FE-220/X-785
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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reference.
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Advanced
Manual
Appendix
DIGITAL CAMERA
2 EN
Contents
Quick Start Guide P.3
Test out the functions of the
camera buttons by following the
illustrations and actually trying them
out on the camera.
Learn how to print pictures you have
taken.
Learn how to transfer pictures to a
computer and save them.
Find out more about your camera and
learn what to do when you have a
question regarding operations.
Read about convenient functions and
safety precautions on how to use your
camera more effectively.
Learn everything about the menus,
from basic operations to the functions
of each menu and their various
settings.
Button operations
Menu operations
Printing pictures
Getting to know your
camera better
Appendix
P.10
P.16
P.30
P.48
P.58
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 Lithium Ion Battery
(LI-42B)
Battery Charger
(LI-40C)
USB Cable
OLYMPUS Master
CD-ROM
Other items
• Basic manual
• Advanced manual (this manual)
• Warranty card
Contents may vary depending on
purchase location.
AV Cable
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Quick Start Guide
Prepare the battery
a. Charge the battery
( Battery comes partially charged.
b. Insert the battery in the camera
( This camera does not require an optional xD-Picture Card™
(hereinafter referred to as “the card”) to take pictures. For details on
inserting an optional Card, please refer to “Inserting and removing
the card” (P.60).
Charging Indicator
Red light on: Charging
Light off: Charging complete
(Charging time: Approx. 300 minutes)
AC Wall
Outlet
2
1
Power Cable
Battery Charger
Lithium Ion Battery
3
W
( To remove the battery, press the battery
lock knob in the direction of the arrow.
3
1
2
4
5
(
Insert the battery in the direction
indicated by the mark.
Battery lock
knob
EN 5
Quick Start Guide
Turn the camera on
This section explains how to turn on the camera in shooting mode.
a. Set the mode dial to h
Still picture shooting modes
b. Press the o button
( To turn off the camera, press the o button again.
The directions of the arrow pad (ONXY) are indicated with
ONXY in this manual.
h The camera determines the optimum settings and shoots the picture.
h This function reduces the blur caused by a moving subject or camera
movement when taking pictures.
B Suitable for taking pictures of people.
E Suitable for taking pictures of landscapes.
M Suitable for taking pictures of people at night.
f You can select a scene mode from among 10 set for various shooting
conditions.
g This function allows you to take the best picture by following the shooting
guide displayed on the screen.
When shooting
movies
When shooting still
pictures
Mode dial
o button
MENU
CANCEL
X
Y/M/D
Y / M / D
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
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This screen appears if the
date and time have not
been set.
YX
O
N
Hint
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Quick Start Guide
Set date and time
About the date and time setting screen
a. Press the OF/< button and NY button to select [Y].
( The first two digits of the year are fixed.
b. Press the Y# button.
c. Press the OF/< button and the
NY button to select [M].
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 format (Y-M-D, M-D-Y, D-M-Y)
Hour
NY button
OF/< button
CANCEL
MENU
2007
2007
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X
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
Y/M/D
Y / M / D
Y# button
2007
2007
.
08
08
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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
NY button to select [D].
f. Press the Y# button.
g. Press the OF/< button and the
NY button 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 NY
button to select [Y/M/D].
j. After all items have been set, press the i button.
( For a more accurate setting, you can press the i button when the
time signal hits 00 seconds.
2007
2007
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08
08
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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
2007
2007
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08
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Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
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Y / M / D
CANCEL
MENU
OK
SET
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Y/M/D
Y / M / D
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
i button
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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
button
Press
halfway
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The green lamp indicates that the
focus and exposure are locked.
Place this mark over your subject.
The number of still
pictures you can store is
displayed.
Press
completely
Shutter
button
The card access lamp blinks.
EN 9
Quick Start Guide
Review your pictures
a. Press the q button.
Erase pictures
a. Press the X& button and the Y# button, to display the
picture you want to erase.
b. Press the S button.
c. Press the OF/< button to select [YES] and press the
i button.
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Arrow pad
Next picture
Previous picture
q button
S button
OK
SET
MENU
BACK
YES
NO
ERASE
OF/< button
i button
OK
SET
MENU
BACK
YES
NO
ERASE
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Button operations
Button operations
Shooting still pictures
Set the mode dial to anything except n and 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 shoot a picture.
Locking the focus and then composing the shot
(Focus lock)
Compose your picture with the focus locked, and then
completely press the shutter button to shoot a picture.
• When the green lamp blinks, the focus is not adjusted
properly. Try locking the focus again.
1 o button Turning the camera on and off
Power on: Camera turns on in the shooting mode.
• Lens extends
• Monitor turns on
2 Shutter button Shooting pictures
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+2.0
+2.0
Self-timer
Flash mode
Macro/Super macro mode
Exposure
compensation
Shooting mode
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Button operations
EN 11
Recording movies
Set the mode dial to n, and lightly press the shutter button to lock the focus, and then
press the shutter button completely to start recording. Press the shutter button again
to stop recording.
