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DIGITAL CAMERA
FE-170/X-760
Quick Start Guide
Advanced
Get started using your camera
right away.
Manual
Button operations
Menu operations
Printing pictures
Using OLYMPUS Master
Getting to know your
camera better
Miscellaneous
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Contents Quick Start Guide P.3 Test out the functions of the camera buttons by following the illustrations and actually trying them out on the camera. Button operations P.10 Learn everything about the menus, from basic operations to the functions of each menu and their various Menu operations P.16 settings. Learn how to print pictures you have taken. Printing pictures P.28 Learn how to transfer pictures to a computer and save them. Using OLYMPUS Master P.37 Find out more about your cam
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Gather these items (box contents) Digital camera Strap AA batteries (2) OLYMPUS Master Video cable USB cable CD-ROM • Basic manual Other items • Advanced 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 Quick Start Guide
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Insert the batteries a. Insert the batteries into the camera 2 4 1 3 6 5 ( For details on inserting an optional xD-Picture Card (hereinafter called the card), please refer to “Inserting and removing the card” (P.61). 4 EN Quick Start Guide
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Turn on the power This section explains how to turn on the camera in shooting mode. a. Set the mode dial to h When shooting movies When shooting still pictures Still picture shooting modes h The camera determines the optimum settings and shoots the picture. h This function reduces the blur caused by a moving subject or camera movement when taking pictures. B Suitable for taking pictures of people. E Suitable for taking pictures of landscapes. M Suitable for taking pictures of people at night.
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Set date and time About the date and time setting screen Y-M-D (Year-Month-Day) X Hour Y Y M D M D T TIME I M E Minute Date format (Y-M-D, M-D-Y, D-M-Y). - ----.--.-- --:-- ---.--.-- --:-- Y Y/M/D / M / D MENU CANCEL Cancel the setting a. Press the O< button and NY button to select [Y]. ( The first two digits of the year are fixed. X O< button Y Y M D M D T TIME I M E 2006 2006.--.-- --:-- .--.-- --:-- Y Y/M/D / M / D MENU CANCEL NY button b. Press the Y# button. Y# button c. Press the
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d. Press theY# button. e. Press the O< button and the NY X button to select [D]. Y Y M D M D T TIME I M E Y/M/D Y / M / D 2 2006 006.0 08 8.2 26 6 --:-- --:-- CANCEL MENU f. Press the Y# button. g. Press the O< button and the NY X button to select “hour” and Y Y M D M D T TIME I M E “minute”. 2006 2006.0 08 8.2 26 6 1 12 2:3 30 0 Y/M/D Y / M / D MENU OK CANCEL SET h. Press the Y# button. i. Press the O< button and NY X button to select year, month and Y Y M D M D T TIME I M E
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Shoot a. Hold the camera Horizontal grip Vertical grip [ ] [IN IN] H HQ Q 2 2816 816×2 21 112 12 44 b. Focus Place this mark over your subject. Shutter [ ] button [ ] Press IIN N HQ HQ 2 2816 816×2 21 112 12 44 halfway The number of still pictures you can store is displayed. The green lamp indicates that the focus and exposure are locked. c. Shoot Shutter button Press completely The card access lamp blinks. 8 EN Quick Start Guide
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View pictures a. Press the q button. q button [ ] IIN N Arrow pad H HQ Q Next picture ''06.08.26 06.08.26 12:30 12:30 100-0001 100-0001 Previous picture 1 Erase pictures a. As described in a. above, display the picture you want to erase. b. Press the S button. ERASE YES NO MENU S button BACK SET OK c. Press the O< button to select [YES] and press i. ERASE O< button YES NO MENU OK BACK SET i button EN 9 Quick Start Guide
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Button operations 4 1 3 2 0 9 6 5 a c 8 b Exposure 7 d Self-timer Shooting mode compensation +2.0 +2.0 H HQ Q 2 2816 816×2 21 112 12 44 Macro/Super macro mode Flash mode 1 o button Turning the camera on and off Power on: Camera turns on in the shooting mode. • Monitor turns on • Lens extends 2 Shutter button Shooting pictures Shooting still pictures Set the mode dial to anything except n and press the shutter button lightly (halfway). The green lamp lights when the focus and exposure are locke
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Recording movies Set the mode dial to n, and lightly press the shutter button to lock the focus, and then press the shutter button completely to start recording. Press the shutter button again to stop recording. 3q button (playback) Selecting playback mode/turning on the power Switches to the playback mode and the last picture taken is displayed. • Press the arrow pad to view other pictures. • Use the zoom button to switch among close-up playback, and index display. If the camera is not on, pr
