Olympus CAMEDIA C-770 Ultra Zoom User manual

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We recommend that you take test shots to get accustomed to your
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DIGITAL CAMERA
C-770 Ultra Zoom
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For customers in Europe
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For customers in USA
Declaration of Conformity
Model Number : C-770 Ultra Zoom
RM-2 (Remote control)
Trade Name : OLYMPUS
Responsible Party : Olympus America Inc.
Address : 2 Corporate Center Drive, Melville, New York
11747-3157 U.S.A.
Telephone Number : 1-631-844-5000
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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How to use this manual
This manual contains a list of contents, an index and a list of menus to enable
you to easily find the function that you want to use or find out more about.
Using the list of contents gP.6
All the titles in the manual are listed here, grouped into chapters. There
is a chapter containing information to read before using your camera for
the first time, a chapter that describes basic shooting procedures, etc.
Using the index gP.229
The index lists the camera’s functions, parts and terms used in this
manual in alphabetical order. When you come across a word in the
manual that you do not understand or when you want to find a certain
term, use the index to find the page(s) where it is used.
Using the list of menus gP.223
The camera's menus are listed in the form of a tree according to tab and
show the setting options for each available function. First find the menu
you are looking for, and then look for the reference page number for each
function.
For example....
when you want to view a picture that you have
taken
Go to Chapter 7 Playback and look for the page
titled “Viewing still pictures....124”.
when you want to know more about ESP
metering
Go to the index at the end of the manual and look
under E for “ESP metering....85, 220”.
For example....
when you want to find out which setting to
choose for WB
Go through the menus until you find WB and look for
the reference page number.
For example....

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How to use this manual
A sample page is shown below to explain how to read the instructions in this
manual. Look at it carefully before taking or viewing pictures. See the
reference pages for further details on how to use the power switch or menus.
This sample page is only for your reference. It may differ from the actual page
in this manual.
2If you set the power switch to Kin step 1, set the mode dial to
one of these symbols.
g
“Shooting modes” (P.47)
This shows the
buttons and button
positions for the
function concerned.
1 Slide the power switch to one of these symbols.
g “Power on/off” (P.25)
3Follow the arrows to perform menu operations.
g“How to use the menus” (P.35)

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Composition of the manual
Miscellaneous P.200
Advanced Photography
To get that particular shot
using various effects or for
fine-tuning the settings.
Getting started
Using the menus
Shooting basics
Flash
Advanced shooting
Adjusting the image quality
and exposure
Useful functions
Print setting (DPOF)
Direct printing (PictBridge)
For playing back and editing
pictures
Settings that make the
camera easier to operate.
Printing pictures
Troubleshooting and other
information
Contents
Names of parts
P.6
P.12
P.18
P.34
P.47
P.61
P.73
P.106
P.124
P.147
P.173
P.184
Playback
Basic Photography
Introduction of the
camera’s functions
Index P.229
List of menus P.223
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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Contents
How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Composition of the manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Names of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Viewfinder and monitor indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Memory gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Battery check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1 Getting started 18
Attaching the strap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Battery/card basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Card basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Inserting and removing the battery and card. . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using an AC adapter (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Startup/Shutdown screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
If the card is not recognized (card check) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selecting a language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Adjusting the viewfinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Holding the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
2 Using the menus 34
About the menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
How to use the menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Shortcut menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Mode Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3 Shooting basics 47
Shooting modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Taking still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Contents
If correct focus cannot be obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using the Focus Lock function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Subjects that are difficult to focus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Recording movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using the optical zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SUPER ZOOM – Using the super zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
DIGITAL ZOOM – Using the digital zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4 Flash 61
Flash shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using the slow synchronization flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Flash intensity control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
External flash (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using the external flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using commercially available external flashes . . . . . . . . . 71
Compatible external flashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5 Advanced shooting 73
A/S/M mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Aperture priority shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Shutter priority shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Manual shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using My Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Focusing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
AF MODE – Changing the focus range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
FULLTIME AF – A reliable time-saving way to focus . . . . 79
AF AREA – Changing the position of the AF target mark . . . 80
AF LOCK – Locking the focus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Manual focus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Spot metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
MULTI METERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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AE LOCK – Locking the exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Macro mode shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Super macro mode shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Self-timer shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Remote control shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Sequential shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Sequential shooting, high speed sequential shooting
and AF sequential shooting . . . . . 95
Auto bracketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
PANORAMA – Panorama shooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
2 IN 1 – Taking two-in-one pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
FUNCTION – Adding special effects to pictures . . . . . . . . . . 102
Recording sound with still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Recording sound with movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using commercially available external microphones. . . . . . . 105
6 Adjusting the image quality and exposure 106
Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Still Picture Record Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Movie Record Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Selecting a record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
ISO sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Exposure compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
White balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Auto white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Preset white balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
One-touch white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
White balance adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
SHARPNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
CONTRAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
SATURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
NOISE REDUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
REDUCE FLICKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Histogram display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

