Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product u 700 Olympus
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DIGITAL CAMERA Detailed explanations of all the functions including camera buttons and menus are provided. Use them accor ding to your purpose. Advanced Manual Thank you for purchasing an Olympus digit al camera.
2 How to use this manual Sear ch for a topic XXX Tabl e of Conten ts g P. 3 Contents How to use this manual ............................................................................... 2 Contents ....................................................
3 Contents How to use this manual ..... ............................................................... ........... 2 Contents ................................................. ..................................................... 3 POWER bu tton ....
4 RESET ..... ..... Change the shooting funct ions ba ck to default settings 20 s (Scene ) ..... Shooti ng pictu res by sele cting a scene acc ording t o the si tuation 20 CAMERA MENU .... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ....
5 SETUP menu s ........... .......... ....... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... .......... 33 MEMORY FORMAT (FORMAT) Formatting t he inter nal memory or c ard 33 BACKUP .....Copying picture s in the i nternal me mory to the card 33 W .
6 Flow ...... .......... ........... ....... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... ....... .......... ... 48 Using OLYM PUS Master ......... .......... ....... ........... ........... .......... ........... ...... 48 What is OL YMPUS Ma ster? .
7 Selectin g the o ptimal rec ord mod e ............. ....... .......... ........... ...... 66 To return the set tings of function s to d efault se ttings............. ...... 66 Confirmi ng the exposure when th e monit or is diffi cult to see outd oors .
8 Button ope rations 1 1 Butto n oper atio ns Button operations Shooti ng still pi ctures Set the mode dial to K , h or s , and lightly press the shutter button (halfway). The green lamp lights when the focus and exposure are locked (focus lock). Now press the shutter button all the w ay (fully) to shoot a picture.
9 Button operati ons 1 Recording movies Set the mode dial to n , and lightly press the shutter button to lock the focus, and then press the shutte r button fully to star t recording. Press the shutter button again to stop recording . Set the mode dial to the desir ed shoo ting or playback mode.
10 Button ope rations 1 The last picture taken is displayed. • Press the arrow pa d ( 1243 ) to view other pictures. • Use the zoom button to switch amo ng close-up p layback, index display and calendar display. g Movie playback “MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies” (P.
11 Button operati ons 1 Displays the top menu. Shootin g mode: Zoo ming in on your subject 6 m button ( MENU) 7 Zoom butto n Zooming while shooti ng/close-up playback P P P WB AUTO ISO AUTO o h őİłŖŕŐ őİłŖŕŐ ESP 12 : Select a setting, and press o .
12 Button ope rations 1 Playback mode: Switching the picture display P ʼnŒ ʼnŒ Ĵıĸij Ĵıĸij ȿ ijĴıĵ ijĴıĵ [ IN I N ] 4 4 [ ] a 8 Self- time r Flash mode Macro mode/ Super ma cro mode 7 9.
13 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 mode 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.
14 Button ope rations 1 In playback mode, select the pictur e you want to erase, and press the S button. • Once erased, pictures cannot be rest ored. Check each pictur e before erasing to avoid accidentally erasing pictures yo u want to keep. g “ 0 Protecting pictures” (P.
15 Button operati ons 1 Changing the in fo rmation displa ys Press the d button to change the display in the followin g order. *1 Not displayed i n case of n . *2 Not displayed when the mo de is set [OFF] in the menu. g “ u Display the histogram” (P.
16 Menu operat ions 2 2 Menu ope rations Menu operations Press the m button to display the top menu. The contents displayed on the top menu differ according to the mode. • When the mode dial is set at g , pre ss the m button to display the shooting guide screen.
17 Menu operat ions 2 Use the arrow pad ( 1243 ) and o to set menu items. This explains how to use the menus w i th the [AF MODE] setting as an example. Using the menus 1 Press the m button t o display the t op menu, and then press o . • [AF MODE] is o n a menu in [CAMERA ME NU].
18 Menu operat ions 2 3 Press 12 to select a se tting, and press o . • Select the [AF MODE] from [iESP] and [SP OT] and th en press o . • The menu item is set and the previo us menu is d isplayed .
19 Menu operat ions 2 g “SETUP menus” (P. 33) • Some functions are not available according to the selected mode. g “Functions available in s hooting modes and scenes” (P.
20 Menu operat ions 2 Restore shooting functions back to default settings. The mode dial has to be set to K (P or AUTO) in order to restor e default settings.
21 Menu operat ions 2 [ e Shoot & Select1] / [ f Shoot & Select2] • Press and hold the shutter button to shoo t pictures. After shooting pictures, select the ones you want to erase, put the R to them, a nd press S button to erase them. 4 CAMERA MENU WB .
