Olympus VH-520 Instruction Manual

DIGITAL CAMERA

VH-520

Instruction 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 and a longer service 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.

● In the interest of continually improving products, Olympus reserves the right to update or modify information contained in this manual.

Checking the contents of the box

Names of Parts

Digital camera Strap Lithium Ion

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

Names of Parts

Battery (LI-50B)

USB-AC adapter

(F-2AC)

5 6

8 9

10 11

USB cable

(CB-USB7)

1 Strap eyelet 2 Connector cover 3 HDMI mini connector 4 Multi-connector 5 Flash 6 Self-timer lamp/AF illuminator 7 Lens 8 Battery/card compartment lock 9 Tripod socket 10 Speaker 11

Battery/card cover

OLYMPUS

Setup CD-ROM

Attaching the camera strap

1 n button

2 Microphone 3 Monitor 4 Shutter button

5  button (shooting movies) 6 Zoom buttons 7 Indicator lamp 8 A button (OK)

9 Arrow pad

7 8

9 10

INFO (changing information

display)

# (ﬂ ash) Y (self-timer)/

(erase)



 button

11 q button (switching between

shooting and playback)

Arrow pad

F (up)

H (left)

G (down)

FGHI instruct to press the up/down/left/right

arrow pad.

I (right)

Attaching the camera strap

Pull the strap tight so that it does not come

loose.

Inserting and removing the

To remove the card

battery and card (commercially available)

Follow Steps 1 and 2 to open

the battery/card cover.

Battery/card cover

Insert the battery as illustrated with the C mark

toward the battery lock knob. Damage to the battery exterior (scratches, etc.) may produce heat or an explosion.

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.

Battery/card compartment lock

Turn off the camera before opening the battery/

card cover.

Insert the battery while sliding the

battery lock knob in the direction of the arrow.

Battery lock knob

Write-protect switch

Always use SD/SDHC/SDXC cards or Eye-Fi

card with this camera. Do not insert other types of memory cards. “Using the card” (p. 53)

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

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

Connecting the camera

the battery/card cover.

Connecting the camera

Indicator lamp On: Charging Off: Charged

When using the camera, be sure to close and

lock the battery/card cover.

Charging the battery

Connect the USB cable and USB-AC adapter to the camera and charge the battery.

For charging the battery abroad, see “Using your charger and USB-AC adapter abroad” (p. 52).

● The battery is not fully charged at shipment. Before use, be sure to charge the battery until the indicator lamp turns off (up to 4 hours).

AC outlet

Multi-connector

Connector cover

USB cable

(supplied)

When to charge the batteries

Charge the battery when the error message shown below appears.

Error message

Battery Empty

Flashes in red

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 USBAC adapter, plug it directly into AC outlet.

The included USB-AC adapter has been

designed to be used for charging and playback. Do not take pictures while the USB-AC adapter is connected to the camera.

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. 60). For details on the USB-AC adapter, see “USB-AC adapter” (p. 61).

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

● The battery can be charged while the camera is connected to the computer via USB. The charging time varies depending on the performance of the computer. (There may be cases in which it takes approx. 10 hours.)

Turning on the camera and making the initial settings

When you turn on the camera for the ﬁ rst 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. 38).

Press the n button to turn

on the camera, press FGHI of the arrow pad to select your language and press the A button.

Press FG of the arrow pad to

select the year for [Y].

Y M D Time

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Date and time setting

screen

Back

:..2013

Y/M/D

Press I of the arrow pad to save

the setting for [Y].

Y M D Time

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.

Press HI of the arrow pad to

select time zone and then press the A button.

● Use FG to turn daylight saving time

([Summer]) on or off.

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Y/M/D

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Summer

Learning how to use the camera

● Press the n button to turn on the camera and enter the standby mode. (Press the n button again to turn off the camera.)

● Select the shooting mode, and press the shutter button to shoot a still image.

● To shoot a movie, press the  button.

● Set the shooting functions using the function menu or the setup menu.

● To view images, press the q button to switch to

playback mode.

● To return to standby mode, press the q button again, or press the shutter button halfway down and then release it.

● Press and hold the q button while the camera is

turned off to start up the camera in the playback mode.

● In this case, pressing the q button again sets the camera to the standby mode.

Shooting still images

Press the n button to turn

on the camera.

Select the shooting mode. (p. 13)

Hold the camera and compose the

shot.

When holding the camera, take care not to cover

the ﬂ ash, microphone or other important parts with your ﬁ ngers, etc.

