Olympus TG-850 User Manual

DIGITAL CAMERA

TG-85 0

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

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

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

Lithium Ion Battery

(LI-50B)

OLYMPUS Setup

CD-ROM

Attaching the camera strap

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

Using the monitor

You can adjust the angle of the monitor.

Names of parts

1 Battery/card compartment/

connector cover lock

2 Battery/card compartment/

connector cover

3 Battery/card compartment/

connector cover latch

4 Flash 5 Self-timer lamp/LED Illuminator/

AF illuminator

6 Lens 7 Speaker 8 Stereo microphone 9 n button 0 Indicator lamp a Shutter button b Zoom lever c Monitor d R (Movie) button

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

• FGHI instruct to press the up/down/left/right arrow pad.

e Mode dial f q (Playback) button g Q button h Strap eyelet i  button j Multi-connector k HDMI micro connector l Tripod socket m Pressure adjustment hole* n Arrow pad o F (Up) / INFO (Information

display) button

p I (Right) /# (Flash) button q H (Left) button

G (Down) / jY (Sequential

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

Preparations for shooting

Inserting and removing the battery and card

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

compartment/connector cover.

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

Battery/card compartment/connector cover latch

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.

Battery/card compartment/connector cover

2 1

Battery/card compartment/connector cover lock

Battery lock knob

Insert the card straight until it clicks

into place.

• Always use the specified cards with this

camera. g “Using the card” (P. 88)

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

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, 2 and 3 to close

battery/card compartment/connector cover.

• Except when using the connector, be sure to close the battery/card compartment/connector cover.

2 3

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 3 hours).

Connecting the camera

Indicator lamp On: Charging Off: Charged

Battery/card compartment

For charging the battery abroad, see “Using your charger and USB-AC adapter abroad” (P. 87).

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. 100). For

details on the USB-AC adapter, see “USB-AC adapter” (P. 101).

/connector cover

Multi-connector

USB cable (supplied)

AC outlet

• 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. 58) before connecting the cable again.

When to charge the batteries

Error message

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

Flashes in red

Battery Empty

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. 61).

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

2014

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Back

:..

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.

Y M D Time

-- --

Back

:..2014

Y/M/D

Use HI to select the

time zone and then press the A button.

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

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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.

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.

To take the picture, gently

press the shutter button all the way down while being careful not to shake the camera.

Press halfway

Press

halfway

AF target

Shutter speed

Aperture value

Press the rest of

the way down

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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.

Displays the

previous frame

q button

Index display

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

• Use FGHI to move the cursor.

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

Close-up playback

• In single-frame playback, press the zoom lever to the T side to zoom in up to 10×; press the W side 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.

Displays the next frame

Arrow pad

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

0:000:00

Recording time

Recording length (P. 90)

0:00

0:00 0:340:34

RECREC

0:340:34

Movie playback

Select a movie, and press the A button.

Movie PlayMovie Play

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

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.

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During pause

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During playbackMovie

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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.

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. 55).

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.

To control panorama image playback

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

Press FGHI to scroll the image in the direction of the pressed button. Press 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.

Replay

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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

SCNSCN

23 22

Date

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1719202118 11121516 14

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0:00:340:00:34

0.00.0

AUTOWBAUTO

ISO

AUTO

7 8

4:3

262728

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 white.

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.

Switching the displays

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

No. Name Normal Detailed No info.

1 Shooting mode 2 Sub mode 3 Picture Mode 4 Flash 5 Exposure compensation 6 White balance 7 ISO sensitivity

/ 9 Image size (still images) 10 Aspect 11 Recording with sound/

wind noise reduction 12 Image size (movies) 13 Movie recording length 14 Movie recording icon 15 World time 16 Image stabilization 17 Metering 18 Date stamp 19 Compression 20 Number of storable still pictures 21 Current memory 22 Battery check 23 Histogram 24 AF target mark 25 Grid Guide 26 Aperture value 27 Shutter speed 28 Camera shake warning

RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RRR RR RR

RR RR RR

– – –

RR RR RR RR RR

–

RRR

–

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

ORM

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F5.7F5.7

• Normal

23 64

1010

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• Detailed

1 23 54

1010

F5.7F5.7

ISO

AUTOWB125

ORM

34564608 3456

4608 100-0004100-0004

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1110 129

Still image

• No information

Switching the displays

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

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14 15

16 17 18 19

2021

No. Name Normal Detailed No info.