22 Menu operations 2 You can take a sequence of pictures at one time while holding down the shutter button. The camera will take pictures in seque nce until you release the shutter button. • In speed sequential shooting, [IMAGE QUALITY] will be limited to below [2048 × 1536].
23 Menu operat ions 2 Recording starts about 0.5 seconds after the shutter button is released and la sts about 4 seconds. When recording , aim the camera micr ophone at the source of the sound you want to record. Panorama shooting lets you create a panoramic picture, using the OLYMPUS Master software from the provided CD-RO M.
24 Menu operat ions 2 g “SETUP menus” (P. 33) • The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ). • Set [BGM] to [ON] or [OFF]. • Select the transition effect between pictures from [TYPE]. • Only the first frame of each movie is displayed.
25 Menu operat ions 2 Select [MOVIE PLAY] from the top menu, and press o to play back the movie. Another option is to select a picture with t he movie icon ( n ), and press o to play back the movie. Operations during movie playback •P r e s s o to pause the playback.
26 Menu operat ions 2 This function lets you play back t he pictures in a calendar format 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 th e same time.
27 Menu operat ions 2 This fun ction lets yo u select th e titl e, synthe size the ti tle and the pictu re, and s tore it as a new pictur e. • Select the picture with 43 , and press o . • Select the title with 43 , and press o . Press 12 to turn the title 90 degrees clockwise a nd 90 degrees counterclockwise.
28 Menu operat ions 2 This function allows you to save printing data (the number of pr ints and the date and time information) with the picture s stored on the card. g “Print settings (DPOF)” (P. 45) Protected pictures cannot be er ased, but they are all erased by formatting.
29 Menu operat ions 2 Pictures recorded to t he card can be organized by sorting them into albums. Pictures stored in the int ernal memory cannot be entered in albums. g “Album playback menus” (P. 31) ALBUM ENTRY ...... ................. .........
30 Menu operat ions 2 Protected pictures cannot be erased. C ancel protection before e rasing such pictures. Once erased, pictures cannot be restored. Ch eck each picture before erasing to avoid accid entally er asing pictures you wa nt to keep. • When erasing the picture in the intern al memory, do not insert the ca rd into the camera.
31 Menu operat ions 2 • A card is requir ed. g “SLIDESHOW Playing back pictures automatica lly” (P. 24) “MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies” (P. 25) “Print settings (DPOF)” (P. 45) “SETUP menus” (P. 33) “ERASE Erase selected pictures/Erase all pictures (P.
32 Menu operat ions 2 Even if a picture is removed from an alb um, the picture remains in the card. You can change the jacket (first fra me in the album) to be displayed on the album selection scr een. Other album menus g “ 0 Protecting pictures” (P.
33 Menu operat ions 2 All existing data, including protected pi ctures, are erased when the inter nal memory or card is formatted. Make sur e that you save or transfer important data to a computer before formatting the card. • Make sure there is no card inserted in the camera when formattin g the internal memory.
34 Menu operat ions 2 You can select a language for on-screen display. Avail able languages vary depending on the area where you pur chased this camera. You can add other lan guages to your camera with the provided OLYMPUS Master software. You can select the volume level and the picture displayed w hen the camera is turned on.
35 Menu operat ions 2 File names and their folder names for recor ded 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.
36 Menu operat ions 2 The date and time is saved with eac h 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 signa l hits 00 seconds.
37 Menu operat ions 2 • When [ X ] has not been set, [ALARM CLOCK] is n ot available. • When [DUALTIME] is set to [ON], the alarm sou nds according to the dua l time date and time setting. Setting an alarm • Select [ONE TIME] or [DAILY], and set the alarm time.
38 Menu operat ions 2 The factory default settings differ according to the regio n where the camera is sold. To play back camera images on a TV, set the video output accordin g to your TV’s video signal type. • TV video signal types by count ry/regi on Check the video signal type before connecting the camera to the TV.
39 Printing pict ures 3 3 Printing picture s 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.
40 Printing p ictures 3 By connecting the camera to a PictBridge- compatible printer, you can pr int out pictures directly. Select the pictures you want to pr int and the number of pr ints on the camera’s monitor. To find out if your printer is compatible with PictBridge, re fer to the printer’s instruction manual.
41 Printing pict ures 3 3 Press < button. • Printing starts. • When printing is finished, the pictur e selection screen is displayed. To p rint another picture, press 43 to select a picture, and press < button. • When you are finished , disconnect the USB cable from the camera with the picture selection screen displayed.
42 Printing p ictures 3 1 Display the screen being indicated on the right a ccording to the procedu re 1 and 2 in P. 40, and press o . 2 Select [CUSTOM PRINT], and press o .
