Olympus TG-3 User manual

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optimum performance and a longer service life. Keep this manual in a safe
place for future reference.
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before taking important photographs.
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Instruction Manual
DIGITAL CAMERA
TG-3

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Unpack the box contents
The following items are included with the camera.
If anything is missing or damaged, contact the dealer from whom you
purchased the camera.
Digital camera Strap Lithium Ion Battery
(LI-92B)
OLYMPUS Setup
CD-ROM
or
USB-AC adapter (F-2AC) USB cable (CB-USB8)
Other accessories not shown: Warranty card
Contents may vary depending on purchase location.
Attaching the camera strap
• Pull the strap tight so that it does not come loose.

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Names of parts
1Connector cover
2Connector cover lock
3LOCK knob
4 Speaker
5Strap eyelet
6Lens
7Self-timer lamp/LED Illuminator/
AF illuminator
8Flash
9Stereo microphone
0GPS antenna
anbutton
bIndicator lamp
cShutter button
dZoom lever
eMonitor
fINFO (Information display) button
gR(Movie) button
hMode dial
iq(Playback) button
jAbutton
k/Wi-Fi button
lMulti-connector
mHDMI micro connector
nTripod socket
oBattery/card compartment cover
pBattery/card compartment cover
lock
qArrow pad
rF(Up) / F(Exposure
compensation) button
sI(Right) /#(Flash) button
tG(Down) / jY(Sequential
shooting/Self-timer) / (Erase)
button
uH(Left) button
• FGHI instruct to press the up/down/left/right arrow pad.

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Preparations for shooting
Inserting and removing the battery and card
1
Follow Steps 1, 2and
3to open the battery/card
compartment cover.
• Turn off the camera before
opening the battery/card
compartment cover.
3
1
2
Battery/card compartment
cover
Battery/card compartment cover lock
LOCK knob
2
Insert the battery while sliding the
battery lock knob in the direction of
the arrow.
• Insert the battery as illustrated with the
Cmark toward the battery lock knob.
• Slide the battery lock knob in the
direction of the arrow to unlock, and then
remove the battery.
Battery
lock knob
3
Insert the card straight until it clicks
into place.
• Always use the specified cards with
this camera. Do not insert other types
of memory cards. g“Using the card”
(P. 92)
• Do not touch the metallic parts of the
card directly.
Write-protect
switch

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To remove the card
Press the card in until it clicks and
comes out slightly, then remove the
card.
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4
Follow Steps 1, 2and 3to close
battery/card compartment cover.
• When using the camera, be sure to close
the battery/card compartment cover.
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3
2

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Charging the battery
1
Check that the battery is in the camera, and connect the USB
cable and USB-AC adapter.
• The battery is not fully charged at shipment. Before use, be sure to
charge the battery until the indicator lamp turns off (up to 5 hours).
Connecting the camera
1
2
3
AC outlet
USB cable
(supplied)
Multi-connector
Indicator lamp
On: Charging
Off: Charged
or
Connector cover
For charging the battery abroad, see “Using your charger and USB-AC
adapter abroad” (P. 92).
Never use any cable other than supplied or Olympus-designated USB cable.
This may cause smoking or burning.
The included F-2AC USB-AC adapter (hereafter referred to as USB-AC
adapter) differs depending on the region where you purchased the camera. If
you received a plug-in type USB-AC adapter, plug it directly into AC outlet.
Be sure to unplug the power plug of the USB-AC adapter from the wall outlet
when the charging is complete or the playback ends.
For details on the battery, see “Handling the Battery” (P. 104). For details on the
USB-AC adapter, see “USB-AC adapter” (P. 107).
• If the indicator lamp does not light, reconnect the USB cable and USB-AC
adapter to the camera.
• If “No Connection” is displayed on the back monitor, disconnect the USB
cable and set [Storage] in [USB Connection] (P. 56) before connecting the cable
again.

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When to charge the batteries
Charge the battery when the
error message shown on the
right appears.
Error message
Battery Empty
Flashes in red

