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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of theirrespective owners.
•
The standards for camera file systems referred to in th is manual are the "Design
Ru leforCam era F il eSystem/DCP standards s ti pulated by t he Japan Electronics
and Information Technology Industri es Association (J EITA).
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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
"- •• ~
G:BJ ()]
Lock button 1ft" P.22, P. 40

Na mes of parts
Monitor indications
M ov ie
Items Indica
ti ons Ref. Page
1 Shootingmode P ·
l'!l · l!il · llil ~fil · iii P.40
2 Batterycheck
(Ml ' GiJ
P.12
3 Greenlamp 0 P.44
4 Flash standby
~ OijJ
camera mowment worningl Flash charge
~ (Biinks) P.44
5 Macromode & · a
P59
6 Flash mode
® · ~ · ffi
P56
7
Seq uential shooti ng
D ·!dJ
P63
8 Setf-timer t')
P62
9 Record mode SHQ, HQ , SQ1, SQ2
P66
10 Resolution 2048x1536, 1600x1200, 640x480,
P66
etc.
11 Exposure compensation -
2.0 , -1. 5, - 1. 0, ~.5, • 0.5 , •1.0, • 1. 5, •2. P69
12 WMe ba lance
,~<· é}, · ~ · ~
P.71
13 AF target mark [ 1 P.44
14 Memorygauge D·
ld · ld · ld
P.12
15 Number
of storable still pic tur es
15 P.44
Remaini
ng recording time 00:36 P51
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Names of parts
• Playback mode
INF O sett in gallows yo u to se lect how much informa ti on to <lisplay on the
mon it or. Screens whe n the informati on <lis play is set toON are shown be l ow.
~ "Oisplay in g shoot in ginf orma i on" (P . 93)
Still picture Movie
It ems Ind i catio ns
Re f. Pa ge
1 Plint reserva ti on,
cQ X 10
P. 100
Numberofplints
2 Battery ch
eck
@!!!)
C5
P.12
3 Protect [Q;] P
.82
4
Record mode SHQ, HQ, SQ 1, SQ2
P .66
5 Resolution 2048x1536, 1600x 1 200, 640x480,
P .66
etc.
6 E
xpos u re compensa tion -
2.0 , -1. 5, - 1.0 , -0.5, • 0.5 , •1. 0, • 1. 5, •2.0 P
.69
7 White bal
ance
WBAUTO, ~< · ~ . ~ , ~
P.71
8 Da t ea nd ti me 04.02. 10 12 30
P.27
9
File number ( s1i ll pictl.-e ~ Nu mber of frames
1 00-0016 , 16
Elapsed time/Total reoordilg üme (1110\/ ie} 00:00/ 00 :15
10 Movie
2?
P.SO
<9
Note
• The indi ca tions hat appearon a movie picture hat hasbeen selected
and displayed fromt
he indexdisplayare different from thoset hal appear
when the moviepicture is displayed
us ing the movie playbackfunction.
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Na mes of parts
• Memory gauge
T he memory gauge li ghts up wh en you lakea still pi cture. Wh ilethe gauge is
lit, the
camera is storing the pi cture on the card. The memory gauge i ndica -
tion
cha n ges as sh own be l ow depending on the shoot in g st atus .
T
he ind i cation is notdisplayed du ring moVie record in g.
Shoo t • Shoot Shoo t
• Q f~e ~.t===j:~ e ~ œ ~•f==: T : wo j:~ ~ ~ ~ ~:f= N : ; : ~ : n : e : : ~rR œ
il
:::;
:ï
(0
Il>
li)
[
shoolilg
(Gaugeisofl)
~en (lit) t aken (F !A iy 1 ~).
(U t) W~ oo til lhe ga u ge r etums
to lhe status on t he l eft to
~e lhe next shot.
• T he memory ga u ge indi ca ti on may no t be disp l ayed depe n di ngont he record
mode yo u selected .
• Battery check
If the remain in g battery poweris l ow, the battery check ind icati on ont he
moni tor changes as fo ll ows w hil et he camera is turned on .
----·· ~
~
Ut (Gree n)
(The i nd i ca t ~ t ums
o ff a ft er awhie)
Rema in ing power
level: high.
----~·~ "BA TT ERY
EMPTY" is
Bl nks (Red)
Remaining power leve l: klw .
Plepa re new batteries .
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displayed.
Rernain in g powe rl eve! : ex haust ed .
Rep l ace wit hn ew ba tte ri es.

