VIEWING AND
ERASING PICTURES
With a Digital Camera, you
want—and delete the ones you don’t.
a.
Viewing Pictures
There are two ways to access the Playback mod
• If the camera is OFF and the lens barrier closed, press
once.
OR
• If the camera is in the shooting mode with the lens barrier
fully open, press twice in rapid succession (QUICK
VIEW).
The last picture taken appears in the monitor. Use
to scroll though all the images saved on your xD-Picture
Card.
When you are finished reviewing your
• Press to turn the monitor off.
OR
• To return to the shooting mode, press the shutter button
halfway.
b.
Erasing Pictures
The beauty of digital photography is your ability to keep
the photos you want, delete the rest, and reuse empty
memory space to take new pictures. This Digital Camera
offers two ways to permanently erase unwanted digital
photos:
Single-Frame Erase: Deletes only the picture currently
displayed in the monitor.
Once erased, pictures cannot be restored.
• With the lens barrier closed, and use the arrow
pad to display the picture you want to erase.
•P
• Press
• Press to select YES, and then press .
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described in step 5a. This makes it easy to quickly erase a
picture that you just took.
All-Frame Erase: Deletes all pictures on the xD-Picture
Card in one operation, except for pictures you have
protected.
Once erased, pictures cannot be restored.
• With the lens barrier closed, .
• Press , then press to select M
• Use to select the CARD tab, then press twice to
access the CARD SETUP screen.
• ALL ERASE should be highlighted. Press .
• As a safeguard, the Digital Camera will ask you to select
YES or NO to confirm erasing, as
deletes all unprotected
.
TAKING PICTURES
There are two w
monitor or with the viewfinder. Depe
situation, there may be advantages to each method. Please
refer to the printed Basic Manual for more informa
a.
Taking a Picture with the Moni
• Open the lens barrier fully.
• Frame yo
Icons representing camera settings appear on the
monitor, telling you important information such as the
Flash and record modes, battery life, and the number of
frames remaining.
• Press the shutter button halfway. The green lamp will light
steadily when the focus and exposure are set.
• Press the shutter button completely to take the pictu
short beep confirms your picture has be
b.
Taking a Picture with the Viewfinder
• Open the lens barrier fully.
• Frame your subject
target mark in the viewfinder.
• Press the shutter button halfway.
The Digital Camera confirms the focus and exposure are
properly set when the green lamp in the viewfinder lights
steadily.
• Press the shutter button completely to take the picture
A short beep confirms your picture has been take
c.
Zooming
This Digital Camera features a zoom lens, allowing you
to get closer to action, or capture wide-angle shots and
get everything into the picture.
• Push the zoom button W to zoom out and get eve
into the picture.
• Push the zoom button T to choose
get closer to the action.
d.
Flash Modes
This Digital Camera features multiple flash mod
Please note that not all flash modes are available
depending on the shooting mode selected.
With the shutter button depressed halfway, the flash is
ready to fire when the indicator in the monitor or the
orange lamp next to the viewfinder lights. When the
orange lamp is blinking, the flash is charging.
e.
Number of Storable Pictures
Your Digital Camera can handle xD-Picture Cards from
16 MB to 256 MB. The number of storable pictures
depends on the image quality selected. The default
quality mode is HQ mode. This mode allows you to
capture high quality images with medium file sizes. The
HQ mode is suitable for most shooting situations.
See the Reference Manual for complete descriptions of
each recording mode and the storable frame capacity for
the various resolution modes and xD-Picture Card
capacities.
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and look for the nu
you can always delete unwanted pictures to make room for
more. (See Step 5.)
Push to zoom out Push to zoom in
Icon Flash Mode Description
No
indication
Auto-fla The camera automaticall
Red-eye
Reduction Flash
Reduces incidence of red-eye by emitting pre-flashes to
shrink pupil size before firing the main flash. The strobe
effect is normal operation for this mode.
Fill-in Flash The flash always fires with every picture.
Flash Of T
prohibited or not desired. The flash never fires.
INSTALLING THE CAMERA
SOFTWARE
You've now mastered the basic functionality of yo
Digital Camera! You are now ready to beg
that digital photography brings to your comp
photo editing, printing, and much more a
About the Olympus CAMEDIA Master CD-ROM
Your Olympus Digital Camera comes bundled with a suite of software a
The CD includes:
• CAMEDIA Master : To download pictures from the camera, view, organize, retouch and print
your digital photos and movies.
• USB Driver for Windows 98: This utility must be installed to allow the camera to communicate
with your computer if it uses the
• Olympus Digital Camera Reference Manual: A comple
saved on the CD in PDF format.
You are now ready to install the computer software.
• Open the CAMEDIA Master CD-ROM
the language you wish to use.
• Continue to follow the step-by-step instructions fo
digital photo processing capabilitie
CONNECTING THE CAMERA
TO A COMPUTER
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power supply wh
Make sure that the camera is turned off before connecting
it to your computer.
Olympus makes it simple to connect the Digital Camera to your computer.
• Turn the camera off.
• Plug the supplied USB cable into the USB connector o
computer as illustrated at right.
Windows 98 users must install the “USB Driver for
Windows 98” software before connecting the
Digital camera to the computer. Re
Software Installation Guide for complete
information.
• Press the button when the camera does not turn on
automatically. The camera starts communicatin
• When the camera is connected to the PC, the
the viewfinder lights steadily.
• When the camera starts communicating with the PC, the orange
lamp next to the viewfinder blinks.
Additional Camera Features
This Digital Camera offers a host of advanced features to expand your creativity. Here’s just a small sampling.
See the Basic Manual for details on these capabilities,
• 7 Scene Program Shooting Modes : By using the on-line mode dial (virtual dial), you can easily
the camera settings that most closely match your shooting situation.
• Sequential Shooting : Take a rapid succession of still pictures.
• Still Picture Editing : Edit still pictures and store them as new p
• Macro Mode: For close-ups as tight as 0.7 ft. (
• Movie Recording : Yes, this Digital Camera records movies! (Movies cannot be recorded with sound.)
• Two-in-one Pictures : Combine two separate images
picture.
• Close-up Playback : Enlarge the pictures in the monitor
• Index Display : View several thumbnail p
• Protecting Pictures : Prevents you from accidentally erasing photos.
• Video Playback : View your pictures and movies on a television
• Panorama Shooting: Connect overlapping images
Olympus Camedia Master software.
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documentation handy
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