Document Outline

• How to use this manual
• Composition of the manual
• 1 Basic operation
  • Mode dial
  • 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
  • Turning the camera on and off
  • When to use the monitor and viewfinder
  • If the correct focus cannot be obtained
    • How to focus (focus lock)
    • Subjects that are difficult to focus on
  • Record mode
    • 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 mode according to the situation
  • Zooming in on your subject
    • Using the zoom
    • Using the digital zoom
    • Using macro/super macro mode
  • Flash shooting
    • Flash intensity control
    • Synchro
  • Selecting the flash (FLASH)
    • Using the external flash (optional) (SP-350)
    • Using commercially available external flashes (SP-350)
    • Using the slave flash
  • Recording movies
    • Camera movement compensation
    • Recording sound with movies
• 4 Advanced shooting functions
  • Changing the aperture value for shooting pictures
  • Changing the shutter speed for shooting pictures
  • Changing the aperture value and shutter speed for shooting pictures
  • My Mode
  • Focusing applications
    • AF mode (iESP/SPOT/AREA)
    • Manual focus (FOCUS MODE)
    • Fulltime AF
    • AF lock
    • AF illuminator
  • Changing the area for measuring the brightness of a subject (ESP/Spot)
  • AE lock
  • Changing ISO sensitivity (ISO)
  • Changing picture brightness
  • Adjusting the white balance
    • White balance compensation
  • Adjusting a picture for recording (SHARPNESS/CONTRAST/SATURATION)
  • Reducing picture noise (NOISE REDUCTION)
• 5 Additional shooting functions
  • Sequential shooting
  • Timelapse shooting
  • Self-timer shooting
  • Panorama shooting
  • Recording sound with still pictures
  • Changing the monitor display (DISP./GUIDE)
    • Histogram
    • Frame assist
• 6 Playback
  • Playing back still pictures
    • Playing back pictures in a calendar (CALENDAR)
    • Picture 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 (SEL. ALBUM)
    • 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 (RAW DATA EDIT/Resizing/Trimming/REDEYE FIX/BLACK & WHITE/SEPIA)
  • Creating composite pictures (FRAME/TITLE/CALENDAR/LAYOUT)
  • Adjusting pictures (BRIGHTNESS/SATURATION)
  • Editing movies
    • Creating an index
    • Editing a movie
  • Playing back pictures on a TV
    • Video output
  • Protecting pictures
  • Copying pictures in the internal memory to the card (BACKUP)
  • Erasing pictures
    • Single-frame erase
    • All-frame erase
  • Formatting the internal memory or card (MEMORY FORMAT/FORMAT)
• 7 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)
  • Setting the measurement unit (m/ft)
  • Customizing the camera (MY MODE SETUP/SHORT CUT/CUSTOM BUTTON)
• 8 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
• 9 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
• 10 Appendix
  • Troubleshooting
    • Error messages
    • Troubleshooting
  • Camera care
  • Batteries
  • Accessories (optional)
    • AC adapter
    • Using commercially available external flashes
  • Safety Precautions
  • Glossary of terms
• 11 Miscellaneous
  • Menu list
  • List of factory default settings
  • Functions available in shooting modes and scenes
  • Index