Olympus STYLUS-550WP User manual

DIGITAL CAMERA

STYLUS-550WP /

m

-550WP

● 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.

Instruction Manual

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How to Use the Camera

“ThreeTypesofSettingOperations”(p.3)

Printing

“Directprinting(PictBridge)”(p.34)

“PrintReservations(DPOF)”(p.37)

Shooting and Playing Back Images

“Shooting,Playback,andErasing”(p.14)

Preparing the Camera

“PreparingtheCamera”(p.10)

Names of Parts ......................................6

Preparing the Camera .........................10

Shooting, Playback, and Erasing .......14

Using Shooting Modes ........................17

Using Shooting Functions ..................20

Using Playback Features ....................23

Menus for Shooting Functions ...........24

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Menus for Playback, Editing, and

Printing Functions ...............................28

Menus for Other Camera Settings .....31

Printing .................................................34

Using OLYMPUS Master 2...................40

Usage Tips ...........................................42

Appendix ..............................................46

Index .....................................................59

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Contents

Step

1

Checking the contents of the box

Strap LI-42BLithiumIonBattery LI-41CBatteryCharger

Digitalcamera

USBcable AVcable OLYMPUSMaster2

CD-ROM

microSDAttachment

Otheraccessoriesnotshown:InstructionManual(thismanual),warrantycard.

Contentsmayvarydependingonpurchaselocation.

1

 Pressthebutton.

Thisexampledescribeshowtosetthe

[DIGITALZOOM].

MENU

EXIT

CAMERA MENU

SET

OK

Shootingmodetopmenu

2

 Useabcdtoselectthedesired

menu,andpresstheobutton.

 Pressingand

holdingtheE

buttondisplays

anexplanation

(menuguide)ofthe

selectedoption.

ISO

OFF

1

2

CAMERA MENU

SET

OK

AUTO

R

DIGITAL ZOOM OFF

AUTOWB

MENU

EXIT

PANORAMA

Submenu1

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Please read “Menu Settings” (p. 24 to 33) while referring to this page.

button

Arrowpad

obutton

Buttonsinuse

3

 Useabtoselectthedesired

submenu1,andpresstheobutton.

1

2

CAMERA MENU

MENU

EXIT SET

OK

ISO

OFF

AUTO

DIGITAL ZOOM OFF

AUTOWB

R

PANORAMA

1

2

CAMERA MENU

ISO

OFF

AUTO

DIGITAL ZOOM OFF

AUTOWB

MENU

SET

OK

BACK

R

PANORAMA

OFF

DIGITAL ZOOM

ON

Pagetab Submenu2

 Toquicklymovetothedesiredsubmenu,

pressctohighlightthepagetab,andthen

useab tomovethepagetab.Pressd to

returntothesubmenu1.

 Somemenusincludesubmenusthatappear

bypressingtheobutton.

4

 Useabtoselectthesubmenu2,and

presstheobutton.

Onceasettingismade,thedisplayreturnsto

thepreviousscreen.

 Theremaybe

additionaloperations.

“MenuSettings”(p.24

to33)

5

 Pressthebuttontocompletethe

setting.

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Three Types of Setting Operations

Ebutton

Using the Menu

Variouscamerasettingscanbeaccessedthroughthe

menus,includingfunctionsusedduringshootingand

playbackandthedate/timeandscreendisplay.

 Theremaybeunavailablemenusdependingonthe

otherrelatedsettingsortheselectedshootingmode

(p.17).

1

2

CAMERA MENU

MENU

EXIT SET

OK

ISO AUTO

DIGITAL ZOOM ON

AUTOWB

OFF

R

PANORAMA

3

EN

4

EN

Using the Direct Buttons

Frequentlyusedshootingfunctionscanbeaccessedusingthe

directbuttons.

Shutterbutton(p.14)

Zoombutton(p.20,p.23)

g/Ebutton(changinginformationdisplay/

menuguide)(p.3,p.22,p.23)

Fbutton(exposurecompensation)(p.21)

&button(macro)(p.21)

#button(ash)(p.20)

Ybutton(self-timer)(p.21)

Kbutton(shooting/switchingshootingmodes)

(p.14)

qbutton(playback)(p.15)

L/Dbutton(backlightboost/erase)

(p.16,p.22)

Buttonsinuse

obutton(p.3,p.22)

Using the FUNC Menu (p. 22)

Frequentlyusedshootingmenufunctionscanbesetwithless

stepsusingtheFUNCmenu.

