Olympus E-100 RS User Manual

Quick-start guide, Getting ready, Loading the batteries

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Quick-Start Guide

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

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.

1

Getting Ready...

Loading the batteries

1. Follow the procedure below.

1

2

1

2

Slide the battery

compartment

lock toward

.

Open the battery

compartment

cover.

Load the batteries.

AA batteries

Lithium battery

(provided)

packs

Close the battery

compartment

cover.

Slide the battery

compartment

lock toward

.

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.)

Open the
Card cover.

Push the Card in and
close the Card cover.

Push the
Card in.

Tab

3. Turn on the camera.

Set the Power switch to ON.

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.

M O

D

E

D

IA

L

S

M S-P

rg

A
P

[Still picture shooting mode]
P:

Simply press the Shutter button to take a picture.

A:

Set the desired aperture manually.

S:

Set the desired shutter speed manually.

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.

Mode dial

Adjusting the Diopter

Turn the Diopter adjustment dial
until you see the AF target mark
clearly in the Viewfinder.

P F2.8 1/30 0.0

[

SM

]

Viewfinder

AF target mark

Diopter adjustment dial

Lens cap

Lens

Remote control
receiver

Zoom lever/Index-
display lever

Shutter button

Mode dial

Self-timer lamp/AF assist lamp

Control panel
(See the other side for details.)

Diopter adjustment dial

5-pin external flash socket

Microphone

Remote cable jack

USB connector

DC-IN jack

External
microphone jack

A/V OUT jack

Connector cover

Flash (built-in)

Flash switch

Strap eyelet

Flash mode button

/Erase button

DRIVE button

Metering mode button

Macro button

Power switch
(POWER OFF/ON/RESET)

AE lock button (AEL)/
Multi-metering button/Print button

Tripod socket

Card cover

Speaker

Battery compartment
cover

Battery compartment lock

Card access lamp

Menu button

Monitor button

Arrow pad

Viewfinder

INFO button

Monitor

OK button/
Manual focus
button (MF)/
Protect button

Names of parts

Setting the date/time

1. Set the Mode dial to P.

2. Press (Menu

button).

The Menu appears on the screen.
Press

(Monitor buton) to select whether to display the menu on the Monitor or the

Viewfinder.

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.

SM

CF

[

1 / 5

]

F2.8 1/800 0.0

P

SM/CF

WB

[

SM

]

PRE-CAPTURE

SETUP

[

5 / 5

]

F2.8 1/800 0.0

P

ISO

[

SM

]

S-Prg

MODE SETUP

ON

OFF

NORMAL

1360

x1024

640

x 480

[

1 / 3

]

ALL RESET

TIFF

SQ

[

SM

]

OK

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

button

on the Arrow pad.

m / f t

m

OFF

SHOT CANCEL

1 2 . 2 3 . ’ 0 0
1 2 : 3 4

[

3 / 3

]

[

SM

]

SETUP

m / f t

SHOT CANCEL

[

3 / 3

]

[

SM

]

MODE SETUP screen 3/3

Date/time setting screen

6. Press OK.

The Date/time setting screen appears.

7. Press

/

on the Arrow pad to select the date order.

(Date order selections: date/month/year, month/date/year, year/month/date)

8. Press

, then press

/

to adjust the date/time.

To go to the next setting (i.e. month to year, etc.), press

. To go back to the

previous setting (i.e. year to month, etc.), press

.

9. Press OK when you complete your settings.

10. To cancel the Menu, press OK until the Menu disappears.

1AG6P1P0845– – VT1579-01

For SmartMedia

For CompactFlash

When the tab pops
out, pull it down as
shown, then close
the Card cover.

Tab

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