User manual OLYMPUS FE-270

[. . . ] DIGITAL CAMERA FE-270/X-815/ C-510 Advanced Manual Quick Start Guide Get started using your camera right away. Button operations Menu operations Printing pictures Using OLYMPUS Master Getting to know your camera better Appendix ( 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. [. . . ] 23) Lamp indicators This camera uses several lamps to indicate the camera status. Lamp Self-timer lamp Card access lamp Status The lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for approximately 2 seconds, and then the picture is taken. Lit (red): Shooting mode Lit (green): Playback mode Unlit: Power is off. Blinking (red): A picture is being recorded, the camera is reading a movie, or images are being downloaded (when connected to a computer). · Do not do any of the following while the card access lamp is blinking. Doing so may prevent the image data from being saved and render the internal memory or card unusable. · Open the battery/card compartment cover · Remove the battery and card · Connect or disconnect the AC adapter Green lamp of the monitor Lit: The focus and exposure are locked. · Release your finger from the shutter button, re-position the AF target mark on the subject and press the shutter button halfway again. 42 EN Extending the useful life of the battery · Performing any of the following operations when not actually taking pictures can deplete the battery power. · Repeatedly pressing the shutter button halfway · Repeatedly using the zoom · To save battery power, set [POWER SAVE] to [ON], or turn off the camera whenever it is not in use. g "POWER SAVE Setting the camera to the power save mode" (P. 25) Functions that cannot be selected from menus · Some items may not be selectable from the menus when using the arrow pad. · Items that cannot be set with the current shooting mode · Items that cannot be set because of an item that has already been set: [%] and [#], etc. · Some functions cannot be used when there is no card in the camera. [PANORAMA]/[PRINT ORDER]/[FORMAT]/[BACKUP] Selecting the optimal image quality A record mode expresses a combination of desired image size and compression level. Use the following examples to help determine the optimal image quality when shooting. To print large images on full-size paper/To edit and process images on a computer · [SHQ] or [HQ] Getting to know your camera better To print A4 (11. 7×8. 5 in. )/postcard-size images · [SQ1] To send as an e-mail attachment or post on a web site · [SQ2] To express the broadness of a subject such as landscapes/To view pictures on a wide-screen television. · [16:9] g "IMAGE QUALITY Changing the image quality" (P. 17) To return the settings of functions to default settings · To return the changed shooting settings to default settings while shooting, set [RESET] to [YES]. g "RESET Changing the shooting functions back to default settings" (P. 18) · All shooting settings except for [IMAGE QUALITY] and the selected scene mode return to default settings when the camera is turned off. Playback tips Playing back pictures in the internal memory · When a card has been inserted in the camera, the pictures in the internal memory cannot be played back. Pull out the card before operating the camera. Quickly displaying a desired picture · Press the zoom lever to the W-side to display the pictures as thumbnails (index display). g "Zoom lever Zooming while shooting/Close-up playback" (P. 14) EN 43 Erasing sound recorded to still pictures · Once sound is added to a picture, it is not possible to erase the sound. In this case, make a re-recording with silence. [. . . ] 13 SETUP menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Shooting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 14, 45, 57 Shooting movies n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12 Shooting still pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]