Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
DIGITAL CAMERA
D-540ZOOM C-310ZOOM X-100
REFERENCE MANUAL
CAMERA OPERATION MANUAL
Explanation of digital camera functions and operating instructions.
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Explanation of how to download images between your digital camera and PC.
DIGITAL CAMERA
D-540ZOOM C-310ZOOM X-100
REFERENCE MANUAL
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 place for future reference. We recommend that you take test shots to get accustomed to your camera before taking important photographs. Screen and camera illustrations shown in this manual may differ from those of the actual product.
For customers in North and South America For customers in USA
Declaration of Conformity Model Number : D-540ZOOM/C-310ZOOM/X-100 Trade Name : OLYMPUS Responsible Party : Olympus America Inc. Address : 2 Corporate Center Drive, Melville, New York 11747-3157 U.S.A. Telephone Number :1-631-844-5000 Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
For customers in Canada
This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations.
For customers in Europe
"CE" mark indicates that this product complies with the European requirements for safety, health, environment and customer protection. "CE" mark cameras are intended for sales in Europe.
Trademarks
· · · · IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc. All other company and product names are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of their respective owners. · The standards for camera file systems referred to in this manual are the "Design Rule for Camera File System/DCF" standards stipulated by the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA).
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Composition of the manual
Contents Getting started About the menus Shooting basics Advanced shooting Playback Useful functions Print setting (DPOF) Printing pictures. Direct printing (PictBridge) Troubleshooting and other information. Miscellaneous Specifications Glossary of terms Index
P.4 P.8
Introduction of the camera's functions.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
P.31
For shooting and learning the basic operations. For fine- tuning the settings to get that particular shot. For playing back and arranging pictures. Settings that make the camera easier to operate.
P.40
P.59
P.73 P.89
P.98 P.107
P.121 P.135 P.137 P.139
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Contents
Composition of the manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1 Getting started
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Names of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Monitor indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Attaching the strap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Selecting optional batteries or an AC adapter. . . . . . . . . . 17 Inserting a card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Card basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Removing the card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 If the card is not recognized (card check) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Selecting a language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Holding the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2 About the menus
31
Types of menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 How to use the menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Shortcut menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Shooting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Mode Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Shooting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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3 Shooting basics
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Shooting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Taking still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Comparison of the viewfinder & monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Turning off the monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 If correct focus cannot be obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Determine the position of the subject after focusing (Focus Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Subjects that are difficult to focus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Recording movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Using the optical zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Using the digital zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using the flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4 Advanced shooting
59
Macro mode shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Super macro mode shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Self-timer shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Sequential shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 PANORAMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Selecting a record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Varying the image brightness (Exposure compensation) . . . . . . 69 Adjusting the white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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5 Playback
73
Viewing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 QUICK VIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Close-up playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Picture rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Index display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Selecting the number of pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 MOVIE PLAYBACK - Viewing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Protecting pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Erasing pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Single-frame erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 All-frame erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Editing still pictures (Resizing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Editing movies (INDEX-Creating an index) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
6 Useful functions
89
ALL RESET - Saving the camera's settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 CARD SETUP - Formatting cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Displaying shooting information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Adjusting the monitor brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 REC VIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 FILE NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 PIXEL MAPPING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
7 Print setting (DPOF)
98
With print reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 All-frame reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Single-frame reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Resetting print reservation data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
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8 Direct printing (PictBridge)
107
Using the direct printing function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Connecting the camera to a printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Printing pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Using the simple print method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 PRINT mode/MULTI PRINT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 ALL PRINT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 ALL INDEX mode/PRINT ORDER mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Exiting direct printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 If an error code is displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
9 Miscellaneous
121
Error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 The camera does not work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 The image quality is poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 List of menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 List of factory default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 List of items by shooting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Camera maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Glossary of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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1 Getting started
Names of parts
Camera
Zoom lever (W/T· ) P.53, P.75, P.77 Shutter button Flash P.45 P.56
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Self-timer lamp P.62, P.108
Getting started
USB connector cover P.108
Lens Extends automatically when you set the shooting mode. P.17
DC-IN jack cover Strap eyelet P.14 USB connector P.108 Card slot P.20
DC-IN jack Card cover P.20
P.17
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Names of parts
Arrow pad Buttons on the arrow pad have their respective functions. They are also used as direction buttons. , , and indicate which button to be pressed. Shooting mode button Macro button ( ) P.59 ( : Virtual Dial) P.40 Flash mode button ( ) P.56 OK/Menu button ( P.31 Self-timer button ( Viewfinder P.44 ) ) P.62
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Getting started
Power switch P.22, P.40, P.73 QUICK VIEW button P.74
Monitor P.10 Arrow pad ( ) P.25, P.31
Battery compartment cover P.15 Tripod socket
Power switch
Playback mode Shooting mode
P.73 P.40
Lock button
P.22, P.40
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Names of parts
Monitor indications
Shooting mode
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 5 6 8 9 13 11 12
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Getting started
Still picture
Items
15
Movie
Indications , , , , , , ,
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Ref. Page P.40 P.12 P.44
1 Shooting mode 2 Battery check 3 Green lamp 4 Flash standby Camera movement warning/ Flash charge 5 Macro mode 6 Flash mode 7 Sequential shooting 8 Self-timer 9 Record mode 10 Resolution 11 Exposure compensation 12 White balance 13 AF target mark 14 Memory gauge 15 Number of storable still pictures Remaining recording time [] ,
(lit) (Blinks) , , , ,
P.44 P.59 P.56 P.63 P.62
SHQ, HQ, SQ1, SQ2 2048×1536, 1600×1200, 640×480, etc. -2.0, -1.5, -1.0, -0.5, +0.5, +1.0, +1.5, +2.0 , , ,
P.66 P.66 P.69 P.71 P.44
,
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P.12 P.44 P.51
15 00:36
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Names of parts
Playback mode
INFO setting allows you to select how much information to display on the monitor. Screens when the information display is set to ON are shown below. "Displaying shooting information" (P.93)
1 2 10 3 4 5 7 8 9
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Getting started
Still picture
Items 1 Print reservation, Number of prints 2 Battery check 3 Protect 4 Record mode 5 Resolution 6 Exposure compensation 7 White balance 8 Date and time SHQ, HQ, SQ1, SQ2
Movie
Indications Ref. Page P.100 P.12 P.82 P.66 P.66 P.69 P.71 P.27 P.80
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2048×1536, 1600×1200, 640×480, etc. -2.0, -1.5, -1.0, -0.5, +0.5, +1.0, +1.5, +2.0 W ...