned on. Be sure to insert it in the correct direction.

• 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.

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

• Always use the specified cards with this camera. Do not insert other types of memory cards.

Cards compatible with this camera

microSD/microSDHC/microSDXC card (commercially available) (for compatibility card details, visit the Olympus website.)

• g “Using the card” (P. 58)

To remove the card

• Before removing cards, rotate the power switch to OFF and confirm that the indicator lamp (amber) is off.

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

Follow Steps 1, 2 and 3 to close the battery/card compartment/

connector cover.

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

• Securely latch the cover by sliding the battery/card compartment/ connector cover latch until it completely covers the red label.

• Read “Important information about water and shock resistant features” (P. 62) before using the camera under water.

Charging the battery

Check that the battery is in the camera, and connect the USB

cable and USB-AC adapter.

• The battery is not fully charged at shipment. Before use, be sure to charge the battery until the indicator lamp turns off (up to 3.5 hours).

AC outlet

For charging the battery abroad, see “Using your charger and USB-AC adapter abroad” (P. 57).

• Never use any cable other than supplied or Olympus-designated USB cable. This may cause smoking or burning.

• The included F-5AC 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 the power switch is in the OFF position during charging.

USB cable (supplied)

Micro-USB connector

Battery/card

compartment/

connector cover

Indicator lamp (amber) On: Charging Off: Charged

• For details on the battery, see “SAFETY PRECAUTIONS” (P. 65). For details on the USB-AC adapter, see “SAFETY PRECAUTIONS” (P. 65).

• If the indicator lamp does not light, reconnect the USB cable and USB-AC adapter to the camera.

When to charge the batteries

Charge the battery when the

Error messageFlashes in red

error message shown on the right appears.

17 : 30

Battery Empty

Turning on the camera

The camera can only be used with a card inserted. Insert a card in the camera.

• g “Using the card” (P. 58)

Rotate the power switch to ON.

• If the camera does not turn on when the power

switch is in the ON position, check that the battery is in the correct orientation.

g “Inserting and removing the battery and card” (P. 4)

Setting the clock

The camera will prompt you to set the clock when first turned on. Pictures can not be taken until the clock is set. For information on changing the time zone or resetting the clock, see [Date] (P. 37).

Use M or N to choose the year

([Y]) and press OK to select.

Date

YMDTime

2016

:-- -- --

:Back

Using M or N and pressing OK as described in Step 1, set

the month ([M]), day ([D]), and hours and minutes ([Time]).

Use M or N to select a time zone

and press OK.

World Time UTC+09:00 (10:38) Seoul Tokyo

:Back

:Set

Viewing the shooting mode

The monitor turns on when the power switch is rotated to ON. The shooting mode is shown by an icon in the top left corner of the display.

A: VIDEO (movie) mode ...................(P. 10)

: PHOTO (photography) mode .......(P. 12)

L: TIME LAPSE

(time-lapse movie) mode .............(P. 14)

: Displayed when [On] is selected for

[Loop] in the VIDEO menu (P. 27).

: Displayed when [Continuous] is

selected for [Drive] in the PHOTO menu (P. 30).

Shooting setting icons

Settings selected in the menus and elsewhere are shown by icons at the top of the shooting display.

F: [+/-] ...................................(P. 27, 30, 32)

: [WB] ...............................(P. 27, 30, 32)

: [Field of View] .................(P. 27, 31, 32)

o: [IS] ...............................................(P. 29)

Y: [Timer] ..........................................(P. 31)

: [Wi-Fi] .........................................(P. 36)

Recording movies

Rotate the power switch to ON.

• While the power switch is in the ON position, the camera will log GPS and other sensor data, including position and altitude. Log recording continues during shooting.

Check the mode.

Press the R (record) button to

start recording.

• Sound will be recorded with movie footage shot with [30 fps] or [60 fps] selected for [fps] in the VIDEO menu (P. 28). Be careful not to cover the microphone.

• 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.

• Chapter marking can be added by pressing OK during movie recording. Movies can have up to 200 chapters.

VIDEO (movie) mode

REC

17 : 30

Recording time

Press the R button again to stop recording.

•

If the power switch is rotated to OFF while the current log is stored in the temporary buffer, a message will be displayed in the monitor. If 10 seconds pass or you press OK while the message is displayed, log recording will end and the log will be saved to the card. If you rotate the power switch to LOG or ON before the 10 seconds are up, log recording will continue and the log will not be saved to the card.

• To disable log recording when the power switch is in the ON position, select [Off] for [LOG Setting] in the SETUP menu (P. 34).

• Do not set the clock during log recording (P. 37). The log will not display correctly in OI.Track.

Continue LOG

Exit 10

Taking photographs

Rotate the power switch to ON.

