Olympus C-1 - Manual (Page 4)

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Table of Contents
How to use this manual....................................................................... 2
Composition of the manual ................................................................. 3
1 Basic operation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -8
Mode dial............................................................................................. 9
Direct buttons .................................................................................... 10
Menus ............................................................................................... 12
About the menus ......................................................................... 12
How to use the menus ................................................................ 15
2 Tips before you start taking pictures - - - - - - 17
Holding the camera ........................................................................... 18
If correct focus cannot be obtained ................................................... 19
How to focus (focus lock) ............................................................ 19
Subjects that are difficult to focus on .......................................... 20
Record mode ............................................................................. 21
Still picture record modes............................................................ 21
Movie record modes.................................................................... 22
Number of storable still pictures/remaining recording time ......... 22
To change the record mode ........................................................ 24
3 Basic shooting functions- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25
Selecting a shooting mode according to the situation....................... 26
Selecting a scene mode .................................................... 29
Zooming in on a distant subject ........................................................ 30
Using the optical zoom................................................................ 30
Using the digital zoom................................................................. 31
Taking close-up pictures (macro/super macro mode) .......... 32
Flash shooting .............................................................................. 34
4 Advanced shooting functions - - - - - - - - - - - 36
AF mode............................................................................................ 37
Metering ............................................................................................ 38
ESP/Spot metering ...................................................... 38
ISO sensitivity ................................................................................... 39
Exposure compensation
............................................................. 40
White balance .......................................................................... 41
Histogram ................................................................................... 42