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Contents
7 Playback 124
Viewing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
QUICK VIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Close-up playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Index display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Selecting the number of pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Viewing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Editing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
INDEX – Creating an index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
EDIT – Editing a movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Playback on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Picture rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Recording sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Resizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Protecting pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
SWITCH FRAME – Playing back only protected pictures . . . 144
Erasing pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Single-frame erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
All-frame erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
8 Useful functions 147
ALL RESET – Saving the camera’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
CUSTOM BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Setting the custom button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Using the custom button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
SHORT CUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Setting the shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Using the shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
MY MODE SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
CARD SETUP – Formatting cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

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Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Monitor/viewfinder brightness adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 161
REC VIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
SLEEP – Sleep Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Beep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
SHUTTER SOUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
VOLUME – Playback volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
POWER ON/OFF SETUP – Power on/off
display/sound setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
SCREEN SETUP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
FILE NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
PIXEL MAPPING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Measurement units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
VIDEO OUT – Video output selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
9 Print setting (DPOF) 173
How to print pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
All-frame reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Single-frame reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Resetting print reservation data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
10 Direct printing (PictBridge) 184
Using the direct printing function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Connecting the camera to a printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Printing pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Easy printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
PRINT mode/MULTI PRINT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
ALL PRINT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
ALL INDEX mode/PRINT ORDER mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Trim the picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Exiting direct printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
If an error code is displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

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11 Miscellaneous 200
Error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
List of factory default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Modes and Shooting Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Camera maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
How to replace the battery (CR2025) of the
remote control device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Glossary of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
List of menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Indications used in this manual
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.
gReference pages describing details or associated information.
Note

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Names of parts
Camera
Lens
Self-timer/Remote control
lamp gP.92, 93
Microphone
gP.103, 104, 139
DC-IN jack gP.24
Flash gP.61
A/V OUT jack (MONO)
gP.137
USB connector gP.185
Connector cover gP.24, 137, 185
Mode dial gP.47
Shutter button gP.51
Zoom lever (W/T•GU) gP.58, 126, 127
Remote control receiver gP.93
Hot shoe gP.69
Speaker
Strap eyelet gP.18

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Names of parts
Viewfinder gP.14, 32, 51, 161
AE Lock/Custom button (x)
gP.81, 86, 88, 149
Power switch gP.25
Monitor button (f) gP.51
Card access lamp gP.51
Arrow pad (acbd) gP.34, 124
OK/Menu button ( e ) gP.34
Monitor gP.14, 51, 161
Flash mode button (#)
gP.61
Diopter adjustment dial gP.32
Self-timer/Remote control button (Z)
gP.92, 93
Protect button (0)
gP.143
Rotation button (y) gP.138
Flash button gP.61
Battery compartment/card cover gP.21
Tripod socket
Erase button (S) gP.145
QUICK VIEW button
gP.125

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Names of parts
Viewfinder and monitor indications
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.
g“Information display” (P.160)
zShooting modes
Still picture Movie
Item Indications Ref.
Page
1 Shooting modes P, A, S, M, N, o, m, L, K, J, I,
s, PP.47
2 Shutter speed 15" – 1/1000 P.75
3 Aperture value F2.8 – F8.0 P.74
4 Exposure compensation
Exposure differential
-2.0 – +2.0
-3.0 – +3.0
P.112
P.76
5 Battery check e, fP.17
6 Green lamp |P.52
7 Flash stand-by
Camera movement
warning/Flash
charge
#(Lights)
#(Blinks) P.63
8 Macro mode
Super macro mode
Manual focus
&
%
MF
P.90
P.91
P.83
9 Noise reduction OP.120
0.0
0.0
2288 1712
2288 1712
HQ
HQ
00:36
00:36
00:36
0.0
0.0
MPEG4
MPEG4

