Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Stylus 810 Olympus
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DIGITAL CAMERA Detailed explanation for each function such as camera buttons and menus is separately provided. Advanced Manual Thank you for purchasing an Olympus digital camera . Before you start to use your new camera, please read these instructio ns carefully to enjoy optimum performance and a longer service life.
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4 IMAGE QUALITY ............................ ........ Cha nging the i mage qual ity 19 RESET ..........Change the sho oting funct ions back t o default s ettings 20 s (Scene) ... Shooting pictures by selecting a scene according t o the situation 20 CAMERA MENU .
5 PLAYBACK MENU .................. .................. .............. ................. .......... 33 UNDO ENTRY ......................... ................ Undoing albu m entries 33 SELECT JACKE T ............................... .......... Selecting the jacket 33 SETUP menus .
6 Flow ............. .............. ................. .................. .................. .............. ............. 49 Using OLYMPUS Mast er ....................... .................. .............. ................. ... 49 What is OLYMPUS Master? .
7 Selecting the optimal rec ord mode................ .................. ............. 67 To return the settings of f unctions to d efault settin gs................... 67 Confirming the exposure when the m onitor is diffi cult to see outd oors ... 67 Playback he lp and trou bleshootin g tips .
8 Button operati ons 1 1 Button o perations Button operations Shooting sti ll pictures Set the mode dial to K or s , and lightly press the shutter button (halfway). The green lamp lights when the focus and exposur e are locked (focus lock). Now press the shutter button all the way (fully) to shoot a picture.
9 Button operations 1 Set the mode dial to the desir ed shooting or playback mode. The camera determines the optimum settings and shoots the picture. You can shoot pictures by selecti ng a scene according to the situation.
10 Button operati ons 1 Use the arrow pad t o select scenes, playback picture, and the items on the menu s. Displays the function menu and sets the functions often used in shooting mode.
11 Button operations 1 Displays the top menu. Shooting mode: Zooming in on your su bject Playback mo de: Switchi n g the picture display 6 m button (MENU) 7 Zoom button Zooming while shooting/clos e-up playback 4 4 3264 326 4 × 2448 244 8 HQ HQ 4 4 3264 326 4 × 2448 244 8 HQ HQ Zoom out: Press W on the zoom button.
12 Button operati ons 1 Press the 3 # button in shooting mode to select the flash mode. Press o for setting. Press the 4 & button in shooting mo de to select the macro mode. Press o for setting. Press the 2 Y button in shooting mode to select on and off of the self-timer .
13 Button operations 1 Press the 1 F button in shooting mode to adjust the exposure. • Adjustable from - 2.0EV to +2.0 EV In playback mode, select the picture you want to erase, and press the S button. • Once erased, pictures cannot be re stored. Check each picture before erasing to avoid accidentally erasing pictures you want to keep .
14 Button operati ons 1 Changing th e information disp lays Press the O button to change the display in the following order. *1 Not displayed in case of n . *2 Not displayed when the mode is set [OFF] in the menu. g “ u Display the histogram” (P. 39) “FRAME ASSIST Display the frame assist/Decide the type” (P.
15 Button operations 1 Displaying the menu guide With menu items selected, hold down the O button to display the menu guide. Release the O button to close the menu guide.
16 Menu operations 2 2 Menu operati ons Menu operations Press the m button to display the top menu. The items displayed on the top menu differ according to the mode. • When the mode dial is set at g , press the m button to display the shooting guide screen.
17 Menu operations 2 Use the arrow pad ( 1243 ) and o to set menu items. This explains how to use the menus wi th the [AF MODE] setting as an example. Using the menus 1 Press the m button to display the top menu, an d then press o . • [AF MODE] is on a menu in [CAMERA MENU].
18 Menu operations 2 3 Press 12 to select a setting, and press o . • Select the [AF MODE] from [iESP] and [SPOT] and then press o . • The menu item is set and the previous me nu is dis played.
19 Menu operations 2 g “SETUP menus” (P. 34) • Some functions are not available according to the selected mode. g “Functions available in s hooting modes and scenes” (P.
