User manual OLYMPUS FE-170

DIGITAL CAMERA FE-170/X-760 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 Miscellaneous ( 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 the illustrations and actually trying them out on the camera. Learn everything about the menus, from basic operations to the functions of each menu and their various settings. Learn how to print pictures you have taken. Button operations P.10 Menu operations P.16 Printing pictures P.28 Using OLYMPUS Master Getting to know your camera better P.37 Learn how to transfer pictures to a computer and save them. P.50 Find out more about your camera and learn what to do when you have a question regarding operations. Read about convenient functions and safety precautions on how to use your camera more effectively. Miscellaneous P.59 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 Quick Start Guide 1 4 6 5 ( For details on inserting an optional xD-Picture Card (hereinafter called the card), please refer to "Inserting and removing the card" (P.61). 4 EN Turn on the power This section explains how to turn on the camera in shooting mode. a. Set the mode dial to h When shooting movies When shooting still pictures Still picture shooting modes h h B E M f g The camera determines the optimum settings and shoots the picture. This function reduces the blur caused by a moving subject or camera movement when taking pictures. Suitable for taking pictures of people. Suitable for taking pictures of landscapes. Suitable for taking pictures of people at night. Shoot pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation. You can set the items you want by doing the settings according to the shooting guide displayed on the screen. b. Press the o button X Y M D TIME Y/M/D o button ----.--.-- --:-- CANCEL MENU This screen appears if the date and time have not been set. ( To turn off the camera, press the o button again. EN Quick Start Guide 5 Set date and time About the date and time setting screen Y-M-D (Year-Month-Day) X Y M D TIME Y/M/D ----.--.-- --:-- Hour Minute Date format (Y-M-D, M-D-Y, D-M-Y). CANCEL MENU Quick Start Guide Cancel the setting a. Press the O< button and NY button to select [Y]. ( The first two digits of the year are fixed. O< button X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2006.--.-2006.--.-- --:-- NY button CANCEL MENU b. Press the Y# button. Y# button c. Press the O< button and the NY button to select [M]. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2006.08.-2006 08.-- --:-- CANCEL MENU 6 EN d. Press theY# button. e. Press the O< button and the NY button to select [D]. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2006.08 26 2006 08.26 --:-- CANCEL MENU f. Press the Y# button. g. Press the O< button and the NY button to select "hour" and "minute". X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2006.08 26 12:30 2006 08.26 12 30 h. Press the Y# button. i. Press the O< button and NY button to select year, month and date. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2006.08 26 12:30 2006 08.26 12 30 CANCEL MENU SET OK j. After all items have been set, press i. ( The time is displayed in the 24-hour format. ( For a more accurate setting, you can press i when the time signal hits 00 seconds. [ i button ] [ IN ] HQ 2816 2112 2816×2112 4 EN Quick Start Guide CANCEL MENU SET OK 7 Shoot a. Hold the camera Horizontal grip Vertical grip [ ] [IN IN] HQ 2816 2112 2816×2112 4 Quick Start Guide b. Focus Place this mark over your subject. Shutter button Press halfway [ ] [ IN ] HQ 2816 2112 2816×2112 4 The number of still pictures you can store is displayed. The green lamp indicates that the focus and exposure are locked. c. Shoot Shutter button Press completely The card access lamp blinks. 8 EN View pictures a. Press the q button. q button Arrow pad Next picture [IN IN] HQ Previous picture '06.08.26 12:30 100-0001 1 Erase pictures a. As described in a. above, display the picture you want to erase. b. Press the S button. ERASE YES NO S button BACK MENU SET OK c. Press the O< button to select [YES] and press i. O< button ERASE YES NO i button BACK MENU SET OK EN Quick Start Guide 9 Button operations 41 32 0 6 5 8 b 7d Self-timer Shooting mode Exposure compensation +2.0 9 a c HQ 2816 2112 2816×2112 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. · Monitor turns on · Lens extends Shooting pictures 2 Shutter button Shooting still pictures Set the mode dial to anything except n 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 shoot a picture. Green lamp Locking the focus and then composing the shot (Focus lock) Compose your picture with the focus locked, and then completely 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 2816 2112 2816×2112 4 10 EN Recording movies Set the mode dial to n, and lightly press the shutter button to lock the focus, and then press the shutter button completely to start recording. Press the shutter button again to stop recording. 