1 Battery check 2 Eye-Fi transfer data 3 Protect 4 Adding sound 5 Upload order 6 Print reservation/number of prints 7 Current memory 8 Frame number/

total number of images 9 Compression/Image size (movies) 10 Shutter speed 11 Shooting mode 12 ISO sensitivity 13 Aperture value 14 Histogram 15 Exposure compensation 16 Picture mode/sub mode 17 White balance 18 Image size (still images) 19 File name 20 Recording date and time 21 Grouped images

–

RR RR RR RR RR RR

– – – – – – – – – – –

RR RRR

R R R R R R R R R R R

– – – – – – –

–

– – – – – – – – – – – –

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 O,

List of shooting mode

• The default settings of the function are highlighted in .

Shooting mode Sub mode

P (Program mode)

(e-Portrait)

(Hand-Held Starlight)

p (Panorama)

ART

(Art Filter)

(Scene Mode)

(Super Macro mode)

A (iAUTO mode)

• “List of settings available in each shooting mode” (P. 94), “List of O settings” (P. 95), “List of

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

ART

, or p, select the sub mode.

–

Auto/Manual

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

B Portrait/F Landscape/

1 Interval Shooting/G Night Scene/ U Night+Portrait/C Sport/2 Indoor/

3 Self Portrait/` Sunset/X Fireworks/ _ Cuisine/^ Documents/ g Beach & Snow/] Snapshot/\ Wide1/ [ Wide2/A Macro/E Backlight HDR

–

ART

settings” (P. 97)

P. 12

P. 23

P. 28

P. 27

P. 24

P. 30

e (e-Portrait)

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

Rotate the mode dial to e.

Shoot.

• Detects a face automatically and adjusts the image accordingly.

• After displaying images before/after adjustment comparatively, the two images are saved at once.

: (Hand-Held Starlight)

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

• By pressing the shutter button once, the camera shots multiple images automatically and continuously, and merges them into a high quality image with less noise.

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.

Landscape Suitable for landscape shooting.

Interval Shooting

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

Snapshot Suitable for shooting seaside and pool portraits.

]

Wide1 Suitable for shooting underwater.

Wide2

[

Macro Suitable for shooting close-up view underwater.

Backlight HDR

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

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 shooting underwater. The focus distance is fixed to approximately 5 m.

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

the A button at the end.

• Press the A button once again to display the

sub mode selection screen.

Portrait

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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

Ta b

Frame

Start Waiting Time

Interval Time

TV Out

World Time LED Illuminator

Interval Settings

BackSettings Menu 2

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BackInterval Settings

Press the  button to display the

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

use FG to select Setting menu 2 and then press Q.

Use FG to select [Interval Shooting] and press Q. Then

press FG to select an item and press Q.

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

Settings Menu 2

TV Out

World Time

LED Illuminator

Interval Settings

Back

English

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Off

Frame Sets the number of frames to be shot between 1 and

99 frames.

Start Waiting Time Sets the time from pressing the shutter button until

the picture is taken between 0 and 60 minutes.

Interval Time Sets the shooting interval for the second and

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.

Off

min sec

To take underwater photos

The [M Snapshot], [

\ Wide1

recommended for shooting underwater. When set to [

[ Wide2

], [

A Macro

], [

] submode is

[

Wide2], the focus

distance is automatically fixed to approx. 5.0 m (16.4 ft.).

To lock the focus distance for underwater shoots (AF lock)

In the [M Snapshot], [

A Macro

[

] submode, you can

press the A button to fix the focus distance (AF lock). Press the A button again to cancel the AF lock.

\ Wide1

AF lock mark

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AF LOCKAF LOCK

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ART

(art filters)

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

Sub mode Application

Pop Art

Soft Focus

Pale&Light Color

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.

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

Expresses the tunnel effect like that obtained from an

Pin Hole

old fashioned camera or a toy camera by reducing the peripheral brightness.

Expresses an image shooting a surreal miniature world with

Diorama

enhancing the saturation and contrast and blurring an outof-focus area of an image.

Enhances the local contrast of an image and provide an

Dramatic Tone

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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AUTOWBAUTO

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MENUMENU

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

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 Select [Auto] in the submenu,

and press G. Use HI to select the angle of view (STD:180°, FULL:360°) and then press the A button.

2 Point the camera to the start

position.

3 Press the shutter button to begin

shooting.

4 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

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

to specify at which

Direction for combining frames

MANUALMANUAL

button.

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.

a (Super Macro mode)

Images can be taken from up to 1 cm away from the subject.

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.

• You can press the A button to fix the focus distance (AF lock). Press the A button again to cancel the AF lock.

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

down while being careful not to shake the camera.

• In a mode, the zoom range is limited.

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.

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Preparations for shooting

Using basic functions

Shooting using basic functions