Olympus FE-5050 User manual

Instruction Manual
FE-5050/FE-4050
DIGITAL CAMERA
●Thank you for purchasing an Olympus digital camera. Before you start to use your new camera, please read these
instructions carefully 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.
●In the interest of continually improving our products, Olympus reserves the right to update or modify information
contained in this manual.
●The screen and camera illustrations shown in this manual were produced during the development stages and may
differ from the actual product. Unless otherwise specified, the explanation about these illustrations is provided for
FE-5050.

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Step 1
Other accessories not shown: warranty card
Contents may vary depending on purchase location.
Checking the contents of the box
LI-42B Lithium
Ion Battery USB cable OLYMPUS Setup
CD-ROM
F-2AC
USB-AC adapter
or
Step 2 Preparing the Camera
“Preparing the Camera” (p. 12)
Step 3 Shooting and Playing Back Images
“Shooting, Viewing, and Erasing” (p. 19)
Step 4 How to Use the Camera
“Camera Settings” (p. 3)
Step 5 Printing
“Direct printing (PictBridge)” (p. 46)
“Print Reservations (DPOF)” (p. 50)
Contents
Contents
Names of Parts............................................... 8
Preparing the Camera.................................. 12
Shooting, Viewing, and Erasing ................. 19
Using Shooting Modes................................ 26
Using Shooting Functions .......................... 30
Menus for Shooting Functions................... 34
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Menus for Playback, Editing, and Printing
Functions...................................................... 37
Menus for Other Camera Settings.............. 40
Printing.......................................................... 46
Usage Tips.................................................... 53
Appendix....................................................... 58
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AV cableDigital camera Strap

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Camera Settings
UsingtheDirectButtons
UsingtheDirectButtons
Frequently used functions can be accessed using the direct buttons.
Shutter button (p. 20)
Zoom buttons (p. 21)
qbutton (switch between shooting and
playback) (p. 20, 22)
mbutton (p. 5)
Ebutton (menu guide) (p. 25)
Arrow pad
H(left)
G(down) /
Dbutton (erase) (p. 24)
F(up) /
INFO button (change information
display) (p. 22, 25)
I(right)
Hbutton
(p. 4, 17)
The symbols FGHI displayed for image
selections and settings indicate that the arrow pad
is to be used.
N ORM
OK
SINGLE PRINT PRINT
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MORE
12:30’10/10/26’10/10/26 12:30
N ORM
14M
FILE
100 0004100 0004
10 26 12 30:..2010
OK
SET
X
YMDTIME
MENU
CANCEL
Y/M/DY/M/D

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UsingtheMenu
UsingtheMenu
Use the menu to change camera settings such as the shooting mode.
There may be menus that are unavailable depending on other related settings or the smode (p. 26).
Function menu
Function menu
Press the Hbutton during shooting to display the function menu. The function menu is used to choose the
shooting mode and provides access to frequently used shooting settings.
To select the shooting mode
Use HI to select a shooting mode and press the Hbutton.
To select the function menu
Use FG to select a menu and use HI to select a menu option. Press the H
button to set the function menu.
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PROGRAM AUTOPROGRAM AUTO
Shooting
Function menu
Shooting mode
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Selected option
Setup menu (p. 5)

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1Press the mbutton.
The setup menu is displayed.
DIGITAL ZOOM OFF
AF MODE FACE/iESP
MENU OK
SETEXIT
1
2
DATE STAMP
ICON GUIDE ON
OFF
RESETRESET
COMPRESSION NORMAL
2Press Hto highlight the page tabs. Use
FG to select the desired page tab and
press I.
1
MENU OK
SETEXIT
POWER SAVE OFF
VIDEO OUT
WORLD TIME
NTSC
BRIGHT
ENGLISH
2
Page tab
1
MENU OK
SETEXIT
2
POWER SAVE OFF
VIDEO OUT
WORLD TIME
NTSC
ENGLISH
BRIGHTBRIGHT
Submenu 1
3Use FG to select the desired submenu 1
and then press the Hbutton.
1
2
MENU OK
SETEXIT
POWER SAVEPOWER SAVE OFFOFF
VIDEO OUT
WORLD TIME
NTSC
BRIGHT
ENGLISH
1
OK
SET
MENU
BACK
2
POWER SAVEPOWER SAVE OFFOFF
VIDEO OUT
WORLD TIME
NTSC
BRIGHT
ENGLISH
POWER SAVE
ON
OFFOFF
Submenu 2
●4Use FG to select the desired submenu 2
and then press the Hbutton.
Once a setting is selected, the display returns to
the previous screen.
There may be additional operations.
“Menu Settings” (p. 34 to 45)
1
2
MENU OK
SETEXIT
POWER SAVEPOWER SAVE ONON
VIDEO OUT
WORLD TIME
NTSC
BRIGHT
ENGLISH
5Press the mbutton to complete the
setting.
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Setup menu
Setup menu
Press the mbutton during shooting or playback to display the setup menu. The setup menu provides access
to a variety of camera settings, including options not listed in the function menu, display options, and the time and
date.