Switching to the shooting mode.
If the camera is not on, pressing K can turn on the camera in the shooting mode.
g“K/q Turning on the power with K/q” (P.27)
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.
• Information display that is displayed for 3 seconds during single-frame playback can
be cleared by pressing A.
If the camera is not on, pressing q can turn on the camera in the playback mode.
g“K/q Turning on the power with K/q” (P.27)
g“MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies” (P.22)
Set the mode dial and shoot pictures.
• Details of selected mode, other than the f and g mode which are
displayed for 3 seconds can be cleared by pressing the A.
The camera determines the optimum settings and shoots the picture.
This function reduces 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.
You can shoot pictures by selecting from 10 types of scenes according to the situation.
Press i for setting.
3 K button (shooting) Selecting shooting mode/turning on the power
4 q button (playback) Selecting playback mode/turning on the power
5 Mode dial Switching between shooting modes
h Shooting pictures with automatic settings
h Shooting pictures using digital image stabilization
i, l, M Shooting pictures according to the situation
f Shooting pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the
situation
Button operations
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You can set the targeted items by following the shooting guide displayed on the
screen.
Audio is recorded with the movie.
• During audio recording, only the digital zoom can be used. To record the movie with
the optical zoom, set [MOVIE W/ SOUND] to [OFF].
g“MOVIE W/ SOUND Recording movies with or without sound” (P.20)
j SPORT / N INDOOR / b CANDLE
/ R SELF PORTRAIT / S SUNSET / c FIREWORKS
/ V BEHIND GLASS / V CUISINE / d DOCUMENTS
/ i AUCTION
g Follow the shooting guide to take better pictures
n Recording movies
R
N
W
1
MENU
BACK
OK
SET
SPORT
j
• The scene mode selection screen displays
sample images as well as a description of the
shooting situation for which it is designed.
• To switch scenes after selecting a scene,
press m and select [f] from the top
menu. The selection screen is displayed.
• By switching to another scene, most settings
will be returned to the default settings of each
scene.
OK
SET
SHOOTING GUIDE 1/3
4
Adjusting 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 a different shooting mode.
• 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: Switching the picture display
6 Zoom lever Zooming in and out while shooting or playing back pictures
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Zoom out:
Turn the zoom lever toward W.
Zoom in:
Turn the zoom lever toward T.
Zoom bar
White area:
Optical zoom area
Red area:
Digital zoom area
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Close-up playback
• Turn the zoom lever toward T to
incrementally enlarge the picture
up to 10 times the original size.
Press the zoom lever toward W
to reduce the size.
• Turn the arrow pad during close-
up playback to scroll the picture
in the indicated direction.
• When returning to the single-
frame playback, press i.
Index display
• Use the arrow pad to select a
picture for playback, and press
i to 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 pictures, and select items on the menus.
This button is used to confirm your selection.
Shooting mode : Changing picture brightness
Playback mode : Printing pictures
Display a picture to be printed out in playback mode, connect the camera to a printer
and press OF/<.
g“Direct printing (PictBridge)” (P.30)
Press X& in shooting mode to select the macro mode. Press i for setting.
7 MENU button Displaying the menu
8 Arrow pad (ONXY)
9 i button
0 OF/< button Changing picture brightness/Printing
a X& button Shooting pictures close to the subject
OFF MACRO OFF Turns off the macro mode.
& MACRO This mode lets you shoot from as close as 10 cm/3.9 in. (when
the zoom is set for the zoom-out angle) and as close as 60 cm/
23.6 in. (when the zoom is set for the zoom-in angle) to your
subject.
% SUPER MACRO This mode lets you shoot from as close as 5 cm/2.0 in. from your
subject. Zoom position is automatically set and cannot be
changed.
+
2.0
2.0
+
2.0
OK
SET
For manually making fine
adjustments to the exposure
when taking pictures.
Activate the setting contents.
Press OF/< in shooting mode, press
XY
to adjust the
exposure, then press A.
Adjustable from -2.0EV to +2.0 EV
Y : Brighten
X : Darken
Button operations
EN 15
Press NY in shooting mode to select on and off of the self-timer.
Press i for setting.
• 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 mode.
Press i to set it.
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“0 Protecting pictures”
(P.23)
b NY button Self-timer shooting
OFF SELFTIMER OFF Cancel the self-timer.
Y SELFTIMER ON Set the self-timer.
c Y# button Flash shooting
AUTO FLASH AUTO The flash fires automatically in low light or backlight
conditions.
! REDEYE This emits pre-flashes for red-eye reduction.
# FILL IN The flash fires regardless of the available light.
$ FLASH OFF The flash does not fire even in low light conditions.
d S button Erasing pictures
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Menu operations
Menu operations
Press MENU to display the top menu on the monitor.