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How to use this manual
Follow the arrows to perform menu operations. For <letails on
operating proce<lures . see d" "How to use ltle menus" (P.32).
L----"'-- <li:> <l!> @ aoo 8indicatewtlicn button
to press on tne arrow pa<l. (The upor
down buttons are used inltlis example .)
This samp le page is only foryour reference .11 may differ from the actua l page
in th is manual.
Indicati ons use<l in this manual
0 I
mportant infonnat ion on factors wh i ch may l ead to malfunclions or
operat i onal problems .Al so wams of operations ltlat shOuld be
Note
absolulely avoided .
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Userul informallon ana hints tnat will help you gel ltle mostout of
your
camera .
8:S"
Reference pages <lescriblng detailsor associate<l information.

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Attaching the strap
1 Thread the
short end of the
strap
through the strap
eyelet.
2 Thread the long end
of the
strap
through the loop that
has already
gone through
the eyelet.
3 Pull the strap tight , making
sure that it is securely
fastened anddoes
not come
loose.
~
• Be careful with he strap when you carry he camera, as it can easily
catch on strayobjects. causing serious damage.
• A
tt ac h the strap correctty following the proce dur e so thal the camera
does not
fa li off . If the strap is attached incorrectly a nd the ca me ra falls
off, Olympus is not responsible
fo r anydamages.
Note

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Loading the batteries
Th is camera uses 1 CR - V3 lithium battery pack, 2 AA (R6) al ka li ne ba tt eri es
or Ni
MH batteries.
Imp orta nt -- -------- ------ ---- -- -------------------,
• CR-V3 lith ium battery cannot be recharged.
• Do
not peel off the label from a CR - V3 lithium ba nery pack.
• Manganese (zinc-carbon) batteries cannot be used.
1 Make sure that the power swit ch is located at OFF.
Power SWitch
2 Slide th e battery co mpartment
cover in the direction of
®·
-The batlery compartment co ve r ls
unlocked and opened in t he direction of
@.
- Use the bali ofyour fing er to sllde the
cover. Do not useyour fingema ll as t his
cou ldresult in inJ ury .
co ver