• While the power switch is in the ON position, the camera will log GPS and other sensor data, including position and altitude. Log recording continues during shooting, and the log is saved to the card when the power switch is rotated to OFF.

Press the MODE button to view the

home display.

• Use M or N to highlight items.

Highlight [z PHOTO] and press OK.

Press the R (record) button to

take photos.

• If [On] is selected for [LOG Setting] in the SETUP menu (P. 34), photos will include tags giving the position, altitude, and other location data.

VIDEO

Home display

PHOTO

790

• Distortion may appear in photos of moving objects.

• Large movements or flicker from fluorescent lights or other sources may cause the picture to break up.

• To disable log recording when the power switch is in the ON position, select [Off] for [LOG Setting] in the SETUP menu (P. 34).

• Do not set the clock during log recording (P. 37). The log will not display correctly in OI.Track.

Filming time-lapse movies

The camera shoots photos at a pre-selected interval and joins them together in a movie. Sound is not recorded.

Rotate the power switch to ON.

Press the MODE button to view the

home display.

• Use M or N to highlight items.

Highlight [L TIME LAPSE] and press

OK.

Press the R (record) button to

start recording.

• Photos are taken one at a time at the interval selected using the [Interval] option (P. 33).

VIDEO

Home display

TIME LAPSE

17 : 30

Press the R button again to stop recording.

• The photos are joined together in a movie.

• If the battery runs low during recording, shooting will end and the camera will begin to record the movie to the card. Use a fully-charged battery. A movie will be created from the photos shot before shooting was suspended.

• Time-lapse movies can be up to 29 minutes long (or 4 GB in size).

• To disable log recording when the power switch is in the ON position, select [Off] for [LOG Setting] in the SETUP menu (P. 34).

• Do not set the clock during log recording (P. 37). The log will not display correctly in OI.Track.

Viewing and deleting pictures

Viewing movies

Rotate the power switch to ON.

Press the MODE button to view the

home display.

• Use M or N to highlight items.

Highlight [q PLAY] and press OK.

• Pictures will be displayed in a thumbnail list.

• Use M and N to highlight pictures.

• Photos are indicated by a z icon.

Highlight the desired movie and press

OK to view it full frame.

• Press M to return to thumbnail playback.

VIDEO

Home display

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Press OK again to begin playback.

• Press OK to pause playback. To resume, press OK again.

• Press the R (record) button to exit to the shooting display.

 During playback

Pausing playback

Fast forward

Rewind

Press the OK button to pause playback.

Press N once for 2× speed, twice for 15× speed.

Press M once for 2× speed, twice for 15× speed.

 Operations while playback is paused

Total shooting time

Cueing

Fast forward

Rewind

Resuming playback

Elapsed time/

Use M to return to the previous chapter or N to skip to the next chapter. If there is no next chapter, the final frame will be displayed.

Press and hold N to fast forward.

Press and hold M to rewind.

Press the OK button to resume playback.

00 : 12 : 34 / 00 : 17 : 30

During pause

 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.

Viewing photographs

Rotate the power switch to ON.

Press the MODE button to view the

home display.

• Use M or N to highlight items.

Highlight [q PLAY] and press OK.

• Pictures will be displayed in a thumbnail list.

• Use M and N to highlight pictures.

• Photos are indicated by a z icon.

Highlight the desired photo and press

OK to view it full frame.

• Press M to return to thumbnail playback.

• Press the R (record) button to exit to the

shooting display.

VIDEO

Home display

102 - 3455

Deleting pictures

In the thumbnail list, highlight the

picture you want to delete and press the  button.

• The playback menu will be displayed.

• You can also press the  button to

display the playback menu in full-frame playback.

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Use M or N to highlight [S Erase]

and press OK.

Highlight [YES] and press OK.

• To exit to the playback menu without deleting the picture, highlight [NO] and press OK.

• All pictures can be erased at a time (P. 37).

Erase

Exit

:Back

Erase

Caution Erases Image

:Back

NoYes

:Select

Recording and using logs (LOG mode)

While the power switch is in the LOG position, the camera will log GPS and other sensor data (P. 22). Logs can be downloaded for use with the OLYMPUS Image Track (OI.Track) smartphone app.

Recording and saving logs

Rotate the power switch to LOG.

• Log recording will start. The indicator lamp lights green during recording.

• To switch to the shooting display, rotate the power switch to ON.

• Log recording does not function if no card inserted.

• The camera automatically terminates log data acquisition and recording when the battery runs low. Rotate the power switch to OFF to save the log.

• In LOG mode, the camera draws on the battery continuously to acquire location data.

• An altitude (water depth) track can be viewed in the altitude (water depth) log display (P. 23). The camera can not display other track logs.