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Menu Index
Menus for Shooting Functions
1Shooting mode
P(PROGRAM AUTO)......p.19
M(iAUTO)...................p.26
N(DIS MODE)..............p.26
s(SCENE MODE) .....p.26
P(MAGIC FILTER)....p.28
~(PANORAMA)..............p.29
A(MOVIE)......................p.20
2Flash.................................p.30
3Macro ...............................p.30
4Self-timer..........................p.31
5Exposure compensation...p.31
6White balance...................p.32
7ISO...................................p.32
8Image size (Still images)..p.33
9#(Setup) X
z(Shooting)/A(Movie)
RESET..............................p.34
IMAGE SIZE (Movies)......p.34
COMPRESSION
(Still images)...................p.34
FRAME RATE (Movies)....p.34
AF MODE.........................p.35
DIGITAL ZOOM................p.35
IS MOVIE MODE
(Movies)..........................p.35
R(Movies)........................p.36
ICON GUIDE....................p.36
DATE STAMP...................p.36
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PROGRAM AUTOPROGRAM AUTO
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1
2
3
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6
9
1
2
MENU OK
SETEXIT
DIGITAL ZOOM OFF
AF MODE FACE/iESP
DATE STAMP
ICON GUIDE ON
OFF
RESET
COMPRESSION NORMAL
1
2
IMAGE SIZE VGA
IS MOVIE MODE OFF
ON
FRAME RATE 30fps
MENU OK
SETEXIT
R

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Menus for Playback, Editing, and Printing Functions
1r(Settings 1)
MEMORY FORMAT/
FORMAT.......................p.40
BACKUP.......................p.40
qPOWER ON ...........p.40
KEEP KSETTINGS...p.40
PW ON SETUP............p.41
SOUND SETTINGS*1 ...p.41
BEEP*2..........................p.42
PIXEL MAPPING..........p.42
2s(Settings 2)
s(Monitor)................p.42
VIDEO OUT..................p.43
POWER SAVE..............p.44
W(Language)............p.44
X(Date/time).............p.44
WORLD TIME...............p.45
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PIXEL MAPPING
MENU
OK
SETEXIT
BACKUP
PW ON SETUP ON
SOUND SETTINGS
KEEP
K
SETTINGS YES
qPOWER ON YES
FORMAT
1
2
Menus for Other Camera Settings
1
2
MENU OK
SETEXIT
SLIDESHOW
EDIT
ERASE
PRINT ORDER
y
0
1
1q(Playback)
SLIDESHOW................p.37
EDIT.......................p.37, 38
ERASE.........................p.38
PRINT ORDER.............p.39
0(Protect)................p.39
y(Rotate)....................p.39
*1 Available in the FE-5050 only.
*2 Available in the FE-4050 only.

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Names of Parts
Names of Parts
Camera unit
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FE-4050
1Strap eyelet....................p.9
2Multi-connector
..................p.14, 16, 43, 46
3Battery/card compartment
cover...........................p.12
4Self-timer lamp.............p.31
5Flash.............................p.30
6Microphone.............p.36, 37
7Lens........................p.58, 72
8 Tripod socket
9 Speaker

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FE-4050
1nbutton........p.17, 19
2Indicator lamp...p.13, 14, 16
3Shutter button...............p.20
4Monitor ...................p.19, 53
5mbutton ..................p.5
6Zoom buttons ...............p.21
7qbutton
(switch between shooting
and playback) .......p.20, 22
8Hbutton (OK) .........p.4, 17
9Arrow pad.......................p.3
INFO button
(change information
display) .................p.22, 25
Dbutton (erase) ..........p.24
10 Ebutton (menu guide)
....................................p.25
Attaching the camera strap
Attaching the camera strap
FE-4050FE-5050
Pull the strap tight so that it does not come loose.

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Monitor
Shooting mode display
Shooting mode display
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1/100
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1Battery check................p.16
2Shooting mode.......p.19, 26
3Flash.............................p.30
Flash standby/flash charge
....................................p.53
4Macro ...........................p.30
5Self-timer......................p.31
6Exposure compensation
....................................p.31
7White balance...............p.32
8ISO...............................p.32
9Image size..............p.33, 34
10 Setup menu....................p.5
11 Date stamp...................p.36
12 Recording with sound
(movies)......................p.36
13 World time ....................p.45
14 Digital image stabilization
(movies)......................p.35
15 Compression
(still images)................p.34
16 Number of storable pictures
(still images)................p.19
Continuous recording length
(movies)......................p.21
17 Current memory ...........p.60
18 AF target mark..............p.20
19 Camera shake warning
20 Aperture value..............p.20
21 Shutter speed...............p.20