Olympus X-755 User manual

FE-210/X-775
Getting to know your
camera better
Quick Start Guide
Get started using your camera
right away.
Button operations
Menu operations
Printing pictures
Using OLYMPUS Master
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these instructions carefully to enjoy optimum performance. 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.
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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.
Advanced
Manual
Appendix
DIGITAL CAMERA

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Contents
Quick Start Guide P. 3
Test out the functions of the camera
buttons by following along with the
illustrations
Learn how to print pictures you have
taken.
Learn how to transfer and save
pictures to a computer.
Find out more about camera
operations and how to take better
pictures.
Read about convenient functions and
safety precautions on how to use your
camera more effectively.
Learn about the menus that control the
functions and settings for basic
operation.
Button operations
Menu operations
Printing pictures
Getting to know your
camera better
Appendix
P. 10
P. 16
P. 28
P. 45
P. 54
Using OLYMPUS Master
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EN 3
Quick Start Guide
Gather these items (box contents)
Attach the strap
(Pull the strap tight so that it does not come loose.
Digital camera Strap AA batteries
(2)
USB cable Video cable OLYMPUS Master
CD-ROM
Other items • Basic Manual
• Advanced Manual (this manual)
• Warranty card
Contents may vary depending on
purchase location.

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Quick Start Guide
Insert the batteries
a. Insert the batteries into the camera.
(Even when an optional xD-Picture Card ™ (hereinafter called the
card) is not inserted, you can take a picture. For details on inserting
an optional card, please refer to “Inserting and removing the card”
(P. 56).
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Hint
The directions of the arrow pad (ONXY) is indicated
with ONXY in this manual.
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EN 5
Quick Start Guide
Turn the camera on
This explains how to turn on the camera in shooting mode.
a. Set the mode dial to h.
Still picture shooting modes
b. Press the obutton.
(To turn off the camera, press the obutton once again.
hThis function allows you to shoot with the camera's automatic settings.
hThis function stabilizes images when taking pictures.
BSuitable for taking pictures of people.
ESuitable for taking pictures of landscapes.
MSuitable for taking pictures of people at night.
fSelect from 10 scene modes according to the shooting conditions.
gUse the shooting guide displayed on the screen to shoot pictures
according to the situation.
When shooting
movies
When shooting still
pictures
Mode dial
obutton
MENU
CANCEL
X
Y/M/D
Y / M / D
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
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When the date and time
have not yet been set, this
screen will appear.

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Quick Start Guide
Set date and time
a. Press the OF/<button and the NYbutton to select [Y].
(The first two digits of [Y] are fixed.
b. Press the Y#button.
c. Press the OF/<button and the
NYbutton to select [M].
About the date and time setting screen
MENU
CANCEL
X
Y/M/D
Y / M / D
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
----.--.-- --:--
----.--.-- --:--
Y-M-D (Year-Month-Day)
Cancel the setting
Minute
Date formats (Y-M-D, M-D-Y, D-M-Y).
Hour
<
NYbutton
OF/<button
CANCEL
MENU
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2007
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X
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
Y/M/D
Y / M / D
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Y#button
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CANCEL
MENU
X
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
Y/M/D
Y / M / D

EN 7
Quick Start Guide
d. Press the Y#button.
e. Press the OF/<button and the
NYbutton to select [D].
f. Press the Y#button.
g. Press the OF/<button and the
NYbutton to select “hour” and
“minute”.
(The time is displayed in the 24-hour
format.
h. Press the Y#button.
i. Press the OF/<button and the
NYbutton to select [Y/M/D].
j. After all items have been set, press the Hbutton.
(For a more accurate setting, you can press the Hbutton when the
time signal hits 00 seconds.
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CANCEL
MENU
X
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
Y/M/D
Y / M / D
CANCEL
MENU
OK
SET
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OK
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Quick Start Guide
Take a picture
a. Hold the camera.
c. Shoot.
Horizontal grip Vertical grip
b. Focus.
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Shutter
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The green lamp indicates the focus
and exposure are locked.
Place this mark over your subject.
The number of
remaining still pictures
is displayed.
Press
completely
Shutter
button
The card access lamp blinks.