• The contents displayed on the top menu differ according to the mode.
• Select [PLAYBACK MENU] or [SETUP] and press i to display detailed menus
from which to make settings.
• When the mode dial is set at g, press m to display the shooting guide
screen.
About the menus
K button (Shooting mode)
MENU button
q button (Playback mode)
Arrow pad
(ONXY)
i button
OK
MENU
SET
EXIT
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
SCENE
SCENE
SILENT
SILENT
MODE
MODE
PICTURE
PICTURE
+ SOUND
+ SOUND
IMAGE
IMAGE
QUALITY
QUALITY
SETUP
SETUP
RESET
RESET
2
1
PIXEL MAPPING
K/qK/q
BACKUP
MEMORY FORMAT
SETUP
ENGLISH
NO
W
OK
SET
BACK
MENU
3
Top menu
(in still picture shooting mode)
SETUP menu items
Menu operations
EN 17
During menu operations, the buttons and their respective functions are displayed at
the bottom of the screen. Follow these guides to navigate the menus.
This explains how to set [VIDEO OUT] with the menus as an example.
1 Set the mode dial to a setting other than g.
2 Press m to display the Top Menu.
Press Y to select [SETUP] and then press
i.
• [VIDEO OUT] is a menu in [SETUP].
Operation guide
Using the menus
OK
MENU
SET
EXIT
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
SCENE
SCENE
SILENT
SILENT
MODE
MODE
PICTURE
PICTURE
+ SOUND
+ SOUND
IMAGE
IMAGE
QUALITY
QUALITY
SETUP
SETUP
RESET
RESET
Operation
guide
m
button
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
i button
OK
MENU
SET
EXIT
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
SILENT
SILENT
MODE
MODE
IMAGE
IMAGE
QUALITY
QUALITY
SETUP
SETUP
RESET
RESET
SCENE
SCENE
PICTURE
PICTURE
+ SOUND
+ SOUND
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Menu operations
3 Press ON to select [VIDEO OUT] and then
press i.
• Unavailable settings cannot be selected.
•Press X in this screen to move the cursor to the
page display. Press ON to change the page.
Press Y or i to return to selecting items.
4 Press ON to select [NTSC] or [PAL] and
then press i.
• The menu item is set and the previous menu is
displayed. Press m repeatedly to exit the
menu.
• To cancel changes and continue menu
operations, press m before pressing i.
• Some menu items are not available depending on the position of the mode dial.
g“Functions available in shooting modes and scene modes” (P.57)
g“SETUP menus” (P.26)
• The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ).
Shooting mode menus K
2
1
PIXEL MAPPING
K/qK/q
BACKUP
MEMORY FORMAT
SETUP
ENGLISH
NO
W
OK
SET
BACK
MENU
3
VIDEO OUT
SETUP
X
OK
SET
BACK
MENU
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The selected item is
displayed in a different color.
Page display:
These marks are displayed if there are
more menu items on the next page.
X
SETUP
VIDEO OUT
NTSC
PAL
OK
SET
BACK
MENU
1
2
3
OK
MENU
SET
EXIT
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
SCENE
SCENE
SILENT
SILENT
MODE
MODE
PICTURE
PICTURE
+ SOUND
+ SOUND
IMAGE
IMAGE
QUALITY
QUALITY
SETUP
SETUP
RESET
RESET
2
5
6
1
*1 xD-Picture Card is required.
7
*1
3
When taking a still picture When taking a movie
OK
MENU
SET
EXIT
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
SCENE
SCENE
SILENT
SILENT
MODE
MODE
MOVIE
MOVIE
W/ SOUND
W/ SOUND
IMAGE
IMAGE
QUALITY
QUALITY
SETUP
SETUP
RESET
RESET
5
1
7
4
Menu operations
EN 19
Still picture image quality and their applications
Movie image quality
Panorama shooting lets you create a panoramic picture, using the OLYMPUS Master
software on the provided CD-ROM. An Olympus xD-Picture Card is required for
panorama shooting.
1 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 or full-size 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,
letter size, or postcard-sized 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
2 PANORAMA 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 where it will be joined to the next picture does not remain in the frame. You
have to remember what the part in the frame looked like and take the next picture so
it overlaps.
•Press A to exit panorama shooting.
• Up to 10 panorama pictures are taken. After 10 pictures, a warning symbol (g) is
displayed.
• When activated [ON], the camera will record about 4
seconds of audio after the picture is taken.
• When recording, aim the camera microphone at the source
of the sound you want to record.
• When [ON] (sound is recorded) is selected, the optical zoom cannot be used during
movie recording. Only the digital zoom can be used.
It restores shooting functions to their factory default settings.
3 PICTURE + SOUND Recording sound with still pictures
OFF /ON
4 MOVIE W/ SOUND Recording movies with or without sound
OFF
/ON
5 RESET Returning changed shooting functions to default settings
NO /YES
Microphone
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