Olympus Stylus 770 SW User manual

DIGITAL CAMERA

Advanced

Manual

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

( 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.

( The screen and camera illustrations shown in this manual were produced during the development stages

and may differ from the actual product.

Appendix

2

EN

Contents

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. 17

P. 36

P. 50

P. 59

Using OLYMPUS Master

P. 42

Quick Start Guide

P. 3

EN

3

Quick Start Guide

Gather these items (box contents)

( Pull the strap tight so that it does not come loose.

Digital Camera Strap LI-42B

Lithium Ion Battery

LI-40C

Battery Charger

USB Cable AV Cable OLYMPUS Master

Software CD-ROM

Items not shown: Advanced Manual (this manual), Basic Manual, warranty card. Contents

may vary depending on purchase location.

Attach the strap

Quick Start Guide

4

EN

Quick Start Guide

Prepare the battery

a. Charge the battery

( Battery comes partially charged.

b. Insert the battery in the camera

( You can shoot pictures with this camera even without using an optional xD-

Picture Card™ (hereinafter referred to as “the card”). For details on inserting

the card, please refer to “Inserting and removing the card” (P. 61).

2

1

3

Charging Indicator

Light On (Red): Charging

Light Off: Charging complete

(Charging time: Approx. 5 hours)

AC Wall Outlet

Power Cable

Battery

Charger

Lithium Ion Battery

Battery lock knob

• To remove the battery, slide

the battery lock knob in the

direction of the arrow.

( Insert the battery from

the side.

1

2

4

3

EN

5

Quick Start Guide

Turn the camera on

This explains how to turn on the camera in shooting mode.

a. Press the o button.

( To turn off the camera, press the o button once again.

• When the date and time have

not yet been set, this screen will

appear.

o Button

MENU

CANCEL

X

Y/M/D

Y / M / D

Y M D TIME

Y M D T I M E

----.--.-- --:--

Hint

The directions of the arrow pad (1243) are indicated with

1243 in this manual.

1

2

34

6

EN

Quick Start Guide

Set date and time

a. Press the 1F button and the 2Y/S button to select [Y].

• The first two digits of the year are fixed.

b. Press the 3# button.

c. Press the 1F button and the 2Y/S

button to select [M].

d. Press the 3# button.

About the date and time setting screen

Y-M-D (Year-Month-Day)

Exits a setting.

Minute

Date formats (Y-M-D, M-D-Y, D-M-Y)

Hour

MENU

CANCEL

X

Y/M/D

Y / M / D

Y M D TIME

Y M D T I M E

----.--.-- --:--

2Y/S Button

1F Button

MENU

X

CANCEL

Y/M/D

Y / M / D

Y

M D

D

TIME

T I M E

3# Button

MENU

X

CANCEL

Y/M/D

Y / M / D

Y

M D

D

TIME

T I M E

EN

7

Set date and time

Quick Start Guide

e. Press the 1F button and the 2Y/S

button to select [D].

f. Press the 3# button.

g. Press the 1F button and the 2Y/S

button to select the hours and minutes.

• The time is displayed in the 24-hour format.

h. Press the 3# button.

i. Press the 1F button and the 2Y/S

button to select [Y/M/D].

j. After all items have been set, press the o button.

• For precise time setting, press the o button as the time signal strikes 00 seconds.

MENU

X

CANCEL

Y/M/D

Y / M / D

Y

M D

D

TIME

T I M E

OK

MENU

X

CANCEL SET

Y/M/D

Y / M / D

Y

M D

D

TIME

T I M E

OK

MENU

X

CANCEL SET

Y/M/D

Y / M / D

Y

M D

D

TIME

T I M E

o Button

P

HQ

3072

×

2304

[

IN

]

44

[ ]

8

EN

Quick Start Guide

Take a picture

a. Hold the camera

c. Shoot

Horizontal grip Vertical grip

b. Focus

Shutter Button

(Pressed

halfway)

The green lamp indicates the focus

and exposure are locked.

Place this mark over your

subject.

The number of storable

still pictures is displayed.

P

HQ

3072

×

2304

[

IN

]

44

[ ]

(Pressed

completely)

Shutter Button

The card access lamp blinks.