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Quick Start Guide
Review your pictures
a. Press the qbutton.
Erase pictures
a. Press the X&button and the Y#button to display the
picture you want to erase.
b. Press the Sbutton.
c. Press the OF/<button to select [YES] and press the
Hbutton.
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Arrow pad
Next picture
Previous picture
qbutton
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Button operations
Button operations
Shooting still pictures
Set the mode dial to anything except Aand press the shutter button lightly (halfway).
The green lamp lights when the focus and exposure are locked (focus lock). Now
press the shutter button all the way (completely) to take the picture.
Locking the focus and then composing the shot
(Focus lock)
Compose your picture with the focus locked, and then
fully press the shutter button to shoot a picture.
• When the green lamp blinks, the focus is not adjusted
properly. Try locking the focus again.
1obutton Turning the camera on and off
Power on: Camera turns on in the shooting mode.
• Lens extends
• Monitor turns on
2Shutter button Shooting pictures
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Self-timer
Flash mode
Macro/
Super macro mode
Exposure
compensation
Shooting mode
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Green lamp

Button operations
EN 11
Recording movies
Set the mode dial to n, and press the shutter button halfway to lock the focus. Press
the shutter button completely to start recording, and press the shutter button again to
stop recording.
Switching to the shooting mode.
While the camera is off, it can be set to turn on in shooting mode when Kis pressed.
g “K/qTurning on the camera with the Kor qbutton” (P. 26)
Switches to the playback mode and the last picture taken is displayed.
• Press the arrow pad to view other pictures.
• Use the zoom lever to switch among close-up playback and index display.
• Press Hto delete the information display shown for 3 seconds during single-frame
playback.
While the camera is off, it can be set to turn on in playback mode when qis pressed.
g “K/qTurning on the camera with the Kor qbutton” (P. 26)
g “MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies” (P. 21)
Set the mode dial to the desired shooting mode and shoot pictures.
• Press Hto delete the mode information display shown for 3 seconds when the
mode dial is set to other than SCENE or GUIDE.
The camera determines the optimum settings for the shooting conditions
automatically.
This function stabilizes the blur caused by a moving subject or camera movement
when taking pictures.
You can shoot pictures with the appropriate settings for portraits, landscapes, night
and portrait.
3Kbutton (Shooting) Selecting shooting mode/turning on the power
4qbutton (Playback) Selecting playback mode/turning on the power
5Mode dial Switching between shooting modes
hShooting pictures with automatic settings
hShooting pictures with digital image stabilization
i, l, MShooting pictures according to the situation

Button operations
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You can shoot pictures by selecting from 10 types of scenes according to the situation.
Press Hto confirm your selection.
This function allows you to set the target items by following the shooting guide
displayed on the screen.
Recording moving images. Sound is not recorded.
fShoot pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the
situation
jSPORT / NINDOOR / bCANDLE
/ RSELF PORTRAIT / SSUNSET / cFIREWORKS
/ VBEHIND GLASS / VCUISINE / dDOCUMENTS
/ iAUCTION
gFollow the shooting guide to take better pictures
nRecording movies
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BACK
OK
SET
SPORT
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Th
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ect
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on screen
di
sp
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ays
sample images as well as a description of the
shooting situation for which it is designed.
• To switch scenes after selecting a scene,
press MENU and select [f] from the Top
Menu. The selection screen is displayed.
• By switching to another scene, most settings
will be changed to the default settings of each
scene mode.
OK
SET
SHOOTING GUIDE 1/3
4Adjusting area in focus.
3 Blurring background.
2 Shooting into backlight.
1 Brightening subject.
5 Shooting subject in motion.
• Press MENU to display the shooting guide
again.
• To change the setting without using the
shooting guide, set the shooting mode to
another one.
• The content set using the shooting guide will
return to the default setting by pressing MENU
or changing the mode using the mode dial.
This icon lights red during movie recording.
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00:36
00:36
The remaining recording time is displayed.
When the remaining recording time reaches
0, recording will stop automatically.

Button operations
EN 13
Shooting mode: Zooming in on your subject (Optical zoom x digital
zoom: 12x)
Playback mode: Changing the picture display
6Zoom lever Zooming while shooting/close-up playback
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Zoom out:
Turn the zoom lever to the Wside.
Zoom in:
Turn the zoom lever to the Tside.
Zoom bar
White area:
Optical zoom area
Red area:
Digital zoom area
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Close-up playback
• Turn and hold the zoom lever to
the Tside to enlarge the picture
up to 10 times the original size.
Turn to the Wside to reduce the
size.
• Use the arrow pad during close-
up playback to scroll around the
picture.
• Press Hto return to the single-
frame playback.
Index display
• Use the arrow pad to select a
picture for playback, and press
Hto play back the single-frame
of the picture selected.
TW
TW
TW
W
T
T
W
Single-frame playback
• Use the arrow pad to browse pictures.