3 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 button to switch among close-up playback, and index display. If the camera is not on, press q to turn on the camera in the playback mode. g"K/q Turning on the power with K/q" (P.25) g"MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies" (P.22) 4 K button (shooting) Selecting shooting mode/turning on the power Switching to the shooting mode. If the camera is not on, press K to turn on the camera in the shooting mode. g"K/ q Turning on the power with K/q" (P.25) 5 Mode dial Set the mode dial and shoot pictures. Switching between shooting modes h Shooting pictures with automatic settings The camera determines the optimum settings and shoots the picture. h Shooting pictures using digital image stabilization This function reduces 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. f Shooting 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 i for setting. j SPORT / V BEHIND GLASS / i AUCTION / N INDOOR / b CANDLE / V CUISINE / d DOCUMENTS / R SELF PORTRAIT / S SUNSET / c FIREWORKS EN Button operations 11 j N W R 1 SPORT BACK MENU SET OK · The scene selection screen displays sample images and the shooting mode to best suit the situation. · To switch scenes after selecting a scene, set the mode dial to a different position and then set it to f again. The selection screen is displayed. · By switching to another scene, most settings will be returned to the default settings of each scene. g Follow the shooting guide for the settings You can set the targeted items by following the shooting guide displayed on the scene. 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 a different shooting mode. · The content set using the shooting guide will return to the default setting by pressing MENU or changing the mode using the mode dial. Button operations n Recording movies Recording moving images. Sound is not recorded. This lights red during movie recording. 00:36 The remaining recording time is displayed. When the remaining recording time reaches 0, recording stops. 12 EN 6 Zoom button Zooming in and out while shooting or playing back pictures Shooting mode: Zooming in on your subject (Optical Zoom x digital zoom: 12x) Zoom out: Press W on the zoom button. Zoom in: Press T on the zoom button. Zoom bar White part: Optical zoom area Red part: Digital zoom area HQ 2816 2112 2816×2112 4 HQ 2816 2112 2816×2112 4 Playback mode: Switching the picture display Single-frame playback · Use the arrow pad to browse pictures. W HQ T W T '06 08.16 12 30 06.08 16 12:30 100-0004 100 0004 1 2 3 4 W T Index display 1 4 7 2 5 8 3 6 9 Close-up playback · Press T to incrementally enlarge the picture up to 10 times the original size. Press W to reduce the size. · Press the arrow pad during close-up playback to scroll the picture in the indicated direction. · When returning to the singleframe playback, press i. · Use the arrow pad to select a picture for playback, and press i 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 pictures, and select items on the menus. 9 i button This button is used to confirm your selection. 0 O< button Printing Display a picture to be printed out in playback mode, connect the camera to a printer and press O<. 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 i for setting. Button operations OFF Macro mode off & Macro mode % Super macro mode Turns off the macro mode. This mode lets you shoot from as close as 10 cm/3.9 in. (when the zoom is set for the zoom-out angle) and as close as 60 cm/ 23.6 in. (when the zoom is set for the zoom-in angle) to your subject. This mode lets you shoot from as close as 5 cm/2.0 in. from your subject. Zoom position is automatically set and cannot be changed. Self-timer shooting b NY button Press NY in shooting mode to select on and off of the self-timer. Press i for setting. Y OFF Self-timer on Self-timer off After the setting, press the shutter button fully. Cancel the self-timer. · The self-timer lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for approximately 2 seconds, and then the picture is taken. · To cancel