User manual OLYMPUS STYLUS ZOOM 80 WIDE DLX

[. . . ] ZOOM 80 WIDE DIX INSTRUCTIONS Before using your camera, read this manual carefully to ensure correct use. Thank you for purchasing an Olympus camera. Before you start to use your new camera, please read these instructions carefully to obtain optimum performance and a longer service life from the unit. WARNING Indicates circumstances under which mishandling resulting from ignoring this symbol could result in personal injury or property damage. KEEP THE BATTERIES AWAY FROM FIRE. NEVER TRY TO DISASSEMBLE, RECHARGE, OR SHORT-CIRCUIT BATTERIES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DISASSEMBLE THE CAMERA; IT CONTAINS A HIGH-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT. 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 2 SERVICE CENTER. to ensure correct use. Before using your camera, read this manual carefully We recommend that you take test shots to get accustomed to your camera before taking important photographs. Built-in 28 mm - 80 mm approx 3X zoom lens. [. . . ] The Spot mode cannot be used while the Redeye Reducing Night Scene Flash mode is being used. Note: When the lens barrier is closed, the Red-eye Reducing Flash mode is restored. 40 SPOT MODE To focus and set the exposure for a selected area. Press the button and button at the same time. is displayed on the LCD panel. Press the and the flash mode buttons at the same time or close the lens barrier to cancel the Spot mode. subject, and press the shutter release button halfway. Make sure The green lamp lights. Position the autofocus mark on your 41 The exposure will be locked in the center of the autofocus mark. frame while keeping the shutter release button depressed halfway. Then press Reposition your subject in the picture the shutter release button fully. different points from the autofocus frame using the Spot mode. The use of the Spot mode is recommended in the following cases: Focus and exposure can be adjusted at When there is an object in front of the main subject. When the subject is on the edge of the frame. When the background is brighter than the subject (the subject is backlit). 42 SELFTIMER To put yourself in the picture. Press the button. is displayed on the LCD panel. Make sure The camera is fixed firmly on a tripod or other support. Aim at your subject, and press the shutter release button. 10 sec. : Selftimer indicator lights 2 sec. : Blinks The shutter will be released about 12 seconds after pressing the shutter release button. Notes: The selftimer is disengaged when the shutter is released. The focus and exposure will be locked when the shutter release button is depressed halfway. 43 To cancel the selftimer after it has been activated, press the button again. The optional RC-200 Remote Control is required in the operation below. REMOTE CONTROL (optional) Press the button. on the LCD panel. is displayed After shooting, press the button again to cancel the Selftimer/Remote Control mode. Remote control operation is canceled automatically when not in use for more than 20 minutes. 44 Aim the remote control at the camera, and press the button. The shutter will be released after about 3 seconds. Notes: Use the remote control within the range shown at left. The camera will focus on the subject directly in front of it. The remote control may not work when the subject is backlit. The remote control may not work when there is inverted fluorescent light near the camera. 45 CORRECTING THE DATA or longer. Press the MODE button for two seconds The year indication will start blinking. Press the SET button to correct the year. If you press the button once, the number on the display will advance by 1. And if you keep it pressed, the numbers will run in rapid succession. 46 Press the MODE button again. The month indication will start blinking. and minutes. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to set the hour Note: As you press the mode button, the blinking indication changes in the order of year, month, day, hour, and minute. The data correction will be finished when the mode button is pressed 47 again. PRINTING THE DATE AND TIME Choose the desired mode with the MODE button. The mode will switch in the described order by pressing the MODE button. The quartzdate uses the same power source as the main unit. Make sure to correct the data after the battery is replaced. The data is imprinted in the lower right of the picture. If there is something whitish or tinged with orange where the data is imprinted, the data may be difficult to read. The data may not be imprinted correctly on the frame(s) after the specified final exposure of the film. No data Year-month-day Month-day-year Day-month-year Day-hour-minute 48 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q: How long will the battery last?A: A new 3V lithium battery will last for roughly 15 rolls of 24-exposure film on which the flash was used on half of all the shots (determined under Olympus test conditions). If you do not use the flash and zoom very often, the battery will last much longer. A: If the flash is used continuously, it may become hot. If this happens, stop using the camera for a while. A: Wipe the lens gently with lens cleaning tissue that has been moistened with a small amount of lens cleaning fluid. Q: What should I do when both the orange and green lamps are blinking and the camera doesn't work? [. . . ] Flash working range: Wide-angle -- 0. 8 ~ 4. 4 m (2. 6 ~ 14. 4 ft), Telephoto -- 0. 8 ~ 2. 3 m (2. 6 ~ 7. 5 ft) with ISO 100 color negative film; Wideangle -- 0. 8 ~ 8. 8 m (2. 6 ~ 28. 9 ft), Telephoto -- 0. 8 ~ 4. 6 m (2. 6 ~ 15. 1 ft) with ISO 400 color negative film. Flash modes: Auto (automatic flash activation in low light and backlight, Red-eye Reducing (otherwise same as in Auto), Flash Off (no flash with slowest shutter speed of 4 sec. ), Fill- In (forced activation), Night Scene (for night scenes with slowest shutter speed of 4 sec. other functions operate the same as in Auto), Red-eye Reducing Night Scene (otherwise same as in Night Scene). Battery check: Displayed on LCD panel. 67 Weatherproof: IEC Standard publication 529. [. . . ]