User manual OLYMPUS FE-210 - ADVANCED MANUAL

DIGITAL CAMERA FE-210/X-775 Advanced Manual Quick Start Guide Get started using your camera right away. 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. Keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. ( We recommend that you take test shots to get accustomed to your camera before taking important photographs. ( In the interest of continually improving products, Olympus reserves the right to update or modify information contained in this manual. ( The screen and camera illustrations shown in this manual were produced during the development stages and may differ from the actual product. Contents Quick Start Guide P. 3 Test out the functions of the camera buttons by following along with the illustrations Button operations P. 10 Menu operations P. 16 Learn about the menus that control the functions and settings for basic operation. Printing pictures P. 28 Learn how to print pictures you have taken. Using OLYMPUS Master Getting to know your camera better P. 37 Learn how to transfer and save pictures to a computer. P. 45 Find out more about camera operations and how to take better pictures. Read about convenient functions and safety precautions on how to use your camera more effectively. Appendix P. 54 2 EN Gather these items (box contents) Digital camera Strap AA batteries (2) USB cable Video cable OLYMPUS Master CD-ROM · Basic Manual · Advanced Manual (this manual) · Warranty card Contents may vary depending on purchase location. Other items Attach the strap ( Pull the strap tight so that it does not come loose. EN Quick Start Guide 3 Insert the batteries a. Insert the batteries into the camera. 2 3 1 4 Quick Start Guide 6 5 ( Even when an optional xD-Picture CardTM (hereinafter called the card) is not inserted, you can take a picture. For details on inserting an optional card, please refer to "Inserting and removing the card" (P. 56). Hint The directions of the arrow pad (ONXY) is indicated with ONXY in this manual. X O < Y 4 N EN Turn the camera on This explains how to turn on the camera in shooting mode. a. Set the mode dial to h. When shooting movies Mode dial Still picture shooting modes h h B E M f g When shooting still pictures This function allows you to shoot with the camera's automatic settings. This function stabilizes images when taking pictures. Suitable for taking pictures of people. Suitable for taking pictures of landscapes. Suitable for taking pictures of people at night. Select from 10 scene modes according to the shooting conditions. Use the shooting guide displayed on the screen to shoot pictures according to the situation. b. Press the o button. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D o button ----.--.-- --:-- CANCEL MENU When the date and time have not yet been set, this screen will appear. ( To turn off the camera, press the o button once again. EN Quick Start Guide 5 Set date and time About the date and time setting screen Y-M-D (Year-Month-Day) X Hour Y M D TIME Y/M/D ----.--.-- --:-- Minute Date formats (Y-M-D, M-D-Y, D-M-Y). CANCEL MENU Quick Start Guide Cancel the setting a. Press the OF/< button and the NY button to select [Y]. ( The first two digits of [Y] are fixed. OF/< button < X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2007.--.-2007.--.-- --:-- NY button CANCEL MENU b. Press the Y# button. < Y# button c. Press the OF/< button and the NY button to select [M]. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2007.08.-2007 08.-- --:-- 6 CANCEL MENU EN d. Press the Y# button. e. Press the OF/< button and the NY button to select [D]. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2007.08 26 2007 08.26 --:-- CANCEL MENU f. Press the Y# button. g. Press the OF/< button and the NY button to select "hour" and "minute". ( The time is displayed in the 24-hour format. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2007.08 26 12:30 2007 08.26 12 30 h. Press the Y# button. i. Press the OF/< button and the NY button to select [Y/M/D]. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2007.08 26 12:30 2007 08.26 12 30 CANCEL MENU SET OK j. After all items have been set, press the H button. ( For a more accurate setting, you can press the H button when the time signal hits 00 seconds. < [ H button ] [ IN ] HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 EN Quick Start Guide CANCEL MENU SET OK 7 Take a picture a. Hold the camera. Horizontal grip Vertical grip [ ] [IN IN] HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 Quick Start Guide b. Focus. Place this mark over your subject. Shutter button Press halfway [ ] [ IN ] HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 The number of remaining still pictures is displayed. The green lamp indicates the focus and exposure are locked. c. Shoot. The card access lamp blinks. Shutter button Press completely 8 EN Review your pictures a. Press the q button. [IN IN] HQ 3072×2304 3072 2304 0.0 q button Arrow pad < '07.08.26 12:30 100-0001 1 Previous picture Next picture Erase pictures a. Press the X& button and the Y# button to display the picture you want to erase. b. Press