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DIGITAL CAMERA
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Quick Start Guide
Instruction
Get started using your camera
right away.
Manual
Button operations
Menu operations
Printing pictures
Using OLYMPUS Master
Getting to know your
camera better
Miscellaneous
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
in a safe
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d4314_15_e.book Page 2 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM Contents Quick Start Guide P. 3 Test out the functions of the camera buttons by following the illustrations and actually trying them Button operations P. 10 out on the camera. Learn everything about the menus, from basic operations to the functions of each menu and their various Menu operations P. 16 settings. Learn how to print pictures you have taken. P. 35 Printing pictures Learn how to transfer pictures to a computer and save th
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d4314_15_e.book Page 3 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM Gather these items (box contents) Digital Camera Strap LI-42B Lithium Ion Battery LI-40C Battery Charger USB Cable AV Cable OLYMPUS Master Software 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 Quick Start Guide
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d4314_15_e.book Page 4 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM Prepare the battery a. Charge the battery 3 Lithium Ion Battery Power Cable Battery Charger 1 2 Charging Indicator AC Wall Outlet Light On (Red): Charging Light Off: Charging complete (Charging time: Approx. 5 hours) Battery comes partially charged. b. Insert the battery in the camera 2 1 3 3 4 Insert the battery from the side. 5 Battery lock knob • To remove the battery, slide in the direction of the arrow. For details on inserting a
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d4314_15_e.book Page 5 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM Turn the camera on This explains how to turn on the camera in shooting mode. a. Set the mode dial to K. When shooting still pictures (shooting mode) When shooting movies (shooting mode) (Stylus750/ µ750) (Stylus740/ µ740) When viewing pictures (playback mode) Still picture shooting modes K This function allows you to shoot with the camera's automatic settings. h This function stabilizes images when taking pictures. (Stylus740/ µ740) g Thi
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d4314_15_e.book Page 6 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM Set date and time About the date and time setting screen Y-M-D (Year-Month-Day) X Hour Y Y M D M D T TIME I M E Minute - ----.--.-- --:-- ---.--.-- --:-- Y/M/D Y / M / D Date formats (Y-M-D,M-D-Y,D-M-Y) MENU CANCEL Exits a setting. a. Press the 1F button and the 2Y button to select [Y]. • The first two digits of the year are fixed. X 1F Button Y Y M D M D T TIME I M E 2006 2006.--.-- --:-- .--.-- --:-- Y Y/M/D / M / D MENU CANCEL
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d4314_15_e.book Page 7 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM Set date and time e. Press the 1F button and the 2Y but- X ton to select [D]. Y Y M D M D T TIME I M E Y Y/M/D / M / D 2 2006 006.1 11 1.26 26 --:-- --:-- CANCEL MENU f. Press the 3# button. g. Press the 1F button and the 2Y but- X ton to select “hour”, “minute”. Y Y M D M D T TIME I M E • The time is displayed in the 24-hour format. 2006 2006.11 11.2 26 6 1 12 2:3 30 0 Y/M/D Y / M / D MENU OK CANCEL SET h. Press the 3# button. i
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d4314_15_e.book Page 8 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM Shoot a. Hold the camera Horizontal grip Vertical grip b. Focus Place this mark over your subject. P Shutter Button (Pressed halfway) [ ] [ ] IN IN 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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d4314_15_e.book Page 9 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM View pictures a. Set the mode dial to q. o Button Mode Dial Arrow Pad [IIN N] HQ HQ Next Picture '06.1 '06.11.26 1.26 12:30 12:30 100-0001 100-0001 Prev. Picture 1 Erase pictures a. As described in a. above, display the picture you want to erase. b. Press the S button. ERASE [IN] YES NO MENU BACK SET OK S Button c. Press the 1F button to select [YES] and press the o button to erase the image. ERASE F Button YES NO BACK MENU OK SET EN 9 Q
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d4314_15_e.book Page 10 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM Button operations Button operations Shooting modes a 12 b 7 6 c 9 8 3 (Stylus750/ (Stylus740/ µ750) µ740) 4 e d Playback mode 5 0 Shooting mode P Flash mode Self-timer [ ] Macro mode/ Super macro mode [ ] IN IN H HQ Q 3 3072 072 2 2304 304 × 44 1o button Turning the camera on and off Power on: Shooting mode Playback mode • Monitor turns on • Monitor turns on • Lens extends 2 Shutter button Shooting pictures Shooting still pictures Set the
