User manual OLYMPUS SP-510 ULTRA ZOOM

DIGITAL CAMERA SP-510UZ Advanced Manual Quick Start Guide This manual will help you 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 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. 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. Button operations P. 10 Learn everything about the menus, from basic operations to the functions of each menu and their various settings. Menu operations P. 18 Printing pictures P. 46 Learn how to print pictures you have taken. Using OLYMPUS Master P. 52 Learn how to transfer pictures to a computer and save them. Getting to know your camera better P. 62 Find out more about your camera and learn what to do when you have a question regarding operations. Miscellaneous P. 76 Read about convenient functions and safety precautions on how to use your camera more effectively. 2 EN Gather these items (box contents) Digital Camera Lens Cap/Lens Cap String Strap Quick Start Guide AA Batteries (four) USB Cable AV Cable OLYMPUS Master Software CD-ROM Items not shown: Advanced Manual (this manual), Basic Manual and warranty card. Contents may vary depending on purchase location. Attach the strap and the lens cap 1 2 3 4 Strap Eyelet · Attach the strap to the other eyelet in the same manner. Pull the strap tight so that it does not come loose. EN 3 Prepare the battery 1 3 2 Quick Start Guide 4 7 5 6 4 For details on inserting an optional xD-Picture Card (hereinafter called the card), please refer to "Inserting and removing the card" (P. 78). EN Turn the camera on This explains how to turn on the camera in shooting mode. a. Set the mode dial to h. Shooting mode When shooting movies (Shooting mode) Still picture shooting modes h P A/S M Allows you to take pictures with full automatic settings. The camera automatically sets the optimum aperture value and shutter speed. Allows you to set the aperture manually. / Allows you to set the shutter speed manually. Allows you to set both the aperture and shutter speed manually. Allows you to set each shooting function manually and use as your original shooting mode. Allows you to set the target items by following the shooting guide displayed on the screen. Allows you to shoot pictures by selecting a scene according to the shooting condition. Quick Start Guide r g s b. Press the o button. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D ----.--.-- --:-- CANCEL MENU · This is displayed when the date and time are not set. · To turn on the camera, press the POWER button after removing the lens cap. To turn off the camera, press the o button once again. EN 5 Set date and time About the date and time setting screen X Y-M-D (Year-Month-Day) Y M D TIME Y/M/D ----.--.-- --:-- Date formats (Y-M-D, M-D-Y, D-M-Y) Minute Hour CANCEL MENU Exits a setting. a. Press the sF button and the rQUICK VIEW button to select [Y]. Quick Start Guide · The first two digits of the year are fixed. sF Button X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2006.--.-2006.--.-- --:-- CANCEL rQUICK VIEW Button MENU b. Press the q# button. q# Button c. Press the sF button and the rQUICK VIEW button as in a. to select [M]. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2006.11.-2006 11.-- --:-- CANCEL MENU d. Press the q# button. 6 EN e. Press the sF button and the rQUICK VIEW button to select [D]. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2006.11 26 2006 11.26 --:-- CANCEL MENU f. Press the q# button. g. Press the sF button and the rQUICK VIEW button to select "hour", "minute". · The time is displayed in the 24-hour format. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2006.11 26 12:30 2006 11.26 12 30 CANCEL MENU SET OK Quick Start Guide h. Press the q# button. i. Press the sF button and the rQUICK VIEW button to select [Y/M/D]. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2006.11 26 12:30 2006 11.26 12 30 CANCEL MENU SET OK j. After all items have been set, press the o button. · For precise time setting, press the o button as the time signal strikes 00 seconds. [ o Button ] [ IN ] HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 EN 7 Shoot a. Hold the camera Horizontal grip Vertical grip b. Focus Quick Start Guide Place this mark over your subject. Shutter Button [ ] [ IN ] (Pressed Halfway) HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 The number of storable still pictures is displayed. The green lamp indicates the focus and exposure are locked. c. Shoot Shutter Button (Pressed Completely) The card access lamp blinks. 8 EN View pictures a. Set the mode dial to q. Arrow Pad Mode Dial [IN IN] Next Picture HQ Quick Start Guide Prev. Picture '06.11.26 12:30 100-0001 1 Erase pictures a. As described in a. above, display the picture you want to erase. b. Press the Y/S button. ERASE [IN] YES NO BACK Y/S Button MENU SET OK c. Press the sF button to select [YES], and press the o button to erase the image. sF Button ERASE YES NO BACK MENU SET OK EN 9 Button operations Button operations c d 1 2 3456 Shooting mode b ef 789 Shooting mode Self-timer P 0 a Playback mode 1/4000 F8.0 Flash mode [ Macro mode/ Super macro mode ] [ IN ] HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 Button operations 1 o button Power on: Turning the camera on and off Shooting mode Playback mode · Monitor turns on · Monitor turns on · Lens extends · Before turning the camera on in shooting mode, remove the lens cap, and then press o. Monitor/Viewfinder 2 u button Toggles between the monitor and viewfinder. 