DIGITAL CAMERA SP-550UZ 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 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 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 Button operations P.10 Test out the functions of the camera buttons by following the illustrations and trying them out on the camera. Menu operations P.19 Learn everything about the menus, from basic operations to the functions of each menu and their various settings. Printing pictures P.46 Learn how to print pictures you have taken. Using OLYMPUS Master P.53 Learn how to transfer pictures to a computer and save them. Getting to know your camera better P.61 Find out more about your camera and learn what to do when you have a question regarding operations. Appendix P.76 Read about convenient functions and safety precautions on how to use your camera more effectively. Arrow pad indication The directions of the arrow pad are indicated with 124 3 in this manual. 2 EN Gather these items (box contents) Digital Camera Lens Cap/Lens Cap String Strap/Strap rings Quick Start Guide AA Batteries (four) USB cable AV Cable OLYMPUS Master 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 Be sure to use the strap and strap rings provided. Strap Eyelet EN 3 · Attach the strap to the other eyelet in the same manner. Pull the strap tight so that it does not come loose. Quick Start Guide Prepare the battery This camera allows you to take pictures without using an optional xDPicture Card (hereinafter called the card). For details on inserting the card, please refer to "Inserting and removing the card" (P.78). 4 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 r g s This function allows you to take pictures with full automatic settings. The camera automatically sets the optimum aperture value and shutter speed. This function allows you to change the aperture manually. This function changes the shutter speed for shooting pictures. This function allows you to change the aperture and shutter speed manually. This function allows you to set each shooting function manually and use as your original shooting mode. This function allows you to set the target items by following the shooting guide displayed on the screen. This function allows you to shoot pictures by selecting a scene according to the shooting condition. Quick Start Guide b. Press the o button. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D ----.--.-- --:-- CANCEL MENU · When the date and time have not yet been set, this screen will appear. To turn on the camera, press the o 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 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 Exits a setting. a. Press the 1 F button and the 2Y button to select [Y]. Quick Start Guide The first two digits of the [Y] are fixed. 1 F button X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2007.--.-2007.--.-- --:-- 2Y button CANCEL MENU b. Press the 3# button. 3# button c. Press the 1 F button and the 2Y button to select [M]. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2007.08.-2007 08.-- --:-- CANCEL MENU 6 EN d. Press the 3# button. e. Press the 1 F button and the 2Y button to select [D]. X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2007.08 26 2007 08.26 --:-- f. Press the 3# button. g. Press the 1 F button and the 2Y button to select "hour", "minute". The time is displayed in the 24-hour format. CANCEL MENU X Y M D TIME Y/M/D 2007.08 26 12:30 2007 08.26 12 30 Quick Start Guide CANCEL MENU SET OK h. Press the 3# button. i. Press the 1 F button and the 2Y 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 o button. For precise time setting, press the o button as the time signal strikes 00 seconds. o button EN 7 Take a picture a. Hold the camera Horizontal grip Vertical grip b. Focus Quick Start Guide The green lamp indicates the focus and exposure are locked. Shutter button Place this mark over your subject. (Pressed Halfway) The number of remaining still pictures is displayed. c. Shoot Shutter button (Pressed Completely) The card access lamp blinks. Adjusting the viewfinder's focus using the diopter a. Press the u button. b. While looking through the viewfinder, rotate the diopter adjustment dial little by little. When you can see [ ] (AF target mark) clearly, adjustment is complete. Diopter adjustment dial u button 8 EN View pictures a. Set the mode dial to q. Mode Dial Arrow pad Next Picture Quick Start Guide Prev. Picture Erase pictures a. Press the 4& button and the 3# button to display the picture you want to erase. b. Press the S button. 4& button 3# button ERASE [IN] YES NO S button BACK MENU SET OK c. Press the 1 F button to select [YES], and press the o button to erase the picture. 1 F button ERASE YES NO o button BACK MENU SET OK EN 9 Button operations Shooting Mode Playback mode Shooting Mode Self-timer Flash mode Button operations Macro mode/ Super macro mode 1 o button Power on: Shooting Mode · Monitor turns on · Lens extends Turning the camera on and off · Before turning the camera on in shooting mode, remove the lens cap. Playback mode · Monitor turns on 2 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 scene modes" (P.72) h Shooting pictures with full automatic settings The camera determines the optimum settings for the shooting conditions automatically. 