EN

9

Quick Start Guide

View pictures

a. Press the q/P button.

a. Press the 4& button and the 3# button to display the picture

that you want to erase.

b. Press the 2Y/S button.

c. Press the 1F button to select [YES] and press the o button

to erase the picture.

q/P Button

Arrow Pad

Next Picture

Prev. Picture

12:30

'07.07.26

'0 7. 07 .2 6

100-0001

1 0 0-0001

1

HQ

[

IN

]

ISO 100

WB AUTO

WB AU TO

0.0

3072

307 2

×

2304

230 4

1023hPa

200m

F3.5 1/30

F3. 5 1/ 30

Erase pictures

2Y/S Button

OK

SET

MENU

BACK

YES

NO

[IN]

ERASE

1F Button

o Button

OK

SET

MENU

BACK

YES

NO

ERASE

10

EN

Button operations

Shooting still pictures

Press K/h/s and switch the shooting mode to P, AUTO, h or s, and lightly press

the shutter button (halfway). The green lamp lights when the focus and exposure are locked

(focus lock). Now press the shutter button all the way (completely) to shoot a picture.

Focus lock - Locking the focus and then composing the

shot

Compose your picture with the focus locked, and then fully

press the shutter button to shoot a picture.

• If the green lamp blinks, the focus is not adjusted properly.

Try locking the focus again.

o button Turning the camera on and off

Power on: Camera turns on in the shooting mode.

• Lens cover opens

• Monitor turns on

Shutter button Shooting pictures

P

[

IN

]

44

[ ]

HQ

3072

×

2304

Shooting mode

Flash mode

Self-timer

Macro mode/

Super macro mode/

S-macro LED mode

4

1 2

8

5

b

a

0

6

9

7

c

3

1

2

P

HQ

3072

×

2304

[

IN

]

44

[ ]

Green lamp

Button operations

EN

11

AF Lock - Locking the focus position

When the scene is kH or T, you can lock the focus position

by pressing 2. Press 2 again to cancel the AF lock.

g “s Shoot pictures by selecting a scene mode

according to the situation” (P. 11)

• AF lock is automatically canceled after one shot.

Recording movies

Press K/h/s to switch to s mode, and select n from the scene mode. Audio is

recorded with the movie. Press the shutter button halfway to lock the focus, and press the

shutter button completely to start recording. Press the shutter button again to stop recording.

Set the camera to a shooting mode. Press K/h/s repeatedly to switch the shooting

mode in the following order: P/AUTO→h→s.

• You can set the camera to turn on in shooting mode when K/h/s is pressed while

the camera is turned off.

g “K/q Using the K/h/s button or the q/P button to turn on the camera”

(P. 30)

The camera determines the optimum settings for the shooting conditions automatically.

This function reduces the blur caused by a moving subject or camera movement when taking

pictures.

• By switching to another mode, most settings will be changed to the default settings of each

mode.

You can shoot pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation.

Select a scene mode/change another scene mode to another one

•Press m/Y to select [SCN] from the top menu, and change it to another scene mode.

• By switching to another scene mode, most settings will be changed to the default settings of

each scene mode.

K/h/s button (Shooting) Setting the shooting mode

K Shooting still pictures

h Shooting pictures using digital image stabilization

s Shoot pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation

HQ

3072

×

2304

[

IN

]

44

[ ]

kk

AF lock mark

This icon lights red during movie recording.

A

00:36

The remaining recording time is displayed.

When the remaining recording time reaches 0,

recording will stop automatically.

3

Button operations

12

EN

Set the camera to the playback mode. Each time you press q/P, you can switch between

playback mode and “My Favorite”.

• Press 43 to view other pictures.

• You can set the camera to turn on in playback mode when q/P is pressed while the

camera is turned off.

g “K/q Using the K/h/s button or the q/P button to turn on the camera”

(P. 30)

The last picture taken is displayed.

• Use the zoom button to switch between close-up playback, index display and calendar

display.

• Press o to hide the information displayed on the screen for 3 seconds during single-frame

playback.

g “MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies” (P. 25)

Press q/P in the playback mode to display still pictures

registered in “My Favorite”.

• Use the zoom button to switch among close-up playback and

index display.

Press m/Y during “My Favorite” playback to display the top

menu, and then select [SLIDESHOW] or [ADD FAVORITE].

g “SLIDESHOW Playing back pictures automatically” (P. 24)

“ADD FAVORITE Adding favorite images” (P. 25)

Erasing pictures from “My Favorite”

• Press 43 to display the picture you want to erase and press 2S. Select [YES], and press

o.