Button operations
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Displays the Top Menu.
Use the arrow pad to select scenes, playback picture, and the items on the menus.
This button is used to confirm your selection.
Shooting mode: Changing picture brightness
In shooting mode press OF/<, set with XY, then press H.
• Adjustable from - 2.0 EV to + 2.0 EV.
Y: Brightens.
X: Darkens.
Activate the setting contents.
Playback mode: Printing pictures
Display a picture to print out in playback mode, connect the camera to the printer, and
then press OF/<to print the picture.
g “Direct printing (PictBridge)” (P. 28)
Press X&in shooting mode to select the macro mode.
Press Hto confirm your selection.
7MENU button Displaying the menu
8Arrow pad (ONXY)
9Hbutton
0OF / <button Changing picture brightness/Printing pictures
aX&button Shooting pictures close to the subject
OFF MACRO OFF Macro mode is deactivated.
&MACRO This mode lets you shoot as close as 10 cm/3.9 in. (wide) and
60 cm/23.6 in. (tele) from your subject.
%SUPER MACRO This mode lets you shoot as close as 5 cm/2.0 in. from your
subject. Zoom position is automatically set and cannot be
changed.
OK
SET
+ 2.0
For manually making fine
adjustments to the exposure
when taking pictures.

Button operations
EN 15
Press NYin shooting mode to select on and off of the self-timer.
Press Hto confirm your selection.
• After setting the self-timer, press the shutter button completely. Then the self-timer
lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for approximately 2 seconds, and
the shutter is released.
• To cancel the self-timer, press NY.
• Self-timer shooting is automatically canceled after one shot.
Press Y#in shooting mode to select the flash setting.
Press Hto confirm your selection.
In playback mode, select the picture you want to erase, and press S.
• Once erased, pictures cannot be restored. Check each picture before erasing to
avoid accidentally erasing pictures you want to keep.
g “0Protecting pictures” (P. 22)
bNYbutton Self-timer shooting
OFF SELFTIMER OFF Cancel the self-timer.
YSELFTIMER ON Set the self-timer.
cY#button Flash shooting
AUTO FLASH AUTO The flash fires automatically in low light or backlight
conditions.
!REDEYE This emits pre-flashes to reduce the occurrence of red-
eye in your pictures.
#FILL IN The flash fires regardless of the available light.
$FLASH OFF The flash does not fire even in low light conditions.
dSbutton Erasing pictures

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Menu operations
Menu operations
Press mto display the Top Menu on the monitor.
• The items displayed on the Top Menu differ according to the mode.
• Select [PLAYBACK MENU] or [SETUP] and press Hto display detailed menus
from which to make settings.
• When your camera is set according to the shooting guide with the mode dial set at
g, press mto display the shooting guide screen.
About the menus
Kbutton (Shooting mode)
MENU button
qbutton (Playback mode)
<
OK
MENU
SET
EXIT
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
RESET
RESET
SILENT
SILENT
MODE
MODE
SCENE
SCENE
SETUP
SETUP
IMAGE
IMAGE
QUALITY
QUALITY
2
1
PIXEL MAPPING
K/qK/q
BACKUP
MEMORY FORMAT
SETUP
ENGLISH
NO
W
OK
SET BACK
MENU
Top Menu
(in still picture shooting mode)
SETUP menu items
Arrow pad (ONXY)
Hbutton

Menu operations
EN 17
During menu operations, the buttons and their respective functions are displayed at
the bottom of the monitor. Follow these guides to navigate the menus.
This explains how to use the menus with the [VIDEO OUT] setting as an example.
1Set the mode dial to a setting other than g.
2Press mto display the Top Menu.
Press Y to select [SETUP] and then press
H.
• [VIDEO OUT] is one of the selections on the
[SETUP].
Operation guide
Using the menus
OK
MENU
SET
EXIT
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
RESET
RESET
SILENT
SILENT
MODE
MODE
SCENE
SCENE
SETUP
SETUP
IMAGE
IMAGE
QUALITY
QUALITY
Operation
guide
mbutton
Arrow pad (ONXY)
: Returns to the previous menu.
: Exits the menu.
: Press the arrow pad (ONXY) to select
a setting.
: Sets the selected item.
MENU
BACK
MENU
EXIT
OK
SET
Hbutton
OK
MENU
SET
EXIT
RESET
RESET
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
SCENE
SCENE
SETUP
SETUP
SILENT
SILENT
MODE
MODE
IMAGE
IMAGE
QUALITY
QUALITY

