Olympus CAMEDIA C-5050 Zoom User manual

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DIGITAL CAMERA
C-5050ZOOM
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For customers in Europe
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For customers in USA
Declaration of Conformity
Model Number : C-5050ZOOM
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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INDEX
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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Introduction of the
camera’s functions
This section guides you
through the basic operations
from taking pictures to
playing them back.
Advanced Photography
To get that particular shot
using various effects or for
fine-tuning the settings.
Getting started
Shooting and playback basics
Mode dial and direct button
functions
Using the menus and tabs
Flash
Advanced shooting
Playback
Useful functions
Print setting
Miscellaneous
For playing back and
arranging pictures
Settings that make the
camera easier to operate.
Printing pictures
Troubleshooting and other
information
Contents
Names of parts
P.4
P.10
P.20
P.39
P.59
P.69
P.79
P.91
P.125
P.147
P.164
P.195
P.205
Adjusting the image quality
and exposure

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Contents
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Names of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Control panel indications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Monitor indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Memory gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Battery check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1 Getting started 20
Attaching the strap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Selecting optional batteries or an AC adapter. . . . . . . . . . 23
Inserting a card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Card basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ejecting the card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Switching cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Startup/Shutdown screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
If the card is not recognized (card check) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting a language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adjusting the viewfinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2 Shooting and playback basics 39
Holding the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Taking still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Taking still pictures using the viewfinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Taking still pictures using the monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Comparison of the viewfinder & monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
If correct focus cannot be obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Determine the position of the subject
after focusing (Focus Lock). . . . . . . . . 46
Subjects that are difficult to focus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Recording movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using the optical zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using the digital zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Viewing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Quick View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Viewing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Protecting pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Erasing pictures (Single-frame erase) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
3 Mode dial and direct button functions 59
Mode dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Setting-related modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Situation-related modes . . . . . . . . . . 61
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Direct Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Direct buttons and the jog dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Flow of direct button operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Direct button functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
4 Using the menus and tabs 69
About the menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
How to use the menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Shortcut menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Mode Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
5 Flash 79
Flash shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Contents
Using the slow synchronization flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Flash intensity control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
External flash (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Using the FL-40 external flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Using commercially available external flashes . . . . . . . . . 88
Compatible commercially available external flashes. . . . . 89
Using a slave flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
6 Advanced shooting 91
Aperture priority shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Shutter priority shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Manual shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Using My Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Focusing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
AF MODE - Changing the focus range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
FULLTIME AF - A reliable time-saving way to focus. . . . . 97
Changing the position of the AF target mark. . . . . . . . . . . 98
AF illuminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Manual focus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Metering , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Spot metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Multi-metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
AE Lock - Locking the exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Macro mode shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Super macro mode shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Self-timer shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Remote control shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Sequential shooting , , , . . . . . . . . . 112
High speed sequential shooting, sequential shooting
and AF sequential shooting. . . . . . . . 112
Auto bracketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Panorama shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Taking two-in-one pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

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FUNCTION - Adding special effects to pictures . . . . . . . . . . 121
Recording sound with still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Recording sound with movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
7 Adjusting the image quality and exposure 125
Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Selecting a record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
3:2 Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
ENLARGE SIZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
RAW Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
ISO sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Exposure compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
White balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Auto white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Preset 1 white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Preset 2 white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Custom white balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
One-touch white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
White balance adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Scene modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Noise reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Histogram display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
8 Playback 147
Close-up playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Index display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Selecting the number of pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Playback on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

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Picture rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Recording sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Resizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
RAW editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Editing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Creating an index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Editing a movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Copying pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
All-frame erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
9 Useful functions 164
All Reset - Saving the camera’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Custom button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Setting the custom button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Using the custom button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Setting the shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Using the shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
MY MODE SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Formatting cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Dual control panel display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Monitor brightness adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Rec View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Beep sound adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Button operation beep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Shutter sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Playback volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Power on/off display setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Screen setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
File name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

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Pixel mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Measurement units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Video output selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Initializing the settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
10 Print setting 195
How to print pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
All-frame reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Single-frame reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Canceling reservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Resetting print reservation data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
11 Miscellaneous 205
Error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
List of menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
List of factory default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
List of items by shooting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Camera maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Glossary of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Indications used in this manual
l
Important information on factors which may lead to a
malfunction or operational problems. Also warns of operations
that should be absolutely avoided.
Useful information and hints that will help you get the most out
of your camera.
Reference pages describing details or associated information.
Note