Take care so that the ﬂ ash window is not

exposed to ﬁ ngerprints or dirt.

Press the shutter button halfway

down to focus.

AF target mark

Press

halfway

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

To take the picture, gently press

Shutter

speed

F3.3F3.31/4001/400

Aperture value

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

Press halfway Press fully

Using the zoom

Pressing the zoom buttons adjusts the shooting range.

Pressing the wide

(W) button

Image size Zoom bar

14M

Other

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.

Pressing the telephoto (T) button

Optical zoom

Using the ﬂ ash

The ﬂ ash functions can be selected to best match the shooting conditions.

Press I.

Use HI to select the setting

option, and press the Q button to set.

Option Description

Flash Auto

Redeye

Fill In

Flash Off The ﬂ ash does not ﬁ re.

Flash Auto

The ﬂ ash ﬁ res automatically in low-light or backlight conditions.

Pre-ﬂ ashes are emitted to reduce the occurrence of red eye in your photos.

The ﬂ ash ﬁ res regardless of the available light.

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ISO AUTO

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MENUMENU

Using the self-timer

To cancel the self-timer after it starts

After the shutter button is pressed all the way down, the picture is taken after a short delay.

Press G.

Use HI to select the setting

option, and press the Q button to set.

Option Description

Y Off

Y 12 sec

Y 2 sec

To cancel the self-timer after it starts

Press the  button.

The self-timer is deactivated.

The self-timer lamp turns on for approx. 10 seconds, then blinks for approx. 2 seconds, and then the picture is taken.

The self-timer lamp blinks for approx. 2 seconds, and then the picture is taken.

Off

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MENUMENU

Shooting screen displays

Switching the displays

Date

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When the shutter button is pressed halfway down

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No. Name

1 Shooting mode 2 Flash

3 Self-timer

4 Exposure

4 5 6 7 8 9

compensation 5 White balance 6 ISO sensitivity 7 Drive 8 Image size

(still images) 9 Aspect 10 Image size (movies) 11 Movie recording

length 12 Movie recording icon 13 World time 14 Date stamp 15 Number of storable

still pictures 16 Current memory 17 Battery check 18 AF target mark 19 Grid Guide 20 Aperture value 21 Shutter speed 22 Camera shake

warning

Switching the displays

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

Normal Detailed No info.

RR RR RRR

RR RR RR

RR RR

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RR RR RRR

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R RRR RRR

RRR

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–

– – –

–

– –

–

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–

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To select a submode

Selecting the shooting mode

The default settings of the function are

highlighted in .

Shooting mode Submode

P (P mode)

M (M mode) –

Q (Q mode)

(Super Macro mode)

 ( mode)

P (P mode)

p (Panorama mode)

● “List of settings available in each shooting mode”

(p. 49), “List of  settings” (p. 50), “List of P settings” (p. 51)

Recommended/Set 1/Set 2/ Set 3

 Hand-Held Starlight/

G Night Scene/C Sport/ N Indoor/R Self Portrait/ V Cuisine/d Documents/

q Beach & Snow/

 Backlight HDR

Pop Art/Pin Hole/Fish Eye/ Soft Focus/Sparkle/ Reﬂ ection/Miniature/ Dramatic

Auto/PC

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Press H of the arrow pad on

standby mode screen ﬁ rst, and press HI to select shooting mode.

To select the Q,  and P submodes,

display submodes by using G ﬁ rst. Then use HI to select the desired submode and press the A button.

Scene Mode

To select a submode

Hand-Held Starlight

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Icon indicating the submode that is set

Beauty Fix

Learning about the shooting modes

P (P mode)

The camera will select the appropriate aperture value and shutter speed for the subject. Changes can also be made to various shooting settings, such as exposure compensation, as needed.

M (M mode)

The camera will automatically select the optimal shooting mode for the scene. The shooting condition is decided by the camera and settings cannot be changed, excepting some functions.

Q (Q mode)

You can shoot with Beauty Fix effects.

Point the camera toward the

subject. Check the frame appearing around the face detected by the camera, and then press the shutter button to take the picture.

To save the image, select [OK] on

the review screen and press the Q button. To retouch the image additionally, select [Beauty Fix].

Back

Beauty Fix

1 Use FGHI to select a retouching item, and

press the Q button.

Eye Color Back

2 Check the retouched effects on the review screen,

then press the Q button to start the retouch process and save.

● Settings for Beauty Fix can be registered.

● Depending on the picture, the editing may not be effective.

