Olympus Camedia C-310ZOOM User manual

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CAME DIA
DIGITAL CAMERA
D-540ZOOM
C-310ZOOM
X-100
REFERENCE MANUAL
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OLYMPUS®
CAME DIA
DIGITAL CAMERA
D-540ZOOM
C-310ZOOM
X-100
REFERENCE MANUAL
• Th ank you for p ur chas in g an Olympus digital camer a. Before you
startto use
yo ur new camera, pl ease read th ese instructions care-
fully to enjoy optimum perfonnance and a lon
ger service lite. Keep
th
is manual in a safe place for future reference.
•
We recommend thatyou take test shots to get accustomed to your
camera bef
ore taking important photographs.
• Screen and camera illustra
ti ons shown in th is manual maydiffer
fr om those of the actual product.

For customers in North and South America
For customers in USA
Declarati on of Conformity
Model Number :D-540ZOOMIC-310ZOOMIX-100
T
rade Name : Ol YM P US
Responsible Party :Olympus America lnc.
Address :2 Corporate Center Drive, Melville, New
York
1174 7-3157 U.SA
Telephone Number :1-631-844-5000
T ested To Comply With F CC Standards
F
OR H OM E OR OFFICE USE
This devieecomp li eswith Part 15 of the FCC nu l es .Operation issubject to
t
he fo ll owing two conditions:
(1) This dev iee maynot cause harm ful interference.
(2) This dev iee must accept anyinterference rece ved, including
in terference thal ma y cause undesired operation.
For customers in Canada
ThisClass B digital apparatus meets ali requirements of the Canadi an
lnterference-Causing Equipmen t Reg ulations.
For customers m Europe
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r equ i rements or safety, heatth, environment and cus t omer prote cti on.
"CE" mark cameras arei ntended for sales inE uro pe .
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Ru leforCam era F il eSystem/DCP standards s ti pulated by t he Japan Electronics
and Information Technology Industri es Association (J EITA).
2

