User manual OLYMPUS E-100 RS - QUICK START GUIDE

OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO. (EUROPA) GMBH. http://www.olympus-europa.com Thank you for purchasing the Olympus E-100RS. This Quick-Start Guide has been designed for those who want to become familiar with the E-100RS in a very short time. The "Names of parts" section is especially helpful for identifying parts easily without having to read through the complete Instruction manual. For detailed operations, please refer to the complete Instruction manual. Quick-Start Guide Names of parts Self-timer lamp/AF assist lamp Control panel (See the other side for details.) Mode dial Diopter adjustment dial 5-pin external flash socket Shutter button (Premises/Goods delivery) Wendenstraße 14-18, 20097 Hamburg, Germany. Tel. 040-237730 (Letters) Postfach 10 49 08, 20034 Hamburg, Germany. Setting the date/time 1. Set the Mode dial to P. 2. Press (Menu button). The Menu appears on the screen. Press (Monitor button) to select whether to display the menu on the Monitor or the Viewfinder. 1 Slide the battery compartment lock toward . Getting Ready... Zoom lever/Indexdisplay lever Remote control receiver 3. Press on the Arrow pad to move the green frame in the Menu, then select "MODE SETUP". Microphone Remote cable jack Loading the batteries 1. Follow the procedure below. Open the battery compartment cover. Load the batteries. AA batteries (provided) Lithium battery packs Lens "SETUP" appears on the screen. The selected item appears in green. USB connector DC-IN jack Strap eyelet Flash switch External microphone jack 4. Press OK. The MODE SETUP screen appears. P F2.8 1/800 SM/CF SM CF PRE-CAPTURE Close the battery compartment cover. Slide the battery compartment lock toward . 0.0 P F2.8 1/800 MODE SETUP ISO S-Prg SETUP 0.0 ALL RESET TIFF SQ [SM] ON NORMAL 2 1 2 1 Flash (built-in) A/V OUT jack Connector cover WB [SM] OK [5/5] 1360x1024 640 x 480 OFF [1/3] [1/5] [SM] Menu screen 1/5 Lens cap Menu screen 5/5 MODE SETUP screen 1/3 Close the battery compartment cover while pressing the batteries with the cover. Manganese batteries cannot be used. 5. Press to select , then press . button 2. Inserting a SmartMedia or CompactFlash card. * Before inserting, check that the Power switch is off and there are no images on the Viewfinder/Monitor. * To choose SmartMedia or CompactFlash, select one (SM/CF) on the menu or simply insert a Card into the camera. Flash mode button /Erase button DRIVE button Metering mode button Macro button INFO button Viewfinder "SETUP" appears on the screen. To go to the previous page, move the cursor to the top item and press the on the Arrow pad. SHOT CANCEL OFF 23.12.'00 12:34 m [3/3] Open the Card cover and push in the card* as shown below. (*The pictures you take will be stored in the card.) For SmartMedia For CompactFlash SHOT CANCEL SETUP m/ft [SM] [3/3] m/ft [SM] MODE SETUP screen 3/3 6. Press OK. Open the Card cover. Push the Card in and close the Card cover. Tab Push the Card in. Tab When the tab pops out, pull it down as shown, then close the Card cover. Arrow pad OK button/ Manual focus button (MF)/ Protect button Monitor Tripod socket Monitor button The Date/time setting screen appears. Power switch (POWER OFF/ON/RESET) AE lock button (AEL)/ Multi-metering button/Print button 3. Turn on the camera. Set the Power switch to ON. Power switch Date/time setting screen 7. Press 8. Press Speaker Card access lamp Battery compartment cover Battery compartment lock / on the Arrow pad to select the date order. / to adjust the date/time. . To go back to the (Date order selections: date/month/year, month/date/year, year/month/date) You can select camera functions using the Mode dial. You will probably want to try the Program mode first, which lets you take properly-exposed pictures by simply pressing the Shutter button. Mode dial S-Prg M MO Menu button Card cover , then press D IA L S A P D [Still picture recording mode] P: Simply press the Shutter button to take a picture. A: Set the desired aperture manually. S: Set the desired shutter speed manually. M: Set the desired aperture and shutter speed manually. S-Prog: Take pictures under a variety of conditions. (Portrait/ Sports/Landscape/Night Scene) [Movie recording mode] : Records movies. [Still picture/Movie display mode] : Displays your recording. To go to the next setting (i.e. month to year, etc.), press previous setting (i.e. year to month, etc.), press . E Adjusting the Diopter Turn the Diopter adjustment dial until you see the AF target mark clearly in the Viewfinder. Diopter adjustment dial Viewfinder P F2.8 1/30 0.0 9. Press OK when you complete your settings. 