the self-timer, press NY. · Self-timer shooting is automatically canceled after one shot. 14 EN c Y# button Flash shooting Press Y# in shooting mode to select the flash mode. Press i to set it. AUTO Auto-flash ! # $ Red-eye reduction flash Fill-in flash Flash off The flash fires automatically in low light or backlight conditions. This emits pre-flashes for red-eye reduction. The flash fires regardless of the available light. The flash does not fire even in low light conditions. Erasing pictures d S button 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"PROTECT Protecting pictures" (P.23) EN Button operations 15 Menu operations K button (Shooting mode) q button (Playback mode) i button MENU button Arrow pad (ONXY) About the menus Press MENU to display the top menu on the monitor. · The contents displayed on the top menu differ according to the mode. Top menu (in still picture shooting mode) SETUP menu items PANORAMA 1 2 SETUP SILENT MODE SET OK SETUP MEMORY FORMAT BACKUP Menu operations RESET IMAGE QUALITY EXPOSURE COMP. W PIXEL MAPPING K/q ENGLISH NO EXIT MENU BACK MENU SET OK · Select [SETUP] and press i to display detailed menus from which to make settings. · When the mode dial is set at g, press m to display the shooting guide screen. 16 EN Operation guide During menu operations, the button to be used and its function are displayed at the bottom of the monitor. Follow the guide for operations. PANORAMA RESET IMAGE QUALITY EXPOSURE COMP. EXIT MENU SETUP SILENT MODE SET OK BACK m: Returns to the previous menu. EXIT m: Exits the menu. ONXY: Press the arrow pad (ONXY) to select a setting. SET i: Sets the selected item. Operation guide m button Arrow pad (ONXY) i button Using the menus This explains how to set [VIDEO OUT] with the menus 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 i. · [VIDEO OUT] is a menu in [SETUP]. RESET PANORAMA IMAGE QUALITY EXPOSURE COMP. EXIT MENU SETUP SILENT MODE SET OK EN Menu operations 17 3 Press ON to select [VIDEO OUT] and then press i. · Unavailable settings cannot be selected. · Press X in this screen to move the cursor to the page display. Press ON to change the page. Press Y or i to return to selecting items. Page display: These marks are displayed if there are more 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 '06.08.16 12:30 NTSC BACK MENU SET OK The selected item is displayed in a different color. 4 Press ON to select [NTSC] or [PAL] and then press i. · The menu item is set and the previous menu is displayed. Press m repeatedly to exit the menu. · To cancel changes and continue menu operations, press m before pressing i. 1 2 SETUP s BEEP X VIDEO OUT NTSC PAL BACK MENU SET OK Shooting mode menus Menu operations 1 2 *1 K PANORAMA 3 RESET IMAGE QUALITY EXPOSURE COMP. SETUP SILENT MODE SET OK g"SETUP menus" (P.24) EXIT MENU *1 xD-Picture Card (optional) is required. 4 5 · Some menu items are not available depending on the position of the mode dial. g"Functions available in shooting modes and scenes" (P.58) · The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ). 18 EN 1 IMAGE QUALITY Still picture image quality and their applications Image quality/image size SHQ HQ 2816 × 2112 2816 × 2112 Changing the image quality Compression Application Low · This is useful for printing large images compression on A3 size or full-size paper. · This is useful for performing computer Standard compression image processing, such as contrast adjustment and red-eye correction. Standard · This is useful for printing on A4 size or compression letter size paper. · This is useful for computer editing such as rotating or adding text to a picture. · This is useful for postcard-sized prints. Standard · This is useful for sending as e-mail compression attachments. SQ1 2048 × 1536 SQ2 640 × 480 Movie image quality Image quality/image size HQ SQ 320 × 240 160 × 120 2 PANORAMA Creating a panoramic picture Connects pictures from left to right Connects pictures from bottom to top Y: The next picture is connected at the right edge. X: The next picture is connected at the left edge. O: The next picture is connected at the top. N: The next picture is connected at the bottom. Use the arrow pad to specify at which edge you want to connect the pictures, and then compose your shots so that the edges of the pictures overlap. The part of the previous picture where it will be joined to the next picture does not remain in the frame. You have to remember what the part in the frame looked like and take the next picture so it overlaps. EN