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REFERENCE 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.
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For customers in Europe “CE” mark indicates that this product complies with the European requirements for safety, health, environment and customer protection. “CE” mark cameras are intended for sales in Europe. For customers in North and South America For customers in USA Declaration of Conformity Model Number : C-40ZOOM/D-40ZOOM Trade Name : OLYMPUS Responsible Party : Olympus America Inc. Address : 2 Corporate Center Drive, Melville, New York 11747-3157 U.S.A. Telephone Number : 631-844-5000
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Major features Stores your pictures Picture transfer to a on SmartMedia computer (card). ENLARGE SIZE setting Lets you make clear, good- quality prints in larger sizes TV Playback* such as A3 (11" x 14"), etc. Exposure modes to suit various applications. : Full-auto : Portrait Your favorite image : Landscape-Portrait can be displayed on : Landscape-Scene the monitor, together : Night Scene with sound, whenever : Self-Portrait the power is turned P: P
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Contents Names of parts ............................................................................10 Camera 10 Viewfinder indications 12 Control panel indications 13 Monitor indications — Shooting information 15 Monitor indications — Playback information 19 Still picture playback information 19 Movie playback information 20 How to use this manual ................................................................21 Getting started 23 Attaching the strap ..................................
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Contents Using the menus 43 What are the menus? ............................................................44 Menu basics ..........................................................................44 Top menu ..............................................................................45 MODE MENU........................................................................46 Using tabs ............................................................................47 Selecting, setting, and saving funct
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Contents Recording movies ............................................................80 Zoom — Telephoto/Wide-angle shooting ..............................82 Digital zoom 82 Flash shooting ......................................................................84 Auto-flash 84 Red-eye reduction flash 84 Fill-in flash 84 Flash off 85 Slow Synchronization SLOW1 SLOW2 SLOW 85 Using the Slow Synchronization flash 86 Using the flash 87 Flash intensity control 89 Advanced shooting 90 Spot meter
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Contents Adjusting image quality and exposure 104 Record mode ......................................................................105 Selecting record modes 105 ENLARGE SIZE 109 ISO sensitivity ......................................................................110 Exposure compensation ........................................................111 White balance ....................................................................112 AUTO (auto white balance) 112 PRESET (preset white balance
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Contents Erasing pictures ..................................................................134 Single-frame erase 134 All-frame erase 135 Formatting cards..................................................................136 Playback on a TV ................................................................137 Picture rotation 138 Useful functions 139 MY MODE SETUP ................................................................140 Shortcut ......................................................
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Contents Transferring pictures to a computer 168 Transferring images to a computer ........................................169 Identifying the OS 171 Connecting the camera to a computer 173 Confirming the computer recognizes the camera 174 Downloading image files 175 Disconnecting the USB cable ................................................179 Downloading directly from a card ........................................181 Using optional accessories 182 AC adapter .............................
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Camera Zoom lever (T/W) (P. 82) Index display/Close-up Control panel (P. 13, 14) playback lever ( / ) (P. 128, 129) Remote control receiver Shutter button (P. 68) (P. 94) Microphone (P. 99, 132) Flash (P. 87) Self-timer/ Speaker Remote control (P. 131) lamp (P. 93, 94) Lens barrier (P. 30) Lens Battery compartment cover Tripod socket (P. 93) (P. 25) Battery compartment lock (P. 25) ● Do not put anything that is sensitive to magnetism (credit cards, floppy disks, etc.) near the camera. Doi
