http://www.olympus.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. v Quick-Start Guide v Names of parts Self-timer lamp/AF assist lamp Control panel (See the other side for details.) Mode dial Shutter button Diopter adjustment dial 5-pin external flash socket 1 Getting Ready... Loading the batteries 1. Follow the procedure below. Slide the battery compartment lock toward Open the battery compartment cover. . Load the batteries. AA batteries (provided) Lithium battery packs 2 1 Close the battery compartment cover. Slide the battery compartment lock toward . 1 2 Zoom lever/Index- display lever Remote control receiver Lens Lens cap Microphone Remote cable jack USB connector DC-IN jack External microphone jack A/V OUT jack Connector cover Strap eyelet Flash switch Flash (built-in) OLYMPUS AMERICA INC. Two Corporate Center Drive, Melville, NY 11747-3157, U.S.A. Tel. 631-844-5000 (Customer support) Tel. 1-888-553-4448 Setting the date/time 1. Set the Mode dial to P. 2. Press (Menu button). The Menu appears on the screen. Press Viewfinder. (Monitor buton) to select whether to display the menu on the Monitor or the 3. Press on the Arrow pad to move the green frame in the Menu, then select “MODE SETUP”. “SETUP” appears on the screen. The selected item appears in green. 4. Press OK. The MODE SETUP screen appears. P F2.8 1/800 0.0 P F2.8 1/800 0.0 SM/CF PRE-CAPTURE WB [SM] SM CF [ 1 / 5 ] MODE SETUP SETUP ISO S-Prg [SM] [ 5 / 5 ] OK ALL RESET TIFF SQ [SM] ON NORMAL 1360x1024 640 x 480 OFF [ 1 / 3 ] Menu screen 1/5 Menu screen 5/5 MODE SETUP screen 1/3 5. Press to select , then press . “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. button SHOT CANCEL OFF 1 2 . 2 3 . ’ 0 0 1 2 : 3 4 m / f t m SHOT CANCEL m / f t SETUP [SM] [ 3 / 3 ] [SM] [ 3 / 3 ] MODE SETUP screen 3/3 , Close the battery compartment cover while pressing the batteries with the cover. , Manganese batteries cannot be used. 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. 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 Open the Card cover. Push the Card in and close the Card cover. Tab Push the Card in. Tab 3. Turn on the camera. Set the Power switch to ON. When the tab pops out, pull it down as shown, then close the Card cover. Power switch 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 MS - S P gA r P L A DI M O DE [Still picture shooting mode] Simply press the Shutter button to take a picture. P: Set the desired aperture manually. A: Set the desired shutter speed manually. S: M: Set the desired aperture and shutter speed manually. S-Prog: Take pictures under a variety of conditions. (Portrait/ Sports/Landscape/Night Scene) [Movie record mode] : Records movies. [Playback mode] : Plays back your recording. Flash mode button /Erase button DRIVE button Metering mode button Macro button INFO button Viewfinder Arrow pad OK button/ Manual focus button (MF)/ Protect button Monitor Monitor button 6. Press OK. The Date/time setting screen appears. Power switch (POWER OFF/ON/RESET) AE lock button (AEL)/ Multi-metering button/Print button Date/time setting screen Menu button Card cover Card access lamp Battery compartment cover Speaker Battery compartment lock Tripod socket (Date order selections: date/month/year, month/date/year, year/month/date) 7. Press / on the Arrow pad to select the date order. 8. Press , then press / to adjust the date/time. To go to the next setting (i.e. month to year, etc.), press previous setting (i.e. year to month, etc.), press . . To go back to the 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 [SM] AF target mark 9. Press OK when you complete your settings. 10. To cancel the Menu, press OK until the Menu disappears. 1AG6P1P0845– – VT1579-01 

http://www.olympus.com 2 Taking pictures Taking still pictures 1. Set the Mode dial to P. v Quick-Start Guide v Control panel indications Flash intensity control Slow shutter synchronization flash Card error Card writing Flash mode Full-time AF Macro mode Auto bracket Sound record Battery check 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 display your image on the Monitor or the Viewfinder. (Monitor button) to select whether to Viewfinder P F2.8 1/30 0.0 M S P gA r P [SM] AF target mark [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”. Exposure compensation AF system Manual focus Metering mode Stabilizer White balance Self-timer/ Remote control ISO Number of storable still pictures AE memory Pre-capture Record mode Card Sequential shooting Seconds that movies can be shot 1-frame erase Press halfway Press fully AF confirmation mark P F2.8 1/30 0.0 3 Playing back pictures OLYMPUS AMERICA INC. Two Corporate Center Drive, Melville, NY 11747-3157, U.S.A. Tel. 631-844-5000 (Customer support) Tel. 1-888-553-4448 c Use the Arrow pad to select the desired picture for playback. : Plays back movie pictures when held down continuously. : Plays back movie pictures in reverse when held down continuously. : Jumps to the beginning of the movie. : Jumps to the end of the movie. c Press OK to pause the movie. SM/CF MOVIE PLAY COPY START [SM] [ 1 / 2 ] 4 Erasing 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 “ Playing back pictures” on this page. 3 (Erase button) on the camera and Press select “YES” on the confirmation screen using the Arrow pad. Then, press OK. All-frame erase YES NO [SM] YES OK NO Confirmation screen , then select “CARD SETUP”—“ Press OK. Select “YES” on the confirmation screen, then press OK again. (To cancel, select “NO”, then press OK.) ” using the Arrow pad. Press 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. 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. [SM] AF target mark Set the Mode dial to . The last picture taken is played back. c Use the Arrow pad to select the desired picture for playback. x10 HQ : Plays back next picture. : Plays back preceding picture. : Jumps to the picture 10 frames ahead. : Jumps to the picture 10 frames behind. 12.23.,00 21:56 10 [SM] Still picture display (1-frame) CARD SETUP MODE SETUP [SM] YES NO [SM] [ 2 / 2 ] Erasing a still picture YES OK NO Confirmation screen P F2.8 1/30 0.0 Memory gauge [SM] Arrow pad *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. 1234 1235 1236 1237 1238 1239 1240 1241 1242 Index-display Card access lamp [Movie pictures] will appear with pictures that can be played back as movies. Taking movie pictures 1. Set the Mode dial to . The maximum available recording time appears on the Viewfinder. 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. (Menu button) to display the Menu. (1) Press (2) Select “MOVIE PLAY” and press (3) When “START” appears, press the OK button. on the Arrow pad. The card access lamp blinks for a moment, then the movie starts. (4) Press when you are finished watching. The Menu reappears. Press again to exit the Menu. 5 Turning off the power When you are finished using the camera, turn the power off after checking that the card access lamp is not on. c The picture on the screen will disappear when you turn the power off. c 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. c When you store the camera, make sure to put the lens cap on. Printed in Japan