3 Shutter button Shooting pictures Shooting still pictures Set the mode dial to h, P, A/S, M, r, g 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 way (completely) to shoot a picture. P 1/4000 F8.0 Green lamp [] [ IN ] 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. HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 When the green lamp blinks, the focus is not adjusted properly. Try locking the focus again. 10 EN Recording movies Set the mode dial to n, and press the shutter button halfway to lock the focus, and then press the shutter button completely to start recording. Press the shutter button again to stop recording. 4 Zoom lever Optical zoom: 10× Zoom out: Push the lever toward W. P Zooming while shooting/close-up playback Shooting mode: Zooming in on your subject 1/200 F4.0 P 1/200 F4.0 Zoom in: Pull the lever toward T. [] [IN IN] [] 4 [IN IN] HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 Playback mode: Switching the picture display Single-frame playback · Use the arrow pad to browse pictures. [IN IN] HQ W T '06.11.26 12:30 100-0004 4 T [IN IN] W Button operations 1 2 3 4 T [IN IN] W Index display 2 5 8 Close-up playback · Pull the lever toward T to incrementally enlarge the picture up to 10 times the original size. Push the lever toward W to reduce the size. · Press the arrow pad during close-up playback to scroll the picture in the indicated direction. · Press o to return to the singleframe playback. 1 4 7 T [ IN IN] · Use the arrow pad to select a picture for 6 playback, and press 9 o to play back the single-frame of the W picture selected. 3 T [IN] W W Calendar display · Use the arrow pad to select the date, and press o or pull the lever toward T on the zoom button to display the pictures on the date selected. [IN IN] EN 11 5 h/< button Shooting still pictures and movies with digital image stabilization/Printing pictures Press h/< in shooting mode to select [ON] or [OFF] for the digital image stabilization. Press o to set. Still picture shooting mode: Shooting with digital image stabilization This function reduces the blur incurred by camera movement or subject movement when taking pictures. g "DIS MODE Shooting still pictures using digital image stabilization" (P. 25) Movie shooting mode: Shooting with digital image stabilization This function reduces the blur incurred by camera movement when taking movies. g "DIS MOVIE MODE Reducing the blur incurred by camera movement when taking movies" (P. 29) Frequently used functions can be assigned to h/< button as a custom button when the mode dial is set to P, A/S, M, r or s. When the mode dial is set to h, DIS MODE is activated. When the mode dial is set to n, DIS MOVIE MODE is activated. g "CUSTOM BUTTON Assigning functions to the custom buttons" (P. 45) "Functions that can be assigned to My Mode and custom button" (P. 72) AF lock mark P Locking the focus position (AF lock) · Register the AF lock function to h/< so that the focus is locked by pressing h/<, and [V] (AF lock mark) is displayed on the monitor. Press h/< again to cancel the AF lock. Each time you press the button, focus is locked and canceled alternately. · To save the locked focus position after taking a picture (AF memory), hold down h/< for more than 1 second so that [U] (AF memory mark) is displayed on the monitor. Press h/< again to reset the AF memory. · If the zoom is operated after engaging the AF lock, the picture may be out of focus. Engage the AF lock after operating the zoom. 1/4000 F8.0 Button operations [] [ IN ] HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 P 1/4000 F8.0 Locking the exposure (AE lock) · Register the AE lock function to h/< so that the meter reading is saved by pressing h/< and the exposure is locked. [B] (AE lock mark) is displayed on the monitor. Press h/< again to cancel the AE lock. Each time you press the button, exposure is locked and canceled alternately. · AE lock is automatically canceled after each shooting. · To save the locked meter reading after taking a picture, hold down h/< for more than 1 second so that [C] (AE memory mark) is displayed on the monitor. Press h/< again to reset the AE memory. [] [ IN ] HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 B is displayed while in AE lock. 4 Playback mode: Printing pictures When the printer is connected to the camera, display a picture to be printed out in playback mode, and press h/<. g "EASY PRINT" (P. 46) 6 Mode dial Switching between shooting and playback modes Set the mode dial to the desired shooting or playback mode. · Some functions cannot be set depending on the position of the mode dial. g "Functions available in shooting modes and scenes" (P. 72) 12 EN h Shooting pictures with full automatic settings The camera determines the optimum settings and shoots the picture. P Set the optimum aperture value and shutter speed The camera automatically sets the optimum aperture value and shutter speed for the brightness of the subject. A/S Changing the aperture value / Changing the shutter speed A 1/1000 F4.0 0.0 Changing the aperture value for shooting pictures Press sr after pressing sF. The camera automatically sets the shutter speed. [] SET OK Adjustment range: Wide angle: F2.8 to F8.0 Telephoto: F3.7 to F8.0 S Aperture value s : Increases the aperture value. r : Decreases the aperture value. When the correct exposure cannot be obtained, the aperture value is displayed in red. o : Sets the settings. 