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DIGITAL CAMERA
FE-270/X-815/
C-510
Instruction
Quick Start Guide
Get started using your
camera right away.
Manual
Button operations
Menu operations
Printing pictures
Using OLYMPUS Master
Getting to know your
camera better
Appendix
( 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 man
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d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 2 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM Contents Quick Start Guide P. 3 Test out the functions of the camera buttons by following along with the Button operations P. 10 illustrations. Learn about the menus that control the functions and settings for basic Menu operations P. 15 operation. Learn how to print pictures you have Printing pictures P. 26 taken. Learn how to transfer and save pictures to a computer. Using OLYMPUS Master P. 32 Find out more about camera Getting
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Quick Start Guide d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 3 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM Quick Start Guide Gather these items (box contents) Digital Camera Strap AA batteries (2) USB Cable AV Cable OLYMPUS Master 2 CD-ROM Items not shown: Instruction Manual (this manual), warranty card. Contents may vary depending on purchase location. Attach the strap ( Pull the strap tight so that it does not come loose. EN 3
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d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 4 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM Prepare the camera a. Insert the batteries and the xD-Picture Card (optional) into the camera. 2 4 3 1 ( Orient the card, and insert the card straight in. Insert the card until it clicks into place. 5 Notch ( To remove the card, push the card all the way in, release slowly, grasp the card and remove it. 7 6 ( With this camera, you can take pictures without inserting the optional xD- Picture Card™ (hereinafter referred to as “the card
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Quick Start Guide d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 5 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM Turn the camera on This explains how to turn on the camera in shooting mode. a. Set the mode dial to h. When shooting still pictures When shooting movies Still picture shooting modes h The camera determines the optimum settings for shooting pictures. h This function reduces the blur incurred by a moving subject, or camera shake when taking pictures. B Suitable for taking pictures of people. E Suitable for taking pictu
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d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 6 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM Set the date and time About the date and time setting screen Y-M-D Hour Minute Y M D T TIME IME - ---- ---.--.-- --:-- .--.-- --:-- Y Y/M/ / M / D Date formats (Y-M-D, M-D-Y, D-M-Y) MENU CANCEL Cancels the setting a. Press the OF/< and NY buttons to select [Y]. • The first two digits of the year are fixed. OF/< button < Y M D TIME TIME 2007 2007.--.-- --:-- .--.-- --:-- Y Y/M/ / M / D NY button CANCEL MENU b. Press the Y# button. < Y# b
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Quick Start Guide d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 7 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM Set the date and time d. Press the Y# button. e. Press the OF/< and NY buttons to select [D]. Y M D T TIME IME Y Y/M/ / M / D 2 2007 007.12 12.10 10 --:-- --:-- MENU CANCEL f. Press the Y# button. g. Press the OF/< and NY buttons to select the hours and minutes. Y M D TIME TIME • The time is displayed in the 24-hour format. Y Y/M/ / M / D 2 2007 007.1 12 2.1 10 0 12 12:30 30 MENU CANCEL SET OK h. Press the Y# button
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d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 8 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM Take a picture a. Hold the camera. Horizontal grip Vertical grip 1 1/1000 /1000 F3.1 F3.1 [ ] [IIN N] HQ HQ 3072 3072×2304 2304 44 b. Focus. Place this mark over your subject. 1 1/1000 /1000 F F3.1 3.1 Shutter Button [ ] (Press Halfway) [IIN N] HQ HQ 3072 3072 2 2304 304 × 44 The number of pictures that can be taken is displayed. When the focus and exposure are locked, the green lamp lights up, and the shutter speed and aperture va
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Quick Start Guide d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 9 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM Review your pictures a. Press the q button. q button [ ] IIN N H HQ Q 3072 3072×2 2304 304 F3.1 F3.1 1/1000 1/1000 0 0.0 .0 Arrow pad < '07.12.10 '07.12.10 12:40 12:40 Displays the next image 100-0001 100-0001 1 Displays the previous image Erase pictures a. Press the X& and Y# buttons to display the picture you want to erase. b. Press the S button. ERASE [[ ]] IN IN YES NO S button MENU OK BACK SET c. Press the OF/< b
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d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 10 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM Button operations Shooting mode 12 d Self-timer 3 Flash mode 5 4 6 8 < b c 9 a H HQ Q 3 3072 072 2 2304 304 × 44 7 Macro mode 0 1o button Turning the camera on and off Power on: Camera turns on in shooting mode. • Lens extends • Monitor turns on Shutter button Shooting pictures/movies 2 Shooting still pictures Set the mode dial to a setting other than n, and lightly press the shutter button (halfway). The green lamp lights when the fo
