Olympus VH-510 User manual

DIGITAL CAMERA
Instruction Manual
VH-510
●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 products, Olympus reserves the right to update or modify information
contained in this manual.

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Checking the contents of the box
Digital camera Strap Lithium Ion
Battery
(LI-50B)
USB-AC
adapter
(F-2AC)
USB cable
(CB-USB7) AV cable (CB-AVC5) OLYMPUS Setup CD-ROM
Names of Parts
Names of Parts
Camera unit
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10
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1Strap eyelet
2Connector cover
3Multi-connector
4HDMI micro connector
5Flash
6Self-timer lamp/AF illuminator
7Lens
8Microphone
9Battery/card compartment cover
10 Tripod socket
11 Speaker
12 Battery/card compartment lock
Other accessories not shown: Warranty card
Contents may vary depending on purchase location.
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1 nbutton
2Indicator lamp
3Monitor
4 Zoom lever
5 Shutter button
6Rbutton (shooting movies)
7 qbutton (switching between
shooting and playback)
8 Arrow pad
INFO (changing information display)
(erase)
9 Abutton (OK)
10Ebutton (camera guide)
11 button
Attaching the camera strap
Attaching the camera strap
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 Shooting mode.......p. 17, 24
2 Flash.............................p. 20
Flash standby/flash charge
....................................p. 58
3 Macro/super macro ......p. 30
4 Self-timer......................p. 30
5 Exposure compensation
....................................p. 31
6 White balance...............p. 31
7 ISO...............................p. 32
8 Drive.............................p. 32
9 Image size (still images)
..............................p. 33, 65
10 Recording with sound
(movies)/wind noise
reduction.....................p. 40
11 Image size (movies)
..............................p. 39, 66
12 Continuous recording length
(movies)......................p. 18
13 Movie recording icon....p. 18
14 World time ....................p. 51
15 Image stabilization
(still images)................p. 38
16 Metering .......................p. 37
17 Date stamp...................p. 39
18 Compression (still images)
..............................p. 36, 65
19 Number of storable still
pictures (still images)
....................................p. 17
20 Current memory ...........p. 64
21 Battery check..........p. 13, 59
22 Histogram.....................p. 20
23 AF target mark..............p. 18
24 Aperture value..............p. 18
25 Shutter speed...............p. 18
26 Camera shake warning

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Playback mode display
Playback mode display
●Standard display 1Battery check..........p. 13, 59
23D image......................p. 35
3Eye-Fi transferred.........p. 45
4Protect..........................p. 44
5Adding sound ...............p. 42
6Upload order.................p. 44
7Print reservation/number of
prints..................p. 56/p. 55
8Current memory ...........p. 64
9Frame number/total number
of images (still images)
....................................p. 21
Elapsed time/total shooting
time (movies)..............p. 21
10 Pmode..................p. 26
11 Shutter speed...............p. 18
12 Shooting mode.......p. 17, 24
13 ISO...............................p. 32
14 Aperture value..............p. 18
15 Histogram.....................p. 20
16 Exposure compensation
....................................p. 31
17 Shadow Adjustment
Technology..................p. 36
18 White balance...............p. 31
19 File number
20 Compression (still images)
..............................p. 36, 65
21 Date and time.........p. 16, 51
22 Grouped image..............p.34
23 Image size
..................p. 33, 39, 65, 66
24 Volume ...................p. 21, 47
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Camera Settings
Camera Settings
UsingtheButtons
UsingtheButtons
Frequently used functions can be accessed using the buttons.
Zoom lever (p. 19, 22)
Shutter button (p. 18, 58)
Rbutton (shooting movies) (p. 18)
qbutton (switching between shooting
and playback) (p. 18, 21, 46)
Ebutton (camera guide) (p. 23)
button (p. 9)

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Operation guide
The symbols FGHI displayed for image selections
and settings indicate that the arrow pad shown on the
right is to be used.
02 26 12 30 :..
MENU
2012
MENU
XBack
Y/M/D
YMDTime
Operation guides displayed on the screen indicate that
the button, Abutton, or zoom lever can be used.
4/30
MENU
On
Camera Menu 1
Image Stabilizer
ResetReset
Compression
AF Mode
Digital Zoom
Normal
Face/iESP
Off
Back
MENU
Back
Shadow Adjust Auto
ESP/ ESP
OK
4/30
MENU
Erase/Cancel
Operation guide
Arrow pad
H(left)
G(down) /
(erase) (p. 22)
F(up) /INFO (changing information
display) (p. 20, 23)
I(right)
Abutton

