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DIGITAL CAMERA
FE-290/X-825
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 manual
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d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 2 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 AM Contents Quick Start Guide P. 3 Test out the functions of the camera buttons by following along with the Button operations P. 11 illustrations. Learn about the menus that control the functions and settings for basic Menu operations P. 16 operation. Learn how to print pictures you have Printing pictures P. 27 taken. Learn how to transfer and save pictures to a computer. Using OLYMPUS Master P. 33 Find out more about camera Getti
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Quick Start Guide d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 3 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 AM Quick Start Guide Gather these items (box contents) Digital Camera Strap Lithium Ion Battery (LI-42B) Battery Charger USB Cable AV Cable OLYMPUS Master 2 (LI-40C) 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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d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 4 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 AM Prepare the camera a. Charge the battery. 3 Power Cable Lithium Ion Battery Battery Charger 1 2 Charging Indicator AC Wall Red light on: Charging Outlet Light off: Charging complete (Charging time: Approx. 5 hours) ( Battery comes partially charged. b. Insert the battery and the xD-Picture Card (optional) into the camera. 2 1 4 EN Quick Start Guide
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Quick Start Guide d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 5 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 AM Prepare the camera (Insert the battery by putting in the marked side first, with the B marks toward the end of the camera, the C marks 3 toward the center of the camera. If you insert the battery incorrectly, you may not be able to remove it. Do not use force. Contact authorized distributors/service centers. Damage to the battery exterior (scratches, etc.) may produce heat or an explosion. Battery lock kn
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d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 6 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 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. P The camera automatically sets the optimum aperture value and shutter speed. h This function reduces the blur incurred by a moving subject, or camera shake when taking pictures. B Suita
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Quick Start Guide d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 7 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 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 T TIME IME 2007 2007..--.-- --:-- --.-- --:-- Y/M/ Y / M / D NY button CANCEL MENU b. Press th
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d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 8 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 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 2007 2007.12 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 2007 2007.1 12 2.1 10 0 1 12 2:30 30 MENU CANCEL SET OK h. Press the Y# button. i. Press the OF/
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Quick Start Guide d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 9 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 AM Take a picture a. Hold the camera. Horizontal grip Vertical grip 1/1000 1/1000 F F2.7 2.7 [ ] [IIN N] HQ HQ 3072 3072×2304 2304 44 b. Focus. Place this mark over your subject. 1 1/1000 /1000 F2.7 F2.7 Shutter Button [ ] (Press Halfway) [ ] IIN N HQ HQ 3 3072 072 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
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d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 10 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 AM Review your pictures a. Press the q button. q button HQ HQ 3 3072 072×2 2304 304 F2.7 F2.7 1/1000 1/1000 0 0.0 .0 Arrow pad ISO 400 ISO 400 Displays the next image : ’07 07.12 12.1 10 0 12 12 4 40 0 - 1 100 00 0001 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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Button operations d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 11 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 AM Button operations Shooting mode 12 d Self-timer 3 Flash mode 5 4 6 8 9 a b c HQ HQ 3072 3072 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 li
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d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 12 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 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 camera off. g “K/q
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Button operations d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 13 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 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 guid
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d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 14 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 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 20 cm/7.9 in. (when the zoom is set for the zoom-out angle) and as close as 35 cm/ 13.8 in. (when the zoom is set for the zoom-in angle) to your subject. % Super macro This mode lets you shoot from as close as 5
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Button operations d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 15 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 AM Zoom lever Zooming while shooting/Close-up playback d Shooting mode: Zooming in on your subject Optical zoom: 4× Digital zoom: 4× (optical zoom × digital zoom: Max. 16×) Zoom out: Zoom in: Turn the zoom Turn the zoom lever to the W- lever to the T- side. side. HQ HQ 3072 3072×2304 2304 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
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d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 16 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 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 IMAGE I IMAGE MAGE QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY 1 MEMORY FORMAT 2 BACKUP CAMERA CAMERA CAMERA R RESET ESET M MENU MENU ENU SETUP SETUP SETUP 3 ENGLISH
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Menu operations d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 17 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 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 IMAGE IMAGE IMAGE to select [SETUP], and press H. QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY •[8] is on a menu in [SETUP]. C CAMERA CAMERA AMERA R RESET ESET MENU M MENU ENU SETUP SETUP SETUP SILENT SILENT S SCENE CENE MODE MODE MENU EXIT SET OK
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d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 18 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 AM Shooting mode menu K 1 4 4 CAMERA MENU ISO I IMAGE IMAGE MAGE QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY R (still picture) R (movie) CAMERA C CAMERA AMERA 2 * RESET RESET M MENU MENU ENU SETUP SETUP SETUP PANORAMA SILENT SILENT 5 * An Olympus xD-Picture Card S SCENE CENE MODE MODE is required. EXIT MENU SET OK 3 • Some functions are not available according to the selected mode. g “Functions available in shooting modes and scenes” (P. 47) g “SETUP menu
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Menu operations d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 19 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 AM RESET Changing the shooting functions back to default settings 2 Restore shooting functions back to default settings. NO /YES Functions for returning the settings to the original when the reset function is executed Function Factory default setting Ref. Page # AUTO P. 14 & OFF P. 14 F 0.0 P. 13 Y OFF P. 14 IMAGE QUALITY HQ P. 18 f M NIGHT+PORTRAIT P. 12 ISO AUTO P. 19 R (still picture) OFF P. 19 R (movie) ON P. 19 3f
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d4347_e_0000_7.book Page 20 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:23 AM PANORAMA............................................................................... Creating a panoramic picture 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 i
