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DIGITAL CAMERA
SP-510UZ
Quick Start Guide
Advanced
This manual will help you
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 settings. Menu operations P. 18 Learn how to print pictures you have taken. Printing pictures P. 46 Learn how to transfer pictures to a computer and save them. Using OLYMPUS Master P. 52 Find out
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Quick Start Guide Gather these items (box contents) Digital Camera Lens Cap/Lens Cap String Strap AA Batteries (four) USB Cable AV Cable OLYMPUS Master Software CD-ROM Items not shown: Advanced Manual (this manual), Basic Manual and warranty card. Contents may vary depending on purchase location. Attach the strap and the lens cap 1 2 34 • Attach the strap to the other Strap Eyelet eyelet in the same manner. Pull the strap tight so that it does not come loose. EN 3
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Prepare the battery 1 3 2 4 7 5 6 For details on inserting an optional xD-Picture Card (hereinafter called the card), please refer to “Inserting and removing the card” (P. 78). 4 EN Quick Start Guide
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Quick Start Guide Turn the camera on This explains how to turn on the camera in shooting mode. a. Set the mode dial to h. Shooting mode When shooting movies (Shooting mode) Still picture shooting modes h Allows you to take pictures with full automatic settings. P The camera automatically sets the optimum aperture value and shutter speed. A/S Allows you to set the aperture manually. / Allows you to set the shutter speed manually. M Allows you to set both the aperture and shutter speed manually.
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Set date and time About the date and time setting screen X Y-M-D (Year-Month-Day) Y Y M D M D T TIME I M E Y/M/D Y / M / D Date formats (Y-M-D, M-D-Y, D-M-Y) ----.--.-- --:-- ----.--.-- --:-- Minute Hour MENU CANCEL Exits a setting. a. Press the sF button and the rQUICK VIEW button to select [Y]. • The first two digits of the year are fixed. X sF Button Y Y M D M D TIME T I M E Y/M/D Y / M / D 2006 2006..--.-- --:-- --.-- --:-- CANCEL MENU rQUICK VIEW Button b. Press the q# button. q#
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Quick Start Guide e. Press the sF button and the X rQUICK VIEW button to select [D]. Y Y M D M D TIME T I M E 2 2006 006.11 11.2 26 6 --:-- --:-- Y/M/D Y / M / D CANCEL MENU f. Press the q# button. g. Press the sF button and the X rQUICK VIEW button to select “hour”, Y Y M D M D TIME T I M E “minute”. 2 2006 006.1 11 1.26 26 1 12 2:3 30 0 Y Y/M/D / M / D • The time is displayed in the 24-hour format. CANCEL MENU SET OK h. Press the q# button. i. Press the sF button and the X rQUIC
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Shoot a. Hold the camera Horizontal grip Vertical grip b. Focus Place this mark over your subject. Shutter Button [ ] (Pressed [IN IN] Halfway) H HQ Q 3 3072 072×2 2304 304 44 The number of storable still pictures is displayed. The green lamp indicates the focus and exposure are locked. c. Shoot Shutter Button (Pressed Completely) The card access lamp blinks. 8 EN Quick Start Guide
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Quick Start Guide View pictures a. Set the mode dial to q. Arrow Pad Mode Dial [IIN N] H HQ Q Next Picture '06.1 '06.11 1.26 .26 1 12:30 2:30 1 100-0001 00-0001 Prev. Picture 1 Erase pictures a. As described in a. above, display the picture you want to erase. b. Press the Y/S button. ER ERASE ASE [IN] [IN] YES YES NO NO MENU MENU OK OK BA BAC CK K SET SET Y/S Button c. Press the sF button to select [YES], and press the o button to erase the image. ERASE sF Button YES NO MENU OK BACK SET EN 9
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Button operations Button operations Shooting mode c 12 3 4 5 6 d b e f 7 8 9 0 Playback mode a Shooting mode P 1 1/4000 /4000 F8.0 F8.0 Flash mode Self-timer [ ] Macro mode/ Super macro mode [IN IN] HQ HQ 3072 3072 2304 2304 × 44 1o button Turning the camera on and off Power on: Shooting mode Playback mode • Monitor turns on • Monitor turns on • Lens extends • Before turning the camera on in shooting mode, remove the lens cap, and then press o. 2u button Monitor/Viewfinder Toggles between the m
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Button operations Recording movies Set the mode dial to n, and press the shutter button halfway to lock the focus, and then press the shutter button completely to start recording. Press the shutter button again to stop recording. 4 Zoom lever Zooming while shooting/close-up playback Shooting mode: Zooming in on your subject Optical zoom: 10× Zoom out: Zoom in: P 1 1/200 /200 F F4.0 4.0 P 1 1/200 /200 F4.0 F4.0 Push the lever toward W. Pull the lever toward T. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] IN IN IN IN HQ HQ 3