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Menu operations
3Use arrow pad ON to select [VIDEO OUT],
and press H.
• Unavailable settings cannot be selected.
•PressXin this screen to move the cursor to the
page display. Press ON to change the page.
To select an item or function, press Yor H.
4Use arrow pad ON to select [NTSC] or
[PAL] and press Hto confirm your
selection.
• The menu item is set and the previous menu is
displayed. Press mrepeatedly to exit the
menu.
• To cancel changes and continue menu operation,
press m before pressing H .
• Some menu items are not available depending on the position of the mode dial.
g “Functions available in shooting modes and scene modes” (P. 53)
g “SETUP menu” (P. 25)
• The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ).
Shooting mode menu K
2
1
PIXEL MAPPING
K/qK/q
BACKUP
MEMORY FORMAT
SETUP
ENGLISH
NO
W
OK
SET BACK
MENU
11
2
SETUP
s
OK
SET BACK
MENU
NORMAL
BEEP ON
VIDEO OUT
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The selected item is displayed in a
different color.
Page display:
The page display mark is displayed when
there are additional menu items on the
next page.
1
2
SETUP
BEEP
VIDEO OUT
X
s
NTSC
PAL
OK
SET BACK
MENU
OK
MENU
SET
EXIT
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
RESET
RESET
SILENT
SILENT
MODE
MODE
SCENE
SCENE
SETUP
SETUP
IMAGE
IMAGE
QUALITY
QUALITY
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3
4
1* xD-Picture Card is required.
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Menu operations
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Still picture image quality and their applications
Movie image quality
Panorama shooting lets you create a panoramic picture, software on the provided CD-
ROM. An Olympus xD-Picture Card is required for panorama shooting.
1IMAGE QUALITY Changing the image quality
Image quality/Image size Compression Application
SHQ 3072 ×2304 Low
compression
• This is useful for printing large images
on A3-size (16 ×11.7 in.) paper.
• This is useful for performing computer
image processing, such as contrast
adjustment and red-eye correction.
HQ 3072 ×2304 Standard
compression
SQ1 2048 ×1536 Standard
compression
• This is useful for printing on A4-size
(11.7 ×8.5 in.) or postcard-sized (6 ×4
in.) paper.
• This is useful for computer editing
such as rotating or adding text to a
picture.
SQ2 640 ×480 Standard
compression
• This is useful for sending as e-mail
attachments.
16:9 1920 ×1080 Standard
compression
• This is useful for expressing the
broadness of a subject such as
landscapes and for viewing pictures on
a wide-screen television.
Image quality /Image size
SHQ 640 ×480
HQ 320 ×240
2PANORAMA Creating a panoramic picture
Connects pictures from
left to right
Connects pictures from
bottom to top
Y: The next picture is connected at
the right edge.
X: The next picture is connected at
the left edge.
O: The next picture is connected at
the top.
N: The next picture is connected at
the bottom.

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Menu operations
Use the arrow pad to specify at which edge you want to connect the pictures; and then
compose your shots so that the edges of the pictures overlap. The part of the previous
picture that will be combined will not remain in the frame. Remember the frame
displayed on the monitor as a rough indication, then compose the shot so that the
edges of the previous picture in the frame overlap with the next shot.
•PressHto exit panorama shooting.
• Panorama shooting is possible for up to 10 pictures. When 10 pictures have been
shot, the warning mark (g) will be displayed.
It restores shooting functions to their factory default settings.
Functions restored to the factory default settings
The scene mode selection screen displays sample images as well as a description of
the shooting situation for which it is designed. This can only be selected when the
mode dial is set to f.
• By switching to another scene, most settings will be changed to the default settings
of each scene mode.
g “fShoot pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation”
(P. 12)
This function allows you to turn off operational sounds that occur during shooting and
playback, etc...
3RESET Restoring default settings
NO /YES
Function Factory default setting Ref. Page
#AUTO P. 15
&OFF P. 14
F0.0 P. 14
IMAGE QUALITY HQ P. 19
YOFF P. 15
fjSPORT P. 12
4f (Scene) Selecting a scene mode according to the shooting situation
5SILENT MODE Setting to turn off operational sounds
OFF /ON