10. To cancel the Menu, press OK until the Menu disappears. [SM] AF target mark 1AG6P1P0944­ ­ VT1903-01 (Hotline Numbers) Tel. 01805-67 10 83 Tel. 00800-67 10 83 00 Tel. +49 180 5-67 10 83 Tel. +49 40-237 73 899 for Germany for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom for Finland, Italy, Luxemburg, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic for Greece, Croatia, Hungaria and the Rest of Europe http://www.olympus-europa.com Quick-Start Guide Control panel indications Flash intensity control Slow shutter synchronization flash Card writing Flash mode Full-time AF Macro mode Auto bracket Sound record Battery check White balance 0.0 Our Hotline is available from 9 am to 6 pm (Monday to Friday) (E-Mail) di.support@olympus-europa.com 2 Taking pictures Card error Taking still pictures 1. Set the Mode dial to P. Viewfinder Use the Arrow pad to select the desired picture for display. : Plays movie pictures when held down continuously. : Plays movie pictures in reverse when held down continuously. : Jumps to the beginning of the movie. : Jumps to the end of the movie. Press OK to pause the movie. SM/CF MOVIE PLAY START COPY [SM] [1/2] 2. Compose the picture by turning the camera towards the subject and centering the AF target mark on the image you want to shoot. Press (Monitor button) to select whether to display your image on the Monitor or the Viewfinder. S A P P F2.8 1/30 Exposure compensation AF system Manual focus Self-timer/ Remote control 4 Erasing pictures [To enlarge your subject] Press the Zoom lever toward "T" to enlarge your subject. To return to normal magnification, press the Zoom lever back toward "W". Prg M [SM] ISO AF target mark Metering mode Stabilizer AE memory Pre-capture Record mode Card Number of storable still pictures Unwanted images can be erased. You can erase one frame or all frames, depending on your requirements. To erase an unwanted image, first display it on the screen as described in " 3 Displaying pictures" on this page. 1-frame erase Press (Erase button) on the camera and select "YES" on the confirmation screen using the Arrow pad. Then, press OK. All-frame erase YES NO [SM] Seconds that movies can be shot 3. Press the Shutter button halfway to focus. The AF confirmation mark lights up in green in the upper left corner and the camera beeps. Focus and exposure (shutter speed/aperture) become locked. If the AF confirmation mark blinks, then the camera is out of focus. If this happens, release the Shutter button and move the AF target mark slightly. Then, press the shutter button halfway again. Press halfway Press fully AF confirmation mark P F2.8 1/30 0.0 Sequential shooting YES OK NO 3 Confirmation screen Playing back pictures . x10 HQ Press , then select "CARD SETUP"--" " using the Arrow pad. Press OK. Select "YES" on the confirmation screen, then press OK again. (To cancel, select "NO", then press OK.) [SM] [SM] Set the Mode dial to AF target mark The last picture taken is played back. Use the Arrow pad to select the desired picture for display. : Displays next picture. : Displays preceding picture. : Jumps to the picture 10 frames ahead. : Jumps to the picture 10 frames behind. 0.0 4. Press the Shutter button fully to take a picture. The free part of the memory gauge lights up and the card access lamp blinks while the picture is being recorded. Continuous shooting is available even if the card access lamp is blinking, unless the entire memory gauge is lit. If you are taking a picture in a dark environment, the built-in flash will fire automatically if it has been popped up. CARD SETUP MODE SETUP YES NO 23.12.,00 21:56 [SM] 10 Still picture display (1-frame) [SM] [2/2] Erasing a still picture YES OK NO Confirmation screen P F2.8 1/30 Arrow pad [SM] 1234 1235 1236 Memory gauge * Press the Zoom lever toward "W" to display multiple pictures at the same time (Index-display). * Press the Zoom lever toward "T" to display a close-up. [Movie pictures] Card access lamp 1237 1238 1239 5 Turning off the power 1240 1241 1242 Index-display When you are finished using the camera, turn the power off after checking that the card access lamp is not on. The picture on the screen will disappear when you turn the power off. If no operation is performed for 1 minute or more, the image on the screen goes off automatically to avoid battery exhaustion (this function is called Sleep). To end Sleep, perform any operation on your camera. When you store the camera, make sure to put the lens cap on. Taking movie pictures 1. Set the Mode dial to . The maximum available recording time appears on the Viewfinder. (1) (2) (3) (4) 2. Press the Shutter button fully to start movie recording and press it again fully to stop. The card access lamp blinks while the picture is being recorded. Continuous shooting is available when the card access lamp stops blinking. will appear with pictures that can be played back as movies. Press (Menu button) to display the Menu. Select "MOVIE PLAY" and press on the Arrow pad. When "START" appears, press the OK button. The card access lamp blinks for a moment, then the movie starts. Press when you are finished watching. The Menu reappears. Press exit the Menu. again to Printed in Japan