Olympus STYLUS 400 Digital User manual

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REFERENCE MANUAL
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zThank 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.
zWe recommend that you take test shots to get accustomed to your
camera before taking important photographs.
zThis reference manual contains guidelines for using Olympus Stylus
300/400 DIGITAL (µ [mju:] 300/400 DIGITAL). Except where otherwise
specified, the explanations in the manual apply to both models.
zIn the interest of continually improving products, Olympus reserves the
right to update or modify information contained in this manual.
DIGITAL CAMERA
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 : Stylus 300 DIGITAL, Stylus 400 DIGITAL
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 : 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

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Contents P.4
Introduction of the
camera’s functions
This section guides you through
the basic operations from taking
pictures to playing them back.
“Quick-start guide” is designed
for those who want to become
familiar with the camera in a
very short time.
Getting started P.8 1
Quick-start guide P.33 2
Using the menus and tabs P.39 3
Shooting basics P.47 4
For fine-tuning the settings to
get that particular shot Advanced shooting P.65 5
For playing back and arranging
pictures Playback P.83 6
Settings that make the camera
easier to operate. Useful functions P.101 7
Printing pictures Print settings P.111 8
Troubleshooting and other
information Miscellaneous P.117 9
Specifications P.133
Glossary of terms P.135
index P.137

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Contents
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1 Getting started 8
Names of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Monitor indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Weatherproof feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Attaching the strap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Loading the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using an optional AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Inserting a card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Card basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing the card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
If the card is not recognized (card check) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selecting a language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Holding the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2 Quick-start guide 33
Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Taking still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Recording movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Viewing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Viewing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Protecting pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Erasing pictures (Single-frame erase) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Contents
3 Using the menus and tabs 39
About the menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
How to use the menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Shortcut menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Mode Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4 Shooting basics 47
Shooting modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Taking still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Taking still pictures using the monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Taking still pictures using the viewfinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Comparison of the viewfinder & monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
If correct focus cannot be obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Determine the position of the subject
after focusing (Focus Lock). . . . . . . . . 54
Subjects that are difficult to focus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Night scene mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Recording movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using the optical zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using the digital zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using the flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
5 Advanced shooting 65
Macro mode shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Self-timer shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Remote control shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Selecting the metering area , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Sequential shooting , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Panorama shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Taking two-in-one pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Selecting a record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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Varying the image brightness (Exposure compensation) . . 79
Adjusting the White balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6 Playback 83
Viewing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
QUICK VIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Close-up playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Index display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Selecting the number of pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Playback on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Picture Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Viewing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Protecting pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Erasing pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Single-frame erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
All-frame erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Creating black and white pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Creating sepia-toned pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Resizing pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Creating an index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
7 Useful functions 101
Saving the settings (All Reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Formatting cards (Card setup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Displaying shooting information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Adjusting the monitor brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Viewing a picture immediately after shooting (Rec View) . . . 107
Turning the beep sound off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Pixel Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Video output selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

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8 Print settings 111
How to print pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
All-frame reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Single-frame reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Resetting print reservation data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
9 Miscellaneous 117
Error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Menu List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Factory default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
List of functions by shooting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Camera maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Glossary of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

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Getting started
1 Getting started
Names of parts
Camera
Shutter button P.33
Flash
P.62
USB connector
Connector cover
P.23, 89
DC-IN jack (4.8V)
P.20
Self-timer/
Remote control
lamp
P.66, 67
Lens barrier
Turns the camera on
and off in the shooting
mode.
Lens
Extends automatically
when you open the lens
barrier. P.25
VIDEO OUT
jack
P.89
Remote
control
receiver
P.67
Card cover
P.23
DC-IN jack
cover
P.20

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Names of parts
Getting started
1
Monitor
P.35
Battery compartment cover
P.18
OK/Menu button
()
P.39
Monitor button
(QUICK VIEW )
P.35
Flash mode button
Shooting mode button
Zoom button (W/T )
P.59, 85, 86
Macro button
Self-timer button
Arrow pad
Strap eyelet P.16
Tripod socket
Viewfinder
AF target mark P.50
Green lamp P.50
Orange lamp P.50
The arrow pad is used as arrow keys, as well as function buttons. The , ,
, and marks indicate which arrow key to press.
Playback button
()
P.26