Olympus CAMEDIA C-450 Zoom User manual

DIGITAL CAMERA
D-565ZOOM
C-450ZOOM
X-300
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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-565ZOOM
C-450ZOOM
X-300
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-565ZOOM/C-450ZOOM/X-300
Trade Name : OLYMPUS
Responsible Party : Olympus America Inc.
Address : 2 Corporate Center Drive, Melville, New York
11747-3157 U.S.A.
Telephone Number : 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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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.61
P.78
P.96
P.108
P.117
Print setting
Specifications
Glossary of terms
P.131
P.133
For playing back and
arranging pictures.
Settings that make the
camera easier to operate.
Printing pictures.
Index P.135
For shooting and learning the
basic operations.
Introduction of the camera’s
functions.

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Contents
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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selecting a language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Taking still pictures using the viewfinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Taking still pictures using the monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Comparison of the viewfinder & 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
Night scene mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Recording movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using the optical zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using the digital zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using the flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4 Advanced shooting 61
Macro mode shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Self-timer shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Selecting the metering area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Sequential shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
PANORAMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Taking two-in-one pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Selecting a record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Varying the image brightness (Exposure compensation) . . 74
Adjusting the white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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Contents
5 Playback 78
Viewing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
QUICK VIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Close-up playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Index display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Selecting the number of pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Playback on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Picture rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
MOVIE PLAY - Viewing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Protecting pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Erasing pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Single-frame erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
All-frame erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Creating black and white pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Creating sepia-toned pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Resizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
INDEX - Creating an index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
6 Useful functions 96
MODE RESET - Reset the settings you changed . . . . . . . . . . 96
ALL RESET - Saving the camera's settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
CARD SETUP - Formatting cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Displaying shooting information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Adjusting the monitor brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
REC VIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Turning the beep sound off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
FILE NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
PIXEL MAPPING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
VIDEO OUT - Video output selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

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Contents
7 Print setting 108
How to print pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
All-frame reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Single-frame reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Resetting print reservation data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
8 Miscellaneous 117
Error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
The camera does not work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
The image quality is poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
List of menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
List of factory default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
List of items by shooting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Camera maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Glossary of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

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Getting started
1 Getting started
Names of parts
Camera
Lens barrier
Turns the camera on
and off in the shooting
mode.
Shutter button
P.43 Flash P.58
Self-timer lamp P.63
DC-IN jack/VIDEO OUT jack cover
P.17, P.84
USB connector
DC-IN jack P.17
Lens
Extends automatically
when you open the lens
barrier.
Zoom lever
(W/T• )
P.55, P.80,
P.81
Card cover P.20
VIDEO OUT jack
P.84
Strap eyelet
P.14
Connector cover
Card slot
P.20

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Names of parts
1
Getting started
Orange lamp P.43
Green lamp P.43
AF target mark P.43
Monitor button
(QUICK VIEW )
P.45, P.79
Playback button ( )
P.78
Turns the camera on
and off in the
playback mode.
Turns the monitor on
and off in the shooting
mode.
Self-timer button ( )P.63
Monitor
P.10
Macro button ( ) P.61
Viewfinder
P.43
Tripod socket
Flash mode button ( )
P.58
Arrow pad
()
P.26, P.31
Viewfinder
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.