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Names of parts
Camera
Lens
AF illuminator P.99
Strap eyelet P.20
Remote control
receiver P.110
Self-timer/Remote control lamp
P.109, 110
Control panel P.13
Hot shoe P.86
Microphone P.122,
124, 153
A/V OUT jack (MONO)
P.151
Flash P.79
Connector cover P.23, 151
USB connector
DC-IN jack P.23

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Names of parts
Viewfinder P.38
AF target mark P.40
Green lamp P.40
Orange lamp P.40
AEL button (AEL) P.105
Erase button ( ) P.58
Power switch P.31
Jog dial P.63
Monitor button
(Quick View )
P.42, 54
Speaker P.185
Card cover P.26
Card access lamp P.40
Arrow pad ( ) P.53, 69
OK/Menu button ( ) P.69
Card button (CF/xD•SM) P.29
Monitor P.15, 43
Battery compartment cover P.21
Battery compartment lock P.21
Tripod socket

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Names of parts
Exposure compensation button ( ) P.93, 131
AF/Macro/MF button ( ) P.100, 107
Diopter adjustment dial P.38
Mode dial P.59
Self-timer/Remote control button
()
P.109, 110
Rotation button ( ) P.152
Zoom lever (T/W· )
P.50, 147, 148
Shutter button P.40
Custom button ( )
P.166
Print button ( ) P.197
Flash mode button ( ) P.79
Metering button ( ) P.102
Protect button ( ) P.57

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Names of parts
Control panel indications
Items Indications Ref. Page
1 Battery check , P.18
2 Shutter speed 2ooo (1/2000 sec.), 2.5'' P.92
3 Aperture value F1.8 P.91
4 Exposure compensation
Flash intensity control
+2.0, +1.0, 0.0, -1.0, -2.0 P.131
P.85
5 Macro mode
Manual focus
Super macro mode
Super macro MF mode
(Lights)
MF (Lights)
(Blinks)
MF (Blinks)
P.107
P.100
P.108
P.108
6 Flash mode , , , SLOW , SLOW P.79
7 Flash intensity control P.85
8 Sequential shooting mode , , , BKT P.112
9 Remote control P.110
10 Self-timer P.109
11 Sound record P.122, 124

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Names of parts
Items Indications Ref. Page
12 Record mode RAW, TIFF, SHQ, HQ, SQ (SQ1, SQ2) P.125
13 Noise reduction NR P.142
14 AE lock
AE memory
AEL
AEL
P.105
P.106
15 Metering , P.102
16 ISO ISO P.130
17 White balance WB P.133
18 Selected card , , P.29
19 Number of storable still
pictures/Seconds
remaining
Error code
30
-E-
P.48, 126
P.205

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Names of parts
Monitor indications
Shooting mode
Items Indications Ref. Page
1 Shooting mode , , , , , , , ,
, ,
P.59
2 Shutter speed 16 – 1/2000 P.92
3 Aperture value F1.8 – F8.0 P.91
4 Exposure compensation
Exposure differential
-2.0 – +2.0
-3.0 – +3.0
P.131
P.93
5 Battery check , P.18
6 Green lamp P.42
7 Flash stand-by/Camera
movement warning
Flash charge
(Lights)
(Blinks)
P.80
8 Macro mode
Super macro mode
Manual focus MF
P.107
P.108
P.100
9 Noise reduction P.142
10 Flash mode , , , SLOW 1, SLOW 2,
SLOW
P.79
11 Flash intensity control -2.0 – +2.0 P.85
Still picture Movie

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Names of parts
12 Drive , , , , BKT P.112
13 Self-timer
Remote control
P.109
P.110
14 Sound record P.122, 124,
153
15 Record mode RAW, TIFF, SHQ, HQ, SQ1, SQ2 P.125
16 Resolution 2560 ×1920, 2560 ×1696, 1280 ×960,
640 ×480, 320 ×240
P.126
17 AF target mark [ ] P.42
18 Number of storable still
pictures
Seconds remaining
30
36''
P.126
P.48
19 AE lock
AE memory
P.105
20 Spot metering P.102
21 ISO ISO64, ISO100, ISO200, ISO400 P.130
22 White balance , , , , , ,
, ,
AWB, CWB
P.133
23 White balance
compensation
B1 – B7, R1 – R7 P.138
24 Saturation -5 – +5 P.141
25 Sharpness -5 – +5 P.139
26 Contrast -5 – +5 P.140
27 Scene modes , , P.142
28 Memory gauge , , , P.18
29 Selected card [xD], [SM], [CF] P.29
Items Indications Ref. Page

