User manual OLYMPUS CAMEDIA D-40

[. . . ] REFERENCE MANUAL Thank you for purchasing an Olympus digital camera. Before you start to use your new camera, please read these instructions carefully to enjoy optimum performance and a longer service life. Keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. We recommend that you take test shots to get accustomed to your camera before taking important photographs. For customers in Europe "CE" mark indicates that this product complies with the European requirements for safety, health, environment and customer protection. [. . . ] Pictures with differently sized images cannot be connected. Panorama shooting is possible for up to 10 pictures. Shutter button Shutter button Take pictures so that their edges (right/left/top/bottom) overlap. 101 Panorama shooting (Cont. ) Chapter 5 to shooting. 5 Press on finish panorama screen disappear, and the camera returns Frames the edges of the to the normal shooting mode. During panorama shooting, the flash is disabled. The Panorama mode is only available with the OLYMPUS CAMEDIA-brand SmartMedia cards. The camera itself cannot edit panorama pictures. To connect each picture, the CAMEDIA Master software is necessary. Your computer's memory may be insufficient if you take too many panorama pictures in the HQ/SHQ modes. Images are saved in JPEG format when panorama shooting is done in the TIFF mode. If the mode dial is moved during panorama shooting, the camera cancels the panorama mode and returns to normal shooting. 102 FUNCTION -- Taking black & white or sepia-toned pictures Chapter 5 Lets you add special effect to your pictures during shooting. BLACK&WHITE : Takes pictures in black and white. WHITE BOARD : Pictures are in black and white, with black letters on white backgrounds emphasized to make them easier to read. BLACK BOARD : Same as WHITE BOARD, but for white letters on black backgrounds. Reverses blacks and whites in the image. In the top menu, select MODE MENU T CAMERA T FUNCTION T Select a mode. Modes & Function shooting Mode Function shooting All modes BLACK & WHITE, SEPIA Factory default setting OFF OFF TIPS If letters do not show clearly with WHITE BOARD or BLACK BOARD T Use exposure compensation (P. 111). When WHITE/BLACK BOARD is selected, the flash is automatically set to off (flash override mode) (P. WB (white balance), (white balance compensation) and SATURATION cannot be used in Function shooting. 103 Chapter 6 Adjusting image quality and exposure Record Mode Selecting Record Modes Choose the best record mode for your purposes (printing, editing on a computer, web-site editing, etc. ). To see how large SmartMedia memory capacity is under various conditions (such as different resolutions, compressions, or file formats), refer to the table on page 106. The numbers in the table are approximate. Record mode TIFF Description The highest-quality mode. Images are saved as uncompressed data, which is the best for printing or image-processing on a computer. This mode has different resolutions to choose from, depending on how it is used. A high quality mode using the JPEG format. Because the compression rate is very low, high quality images can be stored. [. . . ] Photographs (images) shot using this camera are recorded onto the SmartMedia card in JPEG format when the Record mode is set to SHQ, HQ or SQ. By downloading these images to a personal computer, users can edit them using graphics application software or view the images using an Internet web browser. M (Manual) Mode The user sets both the aperture and shutter speed. P (Program) Mode Also called Program AE mode. [. . . ]