• Erasing a picture from “My Favorite” does not erase the original picture recorded in the

internal memory or to the card.

Use the arrow pad to select scenes, playback picture, and the items on the menus.

q/P button (Playback) Selecting playback mode/Viewing “My Favorite”

q Viewing still pictures/Selecting playback mode

P Viewing “My Favorite”

YES/ NO

Arrow pad (1243)

4

My Favorite

OK

MENU

SLIDE-

SHOW

SLIDE-

SHOW

ADD

FAVORITE

ADD

FAVORITE

SET

EXIT

My Favorite

5

Button operations

EN

13

Displays the function menu which contains the functions and settings used during shooting.

This button is also used to confirm your selection.

The functions you can set with the function menu

You can switch between P (Program auto) and AUTO (Full auto mode).

Other functions you can set with the function menu

g “WB Adjusting the color of a picture” (P. 21)

“ISO Changing the ISO sensitivity” (P. 21)

“DRIVE Using sequential (continuous) shooting” (P. 21)

“ESP/n Changing the area for measuring the brightness of a subject” (P. 22)

Displays the top menu.

Checking the time

While the camera is off, press m/Y to display the time (and alarm set time when [ALARM

CLOCK] is set). The time will be displayed for 3 seconds.

Hold down m/Y to turn on the LED illuminator.

• The LED illuminator can be turned on even when the camera is

off.

• The LED illuminator automatically turns off after 90 seconds.

• To turn off the LED illuminator, hold down m/Y again, or

perform no operations for 30 seconds and allow it turn off

automatically.

g “LED ILLUMINATOR Setting the LED illuminator function”

(P. 34)

o button (OK/FUNC)

P/AUTO

...................................................................... Shooting pictures with automatic settings

P (Program auto) The camera automatically sets the optimum aperture value and shutter

speed for the brightness of the subject.

AUTO (Full auto mode) The camera automatically sets white balance and ISO sensitivity in

addition to the aperture and shutter speed.

m/Y button (MENU/LED illuminator) Displaying the top menu/

Checking the time/Turning on the LED illuminator

m Displaying the top menu/Checking the time

Y Turning on the LED illuminator

6

P

WB

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

o

h

P/AUTO

ESP

43: Select a setting, and press o.

12: Select the function to be set.

Function menu

7

LED illuminator

Button operations

14

EN

Shooting mode: Zooming in on your subject

Optical zoom ratio: 3×

Playback mode: Changing the picture display

Zoom button Zooming while shooting/close-up playback

8

P

[

IN

]

44

[ ]

HQ

3072

×

2304

P

[

IN

]

44

[ ]

HQ

3072

×

2304

Zoom out:

Press W on the

zoom button.

Zoom in:

Press T on the

zoom button.

1 2

4

3

[

IN

]

12:30

'07.07.26

'07 .07 .2 6

100-0004

1 0 0 -0 00 4

4

HQ

[

IN

]

ISO 100

IS O 1 00

WB AUTO

WB A UT O

1023hPa

200m

0.0

0. 0

F3.5 1/30

F3 .5 1/3 0

3072

30 72

×

2304

23 04

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

[

IN

]

[

IN

]

[

IN

]

Close-up playback

• Press T to incrementally enlarge

the picture up to 10 times the

original size. Press W to reduce

the size.

• Use the arrow pad during close-

up playback to scroll around the

picture.

• Press o to return to single-frame

playback.

Index display

• Use the arrow pad to select a

picture for playback, and press

o to play back the single-

frame of the picture selected.

Calendar display

• Use the arrow pad to select the

date, and press o or T on the

zoom button to display the picture

on the date selected.

Single-frame playback

• Use 43 to browse pictures.

W

TW

W

T

W

T

W

T

Button operations

EN

15

Press 1F in shooting mode, and then use the arrow pad 43 to

adjust the exposure and press o to confirm the setting.

• Adjustable from -2.0EV to +2.0 EV

Press 3# in shooting mode to select the flash setting.

Press o to confirm your selection.

Press 2Y in shooting mode to select on and off for the self-timer.

Press o to confirm your selection.

• After pressing the shutter button completely, the self-timer lamp lights for approximately 10

seconds, blinks for approximately 2 seconds, and then the picture is taken.