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Button operations d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 11 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM q button (Playback) Selecting playback mode/Turning the camera on 4 The last picture taken is displayed. • Press the arrow pad to view other pictures. • Use the zoom lever to switch between close-up playback and index display. •Press H to delete the information display shown for 3 seconds during single-frame playback. This function is used to set the camera to turn on in playback mode when q is pressed with the came
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d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 12 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM R Follow the shooting guide for setting Follow the shooting guide displayed on the screen to set the SHOOTING GUIDE 1/3 target items. 1 Brightening subject. •Press m to display the shooting guide again. 2 Shooting into backlight. • To change the setting without using the shooting guide, set 3 Blurring background. the shooting mode to another one. 4 Adjusting area in focus. • The content set using the shooting guide will change to the
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Button operations d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 13 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM X& button Shooting pictures close to the subject (Macro mode) 9 Press X& in shooting mode to select the macro mode. Press H for setting. OFF Macro off Cancels macro mode. & Macro on This mode lets you shoot from as close as 10 cm/3.9 in. (when the zoom is set for the zoom-out angle) and as close as 60 cm/ 23.6 in. (when the zoom is set for the zoom-in angle) to your subject. % Super macro This mode lets you shoot fr
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d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 14 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM Zoom lever Zooming while shooting/Close-up playback d Shooting mode: Zooming in on your subject Optical zoom: 3× Digital zoom: 4× (optical zoom × digital zoom: Max. 12×) Zoom out: Zoom in: Turn the zoom Turn the zoom lever to the W- lever to the T- side. side. H HQ Q 3 3072 072×2 2304 304 44 HQ HQ 3 3072 072×2 2304 304 44 Zoom bar The white area is the optical zoom area. The red area is the digital zoom area. When the slider enters
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Menu operations d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 15 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM Menu operations K button (Shooting mode) q button (Playback mode) H < Arrow pad (ONXY) m button About the menus Press m to display the top menu on the monitor. • The contents displayed on the top menu differ according to the mode. Top menu SETUP menu items (Still picture shooting mode) SETUP PICTURE PICTURE P PA ANORAMA NORAMA + + SOUND SOUND 1 MEMORY FORMAT 2 BACKUP IMAGE IMAGE IMAGE R RESET ESET QUALITY Q QUALITY UAL
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d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 16 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM Using the menus This explains how to use the menus with the [8] (warning sound) setting as an example. 1 Set the mode dial to a setting other than R. 2 Press m to display the top menu. Press Y PICTURE PICTURE to select [SETUP], and press H. P PA ANORAMA NORAMA + SOUND + SOUND •[8] is on a menu in [SETUP]. IMAGE I IMAGE MAGE R RESET ESET Q QUALITY QUALITY UALITY SETUP SETUP SETUP SILENT SILENT SCENE SCENE MODE MODE MENU EXIT SET OK 3
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Menu operations d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 17 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM Shooting mode menu K When shooting still pictures When shooting movies 2* 1 1 P PICTURE ICTURE M MOVIE OVIE 7 6 P PA ANORAMA NORAMA P PA ANORAMA NORAMA W/ SOUND W/ SOUND + SOUND + SOUND IMAGE IMAGE IMAGE IMAGE IMAGE IMAGE 3 3 RESET RESET QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY SETUP SETUP SETUP RESET RESET QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY SETUP SETUP SETUP SILENT SILENT SILENT SILENT 5 5 S SCENE CENE S SCENE CENE MODE MODE MODE MODE MENU MENU E
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d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 18 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM PANORAMA Creating a panoramic picture 2 Panorama shooting lets you create a panoramic picture, using the OLYMPUS Master software on the provided CD-ROM. An Olympus xD-Picture Card is required for panorama shooting. Y: The next picture is O: The next picture is connected at the right connected at the top. edge. N: The next picture is X: The next picture is connected at the connected at the left bottom. edge. Connects pictures from
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Menu operations d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 19 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM 4f (Scene) Shooting pictures by selecting a scene according to the situation The scene selection screen displays sample images and the shooting mode to best suit the situation. This can be set only when the mode dial is set to f. • By switching to another scene, most settings will be changed to the default settings of each scene. g “f Shooting pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation” (P. 11) 5 SI
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d4352_e_0000_7.book Page 20 Friday, July 6, 2007 10:32 AM MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies 2 Select [MOVIE PLAY] from the top menu, and press H to play [ ] IIN N back the movie. Another option is to select a picture with the movie icon (n) and press H to play back the movie. ''07.12.10 07.12.10 1 12:30 2:30 1 100-0004 00-0004 MOVIE PLAY OK 4 Operations during movie playback Y : Fast forwards playback when pressed and held. H HQ Q X : Rewinds playback when pressed and held. 32 320×2 24 40 Play