Composition of the manual
lntroouction ofthe camera's
functions.
Forshooting and learningthe
basic operations.
For
fine- tuning he seltings
to gel thal particutar
shot.
For playing back and
arranging pictures.
Selt
in gs thal make the
camera easierto opera te.
Print in gpictures.
Troubleshooling
and olher
i
nformation.
Contents
Specifications
Glossary
of terms
Index
P.4
P.135
P.137
P.139
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Contents
Composi t ion of t he manual .. .. ........ .. ...... . .
.. 3
1 Getting started 8
Names of parts ... .. ........ _. ........ . _ ....... . . ... 8
Camera ...... .. ....... . _. ....... _. ........ . . ... 8
Monitor indications
....... _. ........ . _ ....... . .. .10
How to use this manual . . .. .. ....... ... ....... .. .. 13
Attachi
ng t he strap .. _. _ ....... .. . ....... _. ... 14
L
oading the batteries .. .. ........ .. ........ .. .15
Selecting optional batteries or
an AC adap ter ..... _. . .. 17
lnserting a
card . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. .. 19
Card bas ics ... .. ....... . _. ...... . _ ........ . . .. 19
Removing the ca rd ....... _. . .. . . .. ........ .. .21
Power
on /off . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ........ .. .. 22
If
the ca rd is not recognized (card check) ....... . _. ... 24
Selecting alanguage •.@ . ... ....... .. ........ .. .. 25
Setti
ng t he date and time E!) .. ........ . _ ........ _. ... 27
Holding the ca mera . . . .. ........ .. ........ .. ... 30
2 About the menus 31
Types ofmenus .. .. ........ . _ ........ _. ........ . . .. 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
T aking still pictures .. .. ........ .. ........ .. .. 44
Compari son of the viewfinder & monitor . ....... . _ .... 46
T urn i ng off the monitor .. .. ........ .. ........ . .... 47
Ifcorrect focus cannat be obtained . . . .. ....... ... .. 48
Determine the position of the subject after focusing
(F
ocus Lock) ....... .. ....... .. .. 48
Subjects thal
are difficult to focus on .. .. ....... ... .. 50
Reco r ding movies ~ . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. .51
Zoom . .. ........ .. ....... · -· ······· - _ ....... . . .. 53
Using the optical z oom . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. ... 53
Using
the digit al zoo m. . . . . . .. . . . . .. ........ .. .. 54
Using the fl ash • . . . . . . .. . . .. ........ .. ... 56
4 Advanced shooting 59
Macro mode shoo t ing & . .... ........ .. ........ .. .. 59
Supe r mac ro mode shooti ng s'!l ...... ... ....... .. .... 61
Sel f-ti mer shooting ~ ...... .. ........ _. ........ . . .. 62
Sequen tial shooting Q ........... .... ... 63
PANORAMA . . . . . . . .. .
...... . _. . . .. ... 64
Selecting a record m ode ~·· . .. ........ .. ....... .. ... 66
Varying the image br i ghtness (Exposure compensation) lB ... ... 69
Adjust ing the wh itebalance WB .. .. ........ .. .. 71
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Contents
5 Playback 73
Viewing still pictures ~ .... .. ........ .. ........ .. ... 73
QUICK VI EW. . .. .. ........ .. ........ .. .. 74
Close - up playback Q. .. .. ........ .. ... 75
Picture rotati
on !:J ...... ......... .. .... 76
Index display 181 .. ........ .. ........ _. ........ .... 77
Selecting the number of pictures ..... ... ....... ... .. 78
Sl ideshow ~ ... .. ........ .. ........ .. ........ .. .. 79
MOVIE P LAYBACK -Viewi ng mov ies ~ .. ........ _. ... 80
P ro t ecting pictures o.. . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... .82
Erasing pictures
~ ........ _. ........ .• ........ _. ... 83
Sing le -f rame er ase . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... 83
Ali-frame erase .. ........ .. ... 84
Edit ing still pictures (Resizing) ~ . . . .. ........ .. .. 85
Edit
ing movies (I NDEX -Creating an index) . .. ....... _. ... 87
6 Useful functions 89
ALL RESET - Saving the ca mera's settings ........ . _ .... 89
CARO S ET UP -Formatti ng cards lïJ ..... .. ........ ....91
Displayi
ng shooti ng information INFO ... .. .... 93
Adjust ing the monitor brightness !51.1 ..... _._ ....... .... 94
RE CV IE W. . . .. ........ .. ....... .. ........ .. .. 95
FILE N AME ..... .. _. _. __ . _ __ . _. ____ . __ _. ____ . __. .. 96
P IXE L MAPPING . . . .. ........ .. . _ ...... .. ... 97
7 Print setting (DPOF) 98
With pr in t reservation g .. . ... .. ._ ...... .. ... 98
Ali -f rame reservation ~ ...... . _ ..... .. . _ ...... .. .. 1 00
Single -frame reservation g ... ..... _. __ _. ____ ._ __ ... 1 02
Resetti ng pri nt reservati on data g .. .. ._ ...... .. .. 1 05
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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
Names of parts
Camera
Zoom lever
(WfT·~ Q.)
W P.53,P.75, P .77
Shutter button w P.45
r----- Flash w P.56
Lens
USB connector cover Extends automatica
ll y when you set
w P.108 he shooting mode.
DC ·IN jac k cover w P.17
~~~;l;;;::;;;:::: ;:::j- Strap eyelet
W P.14
~~ ~~=~ - USB connector
IJ<i> P.108
1+!--1--H-~ Ca rd slot
W P.20
DC·INjack W P.17
Card cover
1J<i> P.20
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Names of parts
Arrow pad - -------- --- -----------,
Buttonsonthearrow pad have the irrespective tune ions.They are also
used as direction button s. œ . aD. 8 and e in di cate which button to
be pressed.
Shootingmode button Macro button ( & ) B" P.S9
(ô :Virtual Dial) 1!.
B" P.40 Â _,'f'Oollr---- Flash mode button ( $: )
T B" P. S6
Viewfinder
B" P. 44
Power switch
OK/Menu button 1® 1
~fi" P. 31
Self-tlmer button ( ~ ) 1ft" P.62
,.....------ P ower switch
B" P.22, P. 40 , P.73
Tripod
socket
r- Piayback mode ~fi" P.73
aPl' 0 o- Shootingmode q> P.40
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Lock button 1ft" P.22, P. 40