Olympus CAMEDIA C-5050 Zoom User manual

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C-5050ZOOM
REFERENCE MANUAL
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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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of the actual product.
DIGITAL CAMERA
C-5050ZOOM
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).
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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 : 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
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
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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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
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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.
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