20 Menu operations 2 Restore shooting functions back to default settings. The mode dial has to be set to K (P or AUTO) in order to restore default settings. Functions for retu rning the settings to the original when the reset function is executed The scene selection screen displays sample images and the shooting mode to best suit the situation .
21 Menu operations 2 [ e SHOOT & SELEC T1] / [ f SHOOT & SE LECT2] • Press and hold the shutter button to shoot sequential pictures. After shooting pictures, select the ones you want to erase, put the R to them, and press S button to erase them.
22 Menu operations 2 The camera will take pictures in s equence until you release the shutter button. • In high speed sequential shooting, [IMAGE QUALITY] will be limited to below [2048 × 1536]. The digital zoom can be used to take close-up pictures with stronger magnification than the optical zoom.
23 Menu operations 2 Recording starts about 0.5 seconds after the shutter button is released and lasts about 4 seconds. When recording, aim the came ra microphone at the source of the sound you want to record. Panorama shooting lets you create a pa noramic picture, using the OLYMPUS Master software from the provided CD-ROM.
24 Menu operations 2 g “SETUP menus” (P. 34) • The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ). • Set [BGM] to [ON] or [OFF]. • Select the transition effect between pictures from [TYPE].
25 Menu operations 2 • Only the first frame of each movie is displayed. • After setting [BGM] and [TYPE], press o to st art the slideshow. •P r e s s o or m button to cancel the slideshow. Select [MOVIE PLAY] from the top menu, and press o to play back the movie.
26 Menu operations 2 This function lets you play back the pictures in a calendar fo rmat by the date of recording. g “Zoom button Zooming while s hooting/close-up pl ayback” (P. 11) This function lets you view the pictures in 9 frames at the same time.
27 Menu operations 2 This function lets you select the frame, and synthesize the frame an d the picture, and store it as a new picture. • Select a frame with 43 and press o . • Select the picture to be synt hesized with the frame with 43 , and press o .
28 Menu operations 2 This function lets you adjust the brightnes s of the picture, and store it as a new picture. • Select the picture with 43 , and press o . • Adjust the brightness with 12 , and press o . This function lets you adjus t the vividness of the pictur e, and store it as a new picture.
29 Menu operations 2 This function allows you to save printing data (the number of prints and the date and time information) with the pictures stored on the car d. g “Print settings (DPOF)” (P. 46) Protected pictures cannot be erased with [ERASE]/ [SEL.
30 Menu operations 2 Pictures recorded to the card can be or ga nized by sorting them into albums. Pictures stored in the internal memory cannot be enter ed in albums. g “Album playback menus” (P. 32) ALBUM ENTRY .................... .............
31 Menu operations 2 Protected pictures cannot be erased. Canc el protection before erasing protected pictures. Once erased, pictures cannot be restored. Check each picture before erasing to avoid accidentally eras ing pictures you want to keep. • When erasing the picture in the internal memory, do not insert the card into the camera.
32 Menu operations 2 • A card is required. g “SLIDESHOW Playing back pictures automatically” (P . 24) “MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies” (P. 25) “Print setting s (DPOF)” (P. 46) “SETUP menus” (P. 34) “ERASE Erase selected pictures/Erase all pictures (P.
33 Menu operations 2 Even if a picture is removed from an album, the picture r emains in the card. You can change the jacket (first fram e in the album) to be displayed on the album selection screen. Other album menus g “ 0 Protecting pictures” (P.
34 Menu operations 2 All existing data, including protected pictures, are erased w hen the internal memory or card is formatted. Make sure that you save or transfer import ant data to a computer before formatting the card. • Make sure there is no card inserted in the camera wh en formatting the internal memory.
35 Menu operations 2 You can select a language for on-screen display. Available languages vary depending on the area where you p urchased this camera. You can add other languages to your camera with the provided OLYMPUS Master software. You can select the volume level and the picture displayed when the camera is turned on.
36 Menu operations 2 File names and their folder names fo r recorded pictures are automatically generated by the camera. File names and folder names respectively include file numbers (0001 to 9999) and folder names (100 to 999), and are named as follows.