43 Printing pict ures 3 Note • If the [PRI NTPAPER] s creen is not displaye d, [SIZ E], [BORDE RLESS] and [PICS/ SHEET] a re set to [S TANDARD]. Press 43 to select the picture you want to print. You can also use the zoo m button and select a pictu re from the index display.
44 Printing p ictures 3 To cancel printing 5 In the [PRINT MODE SELECT] scre en, press m butto n. • A message is displayed. 6 Disconnect the USB cable from the camera.
45 Printing pict ures 3 Print reservation allows you to save printing data ( the number of prints and the date and time informatio n) with the pictures stored on the card. Pictures with prin t reservations can be printed using the following pr ocedures.
46 Printing p ictures 3 Follow the operatio n guide to make a print reservat ion for a selected picture. 1 Press the m button in the play back mode and disp lay the top menu.
47 Printing pict ures 3 3 Select the date and time setting, and p ress o . NO The pi ctures are pr inted without the date and time. DATE All pictur es are printe d with the shootin g date . TIME Al l pictures are printed wi th the sh ooting time. 4 Select [SET], and press o .
48 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 4 Conne cting the c amera t o a com puter Connecting the camera to a computer Using the USB cable provided w ith your camera, you can connect the camera and computer and download (transfer) the images to your computer using the OLYMPUS Master software, a lso provided with the camera.
49 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 Before installing the OLYMPUS Master software, please confir m that your computer is compatible with the following system req uirements. For newer operating systems, please refer t o the Olympus web site as shown on the back cover of this manual.
50 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 Window s 1 Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. • The OLYMPUS Master setup screen is displayed. • If the screen is not displayed, do uble-click the “My Computer” ico n and click the CD- ROM icon. 2 Click “OLYMPUS Master”.
51 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 • A screen asking whether or not yo u want to install Adobe Re ader is displayed. Adobe Reader is r equired to read the OLYMPUS Master instruction manual. If this screen is not displayed, Adobe R eader is already installed on your computer .
52 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 1 Make sure th e camera is turned off. • The monitor is off. • The lens is retr acted. 2 Connect the multi-connector on the camera to the USB port on the computer using the provided USB cable. • Refer t o your co mputer’s i nstruction man ual to locate the position of the USB port.
53 Connecting the came ra 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 afte r installation, the “Registration” dialog box is displayed before the main menu.
54 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 1 Click “Transfe r Images” on the OLYMPUS Master main menu. • The menu for selecting the source is d isplayed. 2 Click “From Camera” . • The window for selecting images is displayed. All the ima ges in the camera are displayed.
55 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 2 Make the following preparatio ns for disconne cting the USB cable. Windows 98SE 1 Double -clic k the “ My Comput er” ic on and r ight- click the “Remova ble Disk” icon to displa y the menu. 2 Click “Eject” on the menu .
56 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 1 Click “Browse Images” on the OLYMPUS Master main menu. • The “Browse” window is displayed. 2 Double-c lick the still picture thumbnail tha t you want to vi ew. • The camera switches to view mode an d the picture is enlarged.
57 Connecting the came ra to a computer 4 Pictures can be printed from the photo, index, postcar d 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.
58 Connecti ng the camera to a computer 4 7 Click “Print”. • Printing starts. • To return to the main menu, click “Menu” in the “Pho to Print” window.
59 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 5 G etting to k now your camera b etter Getting to know your camera better The battery is not fully charged • Charg e the bat tery with the char ger.
60 Getting to know your camera better 5 The camera has been u sed in the same conditions fr om the time of purchase • No date and time h ave been se t for the ca mera at t he time of pu rchas e. Set the date and time b efore us ing the camera. g “ X Setti ng the da te and time” (P .
61 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 • Under ce rtain types o f conditi o ns, it is d ifficult to focu s using auto focus. The green l amp on the moni tor li ghts, allowing you to che ck if the fo cus is locked .
62 Getting to know your camera better 5 The flash fires automatically when there is in sufficient light. If the subject is too far away, the flash may have no effect.
63 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 • Take pic tures wit h K in s mode. Suit able fo r taking p ictur es on a sun ny day at th e beach or in the sn ow. g “ s Shoot pict ures by select ing a scen e accord ing to th e situa tion” (P. 9) • Ofte n, bright subject s (such a s snow) turn ou t dark er than th eir nat ural color s.
64 Getting to know your camera better 5 Number of storable still p ictures and recordin g length of movies Still pictures Movie • If you use a no n-Olym pus card or a card used fo r anothe r applic ation, suc h as for a computer, the message [ CARD ERROR] is displa yed.