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Turning on the camera and making the initial
settings
When you turn on the camera for the first time, a screen appears enabling
to set the language for the menus and messages displayed in the monitor,
and the date and time.
To change the selected date and time, see “Setting the date and time
d[X]” (P. 59).
1
Press the nbutton to turn on the camera, press
FGHI of the arrow pad to select your language and press
the Abutton.
2
Press FG of the arrow
pad to select the year for
[Y].
X
MENU
Back
Y/M/D
YMDTime
-- -- -- --
:.. 2014
3
Press Iof the arrow
pad to save the setting
for [Y].
X
MENU
Back
Y/M/D
Y M D Time
-- -- -- --
:.. 2014
4
As in Steps 2 and 3, press FGHI of the arrow pad to
set [M] (month), [D] (day), [Time] (hours and minutes), and
[Y/M/D] (date order), and then press the Abutton.
• For precise time setting, press the Abutton as the time signal strikes
00 seconds.
5
Use HI to select the
time zone and then press
the Abutton.
• Use
FG to turn daylight
saving time ([Summer]) on
or off.
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Using basic functions
Taking photographs
1
Press the nbutton to turn on the camera.
When the camera is turned on, the monitor will turn on.
2
Set the mode dial to P.
In mode P, the camera automatically
adjusts shutter speed and aperture in
response to subject brightness.
3
Frame the shot.
• When holding the camera, take
care not to cover the flash,
microphone or other important
parts with your fingers, etc.
4
Press the shutter button
halfway down to focus.
The camera was unable to focus
if the AF target mark flashes red.
Try focusing again.
• The shutter speed and
aperture value are displayed
in red if the camera is unable
to achieve optimal exposure.
Press halfway
PP
F6.9F6.91/4001/400
Shutter
speed
Aperture
value
AF target
5
To take the picture, gently
press the shutter button all the
way down while being careful
not to shake the camera.
Press
halfway
Press the rest of
the way down

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Viewing photographs (Playing back images)
Turn on the camera.
Press the qbutton.
• Your most recent photograph is displayed.
• Press HI to select an image.
q button Arrow pad
Displays the
previous frame
Displays the
next frame
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Still image
Index display
• In single-frame playback, press the zoom lever to the
W side for Index playback.
• Use FGHI to move the cursor.
• Press the zoom lever to the T side, or press the A
button for single-frame playback.
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Close-up playback
• In single-frame playback, press the zoom lever to the
T side to zoom in up to 10×; press the W side to zoom
out. Press the Abutton to return to single-frame
playback.
• Press FGHI to scroll an image to the direction of
the button you pressed.
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Recording movies
1
Press the R(movie) button
to start recording.
• The movie is shot in the set
shooting mode. Note that the
shooting mode effects may not
be obtained for some shooting
modes.
• Sound is also recorded.
• When using a camera with a
CMOS image sensor, moving
objects may appear distorted
due to the rolling shutter
phenomenon. This is a physical
phenomenon whereby distortion
occurs in the filmed image when
shooting a fast-moving subject
or due to camera shaking. In
particular, this phenomenon
becomes more noticeable when
using a long focal length.
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RECREC
0:00 0:340:34
0:000:00
RECREC
0:340:34
Lights up
red when
recording Recording time
Recording length
(P. 94)
2
Press the R(movie) button again to stop recording.

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Movie playback
Select a movie in the Playback
mode, and press the Abutton.
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Movie PlayMovie Play
Pausing and restarting
playback
Press the Abutton to pause playback. During
pause, fast forward or reverse, press the Abutton
to restart playback.
Fast forward Press Ito fast forward. Press Iagain to increase
the fast forward speed.
Rewind Press Hto rewind. Press Hagain to increase the
rewind speed.
Adjusting the volume Use FG to adjust the volume.
Operations while playback is paused
During pause
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Elapsed time/Total shooting time
Cueing Use Fto display the first frame and press Gto
display the last frame.
Advancing and
rewinding one frame at
a time
Press Ior Hto advance or rewind one frame at a
time. Hold Ior Hpressed for continuous advance
or rewind.
Resuming playback Press the Abutton to resume playback.
To stop movie playback
Press the button.
• To play back movies on the computer, the supplied PC software is
recommended. For the first use of the PC software, connect the camera to the
computer, then launch the software.

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Erasing images during playback
1
Display the image you want to erase and press G().
• To erase a movie, select
the movie to erase and
press G().
MENU
Erase
Erase
Cancel
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Back
2
Press FG to select [Erase], and press the Abutton.
• Grouped images are erased as a group (P. 53).
• Multiple images or all images can be erased at a time (P. 53).

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Playing back panorama and grouped images
Playing back panorama images
Panorama images that were combined together using [Auto] or [Manual]
can be scrolled for viewing.
1
Select a panorama image during
playback.
2
Press the Abutton.
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Replay
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To control panorama image playback
Stop playback: Press the button.
Pause: Press the Abutton.
Control while paused
Press FGHI to scroll the image in the
direction of the pressed button.
Press the zoom lever to enlarge/shrink the
image.
Press the Abutton to restart scrolling.
Viewing area
Playing back grouped images
With sequential shooting (j/c/d) (P. 33) and [pFocus BKT] (P. 21) in
k(Microscope), the taken images are displayed as a group during
playback.
T side
Expands.
• Expand to view the frames of a
group in index view.
• If you want to delete images from
the grouped images, you can
expand the group and delete the
images individually. Sequential images frame
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PlayPlay
ExpandExpand
OK
T
• Select the image and press the Abutton to display the
images respectively.
• Use HI to view the previous/next frame.
Abutton Plays back the grouped images in sequence automatically or
pauses playback.
button Stops playback.

