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DIGITAL CAMERA
FE-250/X-800
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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d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 2 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM Contents Quick Start Guide P. 3 Test out the functions of the camera buttons by following along with the illustrations. Button operations P. 10 Learn about the menus that control the functions and settings for basic Menu operations P. 16 operation. Learn how to print pictures you have taken. Printing pictures P. 30 Learn how to transfer and save pictures to a computer. Using OLYMPUS Master P. 38 Find out more about camera Get
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Quick Start Guide d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 3 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM Quick Start Guide Gather these items (box contents) Digital Camera Strap Lithium Ion Battery (LI-42B) Battery Charger USB Cable AV Cable OLYMPUS Master (LI-40C) CD-ROM Items not shown: Instruction Manual (this manual) and the 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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d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 4 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM Prepare the battery a. Charge the battery. 3 Power Cable Lithium Ion Battery Battery Charger 1 2 Charging Indicator AC Wall Outlet Red light on: Charging Light off: Charging complete (Charging time: Approx. 300 minutes) Battery comes partially charged. b. Insert the battery into the camera. Insert the battery in the direction 2 1 indicated by the mark. 3 4 5 Battery lock knob To remove the battery, press the battery lock
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Quick Start Guide d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 5 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM Turn the camera on This 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 For normal shooting. 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 pictures of a landscape. M Suitable for takin
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d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 6 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM 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 Y/M/ Y / M / D 2007 2007.--.-- --:-- .--.-- --:-- MENU NY button CANCEL b. Press the Y# button. Y# b
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Quick Start Guide d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 7 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM d. Press the Y# button. e. Press the OF/< and NY buttons to select [D]. Y M D TIME TIME Y Y/M/ / M / D 2 2007 007.02 02.1 10 0 --:-- --:-- MENU CANCEL f. Press the Y# button. g. Press the OF/< and NY buttons to select the hours and Y M D T TIME IME minutes. Y Y/M/ / M / D 2 2007 007.0 02 2.1 10 0 1 12 2:30 30 • The time is displayed in the 24-hour format. MENU CANCEL SET OK h. Press the Y# button. i. Press the O
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d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 8 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM Take a picture a. Hold the camera. Horizontal grip Vertical grip b. Focus. Place this mark over your subject. 1/1000 1/1000 F2.8 F2.8 Shutter Button [ ] (Press Halfway) [IN IN] H HQ Q 3 3264 264×2 2448 448 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 value are displayed. c. Shoot. The card access lamp blinks. Shu
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Quick Start Guide d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 9 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM Review your pictures a. Press the q button. q button [ ] IIN N H HQ Q 3 3264 264×2448 2448 F2.8 F2.8 1 1/1000 /1000 0 0.0 .0 Arrow pad IISO 1600 SO 1600 ''07.02.10 07.02.10 1 12:30 2:30 Displays the next picture 1 100-0004 00-0004 4 Displays the previous picture 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 B
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d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 10 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM Button operations 12 d Shooting mode Self-timer 3 Flash mode 5 4 6 8 [ ] [IN IN] b c 9 a HQ HQ 3 3264 264×2 2448 448 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 2 Shutter button Shooting pictures/movies Shooting still pictures Set the mode dial to a setting other than n, and lightly press the shutter button (halfway). When the focus and ex
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Button operations d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 11 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM 3K button (Shooting) Selecting shooting mode/Turning the camera on Shooting mode is selected. This function is used to set the camera to turn on in shooting mode when K is pressed with the camera off. g “K/q Turning on the camera with the K or q button” (P. 27) 4q button (Playback) Selecting playback mode/Turning the camera on The last picture taken is displayed. • Press the arrow pad to view other pictures. • Us
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d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 12 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM f Shooting pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation Select from 10 available scene modes, according to the shooting conditions. Press for setting. j SPORT /N INDOOR /W CANDLE /R SELF PORTRAIT /S SUNSET /X FIREWORKS / PET /V CUISINE /d DOCUMENTS /i AUCTION • The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ). • The scene selection screen displays sample images 1 SPORT and the shooting mode to best suit
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Button operations d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 13 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM 7 button (OK/FUNC) Displays the Function Menu which contains the functions and settings used when shooting. This button is also used to confirm your selection. Function Menu ISO IISO SO AUTO o h 64 100 200 400 800 XY: Select a setting, and press . ON: Select the function to be set. Functions you can set with the Function Menu g “ISO Changing the ISO sensitivity” (P. 19) “DRIVE Using sequential (continuous) s
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d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 14 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM 9 X& button Shooting pictures close to the subject Press X& in shooting mode to select the macro mode. Press for setting. OFF Macro off Cancels macro mode. & Macro on This mode lets you shoot from as close as 30 cm/ 11.8 in. (when the zoom is set for the zoom-out angle) and as close as 50 cm/19.7 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 10 cm/3.9
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Button operations d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 15 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM d Zoom lever Zooming while shooting/Close-up playback Shooting mode: Zooming in on your subject Optical zoom: 3x Digital zoom: 4x (optical zoom × digital zoom: Max. 12x) Zoom out: Zoom in: Turn the zoom Turn the [ ] [ ] lever to the W- zoom lever to side. [IIN N] [IIN N] the T-side. 44 44 HQ HQ 3264 3264×2 2448 448 HQ HQ 3 3264 264×2 2448 448 Zoom bar The white area is the optical zoom area. The red area is the
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d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 16 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM Menu operations K button (Shooting mode) q button (Playback mode) 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 IMAGE Q QUALITY UALITY 1 MEMORY FORMAT 2 BACKUP C CAMERA AMERA R RESET ESET MENU MENU S SETUP SETUP ETUP 3 ENGLISH PIXEL MAPPING SILENT SI
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Menu operations d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 17 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM 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. IMAGE IMAGE Press Y to select [SETUP], and press . Q QUALITY UALITY •[8] is on a menu in [SETUP]. C CAMERA AMERA R RESET ESET M MENU ENU SETUP SETUP SETUP S SILENT ILENT SCENE SCENE MODE MODE MENU EXIT SET OK 3 Press ON to select [
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d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 18 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM Shooting mode menu K 4CAMERA MENU 1 ISO R (movie) IMAGE IMAGE DRIVE PANORAMA* QUALITY QUALITY 4 R (still picture) CAMERA CAMERA 2 RESET RESET M MENU ENU SETUP SETUP SETUP SILENT SILENT 5 SCENE SCENE MODE MODE MENU OK EXIT SET 3 * xD-Picture Card is required. • Some functions are not available according to the selected mode. g “Functions available in shooting modes and scenes” (P. 55) g “SETUP menus” (P. 26) • The factory default se
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Menu operations d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 19 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM Movie image quality Image quality/Image size SHQ 640 × 480 HQ 320 × 240 2 RESET Changing the shooting functions back to default settings NO /YES Restore shooting functions back to default settings. 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 jSPORT P. 12 I
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d4339_e_0000_7.book Page 20 Friday, December 15, 2006 6:05 PM DRIVE........................................... Using sequential (continuous) shooting o Shoots 1 frame at a time when the shutter button is pressed. i Focus and exposure are locked at the first frame. The sequential shooting speed varies depending on the setting of image quality. You can take a sequence of pictures at one time by holding down the shutter button. The camera will continue taking high speed sequential shooting unt