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• The scene selection screen displays sample 1 SPORT images and the shooting mode to best suit the j N situation. W • To switch scenes after selecting a scene, set R the mode dial to a different position and then set it to f again. The selection screen is MENU OK BACK SET displayed. • By switching to another scene, most settings will be returned to the default settings of each scene. g Follow the shooting guide for the settings You can set the targeted items by following the shooting guid
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6 Zoom button Zooming in and out while shooting or playing back pictures Shooting mode: Zooming in on your subject (Optical Zoom x digital zoom: 12x) Zoom out: Zoom in: Press W on the zoom button. Press T on the zoom button. Zoom bar White part: Optical zoom area Red part: Digital zoom area H HQ Q 2816 2816 21 2112 12 HQ HQ 2816 2816×21 2112 12 × 44 44 Playback mode: Switching the picture display Single-frame playback • Use the arrow pad to browse pictures. W T HQ HQ T W ’06 06.0 08 8.1 16 6 1
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7 MENU button Displaying the menu Displays the top menu. 8 Arrow pad (ONXY) Use the arrow pad to select scenes, playback pictures, and select items on the menus. 9i button This button is used to confirm your selection. 0 O< button Printing Display a picture to be printed out in playback mode, connect the camera to a printer and press O<. g“Direct printing (PictBridge)” (P.28) aX& button Shooting pictures close to the subject Press X& in shooting mode to select the macro mode. Press i for settin
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cY# button Flash shooting Press Y# in shooting mode to select the flash mode. Press i to set it. AUTO Auto-flash The flash fires automatically in low light or backlight conditions. ! Red-eye reduction flash This emits pre-flashes for red-eye reduction. # Fill-in flash The flash fires regardless of the available light. $ Flash off The flash does not fire even in low light conditions. dS button Erasing pictures In playback mode, select the picture you want to erase, and press S. • Once erased, pi
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Menu operations K button (Shooting mode) q button (Playback mode) i button MENU button Arrow pad (ONXY) About the menus Press MENU 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 (in still picture shooting mode) SETUP 1 MEMORY FORMAT PANORAMA PANORAMA 2 BACKUP I IMAGE MAGE R RESET ESET S SETUP ETUP W ENGLISH QUALITY QUALITY PIXEL MAPPING E EXPOSURE XPOSURE SILENT SILENT COMP. COMP. M MODE ODE KK//q q NO
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Operation guide During menu operations, the button to be used and its function are displayed at the bottom of the monitor. Follow the guide for operations. PANORAMA PANORAMA BACK → m: Returns to the previous menu. IMAGE IMAGE RESET RESET SETUP SETUP QUALITY QUALITY EXIT → m: Exits the menu. E EXPOSURE XPOSURE SILENT SILENT ONXY: Press the arrow pad (ONXY) to COMP. COMP. M MODE ODE select a setting. EXIT MENU SET OK SET → i: Sets the selected item. Operation guide i button m button Arrow pa
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3 Press ON to select [VIDEO OUT] and then SETUP press i. 1 MEMORY FORMAT 2 BACKUP • Unavailable settings cannot be selected. W ENGLISH •Press X in this screen to move the cursor to the PIXEL MAPPING page display. Press ON to change the page. KK//q q NO MENU OK Press Y or i to return to selecting items. BACK SET SETUP 1 s NORMAL Page display: 2 BEEP ON These marks are displayed if there are X '06.08.16 12:30 more menu items on the next page. VIDEO OUT NTSC MENU BACK SET OK The selected item
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1 IMAGE QUALITY Changing the image quality Still picture image quality and their applications Image quality/image size Compression Application SHQ 2816 × 2112 Low • This is useful for printing large images compression on A3 size or full-size paper. • This is useful for performing computer HQ 2816 × 2112 Standard image processing, such as contrast compression adjustment and red-eye correction. SQ1 2048 × 1536 Standard • This is useful for printing on A4 size or compression letter size paper.
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Panorama shooting is possible for up to 10 pictures. Press i to exit panorama shooting. 3 RESET Returning changed shooting functions to default settings NO /YES It restores shooting functions to their factory default settings. Reset settings back to default settings Function Factory default setting Ref. Page Flash AUTO P.15 Macro mode OFF P.14 Exposure compensation 0.0 P.20 Image quality HQ P.19 Self-timer OFF P.14 Silent mode OFF P.20 Scene j SPORT P.11 4 EXPOSURE COMP. Changing the brightness