the S button. ERASE YES NO S button BACK MENU SET OK c. Press the OF/< button to select [YES] and press the H button. OF/< button < ERASE YES NO H button BACK MENU SET OK EN Quick Start Guide 9 Button operations 31 42 6 0 < 9 5 a 8 b 7d Self-timer Shooting mode c Exposure compensation +2.0 HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 Macro/ Super macro mode 4 Flash mode Button operations 1 o button Power on: Turning the camera on and off Camera turns on in the shooting mode. · Lens extends · Monitor turns on Shooting pictures 2 Shutter button Shooting still pictures Set the mode dial to anything except A and press the shutter button lightly (halfway). The green lamp lights when the focus and exposure are locked (focus lock). Now press the shutter button all the way (completely) to take the picture. Green lamp [ ] [IN IN] Locking the focus and then composing the shot (Focus lock) Compose your picture with the focus locked, and then fully press the shutter button to shoot a picture. · When the green lamp blinks, the focus is not adjusted properly. Try locking the focus again. HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 10 EN Recording movies Set the mode dial to n, and press the shutter button halfway to lock the focus. Press the shutter button completely to start recording, and press the shutter button again to stop recording. 3 K button (Shooting) Selecting shooting mode/turning on the power Switching to the shooting mode. While the camera is off, it can be set to turn on in shooting mode when K is pressed. g "K/q Turning on the camera with the K or q button" (P. 26) 4 q button (Playback) Selecting playback mode/turning on the power Switches to the playback mode and the last picture taken is displayed. · Press the arrow pad to view other pictures. · Use the zoom lever to switch among close-up playback and index display. · Press H to delete the information display shown for 3 seconds during single-frame playback. While the camera is off, it can be set to turn on in playback mode when q is pressed. g "K/q Turning on the camera with the K or q button" (P. 26) g "MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies" (P. 21) 5 Mode dial Switching between shooting modes Set the mode dial to the desired shooting mode and shoot pictures. · Press H to delete the mode information display shown for 3 seconds when the mode dial is set to other than SCENE or GUIDE. h Shooting pictures with automatic settings The camera determines the optimum settings for the shooting conditions automatically. h Shooting pictures with digital image stabilization This function stabilizes the blur caused by a moving subject or camera movement when taking pictures. i, l, M Shooting pictures according to the situation You can shoot pictures with the appropriate settings for portraits, landscapes, night and portrait. EN Button operations 11 f Shoot pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation You can shoot pictures by selecting from 10 types of scenes according to the situation. Press H to confirm your selection. jSPORT / NINDOOR / bCANDLE / cFIREWORKS / dDOCUMENTS / RSELF PORTRAIT / SSUNSET / VBEHIND GLASS / VCUISINE / iAUCTION 1 SPORT j N W R BACK MENU SET OK · The scene mode selection screen displays sample images as well as a description of the shooting situation for which it is designed. · To switch scenes after selecting a scene, press MENU and select [f] from the Top Menu. The selection screen is displayed. · By switching to another scene, most settings will be changed to the default settings of each scene mode. g Follow the shooting guide to take better pictures Button operations This function allows you to set the target items by following the shooting guide displayed on the screen. SHOOTING GUIDE 1 Brightening subject. 2 Shooting into backlight. 3 Blurring background. 4 Adjusting area in focus. 5 Shooting subject in motion. 1/3 SET OK · Press MENU to display the shooting guide again. · To change the setting without using the shooting guide, set the shooting mode to another one. · The content set using the shooting guide will return to the default setting by pressing MENU or changing the mode using the mode dial. n Recording movies Recording moving images. Sound is not recorded. This icon lights red during movie recording. 00:36 The remaining recording time is displayed. When the remaining recording time reaches 0, recording will stop automatically. 12 EN 6 Zoom lever Shooting mode: Zooming while shooting/close-up playback Zooming in on your subject (Optical zoom x digital zoom: 12x) Zoom out: Zoom in: Turn the zoom lever to the W side. Turn the zoom lever to the T side. Zoom bar White area: Optical zoom area Red area: Digital zoom area HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 Playback mode: Changing the picture display Single-frame playback · Use the arrow pad to browse pictures. W T HQ 3072×2304 3072 2304 0.0 '07 08.16 12 30 07.08 16 12:30 100-0004 100 0004 T W 1 2 3 4 W T Index display 1 4 7 2 5 8 3 6 9 Close-up playback · Turn and hold the zoom lever to the T side to enlarge the picture up to 10 times the original size. Turn to the W side to reduce the size. · Use the arrow pad during closeup playback to scroll around the picture. · Press H to return to the singleframe playback. · Use the arrow pad to select a picture for playback, and press H to play back the single-frame of the picture selected. W T W T EN Button operations 4 13 7 MENU button Displays the Top Menu. Displaying the menu 8 Arrow pad (ONXY) Use the arrow pad to select scenes, playback picture, and the items on the menus. 