65 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 This camera uses several lamps to in dicate the camera status. • Perfor ming any o f the fol lowing op erati ons when no t actuall y takin g picture s can depl ete the bat tery po wer.
66 Getting to know your camera better 5 A record mode expresses a combinati on of desired image size and compression level. Use the following examples to help deter mine the optimal reco rd mode when shooting.
67 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 • When a card has be en inserted i n the camera, t he picture in the i n terna l memory can not be pl ayed back . Pull out the card before o perati ng the camera. • Play back a pict ure, an d press the d bu tton.
68 Getting to know your camera better 5 The size of the picture displayed on a computer screen changes 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 .
69 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 When you get an e rror message on the camera... Monitor indic ation Possib le cause Correc tive ac tion q CARD ERROR There is a pr oblem with the card . This car d cannot be used. I nsert a new card. q WRIT E- PROTECT Writing to the card is prohi bited.
70 Getting to know your camera better 5 This car d cannot be used in this ca mera. Or , the car d is not format ted. Format t he card or re place. • Select [POWER OFF] and press o . Insert a new card. • Select [FOR MAT] [YES] and press o . All data on the card is e rased.
71 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 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 a re restrictions to the functions that can be set.
72 Getting to know your camera better 5 Functions with restrict ions in shooting scenes *1 [ % ] is no t availab le. *2 Only the pict ure qual ity belo w [204 8 x 1536] is av ailab le. *3 The p icture quality is fixe d to [640 x48 0]. *4 AF lock is on.
73 Getting to know yo ur camera bet ter 5 Aperture The adjustable lens opening which contr ols the amount of light that enters t he camera. The larger the aperture, the shorter the dep th of field and the fuzzier the background. Th e smaller the aper ture, the greater the depth of field and the sharper the back ground.
74 Getting to know your camera better 5 ISO A method for indic ating film speed by the International Organization fo r Standardization (ISO) (ex.gISO1 00h). Higher ISO values indica te greater sensitivity to light, so images can be expo sed even in low-lig ht conditions.
75 Miscell aneous 6 6 Miscell aneou s Miscellaneous Exterior: • Wipe ge ntly wit h a soft cloth. I f the c amera is very di rty, soak the cl oth in mil d soapy water an d wring well. Wipe t he camera with the damp clo th and the n dry it wi th a dry clot h.
76 Miscellaneou s 6 ( This came ra uses one Olymp u s lith ium ion b attery. No other type of batteries can be used . ( Power co nsumpti on by the came ra vari es depend ing on whi ch func tions a re used. ( Durin g the cond itions d escrib ed below, po wer is con sumed c ontinuou sly and t he batter y becomes e xhaust ed quick ly.
77 Miscell aneous 6 Pictures can be recorded on the optional car d. The internal memory and card are th e camera’s media for recording pictur es, similar to film in a film camera. Pictures recorded to the int ernal memory or card can be easily erased on the camera or proc essed us ing a co mputer .
78 Miscellaneou s 6 1 Turn off the camera 2 Open the batte ry compartmen t/card cover. Inserting the card 3 Orient the ca rd as shown, and insert it into the card slot as shown in the il lustration. • Insert the card straight in. • Insert the card until it clicks into place.
79 Miscell aneous 6 Note • The ca rd access lamp blinks while th e camera is readin g the imag es. Readi ng of ima ges may ta ke some time. Do not open the battery compartme nt/ card cove r while the card acce ss lamp is blinki ng.
80 Miscellaneou s 6 • T o prote ct the high-pr ecision tech nology cont ained in th is produc t, never le ave the camera in the place s listed b elow , no matte r if in use o r storage: • Plac es where tempe ratur es and/o r humidity are high or go thro ugh extr eme changes .
81 Miscell aneous 6 • Do not pu sh the monito r forcibl y; othe rwise th e image may be come vague , resulti ng in a playback mode failure or damage to the mon itor . • A stri p of light may appear on the to p/bo ttom of t he monit or , but this is not a malfunct ion.
82 Miscellaneou s 6 Unautho rized phot ograph ing or us e of copyr ighte d materi al may viol ate appl icable copyri ght laws. Ol ympus assumes no respons ibility f or unaut horize d photog raphin g, use or other acts that infr inge upon t he ri ghts o f c opyrig ht own ers.
83 Index ! Red-eye re ductio n flash . . . . . 13 # Fill-in flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 $ Flash off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 % Super macro mode . . . . . . . . . . 13 & Macro mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 < butt on (pri nt) .
84 F FADER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 FILE NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 File name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Flash ch arge . . . . . . . . . . . .
85 Printi ng pict ures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Program a uto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Protect 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 PW ON SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 R REC VI EW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Recordin g sound .
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