Arrowpad

obutton

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1GSLIDESHOW................ p.28

2H

PERFECTFIX.............. p.28

3I EDIT

Q(Resize)................ p.28

P(Crop).................... p.28

MenusforPlayback,Editing,andPrintingFunctions

Settingscanbeadjusted,whentheimageisplayedbackby

pressingtheqbutton.

MENU

EXIT SET

OK

PLAYBACK MENU

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3

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5

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Playbackmodetopmenu

4J PLAYBACKMENU

0(Protect)............... p.29

y(Rotate)................... p.29

R(Addsoundtostill

picture)..................... p.29

5K ERASE......................... p.30

6L

PRINTORDER............. p.30

7ESETUP

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Sameas“Menusfor

shootingfunctions”

8F

SILENTMODE............. p.33

1A

IMAGEQUALITY......... p.24

2B

CAMERAMENU

WB............................... p.25

ISO.............................. p.25

DIGITALZOOM........... p.25

R(stillpictures/movies)

................................. p.26

PANORAMA................ p.26

FACEDETECT............ p.27

3C

SWITCHSHOOTING

MODES

P................................. p.14

G............................ p.17

D

ISMODE................... p.18

s........................... p.17

MOVIE......................... p.18

4D RESET........................ p.27

5 E SETUP

MEMOR

YFORMAT/

FORMAT..................... p.31

BACKUP...................... p.31

W(Language)........ p.31

PIXELMAPPING......... p.31

K/q......................... p.31

SA

VESETTINGS........ p.32

MENUCOLOR............ p.32

BEEP........................... p.32

s(Monitor)............... p.32

X(Date/time)............ p.32

VIDEOOUT................. p.33

POWERSAVE............. p.33

6F

SILENTMODE............. p.33

Menu Index

MenusforShootingFunctions

Settingscanbeadjusted,whenashootingmodeisselected.

MENU

EXIT

CAMERA MENU

SET

OK

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3

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Shootingmodetopmenu

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Names of Parts

1

 Microphone...........................p.26,29

2

 Self-timerlamp............................p.21

3

 Multi-connector...............p.33,34,40

4

 Connectorcover....... p.33,34,40,51

5

Strapeyelet.................................p.10

6

 Battery/cardcompartmentcover

........................................ p.11,43,51

Camera unit

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 Shutterbutton.......................p.14,42

8

 nbutton......................p.13,14

9

 Lens............................................p.46

10

Flash...........................................p.20

11

Tripodsocket.................................. —

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1

 Zoombutton..........................p.20,23

2

 Cardaccesslamp.......................p.48

3

 Monitor........................p.8,14,32,43

4

 Kbutton(shooting/switchingshooting

modes)........................................p.14

5

 button............................. p.3,5

6

 DISP./Ebutton(changinginformation

display/menuguide)..........p.3,22,23

7

 qbutton(playback).................. p.15

8

 obutton(OK/FUNC)............. p.3,22

9

 L/Dbutton(backlightboost/erase)

..............................................p.16,22

10

 Arrowpad........................... p.3,4,12

Fbutton(exposurecompensation)

...............................................p.21

&button(macro)................... p.21

Ybutton(self-timer).............. p.21

#button(ash)......................p.20

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Monitor

Shooting mode display

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ISO

1600

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Stillimage Movie

1

 Shootingmode......................p.17,18

2

 Flashmode.................................p.20

3

 Silentmode.................................p.33

4

 Macro/supermacro.....................p.21

5

 AFlock........................................p.18

6

 Batterycheck........................p.10,43

7

 Flashstandby/

camerashakewarning/

ashcharge................................p.42

8

 AFtargetmark............................p.14

9

 Recordingwithsound.................p.26

10

 Numberofstorablestillpictures/

remainingrecordingtime

........................................p.14,19,48

11

 Currentmemory..........................p.47

12

 Self-timer.................................... p.21

13

 Aperturevalue............................ p.14

14

 Shutterspeed............................. p.14

15

 Exposurecompensation.............p.21

16

 Compression/framerate.............p.24

17

 Imagesize.................................. p.24

18

 ISO..............................................p.25

19

 Whitebalance.............................p.25

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Playback mode display

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Stillimage Movie

1

 Silentmode.................................p.33

2

 Printreservation/

numberofprints..........................p.37

3

 Recordingwithsound.....p.26,29,45

4

 Protect........................................ p.29

5

 Batterycheck........................p.10,43

6

 Aperturevalue............................ p.14

7

 Exposurecompensation.............p.21

8

 Whitebalance.............................p.25

9

 Imagesize.................................. p.24

10

 Filenumber..................................... —

11

 Framenumber/elapsedtime/

totalrecordingtime.....................p.15

12

 Currentmemory..........................p.47

13

 Compression/framerate.............p.24

14

 ISO..............................................p.25

15

 Dateandtime....................... p.13,32

16

 Shutterspeed............................. p.14

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Preparing the Camera

 Batterycomespartiallycharged.Before

use,besuretochargethebatteryuntilthe

chargingindicatorgoesoff(forapprox.

