Olympus CAMEDIA C-310 Zoom User manual

DIGITAL CAMERA
D-540ZOOM
C-310ZOOM
X-100
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Thank you for purchasing an Olympus digital camera. Before you
start to use your new camera, please read these instructions care-
fully 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.
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from those of the actual product.
DIGITAL CAMERA
D-540ZOOM
C-310ZOOM
X-100
REFERENCE MANUAL

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For customers in North and South America
For customers in Europe
Trademarks
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• All other company and product names are registered trademarks and/or
trademarks of their respective owners.
• The standards for camera file systems referred to in this manual are the “Design
Rule for Camera File System/DCF” standards stipulated by the Japan Electronics
and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA).
“CE” mark indicates that this product complies with the European
requirements for safety, health, environment and customer protection.
“CE” mark cameras are intended for sales in Europe.
For customers in USA
Declaration of Conformity
Model Number : D-540ZOOM/C-310ZOOM/X-100
Trade Name : OLYMPUS
Responsible Party : Olympus America Inc.
Address : 2 Corporate Center Drive, Melville, New York
11747-3157 U.S.A.
Telephone Number :1-631-844-5000
Tested To Comply With FCC Standards
FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to
the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference.
(2) This device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
For customers in Canada
This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian
Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations.

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Composition of the manual
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
11
For fine- tuning the settings
to get that particular shot.
Getting started
About the menus
Shooting basics
Advanced shooting
Playback
Useful functions
Miscellaneous
Troubleshooting and other
information.
Contents P.4
P.8
P.31
P.40
P.59
P.73
P.89
P.98
P.121
Print setting (DPOF)
Specifications
Glossary of terms
P.135
P.137
For playing back and
arranging pictures.
Settings that make the
camera easier to operate.
Printing pictures.
Index P.139
For shooting and learning the
basic operations.
Introduction of the camera’s
functions.
Direct printing (PictBridge)
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P.107

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Contents
Composition of the manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1 Getting started 8
Names of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Monitor indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Attaching the strap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Selecting optional batteries or an AC adapter. . . . . . . . . . 17
Inserting a card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Card basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Removing the card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
If the card is not recognized (card check) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting a language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Holding the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2 About the menus 31
Types of menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
How to use the menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Shortcut menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Shooting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Mode Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Shooting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Contents
3 Shooting basics 40
Shooting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Taking still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Comparison of the viewfinder & monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Turning off the monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
If correct focus cannot be obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Determine the position of the subject after focusing
(Focus Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Subjects that are difficult to focus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Recording movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using the optical zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using the digital zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using the flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4 Advanced shooting 59
Macro mode shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Super macro mode shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Self-timer shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sequential shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
PANORAMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selecting a record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Varying the image brightness (Exposure compensation) . . . . . . 69
Adjusting the white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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Contents
5 Playback 73
Viewing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
QUICK VIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Close-up playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Picture rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Index display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Selecting the number of pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
MOVIE PLAYBACK - Viewing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Protecting pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Erasing pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Single-frame erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
All-frame erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Editing still pictures (Resizing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Editing movies (INDEX-Creating an index) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
6 Useful functions 89
ALL RESET - Saving the camera's settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
CARD SETUP - Formatting cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Displaying shooting information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Adjusting the monitor brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
REC VIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
FILE NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
PIXEL MAPPING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
7 Print setting (DPOF) 98
With print reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
All-frame reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Single-frame reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Resetting print reservation data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

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Contents
8 Direct printing (PictBridge) 107
Using the direct printing function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Connecting the camera to a printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Printing pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Using the simple print method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
PRINT mode/MULTI PRINT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
ALL PRINT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
ALL INDEX mode/PRINT ORDER mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Exiting direct printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
If an error code is displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
9 Miscellaneous 121
Error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
The camera does not work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
The image quality is poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
List of menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
List of factory default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
List of items by shooting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Camera maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Glossary of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

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1
Getting started
1 Getting started
Names of parts
Camera
Flash P.56
Self-timer lamp
P.62, P.108
USB connector cover
P.108
DC-IN jack P.17
USB connector
P.108
Lens
Extends automatically when you set
the shooting mode.
Zoom lever
(W/T• )
P.53, P.75, P.77
Card cover P.20
Strap eyelet
P.14
DC-IN jack cover P.17
Card slot
P.20
Shutter button P.45

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Names of parts
1
Getting started
Playback mode P.73
Shooting mode P.40
Lock button P.22, P.40
QUICK VIEW button
P.74
Self-timer button ( ) P.62
Monitor
P.10
Macro button ( ) P.59
Viewfinder
P.44
Tripod socket
Flash mode button ( )
P.56
Arrow pad
()
P.25, P.31
Power switch
Arrow pad
OK/Menu button ( )
P.31
Battery compartment
cover P.15
Buttons on the arrow pad have their respective functions. They are also
used as direction buttons. , , and indicate which button to
be pressed.
Shooting mode button
( :VirtualDial)
P.40
Power switch
P.22, P.40, P.73