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INSTRUCTIONS
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Thank you for purchasing the OLYMPUS OM-3Ti. This durable, lightweight SLR camera incorporates titanium — a metal that's lighter than aluminum, yet six times stronger — in the camera body. It is a single lens reflex camera with a mechanical shutter. Features include Multi Spot Metering, OTF Auto Flash and Super FP Flash Control System. Designed to facilitate serious photography with such professional-level techniques as daylight synchro-flash photography, the purpose of the OM-3Ti is to expand t
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TABLE OF CONTENTS < Preparation before Taking Pictures > < Taking Photographs (III) > Dioptric Correction 5 — Flash Photography — Mounting the Lens 7 Taking OTF Auto Flash Photographs 39 Loading the Batteries 9 Taking Daylight Synchro-Flash Photographs Checking the Batteries 11 (Super FP Flash Mode) 42 Loading the Film 13 < Taking Photographs (IV) > Setting the ISO Film Speed 16 — Other Operations — < Taking Photographs (I) > Exposure Compensation in the OTF — Center Weighted A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS < For Your Creative Photography > < OM SYSTEM > The Fascinating Results of Creative Exposure Flash Photography 79 OTF Auto Flash 80 and High-Speed Synchronization 53 Center-Weighted Average Light Metering 55 Operation of T-Series Flash 80 Main Specifications of T-Series Flash 81 OTF Auto Light Metering 56 Main Specifications of F280 82 SPOT Metering (1) 57 SPOT Metering (2) 58 Using Electronic Flashes Other than the Shooting with One-Point Spot Metering
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< Preparations before Taking Pictures > 4
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Dioptric Correction The OM-3Ti permits dioptric adjustment according to your eyesight. Remove the body cap. 1 5
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Pull out the diopter adjustment knob. 2 Turn and adjust the knob so that the matscreen appears sharp. 3 Push the knob back in until it locks. 4 6
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Mounting the Lens Remove the rear lens cap. 1 Align the red dots and rotate the lens clockwise until it locks. 2 7
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Remove the front lens cap. (Press in the mount tabs on the edges of the lens cap parallel with "OLYMPUS"). 3 Removing the Lens Press the lens release button and turn the lens counter- clockwise. Mounting of a third-party lens can damage the automatic clear button. This disables the spot function. 8
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Loading the Batteries Do not use different types of batteries or new and old batteries at the same time. If you are not likely to use the camera for a long period of time, remove the batteries before putting it away. Remove the battery cover. 1 9
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Wipe battery surfaces clean. Make sure that + signs are facing upwards. 2 Use two SR44 silver oxide or LR44 alkaline manganese batteries or one CR-1/3N lithium battery. 10
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Checking the Batteries Always check the batteries after inserting new batteries, when shooting in cold weather, or if the camera has not been used for a long time. Press the BATTERY CHECK button. 1 11
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The battery check indicator lights and the camera beeps to tell you that the batteries have enough power. As the 2 battery power weakens, the signals will become intermittent then vanish completely when they are exhausted. 12
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Loading the Film Pull up on the rewind knob to open the camera back. 1 Tear off the top of the film box and insert it into the memo holder. It will remind you which film you are using. Insert the cartridge and push down the film rewind knob. (Always load the film in the shade.) 2 13
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Insert the film leader into the take-up spool. 3 Wind the film and make sure the sprocket teeth catch both the upper and lower film perforations. 4 Take up the slack by turning the rewind crank clockwise. 5 14
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Close the camera back until it clicks into place. 6 Face the camera toward light and take two blind shots. This will bring the film to the first frame. 7 15
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Setting the ISO Film Speed Lift up the outer collar and rotate until the ISO speed appears in the window. 1 16
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Align the exposure line A with the index B. 2 If the exposure compensation dial does not turn to the desired ISO number, set it once at an intermediate value then repeat the procedure. 17
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< Taking Photographs (I) > — Center-Weighted Average Light Metering — The OM-3Ti's exposure mode employs center-weighted average light metering. This meets a wide range of shooting requirements. 18
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Center-Weighted Average Light Metering Press the shutter release lightly to activate the viewfinder display. 1 Focus on your subject. 2 19