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5h/< button Shooting still pictures and movies with digital image stabilization/Printing pictures Press h/< in shooting mode to select [ON] or [OFF] for the digital image stabilization. Press o to set. Still picture shooting mode: Shooting with digital image stabilization This function reduces the blur incurred by camera movement or subject movement when taking pictures. g “DIS MODE Shooting still pictures using digital image stabilization” (P. 25) Movie shooting mode: Shooting with digital im
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Button operations h Shooting pictures with full automatic settings The camera determines the optimum settings and shoots the picture. P Set the optimum aperture value and shutter speed The camera automatically sets the optimum aperture value and shutter speed for the brightness of the subject. A/S Changing the aperture value / Changing the shutter speed Changing the aperture value for shooting pictures A1 1/1000 /1000 F4.0 F4.0 0.0 0.0 Press sr after pressing sF. The camera automatically sets
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To take long exposure (bulb) shots Press r to set shutter speed to BULB. The shutter remains open as long as the shutter button is pressed. (The maximum time that it can remain open is 8 minutes.) r Setting your own original mode for shooting pictures This mode allows you to set each shooting function manually and use as your original shooting mode. g “MY MODE SETUP Setting and saving shooting-related functions” (P. 44) Use the function menu to switch my mode. g “Functions that can be set in
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Button operations 8 DISP./E button Changing the information on display/Display the menu guide/Checking the time Changing the information displays Press DISP./E to change the display in the following order. Shooting mode Playback mode Normal display Normal display P 1/1000 1/1000 F8.0 F8.0 +2.0 +2.0 [IN IN] H HQ Q $ [ ] ISO 1600 ISO 1600 lR '06.1 '06.11.26 1.26 12:30 12:30 j% k[IIN N] 1 100-0004 00-0004 n H HQ Q 3 3072 072×2304 2304 44 4 *1 Simple display Detailed display [IN IN] HQ HQ 3072 3072
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Checking the time While the camera is off, press DISP./E to display the set alarm time (when [ALARM CLOCK] is set) and the current time for 3 seconds. 9 m button (MENU) Displays the top menu. 0 Arrow pad (srpq) Select scenes, playback picture, and the items on the menus. aY/S button Self-timer shooting/Erasing pictures Shooting mode: Self-timer shooting Press Y/S in shooting mode to select on and off of the self-timer. Press o for setting. Y OFF Cancel the self-timer. Y 12 SEC After the setting
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Button operations dq# button Flash shooting Press q# in shooting mode to select the flash mode. Press o for setting. AUTO (Auto-flash) The flash fires automatically in low light or backlight conditions. ! Red-eye reduction flash Emits pre-flashes for red-eye reduction. #Fill-in flash The flash fires regardless of the available light. !#Red-eye fill-in flash The flash always fires after pre-flashes for red-eye reduction are emitted. #SLOW The flash fires with slow speed. $ Flash off The flash d
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Menu operations Menu operations Mode dial m button Arrow pad o About the menus Pressing m displays the top menu on the monitor. • The items displayed on the top menu differ according to the mode. Top menu (in still picture shooting mode) CAMERA MENU IMAGE IIMAGE MAGE 1 WB AUTO QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY 2 ISO AUTO C CAMERA CAMERA AMERA S SETUP SETUP ETUP R RESET RESET ESET 3 DRIVE o M MENU MENU ENU 4 METERING ESP S SILENT SILENT ILENT SCN S S SCN SCN C CN N M MODE MODE ODE 5 FINE ZOOM OFF MENU EXIT
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Menu operations Using the menus This explains how to use the menus with [DIGITAL ZOOM] as an example. 1 Set the mode dial to P. 2 Press m to display the top menu. Select [CAMERA MENU] and press o. IMAGE IMAGE IMAGE QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY • [DIGITAL ZOOM] is on a menu in [CAMERA MENU]. C CAMERA CAMERA AMERA SETUP S SETUP ETUP Press o. R RESET RESET ESET MENU M MENU ENU SILENT SILENT SILENT SCN SCN S S SCN C CN N MODE M MODE ODE EXIT MENU SET OK 3 Press sr to select [DIGITAL ZOOM], and press o.
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• Some functions are not available according to the selected mode. g “Functions available in shooting modes and scenes” (P. 72) g “SETUP menus” (P. 39) • The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ). 1 IMAGE QUALITY Changing the image quality Still picture image quality and their applications • Normal image modes Image quality/Image size Compression Application SHQ 3072 × 2304 Low • This is useful for printing large images on full- compression size paper. • This is useful for performin
