Olympus TG-3 User manual

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.

The screen and camera illustrations shown in this manual were produced

during the development stages and may differ from the actual product.

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

1 Connector cover

2 Connector cover lock

3 LOCK knob

4 Speaker

5 Strap eyelet

6 Lens

7 Self-timer lamp/LED Illuminator/

AF illuminator

8 Flash

9 Stereo microphone

0 GPS antenna

a n button

b Indicator lamp

c Shutter button

d Zoom lever

e Monitor

f INFO (Information display) button

g R (Movie) button

h Mode dial

i q (Playback) button

j A button

k /Wi-Fi button

l Multi-connector

m HDMI micro connector

n Tripod socket

o Battery/card compartment cover

p Battery/card compartment cover

lock

q Arrow pad

r F (Up) / F (Exposure

compensation) button

s I (Right) /# (Flash) button

t G (Down) / jY (Sequential

shooting/Self-timer) /



(Erase)

button

u H (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, 2 and

3 to 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

C mark 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, 2 and 3 to close

battery/card compartment cover.

• When using the camera, be sure to close

the battery/card compartment cover.

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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 n button to turn on the camera, press

FGHI

of the arrow pad to select your language and press

the A button.

2

Press

FG

of the arrow

pad to select the year for

[Y].

X

MENU

Back

Y/M/D

YMDTime

-- --

--

:..

2014

3

Press I of 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 A button.

• For precise time setting, press the A button as the time signal strikes

00 seconds.

5

Use

HI

to select the

time zone and then press

the A button.

• Use

FG

to turn daylight

saving time ([Summer]) on

or off.

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Using basic functions

Taking photographs

1

Press the n button 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 q button.

• 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 A button 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 A button.

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Movie PlayMovie Play

Pausing and restarting

playback

Press the A button to pause playback. During

pause, fast forward or reverse, press the A button

to restart playback.

Fast forward

Press I to fast forward. Press I again to increase

the fast forward speed.

Rewind

Press H to rewind. Press H again 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 F to display the first frame and press G to

display the last frame.

Advancing and

rewinding one frame at

a time

Press I or H to advance or rewind one frame at a

time. Hold I or H pressed for continuous advance

or rewind.

Resuming playback

Press the A button 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

Cancel

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Back

2

Press FG to select [Erase], and press the A button.

• 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 A button.

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To control panorama image playback

Stop playback: Press the  button.

Pause: Press the A button.

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 A button to restart scrolling.

Viewing area

Playing back grouped images

With sequential shooting (j/c/d) (P. 33) and [p Focus 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 A button to display the

images respectively.

• Use HI to view the previous/next frame.

A button

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

G

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.

1

Shooting mode

RR

–

2

Connection to Smartphone

RRR

3

Latitude

RR

–

4

Longitude

RR

–

5

Sub mode

RR

–

6

Picture Mode

RR

–

7

Flash

RR

–

8

Exposure compensation

RR

–

9

White balance

RR

–

10

ISO sensitivity

RR

–

11

o

/

Y

RRR

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

1 23 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.

1

Battery check

–

R

–

2

Eye-Fi transfer data/Wi-Fi

RR

–

3

Protect

RR

–

4

Adding sound

RR

–

5

Share order

RR

–

6

Print reservation/number of prints

RR

–

7

Current memory

RR

–

8

Frame number/

total number of images

RR

–

9

Direction 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)

m Microscope/o Focus Stacking/

p Focus BKT/n Microscope 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.

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