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Camera (Cont.) Mode dial Macro/Spot button ( ) (P. 91, 92) ( , , , , , Protect button ( ) (P. 133) , , , ) Rotation button (P. 134) (P. 61 – 64) Remote control receiver (P. 94) Flash mode button ( ) (P. 84) Erase button ( ) (P. 134) Viewfinder (P. 12) Monitor (P. 15 – 20) Monitor button ( ) (P. 78, 119) Card access lamp (P. 69) Card cover (P. 29) Strap eyelet (P. 24) OK/Menu button (P. 44) Manual focus button ( ) (P. 73) Arrow pad (ÑñÉí) (P. 40) Connector cover (P. 137, 173) Multi connector
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Viewfinder indications 1 2 3 1 Orange lamp (P. 75, 80, 87, 88) ● In some situations, this lamp lights up when you press the shutter button halfway. This indicates that the flash will then fire when the picture is taken. ● Lights during movie recording. ● Blinks if the flash is required and the flash is turned off. ● When this lamp blinks just after you change from the flash override mode to another mode or after you shoot with the flash, it means that the flash is recharging. Wait until the lamp
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Control panel indications 1 23456789 0 ! @ # $% ^& * 1 Flash intensity control (P. 89) ● Displayed when the amount of the light emitted by the flash is adjusted. 2 Spot metering mode (P. 91) ● Displayed when the Spot metering mode is set. 3 Self-timer (P. 93) ● Displayed when the self-timer is activated. 4 Sequential shooting (P. 96) ● Displayed when the drive mode is set to Sequential shooting or AF Sequential shooting. 5 Remote control (P. 94) ● Displayed when remote control shooting is activa
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Control panel indications (Cont.) 1 23456789 0 ! @ # $% ^& * # Flash mode (P. 84 – 86) ● Displayed when the flash mode is selected by pressing the (flash mode) button. No indication: Auto-flash : Red-eye reduction flash : Fill-in flash SLOW: Slow synchronization flash : Off (flash override) $ Auto-bracket (P. 97) ● Displayed when the drive mode is set to the Auto-bracket mode. % Exposure compensation (P. 111) ● Displayed when exposure compensation is set to any value except 0. ^ Battery check (P
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Monitor indications — Shooting information The indications vary depending on the shooting mode. The information below is displayed for about 3 seconds after operating The information below is always the buttons/mode dial or closing the displayed in the shooting mode. menus. SLOW1 2272x1704 *The illustrations show examples of indications displayed when the mode dial is set to P. 1 Shooting mode (P. 61– 64) ● Displays the shooting mode. : Full-auto mode, : Portrait mode, : Landscape-Portrait mode
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Monitor indications — Shooting information (Cont.) 6 Number of storable still pictures (P. 75, 106) ● Displays the number of still pictures you can shoot. Seconds remaining ( mode only) (P. 80, 106) ● Displays available movie recording time. 7 Manual Focus (P. 73) ● Displayed when locking focus using the Manual focus function. 8 Memory gauge (P. 79, 81) ● Displays the amount of space used by the pictures stored in the built-in memory. If you take pictures continuously, the indication changes as
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Monitor indications — Shooting information (Cont.) SLOW1 2272x1704 9 Drive mode (P. 96) ● Displayed when the drive mode is set on the menus. : Single-frame shooting : Sequential shooting : AF Sequential shooting BKT : Auto-bracket 0 White balance (P. 112) ● Displayed when WB is set on the menus. No indication: AUTO : Daylight : Overcast : Tungsten light : Fluorescent : One touch white balance ! ISO (P. 110) ● Displays the ISO (AUTO, 100, 200 or 400) selected on the menus. When set to AUTO, the
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Monitor indications — Shooting information (Cont.) SLOW1 2272x1704 % Flash mode (P. 84 – 86) ● Displayed when the flash mode is selected by pressing the (flash mode) button. No indication: Auto-flash : Red-eye reduction flash : Fill-in flash SLOW1/ SLOW2/ SLOW1: Slow synchronization flash : Off (flash override) ^ Spot metering/Macro mode (P. 91, 92) ● Displayed when the Spot metering/Macro mode is selected by pressing the (Macro/Spot) button. No indication: Digital ESP : Spot metering : Macro :
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Monitor indications — Playback information INFO setting on the Menu allows you to select how much information to display (P. 127). Still picture playback information x10 x10 HQ HQ SIZE: 2272x1704 F2.8 1/800 +2.0 ISO400 ’01.12.23 21:56 ’01.12.23. 21:56 20 FILE: 100–0020 When INFO is set to OFF When INFO is set to ON 1 Battery check 6 Record mode ● The battery check indication 7 Frame number changes as follows: 8 Time No 9 Date indication ● The year 2001 is displayed as Fully Low power No po
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Monitor indications — Playback information (Cont.) Movie playback information HQ SIZE: 320x240 ’01.12.23 20 FILE: 100–0020 When INFO is set to OFF When INFO is set to ON 1 Battery check 7 Record mode 2 Movie mark (P. 119) 8 Number of pixels 3 Sound record 9 File number ●Displayed when sound is ● During movie playback, the recorded. recording time appears as follows: 4 Protect (P. 133) ● Displayed when the picture is 0" / 15" protected. Playing time Total recording time 5 Frame number 6 Date ● T
