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DIGITAL CAMERA
FE-300/X-830
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 manua
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d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 2 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM Contents Quick Start Guide P. 3 Test out the functions of the camera buttons by following along with the illustrations. Button operations P. 11 Learn about the menus that control the functions and settings for basic Menu operations P. 17 operation. Learn how to print pictures you have taken. Printing pictures P. 29 Learn how to transfer and save pictures to a computer. Using OLYMPUS Master P. 35 Find out more about camera Ge
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Quick Start Guide d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 3 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 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 2 (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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d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 4 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM Prepare the camera 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. 5 hours) ( Battery comes partially charged. b. Insert the battery and an xD-Picture Card (optional). 2 1 ( Insert the battery by putting in the marked side first, with the marks toward the battery lock knob. 3 If you ins
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Quick Start Guide d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 5 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM Prepare the camera Contact area Notch ( Orient the card as shown, and insert the card straight in until it clicks into place. 4 ( To remove the card, push the card all the way in, release slowly, grasp the card, then remove. 5 6 ( With this camera, you can take pictures without inserting the optional xD- Picture Card™ (hereinafter referred to as “the card”). If you shoot pictures with this camera without using
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d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 6 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 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 still pictures When shooting movies Still picture shooting modes h The camera determines the optimum settings for the shooting conditions automatically. The camera automatically sets the optimum aperture value and shutter speed. P h This function reduces the blur incurred by a moving subject, or camera shake when ta
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Quick Start Guide d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 7 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 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 Y/M/ / M / D 2 2007 007.--.-- --:-- .--.-- --:-- MENU NY button CANCEL b. Press
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d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 8 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM 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 T TIME IME • The time is displayed in the 24-hour format. Y Y/M/ / M / D 2 2007 007.1 12 2.1 10 0 12 12:30 30 MENU CANCEL SET OK h. Press the Y# button. i. Press the
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Quick Start Guide d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 9 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM Take a picture a. Hold the camera. Horizontal grip Vertical grip b. Focus. Place this mark over your subject. 1/1000 1/1000 F F2.8 2.8 Shutter Button (Press Halfway) [ ] [IN IN] HQ HQ 4 4000 000×3 3000 000 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
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d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 10 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM Review your pictures a. Press the q button. q button [ ] IIN N H HQ Q 4 4000 000×3000 3000 Arrow pad F2.8 1/1000 0.0 F2.8 1/1000 0.0 IISO 1600 SO 1600 Displays the next image ’07.12.10 12:30 07.12.10 12:30 1 100-0004 00-0004 4 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 BACK SET OK c. Press
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Button operations d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 11 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM Button operations 1 2 d Shooting mode Self-timer 3 Flash mode 5 4 8 6 [ ] [IIN N] b c 9 a H HQ Q 4000 4000×3000 3000 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). Whe
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d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 12 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM K button (Shooting) Selecting shooting mode/Turning the camera on 3 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. • Use the zoom lever
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Button operations d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 13 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM [S SMILE SHOT] • When the camera detects a smiling face in shooting standby mode, 3 frames are taken in high speed sequential shooting mode automatically. You can also shoot pictures manually by pressing the shutter button in this mode. • There may be cases in which the camera cannot detect a smiling face. • When [SMILE SHOT] is selected, the self-timer lamp lights. Shooting is not available while the self-time
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d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 14 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM OF/< button Changing picture brightness (Exposure compensation)/Printing pictures 8 Shooting mode: Changing picture brightness Press OF/< in shooting mode, select a picture in your desired F brightness with XY, and press . • Adjustable from -2.0 EV to +2.0 EV 0.0 0 0.0 .0 + + 0.3 0.3 0.3 + + 0 0.7 0.7 .7 + + 1.0 1.0 1.0 Playback mode: Printing pictures Display a picture to print out in playback mode, connect the camera to the
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Button operations d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 15 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM /S button Increasing the brightness of the monitor (Backlight boost)/ c Erasing pictures Increasing the brightness of the monitor Press in shooting mode. The monitor becomes brighter. If there is no operation for 10 seconds, the previous brightness resumes. S Erasing pictures In playback mode, select the picture you want to erase, and press S. • Once erased, pictures cannot be restored. Check each picture b
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d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 16 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM Playback mode: Switching the picture display Single-frame playback • Use the arrow pad to browse pictures. [ ] IIN N H HQ Q 4000 4000×3000 3000 F2.8 1/1000 F2.8 1/1000 0 0.0 .0 W T T IISO 1600 SO 1600 W ’07.12.10 12:30 07.12.10 12:30 100-0004 100-0004 [IIN N] 4 1 2 3 4 T W Close-up playback [IIN N] Index display • Turn and hold the zoom lever to • Use the arrow pad to select a 1 2 3 the T-side to incrementally zoom pictur
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Menu operations d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 17 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 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 IIMAGE MAGE Q QUALITY UALITY 1 MEMORY FORMAT 2 BACKUP C CAMERA AMERA R RESET ESET MENU MENU SETUP SETUP SETUP 3 ENGLISH PIXEL M
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d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 18 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 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. Press Y to IIMAGE MAGE select [SETUP], and press . Q QUALITY UALITY •[8] is on a menu in [SETUP]. C CAMERA AMERA R RESET ESET M MENU ENU S SETUP SETUP ETUP S SILENT ILENT SCENE SCENE M MODE ODE MENU EXIT SET OK 3 Press ON to select [8], and press
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Menu operations d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 19 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM • Some functions are not available according to the selected mode. g “Functions available in shooting modes and scenes” (P. 49) g “SETUP menus” (P. 26) • The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ). IMAGE QUALITY Changing the image quality 1 Still picture image quality and their applications Image quality/Image size Compression Application • This is useful for printing large images on SHQ 4000 × 3000 Lo
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d4349_33_e_0000_7.book Page 20 Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:47 PM Function Factory default setting Ref. Page R (still pictures) OFF P. 21 R (movies) ON P. 21 AF MODE iESP P. 21 f (Scene) Shooting pictures by selecting a scene according to the situation 3 The scene selection screen displays sample images and the shooting mode to best suit the situation. This can be set only when the mode dial is set to f. • By switching to another scene, most settings will be changed to the default settings of e