1/100 F2.8 0.0 Changing the shutter speed for shooting pictures Press sr after pressing sF. The camera automatically sets the aperture value. Shutter speed s : Sets the shutter speed faster. r : Sets the shutter speed slower. When the correct exposure cannot be obtained, the shutter speed is displayed in red. o: Sets the settings. [] SET OK Shutter speed range: 1/2 to 1/1000 (When [NOISE REDUCT.] is set to [ON]: up to 4 sec.) Button operations · Use the function menu to switch A and S. g "Functions that can be set in the function menu" (P. 17) M Changing the aperture value and shutter speed for shooting pictures Press srpq after pressing sF. M 1/1000 F2.8 +2.0 Exposure differential When this range has been exceeded ±3.0EV, the exposure differential is displayed in red. [ ] SET OK Setting range Aperture value: F2.8 to F8.0 Shutter speed: 15" to 1/1000 (The shutter speed varies depending on the aperture value.) Aperture value p: Decreases the aperture value. q: Increases the aperture value. Shutter speed s: Sets the shutter speed faster. r: Sets the shutter speed slower. o: Completes the setting. EN 13 To take long exposure (bulb) shots Press r to set shutter speed to BULB. The shutter remains open as long as the shutter button is pressed. (The maximum time that it can remain open is 8 minutes.) r Setting your own original mode for shooting pictures This mode allows you to set each shooting function manually and use as your original shooting mode. g "MY MODE SETUP Setting and saving shooting-related functions" (P. 44) Use the function menu to switch my mode. g "Functions that can be set in the function menu" (P. 17) g Follow the shooting guide for setting S HO OT I N G G U I D E 1 2 3 4 5 Brightening subject. Shooting into backlight. Set particular lighting. Blurring background. Adjusting area in focus. 1/3 Follow the shooting guide displayed on the screen to set the target items. · Press m 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 change to the default setting by pressing m or changing the mode using the mode dial. SET OK s Shoot pictures by selecting a scene according to the situation You can shoot pictures by selecting a scene according to the situation. Button operations Select the scene/change the scene to another one · Press m to select [SCN] from the top menu, and change it to another scene. · By switching to the other scene, most settings will be changed to the default settings of each scene. n Recording movies When [R] is set to [ON], audio is recorded with the movie. · When [R] is set to [ON], optical zoom cannot be used during the shooting. g "R (movies) Recording sound with movies" (P. 29) · To zoom in when [R] is set to [ON], set [DIGITAL ZOOM] to [ON]. g "DIGITAL ZOOM Zooming in on your subject" (P. 24) This lights red during movie recording. The remaining recording time is displayed. When the remaining recording time reaches 0, recording stops. 00:36 q Viewing still pictures/Selecting playback mode The last picture taken is displayed. · Press the arrow pad to view other pictures. · Use the zoom button to switch among close-up playback, index display and calendar display. g Movie playback "MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies" (P. 31) 7 #button Opens the flash. Press this button to take a picture with flash. g "q# button Flash shooting" (P. 17) Flash pop-up 14 EN 8 DISP./E button Changing the information on display/Display the menu guide/Checking the time Changing the information displays Press DISP./E to change the display in the following order. Shooting mode Playback mode P 1/1000 F8.0 +2.0 $ Normal display [IN IN] Normal display HQ ISO 1600 j% n [] lR k[IN IN] HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 '06.11.26 12:30 100-0004 4 Simple display*1 [IN IN] Detailed display HQ 3072×2304 3072 2304 F2.8 1/1000 +2.0 [] ISO 400 '06.11.26 12:30 100-0004 4 P 1/1000 F8.0 +2.0 $ ISO 1600 j% [] lR k[IN IN] FRAME ASSIST (Horizontal and vertical lines or diagonal lines)*1 *2 No information display Button operations n HQ 3072 2304 3072×2304 4 P 1/1000 F8.0 +2.0 $ Histogram display*1 *2 [IN IN] HQ [] [IN IN] F2.8 1/1000 +2.0 ISO 400 '06.11.26 12:30 4 Histogram display*1 HQ 4 *1 Not displayed in case of n. *2 Not displayed if it is set to [OFF] in the menu. g "u Displaying the histogram" (P. 44) g "FRAME ASSIST Displaying the frame assist/Determining the type of frame assist" (P. 44) Displaying the menu guide METERING ESP/ Sets picture brightness for taking pictures. With menu items selected, hold down DISP./E to display the menu guide. Release DISP./E to close the menu guide. EN 15 Checking the time While the camera is off, press DISP./E to display the set alarm time (when [ALARM CLOCK] is set) and the current time for 3 seconds. 9 m button (MENU) Displays the top menu. 0 Arrow pad (srpq) Select scenes, playback picture, and the items on the menus. a Y/S button Self-timer shooting/Erasing pictures