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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 shooting mode (p. 24).
Function menu
Function menu
Press Hduring shooting to display the function menu. The function menu is used to choose the shooting mode
and provides access to frequently used shooting settings.
PP
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ISO
MENUMENU
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Program Auto
To select the shooting mode
Use HI to select the shooting mode and press the Abutton.
To select the function menu
Use FG to select a menu and use HI to select a menu option. Press the Abutton
to set the function menu.
Shooting
Selected option
Setup menu
Function menu
Shooting mode

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1Press the button.
●The setup menu is displayed.
MENU
On
Camera Menu 1
Image Stabilizer
ResetReset
Compression
AF Mode
Digital Zoom
Normal
Face/iESP
Off
Back
Shadow Adjust Auto
ESP/ ESP
2Press Hto select the page tabs. Use FG
to select the desired page tab and press I.
Power SavePower Save Off
Pixel Mapping
TV Out
English
X’12.02.26 12:30
File Name Reset
MENU
Settings Menu 2 Back
Page tab
Power SavePower Save Off
Pixel Mapping
TV Out
English
X’12.02.26 12:30
File Name Reset
MENU
Settings Menu 2 Back
Submenu 1
3Use FG to select the desired submenu 1
and then press the Abutton.
Power SavePower Save Off
Pixel Mapping
TV Out
English
X’12.02.26 12:30
File Name Reset
MENU
Settings Menu 2 Back
Power SavePower Save
Pixel Mapping
TV Out
X
File Name
MENU
Settings Menu 2 Back
On
Off
Submenu 2
4Use FG to select the desired submenu 2
and then press the Abutton.
●Once a setting is selected, the display returns to
the Submenu 1.
There may be additional operations. “Menu
Settings” (p. 36 to 52)
Power SavePower Save On
Pixel Mapping
TV Out
English
X’12.02.26 12:30
File Name Reset
MENU
Settings Menu 2 Back
5Press the button to complete the
setting.
Setup menu
Setup menu
Press the button 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
1Shooting mode...........p.17, 24
P(Program Auto)
M(iAUTO)
Q(Beauty)
(Scene Mode)
P(Magic Filter)
p(Panorama)
2Flash.................................p.20
3Macro ...............................p.30
4Self-timer..........................p.30
5Exposure compensation...p.31
6White balance...................p.31
7ISO...................................p.32
8Drive.................................p.32
9Image Size .......................p.33
0z(Camera Menu 1)........p.36
Reset
Compression
Shadow Adjust
AF Mode
ESP/n
Digital Zoom
Image Stabilizer
az(Camera Menu 2)........p.38
AF Illuminat.
Rec View
Icon Guide
Date Stamp
Super-Res Zoom
bA(Movie Menu)..............p.38
Image Size
IS Movie Mode
R(Movie sound recording)
Wind Noise Reduction
cq(Playback Menu) ........p.41
Slideshow
Photo Surfing
Edit
Erase
Print Order
R(Protect)
Upload Order
dd(Settings Menu 1).......p.45
Memory Format/Format
Backup
Eye-Fi
USB Connection
qPower On
KeepzSettings
Sound Settings
ed(Settings Menu 2)......p.47
File Name
Pixel Mapping
s(Monitor)
TV Out
Power Save
l(Language)
X(Date/time)
fd(Settings Menu 3)......p.51
World Time
Reset Database
Beauty Settings
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Program Auto
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MENU
On
Camera Menu 1
Image Stabilizer
ResetReset
Compression
AF Mode
Digital Zoom
Normal
Face/iESP
Off
Back
Shadow Adjust Auto
ESP/ ESP
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Preparing the Camera
Preparing the Camera
Inserting the battery and card
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2Battery/card
compartment cover
Battery/card compartment lock
2
Write-protect switch
Battery lock knob
Insert the battery as illustrated with the Cmark
toward the battery lock knob.
Damage to the battery exterior (scratches, etc.) may
produce heat or an explosion.
Insert the battery while sliding the battery lock knob in
the direction of the arrow.
Insert the card straight until it clicks into place.
Turn off the camera before opening the battery/card
compartment cover.
When using the camera, be sure to close and lock
the battery/card compartment cover.
Slide the battery lock knob in the direction of the
arrow to unlock, and then remove the battery.
Always use SD/SDHC/SDXC cards or Eye-Fi card
with this camera. Do not insert other types of memory
cards. “Using the card” (p. 64)
Do not touch the contact area of the card directly.
This camera can be used without a card by storing
images in its internal memory.
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“Number of storable pictures (still images)/Continuous
recording length (movies) in the internal memory and
cards” (p. 65, 66)

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To remove the card
To remove the card
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Press the card in until it clicks and comes out slightly,
then remove the card.
Charging the battery with the
included USB-AC adapter
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.
The included USB-AC adapter has been designed
to be used for charging and playback. Do not take
pictures while the USB-AC adapter is connected to
the camera.
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 and the USB-AC adapter,
see “Battery and USB-AC adapter” (p. 63).
The battery can be charged while the camera is
connected to the computer. Charging time varies
depending on the performance of a computer. (There
may be cases in which it takes approx. 10 hours.)
Connecting the camera
Connecting the camera
AC outlet
USB cable
(supplied)
Connector cover
Multi-connector
or
Indicator lamp
Indicator lamp Indicator lamp
On: Charging
Off: Charged
The battery is not fully charged at shipment. Before
use, be sure to charge the battery until the indicator
lamp turns off (up to 3 hours).