Loading thebatteries
3 lnsert the batteries, making sure that they are correctl y
oriented as shown in the illustrat ion.
The battery insertion di rect ion ma rKis prov i ded insideof the battery
compartment.
When us i ng AA ( R6) batteries When us in ga CR -V3 lit hi um
battery pacK
•
fV
a.
~ Battery insertion -;p ~
di rection ma rK ~
There isa mark stlOw i ng the
correct
way to insert the AA
ba tt eries on the bottom of t he
camera .
4 C lose the battery com partment
cover , and press it do wn ©
and slide it in the direction
shown @.
• If Ille batlery c o~ rtme nt cove r see ms
hardtocl ose ,do not f orce il. Wiltlltle
batlery co m partme nt cover shut ,pr ess
Ille § m ark fi rm ly and pustl il inIlle
d
ir ection i nd i ca t ed by @.
When u sing a CR - V3 li th iu m
b
att ery pacK . in sert il inIlle
direc
tion as shown inthe
illustration.
/Î\. • If he ca m era is l eft f or about3 days wi h thebatteriesremoved, he date
~ and time setti ng will revert to t he factorydefault setti ng .
Note
Pre ca ut io nswhen us ing ba tt erie s ------------.
The amount of powe r consumed varies considera bl y depending on th e
operations
pertorrned ont he digi tal camera. If you use extlausted
batteries orai
Ka li ne ba tteries,the camera may tum offwi ttlOut di s pl aying
Illebatterylevel waming (P .12).
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Loading the batteries
Selecting optional batteries or an AC adapter
ln add iti on to thebatteries provided With the camera, the fo ll ow in gtypes of
ba tt ery or AC ad apte r can be used . Choose th epower sou r ce best su i ted to
the
situation .
• CR - V3 lithium battery pack (Not rechargeable)
Si nce theC R- V3 lithium battery pack has a t ong service fife ,il is conven i ent
when trave li ng .
• NiMH batteries (Rechargeable batterie s)
Otym p us NiM H ba tt er iesare rec h argeable and econom i ca l. H owever ,
chargin g the ba tt e ri es rep eated ty be f ore us in g up their capacity will shorten
the fi fe of he ba tt eries pe r charge gr adua l ty.
•AA (R6 )alkaline batteries
Whe n you n eed batteries ina hurry, you canuse AA (R6) atka tine batteries,
wh i ch areeasy to obta in anyw h ere. However the nu mbe rofpi ctu res thal yo u
can l ake may vary considerabty d epe ndi ng on the battery manu f actu rer,
shooting conditions,etc.Tu rn offthe mon itor wh eneve r poss ibleto save
power.
•A C adapter
An op tiona l Olymp us CAM EDlA-brand AC adapter all ows you to poweryour
d
igi ta l camera f rom a common AC wa ll outlet. Be su re to use the specified AC
ad apte r. An AC adapt er is useful fo r time - co n suming tasks such as
down l oadin g or printin g out of ima g es .
Use an AC adapter d esigned to operate on the AC vol t age inthe area the
camera is b eing use d.
Co nsul! you r nearest Otym p us dea l er orServi ce cente r for deta il s.
AC wall outl et
OC-IN jackcover
~
L'fJ
Power~ lu g
AC adapter
~ L: ,
Connection cord plug
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Loading the batteries
<P
Note
18
Manganese (zinc-carbon) batteries cannot be use<!.
If the battery powerruns out while the ca mera is co nnected to a PC or
printer, heim age data m ay be l ost or da maged. Y ou arerecommended
touset
he AC adapterwhen transferring imagesto a PC. Do notconnec!
or disconnect he AC adapterwhile he camera is communicating wit h
he PC
or pr inter.
• Do
not re move or load the batteries or conn ec! or disconnect the AC
adapterwhile he camera is turned on. Doing so could a
ff ect the
camera's internai settings
or functions.
• The lite
of batterypacks may vary according to the type of battery,
manufacturer, shooting conditions, etc.
P
ower is consumed continuously during t he conditions below. This
could shorten t
he lite of the batteries.
•
When themoni tor isin the playback mode foran extended period
ofti me.
• Repeated
zoo m adjustments.
• Repeated auto-focus
by depressing the shu tt er button half way .
•
When he camera is co nnected to a PC or p ri nter.
• Carefully read t
he AC adapter's instructions before use.
•
When us in g an AC adapter, the AC adapt er suppli es powerto he
cameraeven
if batteri es areloaded in thecamera. Th e AC adapter does
not char ge batteries in the camera.

lnserting a card
" Gard" in this ma nuai refers to the xD-P i cture Gard . The camera uses the ca rd
to record pictures.
Card basics
Th e card corresponds to normal camera f il mfor recording he pi ctures you
have tal<en.
Pictures recorded and stored on the card can eas il y be erased ,overwritt en . •
a
nd /or edited on a PC .
1 Index area B· GJ
Y ou can wr i te dow n the card's co n tents. .v-
2 Con t act area :::;
Cornes into contact Wi th the camera 's sig nal read . 1 ~·
con t acts. Il>
Compatible cards
• xD - Picture Gard (16 to 512MB)
<!>
Note
• This camera
may not recogn iz e a non-Oiympus card or a card th at was
forrnatted on ano he rdev ice (such asa PC,etc.). Beforeuse, be sure to
format the
cardon his camera. W "CAROSET UP- Forrnatting cards"
(P.91)
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