User manual OLYMPUS IS-500

[. . . ] IF THE INTERNAL PARTS OF THE CAMERA ARE EXPOSED DUE TO DROPPING OR DAMAGE, REMOVE THE BATTERIES IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT FURTHER USAGE. IN CASE OF MALFUNCTION, CONSULT YOUR NEAREST OLYMPUS DEALER OR OLYMPUS SERVICE CENTER. CONTENTS Names of parts Camera Body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Camera Body/LCD Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Viewfinder Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Using the strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Diopter adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Loading and checking the batteries . . 7 Loading the film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Taking pictures Programmed Auto (FULL AUTO). . 9 Focus Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Unloading the film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Taking Panorama pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 (Panorama models only) Flash photography Setting the flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Auto Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 [ ] Red-Eye Reduction Flash . . 13 [ ] Fill-In Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Exposure modes 1. Direct Mode Select buttons . . . . . . . . 14 [ ] Stop Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 [ ] Portrait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 [ ] Landscape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 [ ] Night Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. Exposure mode button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 [ A ] Aperture Preferred Auto . . . . 17 [ S ] Shutter Speed Preferred Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 [ M ] Manual Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Flash photography in the Manual Exposure mode . . . . 20 [ ] Exposure Compensation . . . . . . . . 22 [ ] Spot Metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 [ ] Selftimer/ [ ] Remote Control(Optional) . . . . 25 [ ] Macro Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 [ ] Continuous Shooting . . . . . . . . 26 Restoring the Programmed Auto [FULL AUTO] mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Illuminating the LCD panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Correcting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . 28 Printing the date/time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Care and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Accessories (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 3 Symbols used in this manual: Incorrect Manual operation Operation order Automatic operation Order Attention Indicator on Indicator blinking Depress halfway Beep . Pay particular attention to items in this manual enclosed in boxes Products shown in pictures and illustrations may be slightly different from the actual unit. 4 NAMES OF PARTS -- Camera Body Zoom button SPOT button Power switch/ flash release NAMES OF PARTS -- Camera Body/LCD Panel 1 Flash mode button 2 Selftimer/ remote control/ macro/ continuous shooting button 3 Exposure compensation/ manual exposure/ shutter speed button Functions as shutter speed button only when the exposure modes & is set to "M". [. . . ] The camera beeps twice the first time the subject comes into focus. When the subject is moving too fast, the shutter will not release. Use the Auto Flash mode in flash photography. 16 1. Direct Mode Select Buttons Night Scene Use this mode to shoot a night scene without artificially illuminating the subject. 2. Exposure Mode Button Aperture Preferred Auto [A] By selecting the aperture on your own, you can control the blurring of the background. The shutter speed is controlled automatically. 17 The shutter speed is set at as slow as 4sec. Use a tripod to keep the camera steady. In this mode, you can shoot clear pictures at night without overilluminating the subject and blackening out the background. When shooting subjects against a nighttime background, combine this mode with the flash. Do not use the flash when you are shooting night scenes only. Compose your shot, and press the shutter release button. Select a smaller aperture (larger value) for a sharper background. Push the lever 2 downward to select a slower shutter speed. Then press the shutter release button all the way. The selftimer indicator lights for about 10 seconds and then blinks for about 2 seconds. After this, the shutter will release. 1 Press the SPOT button. The mark, aperture setting and shutter speed will be displayed on the LCD panel and in the viewfinder. The exposure determined by light metering will be locked. The Selftimer mode is automatically disengaged after shutter release. To cancel the selftimer after it has been activated, press the selftimer/ remote control button again. When in the Remote Control mode Compose your shot in the viewfinder. Position the autofocus frame on your subject. To take a picture, point the remote control at the camera and press the button on the remote control. The camera starts beeping, and the shutter will release about 3 seconds later. 2 Press the shutter release button all the way. Use the remote control in this range. When the flash is flipped up or the Night Scene mode is engaged, the camera will not perform spot metering. When the shutter releases, the Spot Metering mode is canceled. [. . . ] Viewfinder: Single-lens reflex system, magnification ratio 0. 72 (at 50 mm). Finder view-field -- 85% of actual view-field. Viewfinder information: Autofocus frame, Panorama marks*, autofocus indicator, spot frame, macro indicator, flash indicator (also used as flash warning), overexposure/underexposure indicator (also used as exposure compensation indicator), aperture setting indicator and shutter speed indicator. Light metering system: TTL light metering system, ESP light metering, center-weighted average light metering and spot metering. [. . . ]