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Names of parts
10 Flash mode !, #, $, #SLOW1, HSLOW1,
#SLOW2 P.61
11 Flash intensity
control
w-2.0 – +2.0 P.68
12 Drive o, j, i, k, BKT P.95
13 Self-timer
Remote control
Y
<
P.92
P.93
14 Sound record RP.103,
104, 139
15 Record mode TIFF, SHQ, HQ, SQ1, SQ2, MPEG4 P.106
16 Resolution 2288 × 1712, 1280 × 960, 640 × 480 etc. P.108
17 AF target mark [ ] P.51
18 Number of storable
still pictures
Time remaining
30
00:36
P.108
P.56
19 AE lock
AE memory
B
CP.88
20 Spot metering nP.85
21 ISO ISO64, ISO100, ISO200, ISO400 P.111
22 White balance 5, 3, 1, w, x, y, VP.113
23 White balance
adjustment
B1 – B7, R1 – R7 P.116
24 Saturation 6-5 – +5 P.119
25 Sharpness N-5 – +5 P.117
26 Contrast J-5 – +5 P.118
27 Memory gauge a, b, c, dP.17
Item Indications Ref.
Page

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Names of parts
zPlayback mode
• 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.
Still picture Movie
Item Indications Ref.
Page
1 Battery check e, fP.17
2 Switch frame JP.144
3 Print reservation,
Number of prints
Movie
<× 10
n
P.175
P.130
4 Sound record HP.103
5 Protect 9P.143
6 Record mode TIFF, SHQ, HQ, SQ1, SQ2, MPEG4 P.106
7 Resolution 2288 × 1712, 1280 × 960, 640 × 480,
320 × 240 etc. P.108
8 Aperture value F2.8 – F8.0 P.74
9 Shutter speed 15" – 1/1000 P.75
10 Exposure
compensation
-2.0 – +2.0 P.112
11 White balance WB AUTO, 5, 3, 1, w, x, y, VP.113
12 ISO ISO64, ISO100, ISO200, ISO400 P.111
13 Date and time ’04.06.17 15:30 P.30
14 File number, Frame
number
Playing time/
Total recording time
FILE : 100 – 0030, 30
00:00/00:20
P.169
P.131
'04.06.17 15:30
'04.06.17 15:30
0.0
0.0
2288*1712
2288*1712
HQ
HQ
'04.06.1
'04.06.1
7
7
1
1
5:30
5:30
00:00/00:20
00:00/00:20
640
640
480
480
MPEG4
MPEG4
6
7
11
13
14
12 345
Note

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Names of parts
zMemory gauge
The memory gauge lights up when you take a still
picture. While the gauge is lit, the camera is
storing the picture on the card. The memory
gauge indication changes as shown below
depending on the shooting status. The indication
is not displayed during movie recording.
zBattery check
If the remaining battery power is low, the battery check indication changes as
follows when the camera is turned on or while the camera is in use.
2288 1712
2288 1712
HQ
HQ
Memory gauge
Battery check
Before
shooting
(Gauge is off)
No more pictures
can be taken
(Fully lit)
Wait until the gauge
returns to the status
on the left to take the
next shot.
One picture
taken
(Lit)
Two or more
taken
(Lit)
Shoot Shoot Shoot
Wait
abcd
ef
Lights (green)
(Goes off after a while)
Remaining power level:
high
Remaining power level:
exhausted
Charge the battery.
Blinks (red)
Remaining power level:
low
Charge the battery.
BATTERY EMPTY
is displayed.

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1
Getting started
1 Getting started
Attaching the strap
1Pass the lens cap string through
the hole in the lens cap, then pass
the other end through the loop and
pull tight.
2Pull the ends of the strap out of the
stopper and ring.
3Thread one end of the strap (A)
through the string loop (attached to
the lens cap in step 1. Then thread it
through the strap eyelet on the
camera.
4Thread the end of the strap back
through the ring and stopper as
indicated by the arrows. Adjust the
strap to the desired length.
5Pull the strap through the stopper
(B) to make sure it is fastened
securely.
6Attach the strap to the other eyelet
following steps 3 to 5.
• Be careful with the strap when you carry the camera, as it can easily
catch on stray objects, causing injury or damage.
• Attach the strap correctly as shown above so that the camera does
not fall off. If the strap is attached incorrectly and the camera falls
off, Olympus is not responsible for any damages.
Stopper
Ring
A
Strap eyelet
B
Note

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Getting started
1
Battery/card basics
Charging the battery
This camera uses an Olympus lithium-ion battery (LI-10B). Other types of
batteries cannot be used.
The battery is not fully charged at the time of purchase. Be sure to use the
specified battery charger (LI-10C) to charge the battery before use. For more
information, read the manual supplied with the battery charger.
1Connect the power
cord to the power
connector on the
battery charger.
2Plug the power cord
into an AC wall outlet.
3Insert the battery into
the battery charger
while aligning the +
-marks on both the
battery and battery
charger.
• The charging indicator
lights red and charging
begins.
• When charging is
complete, the indicator
lights green.
AC wall outlet
Charging indicator
Connection
terminals
Lithium-ion battery (LI-10B)
Battery polarity