• To cancel the self-timer, press 2Y.

• Self-timer shooting is automatically canceled after one shot.

In playback mode, select the picture you want to erase, and press 2S.

• Once erased, pictures cannot be restored. Check each picture before erasing to avoid

accidentally erasing pictures you want to keep.

g “0 Protecting pictures” (P. 28)

• You cannot erase a single frame during close-up playback and index display.

1F button Changing picture brightness

3# button Flash shooting

AUTO (Auto-flash) The flash fires automatically in low light or backlight conditions.

! Red-eye reduction flash This emits pre-flashes to reduce the occurrence of red-eye in

your pictures.

# Fill-in flash The flash fires regardless of the available light.

$ Flash off The flash does not fire even in low light conditions.

2Y/S button Self-timer shooting/Erasing pictures

Y Self-timer shooting

Y OFF Cancel the self-timer.

Y ON Set the self-timer.

S Erasing pictures

9

+

2.0

OK

SET

P

+

2.0

Activate the setting.

3: Brighten

4: Darken

0

a

Button operations

16

EN

Press

4&

in shooting mode to select the macro mode.

Press o to confirm your selection.

• Zoom and flash cannot be used in super macro mode/S-macro LED mode.

• [ISO] is fixed at [AUTO] when shooting in S-macro LED mode.

g “ISO Changing the ISO sensitivity” (P. 21)

When a printer is connected to the camera, display the picture you want to print in playback

mode and press <.

g “EASY PRINT” (P. 36)

4& button Shooting pictures close to the subject

OFF Macro mode is deactivated.

& Macro mode This mode lets you shoot as close as 20 cm/7.9 in. (wide) and

30 cm/11.8 in. (tele) from your subject.

% Super macro mode This mode lets you shoot as close as 7 cm/2.8 in. from your

subject. If the distance between the camera and the subject is

over 50 cm/19.7 in., the picture will be out of focus.

O S-macro LED mode The LED light illuminates from 7 cm/2.8 in. to 20 cm/7.9 in. from

the lens in super macro mode. Press the shutter button halfway

to turn on the LED light.

< button Printing pictures

b

c

EN

17

Menu operations

Pressing m/Y displays the top menu on the monitor.

• The items displayed on the top menu differ according to the mode.

• When [CAMERA MENU], [PLAYBACK MENU], [EDIT], [ERASE], or [SETUP] is selected,

the menu corresponding to the respective functions is displayed.

During menu operations, the buttons and their respective functions are displayed at the bottom

of the monitor. Follow these guides to navigate the menus.

About the menus

Operation guide

o button

Arrow pad

(1243)

m/Y button

OK

MENU

SETUP

IMAGE

QUALITY

IMAGE

QUALITY

RESET

DEMO

CAMERA

MENU

CAMERA

MENU

SILENT

MODE

SILENT

MODE

EXIT SET

OK

SET

MENU

BACK

1

2

CAM ER A ME NU

WB

AUTO

ISO AUTO

DIGITAL ZOOM

DRIVE

o

ESP

OFF

Top menu (in still picture shooting mode)

OK

MENU

SETUP

IMAGE

QUALITY

IMAGE

QUALITY

RESET

DEMO

CAMERA

MENU

CAMERA

MENU

SILENT

MODE

SILENT

MODE

EXIT SET

Operation

guide

m/Y

button

1243 on

the arrow pad

: Returns to the previous menu.

: Exits the menu.

: Press 1243 to select a setting.

: Sets the selected item.

MENU

BACK

MENU

EXIT

OK

SET

o

Menu operations

18

EN

This explains how to use the menus with the [AF MODE] setting as an example.

1 Press K/h/s to set the shooting mode to P.

2 Press m/Y to display the top menu. Select

[CAMERA MENU] and press o to confirm your

selection.

• [AF MODE] is one of the selections on the [CAMERA MENU].

Press o to confirm your selection.

3 Use the arrow pad 12 to select [AF MODE],

and press o.

• Some settings may not be available, depending on the

shooting/scene mode.

• When pressing 4 on this screen, the cursor moves to the

page display. Press 12 to change the page. To select an

item or function, press 3 or o.

4 Use the arrow pad 12 to select [iESP] or

[SPOT], and press o.

• The menu item is set and the previous menu is displayed.