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If the indicator lamp does not light, the USB-AC
adapter is not connected to the camera correctly,
or the battery, camera, or USB-AC adapter may be
broken.
When to charge the batteries
When to charge the batteries
Charge the battery when the error message shown below
appears.
Error message
Flashes in red
Battery Empty
Installing the PC software and
registering user
Installation of [ib] computer software using the
supplied CD is available on Windows computers only.
Windows
Windows
1Insert the supplied CD in a CD-ROM drive.
Windows XP
●A “Setup” dialog will be displayed.
Windows Vista/Windows 7
●An Autorun dialog will be displayed. Click “OLYMPUS
Setup” to display the “Setup” dialog.

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If the “Setup” dialog is not displayed, select “My
Computer” (Windows XP) or “Computer” (Windows
Vista/Windows 7) from the start menu. Double-click
the CD-ROM (OLYMPUS Setup) icon to open the
“OLYMPUS Setup” window and then double-click
“Launcher.exe”.
If a “User Account Control” dialog is displayed, click
“Yes” or “Continue”.
2Register your Olympus product.
●Click the “Registration” button and follow the on-
screen instructions.
To register the camera must be connected to the
computer. “Connecting the camera” (p. 12)
If nothing is displayed on the camera screen even
after connecting the camera to the computer, the
battery may be exhausted. Charge the battery and
then connect the camera again.
3Install OLYMPUS Viewer 2 and [ib] computer
software.
●Check the system requirements before beginning
installation.
●Click the “OLYMPUS Viewer 2” or “OLYMPUS ib”
button and follow the on-screen instructions to
install the software.
OLYMPUS Viewer 2
Operating
System Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or later)/ Windows Vista/Windows 7
Processor Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or better (Core 2 Duo
2.13 GHz or better required for movies)
RAM 1 GB or more (2 GB or more
recommended)
Free Hard
Drive Space 1 GB or more
Monitor
Settings
1024 × 768 pixels or more
Minimum 65,536 colors (16,770,000
colors recommended)
[ib]
Operating
System Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or later)/ Windows Vista/Windows 7
Processor Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or better (Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz or better required
for movies)
RAM
512 MB or more (1 GB or more
recommended)
(1 GB or more required for movies—2 GB
or more recommended)
Free Hard
Drive Space 1 GB or more
Monitor
Settings
1024 × 768 pixels or more
Minimum 65,536 colors (16,770,000
colors recommended)
Graphics A minimum of 64 MB video RAM with
DirectX 9 or later.
* See online help for information on using the software.
4Install the camera manual.
●Click the “Camera Instruction Manual” button and
follow the on-screen instructions.

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Macintosh
Macintosh
1Insert the supplied CD in a CD-ROM drive.
●Double-click the CD (OLYMPUS Setup) icon on
the desktop.
●Double-click the “Setup” icon to display the “Setup”
dialog.
2Install OLYMPUS Viewer 2.
●Check the system requirements before beginning
installation.
●Click the “OLYMPUS Viewer 2” button and follow
the on-screen instructions to install the software.
You can register via “Registration” in OLYMPUS
Viewer 2 “Help”.
OLYMPUS Viewer 2
Operating
System Mac OS X v10.4.11–v10.7
Processor Intel Core Solo/Duo 1.5 GHz or better
RAM 1 GB or more (2 GB or more
recommended)
Free Hard
Drive Space 1 GB or more
Monitor
Settings
1024 × 768 pixels or more
Minimum 32,000 colors (16,770,000
colors recommended)
* Other languages can be selected from the language
combo box. For information on using the software, see
online help.
3Copy the camera manual.
●Click the “Camera Instruction Manual” button to
open the folder containing the camera manuals.
Copy the manual for your language to the
computer.

