User manual OLYMPUS FE-290

[. . . ] DIGITAL CAMERA FE-290/X-825 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. [. . . ] · Pictures are not recorded to the internal memory when a card is inserted in the camera. Pictures in the internal memory can be copied to the card using the [BACKUP] function. g "BACKUP Copying pictures in the internal memory to the card" (P. 49) Number of storable still pictures and recording length of movies Still pictures Number of storable still pictures Image quality Image size Internal memory With sound SHQ HQ SQ1 SQ2 16:9 3072 × 2304 3072 × 2304 2048 × 1536 640 × 480 1920 × 1080 1 3 7 31 8 Without sound 1 3 7 39 8 Using a 1 GB card Getting to know your camera better With sound 254 503 1102 4568 1230 Without sound 256 511 1142 5814 1305 Movies Length of continuous recordable time Image quality Image size Internal memory With sound SHQ HQ 640 × 480 (15 frames/sec. ) 320 × 240 (15 frames/sec. ) 7 sec. 29 min. Using a new card · If you use a non-Olympus card or a card used for another application, such as a computer, use the [FORMAT] function to format the card. g "MEMORY FORMAT (FORMAT) Formatting the internal memory or card" (P. 24) EN 43 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. Getting to know your camera better 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. 26) 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] 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. 44 EN · [16:9] g "IMAGE QUALITY Changing the image quality" (P. 18) To return the settings of functions to default settings · To return the changed shooting settings to default settings while shooting, set [RESET] to [YES]. [. . . ] 24 SELF PORTRAIT R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Self-timer lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 44 Self-timer Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 SETUP menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]