37 Menu operations 2 The date and time is saved with each image, and is used in the file name. • The first two digits of the year are fixed. • The time is displayed in the 24-hour format. • For a more accurate setting, press o when the time signal hits 00 seco nds.
38 Menu operations 2 • When [ X ] has not been set, [ALARM CLOCK] is not a vailable. • When [DUALTIME] is set to [ON], the al arm sounds according to the dual time date and time setting. Setting an alarm • Select [ONE TIME] or [DAILY], and set the alarm time.
39 Menu operations 2 The factory default settings differ according to the region where the camera is sold. To play back camera images on a TV, set t he video outpu t according to your TV’s video signal type. • TV video signal types by country/regi on Ch eck the video signal type before connecting the camera to the TV.
40 Printing pictures 3 3 Print ing pict ures Printing pictures You can print out the pictures you have taken. If you print the pictures at home, you can either connect the camera directly to the printer or you can connect the camera to a computer and download the pictures to the computer first.
41 Printing pictures 3 By connecting the camera to a PictBridge-comp atible printer, you can print out pictures directly. Select the pictures you want to print and the number of p rints on the camera’s monitor. To find out if your printer is compatible with PictBridge, refer to the printer’s instruction manual.
42 Printing pictures 3 3 Press h / < button. • Printing starts. • When printing is finished, the p icture selection screen is displayed. To print another picture, press 43 to select a picture, and press h / < button. • When you are finished, disconnect th e USB cable from the camera with the picture selection screen displayed.
43 Printing pictures 3 1 Display the screen being in dicated on the right according to the procedur e 1 and 2 in P. 41, and press o . 2 Select [CUSTOM PRINT], and press o .
44 Printing pictures 3 Note • If the [PRINTPAPER] screen is not displayed, [SIZE], [BORDERLESS ] and [PICS/SHEET] a re set to [STANDARD]. Press 43 to select the picture you want to print. You can also use the zoom button and select a picture from the index display.
45 Printing pictures 3 4 Select [OK], and press o . • Printing starts. • When printing is finished, the [PRINT MODE SELECT] screen is displayed. To cancel printing 5 In the [PRINT MODE SELECT] screen, pres s m button. • A message is displayed. 6 Disconnect the USB cable from the camera.
46 Printing pictures 3 Print reservation allows you to save printing data (the number of prints and the date and time information) with the pictures stored on the car d. Pictures with print reservations can be printe d using the following procedures. Printing using a DPOF -compati ble photo s tore.
47 Printing pictures 3 Follow the operation guide to make a print reservation for a selected picture . 1 Press the m button in the playback mode an d display the top menu.
48 Printing pictures 3 Reserves all the pictures stored on the car d. The number of prints is set at one print per picture. 1 Press the m button in the playback mod e and display the top menu. 2 Select [PRINT ORDER] [ U ], and press o . • Playing back the album:Top me nu [PRINT ORDER] [ U ] 3 Select the date and time setting, and press o .
49 Connecting the camera to a computer 4 4 Connect ing the cam era to a co mputer Connecting the camera to a computer Using the USB cable provided with y our camera, you can connect the camera and computer and download (transfer) the images to your computer using t he OLYMPUS Master software, also provided with the camera.
50 Connecting th e camera to a computer 4 Before installing the OLYMPUS Master software, please confirm that your computer is compatible with the following system requireme nts. For newer operating systems, pleas e refer to the Olympus web site as show n on the back cover of this manual.
51 Connecting the camera to a computer 4 Windows 1 Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. • The OLYMPUS Master setup screen is displayed. • If the screen is not displayed, double-click the “My Computer” icon and click the CD- ROM icon. 2 Click “OLYMPUS Master”.
52 Connecting th e camera to a computer 4 • A screen asking whether or not you want to install Adobe Reader is displayed. Adobe Reader is re quired to read the OLYMPUS Master instruction manual. If this screen is not displayed, Adobe Reader is already installed on your computer.
