How to use this manual
Composition of the manual
1 Basic operation
How to use the mode switch
Direct buttons
Using the direct buttons in shooting mode
Using the direct buttons in playback mode
Menus
About the menus
Using the menus
Using the GUIDE function
How to read the procedure pages
2 Tips before you start taking pictures
If the correct focus cannot be obtained
How to focus (focus lock)
Subjects that are difficult to focus on
Record mode (IMAGE QUALITY)
Still picture record modes
Movie record modes
Number of storable still pictures/remaining recording time
Changing the record mode
The internal memory and memory card
The card
Inserting and removing the card
3 Basic shooting functions
Selecting a scene according to the situation (SCENE)
Zooming in on your subject
Using the zoom
Using the digital zoom
Using macro/super macro mode
Flash shooting
Self-timer shooting
Recording movies
Camera movement compensation (IMAGE STABILIZER)
Fulltime AF
Recording sound with movies
4 Additional shooting functions
Shoot pictures while checking the shot you just took (COMPARE & SHOOT)
Changing ISO sensitivity (ISO)
Changing picture brightness (EXP. COMP.)
Adjusting the color of a picture (WHITE BALANCE)
Changing the area for measuring the brightness of a subject (METERING)
Sequential shooting (Sequential/MULTI-SHOT)
Changing the focusing area (AF MODE)
Panorama shooting
Creating labels for combined LABEL (LABEL SHOT)
Recording sound with still pictures
Changing the monitor display (DISP./GUIDE)
Histogram
Frame assist
5 Playback
Playing back still pictures
Playing back pictures in a calendar (CALENDAR)
Picture rotation (ROTATION)
Playing back movies
Selecting the position to begin movie playback (INDEX PLAY)
Playing back albums
Adding pictures to an album (ALBUM ENTRY)
Viewing pictures in albums
Selecting an album cover (SELECT TITLE IMAGE)
Undoing album entries (UNDO ENTRY)
Erasing pictures from albums
Slideshow
Adding sound to still pictures
Editing still pictures (Resizing/Triming/REDEYE FIX/BLACK & WHITE/ SEPIA)
Creating composite pictures (FRAME/ LABEL/CALENDAR/LAYOUT)
Adjusting pictures (BRIGHTNESS, SATURATION, COLOR BALANCE, WARM/COOL)
Editing movies
Creating an index
Editing a movie
Playing back pictures on a TV
Video output
Protecting pictures (PROTECT)
Copying pictures in the internal memory to the card (BACKUP)
Erasing pictures
Single-frame erase
Erase selected
All-frame erase
Formatting the internal memory/card (MEMORY FORMAT/FORMAT)
6 Settings
Resetting the settings to the default (RESET)
Selecting a display language
Changing the startup screen and shutdown screen (PW ON SETUP/PW OFF SETUP)
Screen setup
Viewing pictures immediately (REC VIEW)
Setting camera sounds (Beep sound/BEEP/SHUTTER SOUND/ VOLUME)
Resetting file names (FILE NAME)
Adjusting the image processing function (PIXEL MAPPING)
Adjusting the monitor brightness
Setting the date and time
Setting the date and time in another time zone (DUAL TIME SETUP)
Displaying a picture automatically (SCREEN SAVER)
Setting the sleep time (SLEEP)
Custom button
Setting the custom button
Using the custom button
7 Printing pictures
Direct printing (PictBridge)
Using the direct printing function
Printing pictures (EASY PRINT)
Printing pictures (CUSTOM PRINT)
Other print modes and print settings
If an error message is displayed
Print settings (DPOF)
How to make print reservations
Single-frame reservation
All-frame reservation
Resetting print reservation data
8 Connecting the camera to a computer
Flow
Using OLYMPUS Master
What is OLYMPUS Master?
Installing OLYMPUS Master
Connecting the camera to a computer
Starting up OLYMPUS Master
Displaying camera images on a computer
Downloading and saving images
Viewing still pictures and movies
Printing pictures
To download and save images to a computer without using OLYMPUS Master
9 Appendix
Troubleshooting
Error messages
Troubleshooting
Camera care
Battery
AC adapter
Safety Precautions
Glossary of terms
10 Miscellaneous
Menu list
List of factory default settings
Functions available in shooting modes and scenes
Index