2hours).

 Ifthechargeindicatordoesnotlightor

itblinks,thebatterymaynotbeinserted

correctlyorthebatteryorthechargermay

bebroken.

 Fordetailsonthebatteryandthecharger,

see“Batteryandcharger”(p.46).

When to charge the battery

Chargethebatterywhentheerrormessage

shownbelowappears.

BATTERYEMPTY

Monitortopright Errormessage

Flashesinred

Attaching the camera strap

 Pullthestraptightsothatitdoesnotcome

loose.

Charging the battery

 Thebatterychargerincluded(ACcableor

plug-intype)differsdependingontheregion

whereyoupurchasedthecamera.

Ifyoureceivedaplug-intypebattery

charger,plugitdirectlyintoanACoutlet.

Example: AC cable type battery

charger

ACoutlet

ACcable

Lithiumionbattery

Batterycharger

Chargingindicator

On:Charging

Off:Charged

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

Notch

Indexarea

 Insertthecardstraightuntilitclicksinto

place.

 Donottouchthecontactareaonthecard.

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 Thiscameraallowstheusertotakepictures

usingtheinternalmemoryevenwhen

noxD-PictureCard(soldseparately)is

inserted.“UsinganxD-PictureCard”(p.47)

 “Numberofstorablepictures(stillpictures)/

continuousrecordinglength(movies)in

theinternalmemoryandxD-Picturecard”

(p.48)

To remove the xD-Picture Card

1 2

 Pressthecardinuntilitclicksandcomes

outslightly,andthengraspthecardtopullit

out.

Loading the battery and

the xD-Picture Card™ (sold

separately) into the camera

 Donotinsertanythingotherthanan

xD-PictureCardorthemicroSDAttachment

intothecamera.

1



1

2

Battery/cardcompartmentcover

2



Batterylockknob

 Insertthebatterybyputtinginthe 

markedsiderst,withthe markstoward

thebatterylockknob.

 Insertthebatterywhileslidingthebattery

lockknobinthedirectionofthearrow.

 Toremovethebattery,unlockthebattery

lockknobbyslidingitinthedirectionofthe

arrow.

 Turnoffthecamerabeforeopeningor

closingthebattery/cardcompartmentcover.

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Using a microSD card/

microSDHC card

(sold separately)

AmicroSDcard/microSDHCcard(hereinafter

bothwillbereferredtoas“themicroSDcard”)

isalsocompatiblewiththiscamerausingthe

microSDAttachment.

 “UsingamicroSDAttachment”(p.49)

1

Insert the microSD card into the

Attachment.

Insertthecardto

theend.

2

Insert the microSD Attachment into

the camera.

Notch

To remove the microSD card

 PullthemicroSDcardstraightout.

 Donottouchthecontactareaonthe

microSDAttachmentand/ormicroSDcard.

Arrow pad and operation guide

Thesymbols,    displayed

onvarioussettingandmovieplaybackscreens

indicatethatthearrowpadistobeused.

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2008 08 26 12 30

OK

X

Y M D

TIME

MENU

CANCEL SET

Y M D

0.0 +0.3

+0.7 +1.0

EXPOSURE COMP.

Arrowpad









Operationguidesdisplayedatthebottomofthe

screenindicatethatthebutton,obutton,

zoombutton,orDbuttonistobeused.

1

4

2

5

3

6

IN

OK



MENU

BACK GO

SEL. IMAGE

T

W

SET

OK

MENU

EXIT

CAMERA MENU

SET

OK

Operationguide

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Setting the date and time

Thedateandtimesetherearesavedtoimage

lenames,dateprints,andotherdata.

1

Press the n button to turn on

the camera.

Thedateandtimesettingscreenisdisplayed

whenthedateandtimearenotset.

X

Y M

Y M D

D TIME

---- -- -- -- --

MENU

CANCEL

Dateandtimesettingscreen

2

Use ab to select the year for [Y].

2009

-- -- -- --

X

Y M

Y M D

D TIME

MENU

CANCEL

3

Press the o button to save the

setting for [Y].