53 Connecting the camera to a computer 4 1 Make sure the camera is turned off. • The monitor is off. • The lens is retracted. 2 Connect the multi-connector on the camera to the USB port on the computer using the provided USB cable. • Refer to your computer’s inst ruction manual to locate the position of th e USB port.
54 Connecting th e camera to a computer 4 Windows 1 Double-click the “OLYMPUS Master” icon on the desktop. • The main menu is displayed. • When OLYMPUS Master is started up for the first time after installation, the “Registration” dialog box is display ed before the main menu.
55 Connecting the camera to a computer 4 1 Click “Transfer Im ages” on the OLYMPUS Master main menu. • The menu for selecting the source is displayed. 2 Click “From Camera” . • The window for selecting images is displayed. All the images in the camera are displayed.
56 Connecting th e camera to a computer 4 2 Make the following preparation s for disconnecting the USB cable. Windows 98SE 1 Double-cl ick the “My Comp uter” icon an d right-click the “Removabl e Disk” icon to di splay the menu . 2 Click “Eject” on t he menu.
57 Connecting the camera to a computer 4 1 Click “Browse Images” on the OLYMPUS Master main menu. • The “Browse” window is disp layed. 2 Double-click the still picture thumbnail that you want to view. • The camera switches to view mode and the picture is enlarged.
58 Connecting th e camera to a computer 4 Pictures can be printed from the photo, index, postcard and calendar menus. The explanation below uses the photo menu. 1 Click “Print Images at Home” on the OLYMPUS Master main menu. • The print menu is displayed.
59 Connecting the camera to a computer 4 7 Click “Print”. • Printing starts. • To return to the main menu, click “Menu” in the “Photo Print” w indow.
60 Getting to know your camera better 5 5 Getting t o know your camera better Getting to know your camera better The battery is not fully charge d • Charge the batte ry with the cha rger.
61 Getting to kn ow your camera bette r 5 The camera has been used in th e same conditions from th e time of purchase • No date and time ha ve been set f or the camer a at the time of purchas e. Set the date a nd time befo re using the c amera. g “ X Setting th e date and time” (P.
62 Getting to know your camera better 5 • Under certain t ypes of con ditions, it is difficu lt to foc us using au to focus. The green lamp o n the monitor lights, al lowing you to check if the focus is lo cked.
63 Getting to kn ow your camera bette r 5 The flash fires automatically when there is insufficie nt light. If the subject is too far away, the flash may have no effect.
64 Getting to know your camera better 5 • Take pictures with K in s mode. Suitable for taking pic tures on a sunny day at the beach or in the snow. g “Shooting pi ctures by selec ting a scene accor ding to the si tuation” (P. 20) • Often, bright sub jects (suc h as snow ) turn out darker tha n their nat ural color s.
65 Getting to kn ow your camera bette r 5 Number of storable still pictur es and recording length of movies Still pictures Movie • When the [IMAGE QUALITY] is set to [SHQ], the continuously recording length of the card other than the TypeH is up to app rox.
66 Getting to know your camera better 5 This camera uses several lamps to indicate the camera status. • Performing any of the following operations when not actuall y taking pictur es can deplete t he battery power .
67 Getting to kn ow your camera bette r 5 A record mode expresses a combinati on of desired image size and compression level. Use the following examples to help determine the optimal record mode when shooting.
68 Getting to know your camera better 5 If the played back picture is blurred, press the h / P button and the o button in this order to stabilize the picture. Icon No icon: The i mage cannot be stab ilized. : The image has al ready been st abilized or has no blur.
69 Getting to kn ow your camera bette r 5 • When a card has be en inserted in the came ra, the pict ure in the i nternal memory cannot be played back. Pull out the card before operati ng the camera. • Play back a pictu re, and pre ss the O button.
70 Getting to know your camera better 5 The size of the picture displayed on a computer screen chan ges depending on the computer settings. When the monitor setting is 1,024 × 768 and you are using Internet Explorer to view a picture with an image size of 2,048 × 1,536 at 100%, the entire picture cannot be viewed without scrolling.