• No additional log data can be recorded after temporary memory buffer used to store log data fills. If the buffer fills, rotate the power switch to OFF to save the log data to the card.

Saving logs

The current log is saved to the card when the power switch is rotated to OFF.

• A message is displayed in the monitor when the power switch is rotated to or through the OFF position. If 10 seconds pass or you press OK while the message is displayed, log recording will end and the log will be saved to the card. If you rotate the power switch to LOG or ON before the 10 seconds are up, log recording will continue and the log will not be saved to the card.

• [Busy…] is displayed in the monitor while the log is saved. Do not remove the card while this message is displayed. Removing the card before the operation is complete could result in loss of the log file or in damage to the camera or the card.

Continue LOG

Exit 10

• Each card can store up to 199 log files. An error message will be displayed when the log file count approaches this number (P. 52). Should this occur, insert another card or delete log files after copying them to a computer.

• Log files are recorded to the “GPSLOG” and “SNSLOG” folders on the card (P. 58).

Using buffered and saved logs

To access logs stored in the camera’s temporary buffer or saved to the card, launch the OLYMPUS Image Track (OI.Track) smartphone app and connect to the smartphone using the camera wireless LAN function (P. 39).

Things you can do with the specified app, OLYMPUS Image Track (OI.Track)

• Viewing the current log and photos The current log and photos can be viewed on the smartphone.

• Downloading the current log and photos The current log and photos can be copied to and browsed on the smartphone.

• Viewing tracks Logs stored on the card can be copied to the smartphone and viewed as tracks. To view the logs on the card, select [Off] for [LOG Setting] and turn the camera off and then on again.

• Linking photos to a log Photos taken while log recording was enabled can be linked to the log for viewing or file management.

• OI.Track can be used to update GPS assist data (P. 43).

For details, visit the address below: http://app.olympus-imaging.com/oitrack/

Location data/headlamp

Viewing location data

The monitor shows location data, an artificial horizon, and altitude (depth).

• The accuracy of the data displayed varies with weather conditions and the like. Use as a rough guide only.

Press INFO.

• Location data will be displayed.

• Location data will not be displayed during playback or if the camera has turned off automatically (P. 35).

Use N to cycle through the information displayed.

•

Press N to cycle through the location data, artificial horizon, altitude (depth), and “location data off” displays.

12:34

330

300

270

240 255W285 300

240

120

150

210

180

39°12’ 30” N

145°67’ 89”

LOG

Location data Altitude (depth) logArtificial horizon and

12:34

LOG

altitude (depth)

Location data displays

 Location data

3 4

12:34

LOG

330

300

270

240 255W285 300

240

210

180

150

39°12’ 30” N

145°67’ 89”

120

1023 1227 0

hPa

2000

LOG

4500

Total Time

3000

12:34

Vertical Distance

2000

3670

No.

Time

Log recording in progress

Underwater indicator

Direction information

Temperature

(water temperature)

GPS icon

Latitude

Longitude

Name

 Artificial horizon and altitude (depth)

No.

12:34

LOG

2 3 4

1023 1227 0

hPa

 Altitude (depth) log

2000

Time

Log recording in progress

Underwater indicator

Artificial horizon

Atmospheric pressure

Temperature

(water temperature)

Altitude (depth)

No.

LOG

1 2

Total Time

12:34

Vertical Distance

3670

Latitude and longitude

• If the GPS icon blinks or is not displayed, the camera is unable to determine the current position.

•

The latitude and longitude shown when the GPS icon is not displayed are not those for the current position but those most recently measured in the last 120 minutes.

• The latitude and longitude will not be displayed if they have not been updated for more than 120 minutes.

4500

3000

2000

Log recording in progress

Underwater indicator

Length of log

Change in altitude (depth)

Altitude (depth) log

Name

GPS and other data displays

These displays are not intended for applications that require a high degree of precision, and the accuracy of the data (latitude and longitude, heading, depth, temperature, and the like) they provide is not guaranteed. The accuracy of these displays may be also affected by factors not under the control of the manufacturer.

The headlamp

Press the Y (headlamp) button until the headlamp lights. The headlamp will light even if the power switch is in the OFF or LOG position.

• The headlamp lights for about 60 seconds.

To turn the headlamp off, press and hold the Y (headlamp)

• button.

• The headlamp will turn off automatically if:

• you use the power switch,

• the menus are displayed,

• a USB or HDMI cable is connected or disconnected, or

• the camera connects to a Wi-Fi network.

Headlamp

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Olympus Stylus TG-Tracker Instruction Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Preparations for shooting

Recording movies

Taking photographs

Filming time-lapse movies

Viewing and deleting pictures

Recording and using logs (LOG mode)

Location data/headlamp