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. 10 EN A Changing the aperture value for shooting pictures A 1/1000 F4.0 0.0 Press 12 after pressing 1 F. The camera automatically sets the shutter speed. Aperture value [ ] SET OK 1 2 : : Increases the aperture value. Decreases the aperture value. Adjustment range W : F2.8 to F8.0 T : F4.5 to F8.0 When the correct exposure cannot be obtained, the aperture value is displayed in red. o : Sets the settings. S Changing the shutter speed for shooting pictures S 110 /0 F. 28 00 . Press 12 after pressing 1 F. The camera automatically sets the aperture value. Shutter speed [ ] SET OK 1 2 : : Sets the shutter speed faster. Sets the shutter speed slower. Shutter speed range: 1/2 to 1/1000 (When [NOISE REDUCT.] is set to [ON]: up to 4 sec.) When the correct exposure cannot be obtained, the aperture value is displayed in red. o : Sets the settings. Button operations M Changing the aperture value and shutter speed for shooting pictures Press 124 3 after pressing 1 F. M 1/1000 F2.8 +2.0 Exposure differential When this range has been exceeded ±3.0EV, the exposure differential is displayed in red. Aperture value 4 3 : : : : : Increases the aperture value. Decreases the aperture value. Sets the shutter speed faster. Sets the shutter speed slower. Sets the settings. [ ] SET OK Shutter speed 1 2 o Setting range: Aperture value F2.8 to F8.0 Shutter speed: 15" to 1/2000 (The shutter speed varies depending on the aperture value.) Press 2 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, however, this is possible only when [ISO] is set to [50], [100] or [200].) To take long exposure (bulb) shots EN 11 rSetting 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.45) Use the function menu to switch my mode. g "The functions you can set with the function menu" (P.18) g Follow the shooting guide for setting S H OOTI NG GUIDE 1 2 3 4 5 Brightening subject. Shooting into backlight. Set particular lighting. Blurring background. Adjusting area in focus. 1/3 SET OK This function allows you to set the target items by following the shooting guide displayed on the screen. · Press m to display the shooting guide again. · To change the setting without using the shooting guide, set the shooting mode to another one. · Functions set using the Shooting Guide will revert to the default settings when m is pressed or when the shooting mode is changed. s Shoot pictures by selecting a scene according to the situation You can shoot pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation. Select a scene mode/change the scene mode to another one Button operations · Press m and select [SCN] from the top menu. Use the 12 to select a scene and press o. · By switching to the other scene mode, most settings will be changed to the default settings of each scene mode. nRecording movies When [R] (movies) is set to [ON], audio is recorded with the movie. · When [R] (movies) is set to [ON], optical zoom cannot be used during the shooting. g "R (movies) Recording sound with movies" (P.31) · To zoom in when [R] (movies) is set to [ON], set [DIGITAL ZOOM] to [ON]. g "DIGITAL ZOOM Zooming in on your subject" (P.26) This icon lights red during movie recording. The remaining recording time is displayed. When the remaining recording time reaches 0, recording stops. · When [IMAGE STABILIZER] is set to [ON], continuous movie recording for a long period will cause the camera's internal temperature to rise and the camera may stop operation automatically. Remove the battery and allow the camera to cool down for some time before you begin shooting again. Or you can set [IMAGE STABILIZER] to [OFF]. In addition, the temperature of the camera's exterior also rises during usage. This is not a malfunction. 12 EN qSelecting playback mode The last picture taken is displayed. · Press the arrow pad to view other pictures. · Use the zoom lever to switch among close-up playback, index display and calendar display. g "MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies" (P.33) 3 Shutter button Shooting still pictures Shooting 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. Green lamp 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. 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. Button operations 4 Zoom Lever Shooting mode: Zooming in on your subject Optical zoom: 18× Zooming while shooting/close-up playback Zoom out: Push the lever toward W. Zoom in: Pull the lever toward T. EN 13 Playback mode: Changing the picture display Single-frame playback · Use the arrow pad to browse pictures. Index display Close-up playback · Use the arrow pad to select a · Pull the lever toward T to picture for playback, and press incrementally enlarge the picture o to play back the singleup to 10 times the original size. frame of the picture selected. Push the lever toward W to reduce the size. · Use the arrow pad during closeup playback to scroll around the picture. · Press o to return to the singleframe playback. Button operations Calendar display · Use the arrow pad to select the date, and press o or pull the lever toward T on the zoom lever to display the pictures on the date selected. 5 h button Shooting with digital image stabilization Press h in shooting mode to ...