71 Getting to kn ow your camera bette r 5 When you get an error message o n the camera... Monitor indicatio n Possible ca use Correctiv e action q CARD ERROR There is a probl em with the card. This card cann ot be used. Ins ert a new card. q WRITE- PROTECT Writing to the card is prohibited.
72 Getting to know your camera better 5 This card cann ot be used in this camera. Or, the card is not formatt ed. Format the card or re place. • Select [POWER OFF] and press o . Insert a new card. • Select [FORMAT] [YES] and press o . All data on the card is erase d.
73 Getting to kn ow your camera bette r 5 Some functions cannot be set in certain shooting modes. For more details, refer to the table below. Grayed out areas ( ) in the s column indicate that to enable the shooting scene in s mode, there are restr ictions to the functions that can b e set.
74 Getting to know your camera better 5 Functions with restrict ions in shooting scenes *1 [ % ] is not avai lable. *2 Only the picture q uality belo w [2048 x 1536] is av ailable.
75 Getting to kn ow your camera bette r 5 Aperture The adjustable lens opening which controls th e amount of light that enters t he camera. The larger the aperture, the shorter the depth of field and the fuzzier the background. The smaller the aperture, the grea ter the depth of field and the sharper the background.
76 Getting to know your camera better 5 ISO A method for indicating film spe ed by the International Orga nization for Standardization (ISO) (ex.gISO100h). Hig her ISO values indicate gr eater sensitivity to light, so images can be exposed even in lo w-light conditions.
77 Miscellaneous 6 6 Miscellan eous Miscellaneous Exterior: • Wi pe gently wit h a soft cloth . If the camera is very dirty, soak the cl oth in mild soap y water and wri ng well. Wipe the camera with the da mp cloth and the n dry it with a dr y cloth.
78 Miscellaneous 6 ( This camera us es one Olympus li thium ion batte ry (LI-12B). No other type of batteries ca n be used. ( Power consump tion by the came ra varies depend ing on which fu nctions are use d. ( During the c onditions desc ribed below, po wer is consumed c ontinuously an d the battery be comes exhausted q uickly.
79 Miscellaneous 6 Pictures can be recorded on the optional card. The internal memory and card are the camera’s media for recordin g pictures, similar to film in a film camera. Pictures recorded to the internal memory or card can be easily erased on the camera or proces sed using a compu ter.
80 Miscellaneous 6 1 Turn off the camera 2 Open the battery compa rtment/card cover. Inserting the card 3 Orient the card as shown , and insert it into the card slot as shown in the illustratio n. • Insert the card straight in. • Insert the card until it clicks into place.
81 Miscellaneous 6 Note • The card access lamp blin ks while the ca mera is reading the i mages. Readin g of images may take some time. Do not open the batter y compartment/ca rd cover while the card acce ss lamp is bl inking. Doin g so may damage th e data in the internal memory or the card and render the i nternal memor y or card unu sable.
82 Miscellaneous 6 • T o protect the high-pr ecision tech nology cont ained in this pr oduct, never le ave the camera in the places listed b elow , no matter if in use o r storage: • Places where tempera tures and/or hu midity are high or go through ex treme changes.
83 Miscellaneous 6 • D o not push the monito r forcibly; ot herwise the image may become vague, re sulting in a playback mode failure or damage to the mon itor . • A strip of light may appear on the top/botto m of the monitor, but this is not a malfunction.
84 Miscellaneous 6 Unauthorize d photographin g or use of copyr ighted materi al may violate ap plicable copyright l aws. Olympus ass umes no respons ibility for una uthorized phot ographing, use or ot her acts that infr inge upon the rights of copyr ight owner s.
85 Index ! Red-eye reduc tion flash . . . . . 12 # Fill-in flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 $ Flash off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 % Super macro mode . . . . . . . . . . 12 & Macro mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1 F button (expos ure compensat ion) .
86 F FILE NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Flash charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Fluorescent lamp 1/2/3 wxy . 21 Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Focus lock .
87 Program auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 , 76 Protect 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 PW ON SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 R REC VIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Recording le ngth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Recording so und .
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