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d4314_15_e.book Page 11 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM AF lock mark Locking the focus position (AF lock) When the scene is kH, you can lock the focus position by kk pressing 2. Press 2 again to cancel the AF lock. g“ s (Scene) Shooting pictures by selecting a scene according to the situation” (P. 19) • AF lock is automatically canceled after one shot. [ ] [ ] IIN N HQ HQ 3072 3072×2304 2304 44 Recording movies Set the mode dial to n, and lightly press the shutter button to lock the focus, a
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d4314_15_e.book Page 12 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM q Viewing still pictures/Selecting playback mode The last picture taken is displayed. • Press the arrow pad to view other pictures. • Use the zoom button to switch among close-up playback, index display and calendar display. g Movie playback “MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies” (P. 23) 4 Arrow pad ( 1243) Use the arrow pad to select scenes, playback picture, and the items on the menus. 5 o button (OK/FUNC) Displays the function menu and sets
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d4314_15_e.book Page 13 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM Playback mode: Switching the picture display Single-frame playback • Use the arrow pad to browse pictures. [IIN N] H HQ Q W T T W ''06.1 06.11.26 1.26 1 12:30 2:30 100-0004 100-0004 [IIN N] 4 1 1 2 3 4 W T Close-up playback [IIN N] Index displays • Press T to incrementally 1 1 2 3 • Use the arrow pad to enlarge the picture up to 10 4 5 6 select a picture for times the original size. Press playback, and press o 7 8 9 W to reduce the s
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d4314_15_e.book Page 14 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM 0 2Y button Self-timer shooting Press 2Y in shooting mode to select on and off of the self-timer. Press o for setting. Y ON Set the self-timer. Y OFF Cancel the self-timer. • After pressing the shutter button completely, the self-timer lamp lights up for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for approximately 2 seconds, and then the picture is taken. • To cancel the self-timer, press 2Y. • Self-timer shooting is automatically canceled after on
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d4314_15_e.book Page 15 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM e button Changing the information on display /Display the menu guide/Checking the time Changing the information displays Press to change the display in the following order. Shooting mode Playback mode Normal display Normal display P + +2.0 2.0 [IIN N] $ HQ HQ [ ] IISO 1600 SO 1600 lR ''06.1 06.11.26 1.26 12:30 12:30 j% k[IIN N] 100-0004 100-0004 n H HQ Q 3 3072 072×2 2304 304 44 4 *1 Simple display Detailed display [ ] IIN N H HQ Q 3 3
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d4314_15_e.book Page 16 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM Menu operations Menu operations MENU o button Mode Dial Arrow pad ( 12 43) 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 SETUP S SETUP ETUP R RESET RESET ESET DRIVE o MENU M MENU ENU ESP S SILENT SILENT ILENT S S SC
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d4314_15_e.book Page 17 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM Using the menus This explains how to use the menus with the [AF MODE] setting as an example. 1 Set the mode dial to K. 2 Press m to display the top menu. Select [CAMERA MENU] and press o. IMAGE IIMAGE MAGE QUALITY Q QUALITY UALITY • [AF MODE] is on a menu in [CAMERA MENU]. CAMERA C CAMERA AMERA Press o. SETUP S SETUP ETUP RESET R RESET ESET MENU M MENU ENU SILENT S SILENT ILENT S SCN S SCN SCN C CN N M MODE MODE ODE EXIT MENU OK SET 3 Pre
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d4314_15_e.book Page 18 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM 1 IMAGE QUALITY Changing the image quality Still picture image quality and their applications Image quality/Image size Compression Application SHQ 3072 × 2304 Low • This is useful for printing large images on compression A3-size paper. • This is useful for performing computer HQ 3072 × 2304 Standard image processing, such as contrast compression adjustment and red-eye correction. SQ1 2560 × 1920 Standard • This is useful for A3/A4-size
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d4314_15_e.book Page 19 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM 3 s (Scene)Shooting pictures by selecting a scene according to the situation *1 PORTRAIT / LANDSCAPE / LANDSCAPE+PORTRAIT / NIGHT SCENE / *1 *1 NIGHT+P0RTRAIT / SPORT / INDOOR / CANDLE / SELF PORTRAIT / *1 *1 *1 AVAILABLE LIGHT / SUNSET / FIREWORKS / MUSEUM / CUISINE / BEHIND GLASS / *2 *3 DOCUMENTS / AUCTION / SHOOT & SELECT1 / SHOOT & SELECT2 / *4 BEACH & SNOW / UNDER WATER WIDE1 / UNDER WATER WIDE2 / UNDER WATER MACRO The scene selectio
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d4314_15_e.book Page 20 Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 PM ISO ...................................................................................... Changing the ISO sensitivity AUTO Sensitivity is automatically adjusted according to the conditions of the subject. 80/100/200/ A low value lowers the sensitivity for daylight shooting of clear, sharp 400/800/1600 pictures. The higher the value, the better the camera’s light sensitivity and ability to shoot with a fast shutter speed and in low lig