9 H button This button is used to confirm your selection. 0 OF / < button Changing picture brightness/Printing pictures Shooting mode: Changing picture brightness In shooting mode press OF/<, set with XY, then press H. + 2.0 · Adjustable from - 2.0 EV to + 2.0 EV. Y: Brightens. X: Darkens. For manually making fine adjustments to the exposure when taking pictures. Activate the setting contents. Button operations SET OK Playback mode: Printing pictures Display a picture to print out in playback mode, connect the camera to the printer, and then press OF/< to print the picture. g "Direct printing (PictBridge)" (P. 28) a X& button Shooting pictures close to the subject Press X& in shooting mode to select the macro mode. Press H to confirm your selection. OFF MACRO OFF & % MACRO SUPER MACRO Macro mode is deactivated. This mode lets you shoot as close as 10 cm/3.9 in. (wide) and 60 cm/23.6 in. (tele) from your subject. This mode lets you shoot as close as 5 cm/2.0 in. from your subject. Zoom position is automatically set and cannot be changed. 14 EN b NY button Self-timer shooting Press NY in shooting mode to select on and off of the self-timer. Press H to confirm your selection. OFF SELFTIMER OFF Y SELFTIMER ON Cancel the self-timer. Set the self-timer. · After setting the self-timer, press the shutter button completely. Then the self-timer lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for approximately 2 seconds, and the shutter is released. · To cancel the self-timer, press NY. · Self-timer shooting is automatically canceled after one shot. c Y# button Press Y#in shooting mode to select the flash setting. Press H to confirm your selection. AUTO ! # $ FLASH AUTO REDEYE FILL IN FLASH OFF Flash shooting The flash fires automatically in low light or backlight conditions. This emits pre-flashes to reduce the occurrence of redeye in your pictures. The flash fires regardless of the available light. The flash does not fire even in low light conditions. d S button Erasing pictures In playback mode, select the picture you want to erase, and press S. · Once erased, pictures cannot be restored. Check each picture before erasing to avoid accidentally erasing pictures you want to keep. g "0 Protecting pictures" (P. 22) EN Button operations 15 Menu operations K button (Shooting mode) q button (Playback mode) < H button MENU button Arrow pad (ONXY) About the menus Press m to display 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) SETUP menu items PANORAMA 1 2 SETUP MEMORY FORMAT BACKUP Menu operations RESET IMAGE QUALITY SETUP SCENE SILENT MODE SET OK W PIXEL MAPPING K/q ENGLISH NO EXIT MENU BACK MENU SET OK · Select [PLAYBACK MENU] or [SETUP] and press H to display detailed menus from which to make settings. · When your camera is set according to the shooting guide with the mode dial set at g, press m to display the shooting guide screen. 16 EN Operation guide During menu operations, the buttons and their respective functions are displayed at the bottom of the monitor. Follow these guides to navigate the menus. PANORAMA RESET IMAGE QUALITY SETUP SCENE SILENT MODE SET OK BACK MENU : EXIT MENU : : Returns to the previous menu. Exits the menu. Press the arrow pad (ONXY) to select a setting. Sets the selected item. EXIT MENU Operation guide SET OK : H button m button Arrow pad (ONXY) Using the menus This explains how to use the menus with the [VIDEO OUT] setting as an example. 1 2 Set the mode dial to a setting other than g. Press m to display the Top Menu. Press Y to select [SETUP] and then press H. · [VIDEO OUT] is one of the selections on the [SETUP]. PANORAMA RESET IMAGE QUALITY SETUP SCENE EXIT MENU SILENT MODE SET OK EN Menu operations 17 3 Use arrow pad ON to select [VIDEO OUT], and press H. · Unavailable settings cannot be selected. · Press X in this screen to move the cursor to the page display. Press ON to change the page. To select an item or function, press Y or H. Page display: The page display mark is displayed when there are additional menu items on the next page. 1 2 SETUP MEMORY FORMAT BACKUP W PIXEL MAPPING K/q ENGLISH NO BACK MENU SET OK 1 2 SETUP s BEEP X VIDEO OUT NORMAL ON '07.08.16 12:30 NTSC BACK MENU SET OK The selected item is displayed in a different color. 4 Use arrow pad ON to select [NTSC] or [PAL] and press H to confirm your selection. · The menu item is set and the previous menu is displayed. Press m repeatedly to exit the menu. · To cancel changes and continue menu operation, press m before pressing H. 1 2 SETUP s BEEP X VIDEO OUT NTSC PAL BACK MENU SET OK Menu operations Shooting mode menu 1 2 * * xD-Picture Card is required. K PANORAMA 3