2009

-- -- -- --

X

Y M

Y M D

D TIME

MENU

CANCEL

4

As in steps 2 and 3, use abcd

and the o button to set

[M] (month), [D] (day), [TIME] (hours

and minutes), and [Y/M/D] (date

order).

 Foraprecisetimesetting,pressthe

obuttonasthetimesignalstrikes

00seconds.

 Tochangethedateandtime,adjustthe

settingfromthemenu.

[X](Date/time)(p.32)

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Changing the display language

Thelanguageforthemenuanderrormessages

displayedonthemonitorisselectable.

1

Press the  button, and press

abcd to select [E] (SETUP).

MENU

EXIT SET

OK

SETUP

2

Press the o button.

1

2

3

BACKUP

NO

SETUP

ENGLISH

PIXEL MAPPING

MEMORY FORMAT

MENU

EXIT SET

OK

3

Use ab to select [W] and

press the o button.

W

FRANCAIS

DEUTSCH

ESPAÑOL

ITALIANO

ENGLISH

日本語

OK

SETBACK

MENU

4

Use abcd to select your

language and press the o button.

5

Press the  button.

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Shooting, Playback, and Erasing

Shooting with optimum

aperture value and shutter

speed (P mode)

Inthismode,automaticcamerashootingcan

beusedwhilealsoallowingchangestoawide

rangeofothershootingmenufunctions,suchas

exposurecompensation,whitebalanceandso

onasneeded.

Fordetailsonthefunctionsthatcanbeadjusted,

see“MenusforShootingFunctions”onpage24.

1

Press the n button to turn on

the camera.

10

M

4

IN

N

ORM

P

Monitor

(standbymodescreen)

Numberofstorable

stillpictures(p.48)

 IfPmodeisnotdisplayed,pressthe

Kbuttonafewtimestoselectit.

 Pressthenbuttonagaintoturnoff

thecamera.

2

Hold the camera, and compose the

shot.

1/400 F3.5

P

Horizontalgrip

Verticalgrip

Monitor

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ashesred.Tryfocusingagain.

1/400 F3.5

P

AFtargetmark

Presshalfway

Shutterspeed

Aperturevalue

 “Focusing”(p.44)

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To play back movies

Selectamovie,andpresstheobutton.

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MOVIE PLAY

OK

Movie

 Thesoundrecordedinmoviescannotbe

playedbackonthiscamera.Toplayback

movieswithsound,connecttoaTVorPC.

Operations during movie playback

Fast-forward: Whiledispressed,the

movieisfast-forwarded.

Rewind:Whilecispressed,themovie

isrewound.

Pause:Presstheobutton.

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Duringplayback

Elapsedtime/

T

otalrecordingtime

First (last) frame/frame advance:

Duringpause,pressa todisplaytherst

frame,andpressbtodisplaythelast

frame.Playbackisreversedwhilecis

pressed,playbackoccursnormallywhiled

ispressed.Presstheobuttontoresume

playback.

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Duringpause

To stop movie playback

Pressthe button.

4

To take the picture, gently press

the shutter button all the way down

while being careful not to shake the

camera.

P

1/400 F3.5

Imagereviewscreen

Pressfully

To view images during shooting

Pressingtheqbuttonenablesplaybackof

images.Toreturntoshooting,eitherpress

theKbuttonorpresstheshutterbutton

halfwaydown.

To shoot movies

“Shootingmovies(Amode)”(p.18)

Viewing images

1

Press the qbutton.

1

IN

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Playbackimage

Framenumber

2

Use abcd to select an image.

Displays

10framesbefore

thecurrentimage

Displaysnext

image

Displaysprevious

image

Displays

10framesafter

thecurrent

image

 Thedisplaysizeoftheimagescanbe

changed.“Indexviewandclose-upview”

(p.23)

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Erasing images during

playback (Single image erase)

1

Press the D button when the

playback image to be erased is

displayed.

ERASE

OK

IN

NO

YES

SETCANCEL

MENU

2

Press a to select [YES], and press

the o button.

 [K](ERASE)(p.30)

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Using Shooting Modes

TheshootingmodechangesintheorderofP,

G,h,s,AeachtimetheKbuttonis

pressed.Byswitchingtoothershootingmode,

mostsettingssetinotherthanPmodewillbe

changedtothedefaultsettingsoftherespective

shootingmode.

Shooting with automatic

settings (G mode)

Accordingtothescene,thecamera

automaticallyselectstheoptimalshootings

modefrom[PORTRAIT]/[LANDSCAPE]/

[NIGHT+PORTRAIT]/[SPORT]/[MACRO].

