User Manual
Table Of Contents
- CAMERA OPERATION MANUAL
- How to use this manual
- Composition of the manual
- Contents
- Names of parts
- 1 Getting started
- 2 Using the menus
- 3 Shooting basics
- 4 Flash
- 5 Advanced shooting
- A/S/M mode
- Aperture priority shooting
- Shutter priority shooting
- Manual shooting
- Using My Mode
- Focusing applications
- Metering
- AE LOCK - Locking the exposure
- Macro mode shooting
- Super macro mode shooting
- Self-timer shooting
- Remote control shooting
- Sequential shooting
- PANORAMA - Panorama shooting
- 2 IN 1 - Taking two-in-one pictures
- FUNCTION - Adding special effects to pictures
- Recording sound with still pictures
- Recording sound with movies
- Using commercially available external microphones
- 6 Adjusting the image quality and exposure
- 7 Playback
- 8 Useful functions
- ALL RESET - Saving the camera’s settings
- CUSTOM BUTTON
- SHORT CUT
- MY MODE SETUP
- CARD SETUP - Formatting cards
- Information display
- Monitor/viewfinder brightness adjustment
- REC VIEW
- SLEEP - Sleep Timer
- Beep
- SHUTTER SOUND
- VOLUME - Playback volume
- POWER ON/OFF SETUP - Power on/off display/sound setting
- SCREEN SETUP
- FILE NAME
- PIXEL MAPPING
- Measurement units
- VIDEO OUT - Video output selection
- 9 Print setting (DPOF)
- 10 Direct printing (PictBridge)
- 11 Miscellaneous
- DIGITAL CAMERA - PC CONNECTION OPERATION MANUAL
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External flash (optional)
4
Flash
• The camera’s flash mode will have no effect on the external flash.
The external flash will fire even when the camera’s flash mode is set
to $ (off).
• Confirm in advance that the external flash you are using is
synchronized with the camera.
Compatible external flashes
When selecting an external flash, use products which meet the
following basic conditions.
(1) Some flashes available on the market operate with a high voltage synchro
terminal. If one of these is used, it may damage the camera, and/or the
camera may not function normally. Contact the manufacturer of the flash
you are using concerning the specifications of the flash’s synchro
terminal.
(2) Some flashes available on the market have the polarity of the synchro
terminal reversed. In this case, even if the flash is connected, it will not
fire. Contact the manufacturer of the flash for more information.
(3) Exposures when using an external flash require that adjustments be
made on the external flash unit. If an external flash is used in the auto
mode, match it with the F value and ISO settings on the camera.
(4) Even if the auto F value and ISO of the external flash are set to the same
conditions as those on the camera, depending on the photographic
conditions, it is possible that the correct exposure may not be obtained
anyway. In such a case, adjust the auto F value or ISO value on the
external flash unit or calculate the distance in the manual mode and use
it that way.
(5) Use a flash whose illuminating angle covers the angle of view of the lens.
However, in close-up photography with the lens on the wide setting, the
bottom of the image may not expose correctly. The ideal is to have a wide
angle adapter to fit on the flash and spread the illumination angle so it is
wider.
(6) Use a flash unit with a flash time of 1/200 sec. or less when using the flash
at full strength.
For devices with a long flash time, a portion of the light emitted will not
contribute to the exposure.
(7) If a flash unit or other accessory TTL flash that has additional
communications functions other than an Olympus FL series flash is
used, it may not only fail to function normally, but may also cause
damage to the camera's circuitry. Do not use such a device.
Note