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Monitor display
Shooting screen displays
F6.9F6.91/1001/100
0.00.0
AUTO
WB
AUTO
WB
AUTO
ISO
AUTO
ISO
SCNSCN
0:00:340:00:34
Date
44
N
ORM
zz
16 M
4:3
n
nG
880hPa 1200m880hPa 1200m
1 2
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
202223
24
21 141819 17
25
26
29
33
30
34
3536
16
56
15
31
32
27
28
3 4
When the shutter button is pressed halfway down
Reading a histogram
If the peak fills too much of
the frame, the image will
appear mostly white.
If the peak fills too much
of the frame, the image
will appear mostly black.
The green section shows luminance
distribution within the screen’s center.
Switching the displays
The displays change in the order of Normal →Detailed →No info. →
Measurement position information each time the INFO button is pressed.
g[GPS Settings] (P. 63)

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No. Name Normal Detailed No info.
1Shooting mode RR –
2Connection to Smartphone RRR
3Latitude RR –
4Longitude RR –
5Sub mode RR –
6Picture Mode RR –
7Flash RR –
8Exposure compensation RR –
9White balance RR –
10 ISO sensitivity RR –
11 o/YRRR
12 Image size (still images) RR –
13 Aspect RR –
14 Recording with sound/
wind noise reduction RR –
15 Image size (movies) RR –
16 Movie recording length RR –
17 Movie recording icon RR –
18 GPS icon RR –
19 Direction information RR –
20 Conversion Lens RR –
21 Date stamp RR –
22 Compression RR –
23 Number of storable still pictures RR –
24 Current memory RR –
25 Battery check RR –
26 Histogram –R–
27 Metering –R–
28 Atmospheric/Hydraulic pressure –R–
29 Altitude/Water depth –R–
30 Image stabilization –R–
31 World time –R–
32 AF target mark RRR
33 Grid Guide –R–
34 Aperture value RRR
35 Shutter speed RRR
36 Camera shake warning RRR

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Playback mode display
• Normal
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87
2
5
2
6
23 64 5
Still image
• No information
2
6
• Detailed
100-0004
4/304/30
2.01/1000
4608 3456
AUTO
WB
100
ISO
N
ORM
P
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F3.9
1010
880hpa 1200m
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100-0004
2.0
1/1000
4608 3456
AUTO
WB
100
ISO
N
ORM
P
F3.9
880hpa 1200m
897
1514 161312 17 18 19
2
5
26
24
123 54
23
22
21
6
20
11
10
Switching the displays
The displays change in the order of Normal →Detailed →No info. each
time the INFO button is pressed.

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No. Name Normal Detailed No info.
1Battery check –R–
2Eye-Fi transfer data/Wi-Fi RR –
3Protect RR –
4Adding sound RR –
5Share order RR –
6Print reservation/number of prints RR –
7Current memory RR –
8Frame number/
total number of images RR –
9Direction information –R–
10 Longitude –R–
11 Latitude –R–
12 Compression/
Image size (movies) –R–
13 Shutter speed –R–
14 Shooting mode –R–
15 Atmospheric/Hydraulic pressure –R–
16 ISO sensitivity –R–
17 Aperture value –R–
18 Altitude/Water depth –R–
19 Histogram –R–
20 Exposure compensation –R–
21 Picture mode –R–
22 White balance –R–
23 Image size (still images) –R–
24 File name –R–
25 Recording date and time RR –
26 Grouped images RRR

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Shooting using basic functions
Using the shooting modes
Selecting shooting mode
Turn the mode dial to set the shooting mode to
the indicator.
• After selecting
O,
ART , P, or k, select the sub
mode.
List of shooting mode
• The default settings of the function are highlighted in .
Shooting mode Sub mode
P(Program mode) –P. 9
A (iAUTO mode) –P. 21
k(Microscope) mMicroscope/oFocus Stacking/
pFocus BKT/nMicroscope Control P. 21
O(Scene Mode)
B Portrait/ e e-Portrait/ F Landscape/
1 Interval Shooting/ H Hand-Held Starlight/
G Night Scene/ U Night+Portrait/ C Sport/
2 Indoor/ 3 Self Portrait/ ` Sunset/
X Fireworks/ _ Cuisine/ ^ Documents/
g Beach & Snow/ ] Snapshot/ \ Wide1/
[ Wide2/ w Macro/ s Snow/ s Panorama/
E Backlight HDR
P. 22
A(A mode) –P. 26
ART (Art Filter) Pop Art/Soft Focus/Pale&Light Color/
Grainy Film/Pin Hole/Diorama/Dramatic Tone P. 27
P(PHOTO STORY) Standard/Speed/Fun Frames P. 28
C(Custom mode) –P. 29
• “List of settings available in each shooting mode” (P. 100), “List of O
settings” (P. 102), “List of ART settings” (P. 101)
• In certain shooting modes, the camera may take a few moments for image
processing after taking a picture.