Thisisafullyautomaticmodethatallowsthe

usertotakepicturesusingthebestmodeforthe

shootingscenesimplybypressingtheshutter

button.Thesettingsin[B](CAMERAMENU)

arenotavailableinGmode.

1

Press the K button a few times to

set G.

10

M

4

IN

N

ORM

Gmodeindicator

Theindicatorchangestotheicon

fortheshootingmodeselected

bythecamera.

Presstheshutterbuttonhalfwaydownorpressthe

gbuttontocheckwhichshootingmodethe

camerahasautomaticallyselected.

 Insomecases,thecameramaynotselect

thedesiredshootingmode.

 Whenthecameracannotidentifywhichis

theoptimalmode,Pmodewillbeselected.

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Using the best mode for the

shooting scene (s mode)

1

Press the K button a few times to

set s.

PORTRAIT

SET

OK

MENU

EXIT

Anexplanationoftheselectedmodeisdisplayed

whiletheEbuttonispressedandheld.

2

Use ab to select the best

shooting mode for the scene, and

press the o button.

10

M

4

IN

N

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Iconindicating

thescenemode

thatisset

 Insmode,theoptimumshooting

settingsarepre-programmedforspecic

shootingscenes.Forthisreason,settings

maynotbechangedinsomemodes.

 Tochangetoanotherscenemode,usethe

menu.[CSWITCHSHOOTINGMODES]

(p.27)

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Using the digital image

stabilization mode (h mode)

Thismodeenablestheusertoreduceblurring

thatiscausedbyacamerashakeandsubject

movement.

1

Press the K button a few times to

set h.

10

M

h

4

IN

N

ORM

hmodeindicator

Shooting movies (n mode)

Audioisrecordedwiththemovie.

1

Press the K button a few times to

set n.

00:35

QVGA

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IN

Amodeindicator

To zoom while shooting a movie

Whilerecordingamoviewithsound,onlythe

digitalzoomisavailable.Tousetheoptical

zoom,set[R](movies)(p.26)to[OFF].

Submenu 1 Application

BPORTRAIT/

FLANDSCAPE/

GNIGHTSCENE

*1

/

MNIGHT+POR

TRAIT/

CSPOR

T/

NINDOOR/

WCANDLE

*1

/

RSELFPOR

TAIT/

SSUNSET

*1

/

XFIREWORKS

*1

/

VCUISINE/

dDOCUMENTS/

UNDER

WATER

SNAPSHOT

Thecameratakesa

pictureinthemode

fortheshooting

scene.

*1

 Whenthesubjectisdark,noisereductionis

automaticallyactivated.Thisapproximatelydoubles

theshootingtime,duringwhichnootherpictures

canbetaken.

To take underwater photos

Select[UNDERWATERSNAPSHOT].

 “Importantinformationaboutwaterresistant

feature”(p.49)

To lock the focus distance for an

underwater shot (AF lock)

When[UNDERWATERSNAPSHOT]is

selected,pressb.

AFL

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M

4

IN

N

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^mark

 Tocancel,pressbagaintoclearthe

^mark.

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2

Press the shutter button halfway

down to focus on the subject, and

gently press the button all the way

down to start recording.

Presshalfway

Pressfully

00:34

REC

Lightsupredduringrecording

Remainingrecordingtime(p.48)

3

Gently press the shutter button all

the way down to stop recording.

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Using the ash

Theashfunctionscanbeselectedtobest

matchtheshootingconditionsandrenderthe

desiredimage.

1

Press the # button.

P

OKOK

AUTO

SET

FLASH AUTO

AUTO

! # $

2

Use cd to select the setting

option, and press the o button to

set.

Item Description

FLASHAUTO

Theashresautomaticallyin

low-lightorbacklightconditions.

REDEYE

Pre-ashesareemittedtoreduce

theoccurrenceofredeyeinyour

photos.

FILLIN

Theashresregardlessofthe

availablelight.

FLASHOFF Theashdoesnotre.

Using the optical zoom

Pressingthezoombuttonadjuststheshooting

range.

Pressingthewide

(W)button

Pressingthetelephoto

(T)button

10

M

P

4

IN

N

ORM

10

M

P

4

IN

N

ORM

W T

Zoombar

 Opticalzoom:3.0×,digitalzoom:5.0×.

 Useofh mode(p.18)isrecommended

whenshootingwiththetelephotozoom.

To take larger images

[DIGITALZOOM](p.25)

 Thezoombarappearanceidentiesthe

statusofthedigitalzoom.

Digitalzoomrange

Whenusing

opticalzoom

Whenusing

digitalzoom

Opticalzoomrange

Using Shooting Functions

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