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Names of parts
Playback mode
INFO setting allows you to select how much information to display on the
screen. Screens with the Information display set to ON are shown below.
“Information display” (P.177)
Items Indications Ref. Page
1 Battery check , P.18
2 Selected card [xD], [SM], [CF] P.29
3 Print reservation,
Number of prints
Movie
x 10 P.197
P.55
4 Sound record P.123
5Protect P.57
6 Record mode RAW, TIFF, SHQ, HQ, SQ1, SQ2 P.125
7 Resolution 2560 × 1920, 2560 × 1696, 1280 × 960,
640 × 480, 320 × 240
P.126
8 Aperture value F1.8 – F8.0 P.91
9 Shutter speed 16 – 1/2000 P.92
10 Exposure compensation -2.0 – +2.0 P.131
11 White balance WB AUTO, , , , ,
, , , , AWB, CWB
P.133
12 ISO ISO64, ISO100, ISO200, ISO400 P.130
13 Date and time '02.10.17 15:30 P.36
14 File number
Playing time/total recording time
FILE : 100 – 0030
0'' / 20''
P.189
Movie (during playback)
Still picture

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Names of parts
• The indications that appear on a movie picture that has been
selected and displayed from the index display are different from
those that appear when the movie picture is displayed using the
movie playback function.
Memory gauge
The memory gauge lights up when you take a still picture. When the gauge is
lit, the camera is saving a picture to the card. The memory gauge indication
changes as shown below depending on the shooting status. The indication is
not displayed during movie recording.
Battery check
If the remaining battery power is low, the battery check indication on the
control panel and monitor changes as follows when the camera is turned on
or while the camera is in use.
Battery check Control panel Monitor Status
Lights Lights (green)
(Goes off after a while)
Remaining power level: high
Blinks Blinks (red) Remaining power level: low
Replace with new batteries.
No indication
The green lamp and orange lamp at the
side of the viewfinder blink. (The control
panel turns off automatically.)
Remaining power level:
exhausted
Replace with new batteries.
Note
Before shooting
(Gauge is off)
No more pictures
can be taken
(Fully lit)
Wait a while before
taking the next shot.
One picture
taken
(Lit)
More than
two taken
(Lit)
Shoot Shoot Shoot
Wait

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How to use this manual
• This sample page is only for your reference. It may differ from the actual page in
this manual.
5
Flash
Flash intensity control
You can adjust the amount of light emitted by the flash.
In some situations, you may get better results by adjusting the light emission.
Examples include small subjects, distant backgrounds, or situations when
increased contrast is desired. You can adjust the brightness in the range of
±2.0 in 1/3 EV steps.
1Adjust the brightness by turning
the jog dial while holding down
and at the same time.
•The exposure value is displayed on the
control panel while the flash intensity
control function is set.
Mode dial
Exposure compensation
button
Flash mode
button
Jog dial
Turning to the left
decreases light emission in
steps of 1/3 EV.
Turning to the right
increases light emission in
steps of 1/3 EV.
(EV : Expo
Turning to the left
decreases light emission in
steps of 1/3 EV.
Set the mode dial to any of the marks shown here.
The buttons for the
function and their
location are clearly
illustrated.
This shows jog dial operations.
Sharpness
This function adjusts the sharpness of the image.
1In the top menu, select MODE
MENU →
→→
→PICTURE →
→→
→
SHARPNESS, and press .
“How to use the menus”(P.xx)
2Press to adjust the
sharpness between +5 and -5.
•To increase the sharpness (+) :
Press . The image contours are
emphasized, making the image appear
d. Use this setting
Mode dial
Arrow pad
OK button
CARDSEt
CAM
PICtURE
SHARPNESS
CONtRASt
SAtURAtION
Follow the arrows to perform menu operations. For details on operating
procedures, see “How to use the menus” (P.70).
This represents the arrow pad. Only arrows
applicable to the operation are shown.