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Language, date, time, and time zone
You can also choose the language for the menus and
messages displayed in the monitor. The date and time set here
are saved to image file names, date prints, and other data.
1Press the nbutton to turn on the
camera, use FGHI to select your
language and press the Abutton.
The menus can be used to change the selected
language. [l] (p. 51)
2Use FG to select the year for [Y].
MENU
-- -- -- --
:.. 2012
Back
Y/M/D
YMDTime
X
Date and time setting screen
3Press Ito save the setting for [Y].
MENU
-- -- -- --
:..2012
Back
Y/M/D
Y M D Time
X
4As in Steps 2 and 3, use FGHI 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.
To change the date and time, adjust the setting from
the menu. [X] (Date/time) (p. 51)
5Use HI to select the [x] time zone and
then press the Abutton.
●Use FG to turn daylight saving time ([Summer])
on or off.
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Tokyo
Summer
The menus can be used to change the selected time
zone. [World Time] (p. 51)

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Shooting with the optimum aperture
value and shutter speed (
P mode)
In this mode, automatic shooting settings are activated
while also allowing changes to a wide range of
other shooting menu functions, such as exposure
compensation, white balance, etc. as needed.
The default settings of the function are highlighted in
.
1 Press the nbutton to turn on the
camera.
Pmode indicator
PP
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Number of storable still pictures (p. 65)
Monitor (standby mode screen)
If Pmode is not displayed, press Hto display the
function menu screen and then set the shooting
mode to P. “Using the Menu” (p. 8)
Current shooting mode display
PP
0.00.0
AUTO
WB
AUTO
WB
AUTO
ISO
AUTO
ISO
MENUMENU
12 M
Program Auto
2Hold the camera and compose the shot.
Horizontal grip
Vertical grip
Monitor
When holding the camera, take care not to cover the
flash and microphone with your fingers, etc.
Shooting, Playback, and Erasing
Shooting, Playback, and Erasing

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To view images during shooting
To view images during shooting
Pressing the qbutton enables playback of images. To
return to shooting, either press the qbutton or press the
shutter button halfway down.
To turn off the camera
To turn off the camera
Press the nbutton again.
Shooting movies
1Press the Rbutton to start recording.
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RECREC
Lights up red
when recording
Recording time
Continuous recording
length (p. 66)
The effects of the set shooting mode can be used
when shooting movies. When the set shooting mode
is Q, (some modes), P(some modes)
or p, shooting is performed in Pmode.
Sound will also be recorded.
2Press the Rbutton again to stop recording.
3 Press the shutter button halfway down to
focus on the subject.
●When the camera focuses on the subject, the
exposure is locked (shutter speed and aperture
value are displayed), and the AF target mark
changes to green.
●The camera was unable to focus if the AF target
mark flashes red. Try focusing again.
Press halfway
PP
F3.3F3.31/4001/400
Shutter speed
AF target mark
Aperture value
“Focusing” (p. 60)
4To take the picture, gently press the shutter
button all the way down while being careful
not to shake the camera.
Press fully
Image review screen

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Optical zoom:
Image size Zoom bar
12M Optical zoom range
Other The magnification ratio changes
depending on the image size setting.*1
[On] selected for [Super-Res Zoom]:
Image size Zoom bar
12M Super-resolution zoom range
[On] selected for [Digital Zoom]:
Image size Zoom bar
12M Digital zoom range
Other The magnification
ratio changes
depending on the
image size setting.*1Digital zoom range
*1 If [Image Size] is less than the full resolution, after
reaching the maximum optical zoom, the camera will
automatically resize and crop the image to the selected
[Image Size], then enter the digital zoom range if [Digital
Zoom] is [On].
Photographs taken with the zoom bar displayed in
red may appear “grainy.”
Using the zoom
Turning the zoom lever adjusts the shooting range.
W side T side
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ISO
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Zoom bar
Optical zoom: 8×
Super-resolution zoom: 2×
Digital zoom: 4×
To take larger images [Super-Res Zoom]
To take larger images [Super-Res Zoom]
(p. 39), [Digital Zoom] (p. 37)
(p. 39), [Digital Zoom] (p. 37)
The type and amount of zoom can be identified from
the appearance of the zoom bar. The display differs
depending on the options selected for [Super-Res
Zoom] (p. 39), [Digital Zoom] (p. 37) and [Image Size]
(p. 33).

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Using the flash
The flash functions can be selected to best match the
shooting conditions.
1Select the flash option in the function menu.
PP
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AUTO
WB
AUTO
WB
AUTO
ISO
AUTO
ISO
Flash Auto
2Use HI to select the setting option, and
press the Abutton to set.
Option Description
Flash Auto The flash fires automatically in low-
light or backlight conditions.
Redeye Pre-flashes are emitted to reduce the occurrence of red eye in your
photos.
Fill In The flash fires regardless of the
available light.
Flash Off The flash does not fire.
Changing the shooting information
display
The display of the screen information can be changed to
best match the situation, for example, the need for a clear
view of the screen or for making a precise composition by
using the grid display.
1 Press F(INFO).
●The displayed shooting information changes in
the order shown below each time the button is
pressed. “Shooting mode display” (p. 4)
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ISO
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Date
Date
Normal
No information
Detailed
Reading a histogram
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.