Beauty Fix

Off

a (Super Macro mode)

This enables shooting as close as 5 cm (2 in.) to the subject. The zoom position is locked.

 (

mode

You can shoot with the best mode for the subject and shooting scene. The best shooting settings for various scenes are pre-programmed as submodes. Note that functions may be limited in some modes.

Refer to the descriptions displayed on the submode selection screen, and select the desired submode.

)

P (P mode)

You can shoot with special effects. Refer to the sample images displayed

on the submode selection screen, and select the desired submode.

The best shooting settings for each effect are pre-programmed, so some function settings cannot be changed.

● Note that some effects may not be applied to movies.

p (Panorama mode)

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

Submenu Application

Panorama images are

Auto

● Move the camera so that it rotates horizontally around the center of the lens to take better panorama images.

automatically combined just by swinging the camera in the shooting direction.

The frames that were taken are combined into a panorama image using the PC software.

Taking pictures with [Auto]

Taking pictures with [PC]

Taking pictures with [Auto]

1 Select [Auto] in the submenu, and 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.

AUTO

FULL

Cancel

Save

Guide

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 ﬁ nishes.

● If the message “Image was not created.” is displayed, shoot again.

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

● If the shutter does not automatically release, try [PC].

Taking pictures with [PC]

1 Use FGHI to specify at which edge the next

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

Direction for

combining frames

2 Press the shutter button to take the ﬁ rst frame.

The edge of the ﬁ rst frame is displayed faintly on the screen.

3 Compose the next shot so that the edge of the

ﬁ rst frame displayed faintly on the screen overlaps the subject of the second frame, and press the shutter button.

4 Repeat step 3 until the desired number of frames

are taken, and then press the A button or 

button when ﬁ nished. Panorama shooting is possible for up to 10 frames. The shot images are combined into a single

panorama image by the PC software.

● For details on installing the PC software, refer to (p. 40). In addition, refer to the PC software help guide for details on how to make panorama images.

Viewing images

Press the q button.

● Pictures taken using Q mode or sequential

shooting are displayed as a group. Press the T button to play back the image in the group.

Use HI to select an image.

Number of frames/

Total number of images

Playback image

Index view and close-up view

Index view enables quick selection of a desired image. Close-up view (up to 10× magniﬁ cation) allows checking of image details.

Press the zoom buttons.

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Single-image view Close-up view

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Displays

previous image

● Hold I to fast forward and hold H to reverse.

● Press the q button again to return to the shooting

screen.

Displays next image

Index view

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To select an image in index view

To scroll an image in close-up view

To select an image in index view

Use FGHI to select an image, and press the A button to display the selected image in single-image view.

To scroll an image in close-up view

Use FGHI to move the viewing area.

Playing back grouped images

If the pictures are taken using Q mode or sequential shooting, the images taken are displayed as a group during playback. Several operations are available for the grouped images; such as expanding to view or erase images individually, or erasing the grouped images collectively.

T side

Expands.

• Select the image and press the

A button to display the images individually.

• Use HI to view the previous/

next frame.

A button

● If a group frame is erased, all images in that group are erased collectively. If the group includes images you want to keep, expand the group and protect them individually.

Playback/pauses playback.

Playback mode display

4288×3216

AUTOWBAUTO

ISO80ISO

100-0004

2.02.0F3.3F3.31/10001/1000

MAGICMAGIC

Switching the displays

● Normal

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Still image

● Detailed

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● No information

Switching the displays

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

No. Name Normal Detailed No info.

1 Battery check 2 Eye-Fi transfer

data 3 Protect 4 Upload order 5 Current memory 6 Frame number/

total number of

images 7 Shutter speed 8 Shooting mode 9 ISO sensitivity 10 Aperture value 11 Exposure

compensation 12 Shooting

submode

13 White balance

14 File name 15 Image size 16 Recording date

and time 17 Grouped image

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RRR

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Erasing images during playback

Display the image you want to

erase and press G ().

Erase Back

Press FG to select [Erase], and

press the A button.

● Grouped images are erased as a group.

● Multiple images or all images can be erased at a time (p. 32).

Erase

Cancel

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Shooting movies

Press the  button to start

recording.

Playing back movies

Select a movie, and press the A button.

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RECREC

0:00

Lights up red

when 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.

Press the  button again to stop

RECREC

0:000:00

Recording time

Recording length (p. 54)

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recording.

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Movie PlayMovie Play

Pausing and

restarting

playback

Fast forward

Rewind

Adjusting the

volume

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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.

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