Press m/Y repeatedly to exit the menu.

• To cancel changes and continue menu operation, press

m/Y before pressing o.

Using the menus

OK

MENU

SETUP

IMAGE

QUALITY

IMAGE

QUALITY

RESET

DEMO

CAMERA

MENU

CAMERA

MENU

SILENT

MODE

SILENT

MODE

EXIT SET

OK

SET

MENU

BACK

1

2

WB

AUTO

ISO AUTO

DIGITAL ZOOM

DRIVE

o

ESP

OFF

OK

SET

MENU

BACK

2

1

AF MODE SPOT

R OFF

PANORAMA

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.

OK

SET

MENU

BACK

2

1

AF MODE

R

PANORAMA

SPOT

iESP

Menu operations

EN

19

• Some menu items are not available in certain shooting modes.

g “Functions available in shooting modes and scene modes” (P. 57)

g “SETUP menus” (P. 29)

• The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ).

Still picture image quality and their applications

Movie image quality

Shooting mode menu Khs

IMAGE 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 (16.5 × 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 2560 × 1920 Standard

compression

• This is useful for A3 (16.5 × 11.7 in.) /A4

(11.7 × 8.5 in.)-size prints.

• This is useful for computer editing such as

rotating or adding text to a picture.

2304 × 1728

2048 × 1536

SQ2 1600 × 1200 Standard

compression

• This is useful for postcard-sized (6 × 4 in.)

prints.

• This is useful for viewing pictures on a

computer.

1280 × 960

1024 × 768

• This is useful for sending as e-mail

attachments.

640 × 480 Low

compression

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

SQ 160 × 120

OK

MENU

SETUP

IMAGE

QUALITY

IMAGE

QUALITY

RESET

DEMO

CAMERA

MENU

CAMERA

MENU

SILENT

MODE

SILENT

MODE

EXIT SET

2

4 CAMERA MENU

WB

ISO

DRIVE

ESP/n

DIGITAL ZOOM

AF MODE

R

PANORAMA

*

* An Olympus xD-Picture Card is required.

4

3

1

5

6

1

Menu operations

20

EN

This restores shooting functions back to 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. Scene modes can only be set when s mode is

selected.

g “K/h/s button (Shooting) Setting the shooting

mode” (P. 11)

• By switching to another scene mode, most settings will be

changed to the default settings of each scene mode.

*1 When the subject is dark, noise reduction is automatically

activated. This approximately doubles the shooting time, during

which the next picture can be taken.

*2 The focus is locked at the first frame.

*3 The camera focuses for each frame.

*4 Use a waterproof protector when using the camera at depths exceeding 10 m (32.8 ft.).

*5 The focus distance is fixed at approximately 5.0 m (16.4 ft.).

RESET Restoring default settings

NO /YES

Function Factory default setting Ref. Page

F 0.0 P. 15

# AUTO P. 15

YYOFF P. 15

& OFF P. 16

IMAGE QUALITY HQ P. 19

WB AUTO P. 21

ISO AUTO P. 21

DRIVE o P. 21

ESP/n ESP P. 22

DIGITAL ZOOM OFF P. 22

AF MODE SPOT P. 22

R OFF P. 22

s (Scene) Selecting a scene mode according to the shooting situation

PORTRAIT / LANDSCAPE / LANDSCAPE+PORTRAIT / NIGHT SCENE

*1

/

NIGHT+PORTRAIT

*1

/ SPORT / INDOOR / CANDLE

*1

/ SELF PORTRAIT /

AVAILABLE LIGHT

*1

/ SUNSET

*1

/ FIREWORKS

*1

/ CUISINE / BEHIND GLASS /

DOCUMENTS / AUCTION / SHOOT & SELECT1

*2

/ SHOOT & SELECT2

*3

/

BEACH & SNOW / UNDERWATER SNAPSHOT

*4

/ UNDER WATER WIDE1

*4

/

UNDER WATER WIDE2

*4*5

/ UNDER WATER MACRO

*4

/ MOVIE

2

3

B

F

D

G

U

OK

SET

MENU

BACK

1 PORTRAIT

Scene mode selection screen

Set the scene mode.

Page is loading ...

Olympus Stylus 770 SW User manual

This manual is also suitable for

Olympus Stylus 770 SW User manual

Related papers

Other documents