Olympus SP-590 UZ User manual

Brand: Olympus

Model: SP-590 UZ

Category: Bridge cameras

Type: 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.

● 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.

DIGITAL CAMERA

SP-590UZ

Instruction Manual

Contents

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

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

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

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

Using Shooting Functions ..................21

Using Playback Features ....................27

Menus for Shooting Functions ...........29



Step

How to Use the Camera

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

Printing

Directprinting(PictBridge)(p.58)

Printreservations(DPOF)(p.61)

Shooting and Playing Back Images

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

Preparing the Camera

“PreparingtheCamera”(p.10)

Menus for Playback, Editing and

Printing Functions ...............................44

Menus for Other Camera Settings .....50

Printing .................................................58

Using OLYMPUS Master 2...................64

Usage Tips ...........................................66

Appendix ..............................................71

Index .....................................................83



Step

Checking the contents of the box

Digitalcamera

Lenscapandlenscapstrap USBcable AVcable

Camerastrap FourAA

batteries

OLYMPUSMaster2

CD-ROM

microSDAttachment

Otheraccessoriesnotshown:InstructionManual,warrantycard

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

Please read “Menu Settings” (p. 29 to 57) while referring to this page.

Setthemodedialtooneofthe

selections.

 The symbolin“Menu

Settings”(p.29to43)

indicatesavailableshooting

modes.

Pressthe  button.

Thisexampleshowshowtosetthe[DIGITAL

ZOOM].

CAMERA MENU

EXIT SET

Shootingmodetopmenu

Use 789: toselectthedesired

menu,andpressthe o button.

 Pressingand

holdingthe



buttondisplaysan

explanation(menu

guide)oftheoption

selected.

ISO

OFF

CAMERA MENU

SET

AUTO

FINE ZOOM

DIGITAL ZOOM

DRIVE

AUTOWB

EXIT

Submenu1

●

button

Arrowpad

obutton

Buttonsinuse

Use 78 toselectthedesired

submenu1,andpressthe o button.

ISO

OFF

CAMERA MENU

AUTO

FINE ZOOM

DIGITAL ZOOM

DRIVE

AUTOWB

EXIT SET

ISO

OFF

CAMERA MENU

AUTO

FINE ZOOM

DIGITAL ZOOM

DRIVE

AUTOWB

SET

BACK

DIGITAL ZOOM

OFF

Pagetab Submenu2

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

press

9tohighlightthepagetab,andthen

use

78 tomovethepagetab.Press: to

returntothesubmenu1.

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

bypressingthe

obutton.

Use 78 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.29to

57)

Pressthe  buttontocomplete

thesetting.

●

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positionofthemodedial.

ISO

OFF

CAM ERA MENU

AUTO

FINE ZOOM

DIGITAL ZOOM

DRIVE

AUTOWB

EXIT SET

Menu Index

MenusforShootingFunctions

Whenthemodedialissettoashootingmodeposition

(h

PASMr

In),settingscanbe

adjusted.

CAMERA MENU

EXIT

SET

3 7

Shootingmodetopmenu

Using the FUNC menu (p. 26)

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

theFUNCmenu.

obutton(p.26)

Arrowpad

obutton

Buttonsinuse

Using the Direct Buttons

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

buttons.

Shutterbutton(p.14)

ubutton(monitor/viewnder)(p.25)

button(custom/sequentialplayback)(p.26,28)

7button(exposurecompensation)(p.23)

9 button(macro)(p.24)

: button(ash)(p.22)

8button(self-timer)(p.24)

button(playback)(p.15)

button(menuguide/informationdisplay

change/dateandtimecheck)(p.3,13,25,27)

f/Dbutton(SHADOWADJ/erase)(p.16,22)

1 GSLIDESHOW.............. p.44

2 H PERFECTFIX............ p.44

3 FBEAUTYFIX............... p.45

4 I EDIT

(Resize)............... p.45

(Crop)................... p.45

COLOREDIT.............. p.46

CALENDAR................ p.46

FACEFOCUS............. p.46

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

Whenthemodedialissettotheqposition,settingscanbe

adjusted.

PLAYBACK MENU

EXIT SET

Playbackmodetopmenu

INDEX......................... p.47

EDIT........................... p.47

MOVIEINDEX............ p.47

5 J PLAYBACKMENU

0(Protect).............. p.48

y(Rotate).................. p.48

R(PostREC)............. p.48

INDEXPLAY............... p.48

6 K ERASE........................ p.49

7 LPRINTORDER........... p.49

8 ESETUP

*

Sameas“Menufor

shootingfunctions”

9 FSILENTMODE........... p.57

1 A IMAGEQUALITY........ p.29

2 KCAMERAMENU

WB.............................. p.30

ISO............................. p.31

DRIVE......................... p.32

FINEZOOM................ p.33

DIGITALZOOM.......... p.33

METERING................. p.33

AFMODE................... p.34

FOCUSMODE........... p.34

FULLTIMEAF............. p.35

AFPREDICT.............. p.35

AFILLUMINAT............ p.35

IMAGESTABILIZER... p.35

w(Flashintensity).... p.36

QFLASH................. p.36

R(StillpictureREC)... p.37

>(WBneadjust). p.37

PICTUREMODE........ p.37

SHARPNESS............. p.37

CONTRAST................ p.38

SATURATION............. p.38

NOISEREDUCT......... p.38

TIMELAPSE............... p.39

(Conversionlens).. p.39

(MovieREC)........... p.39

3 J........................... p.40

4 GPANORAMA................ p.42

5

 RESET........................ p.43

6 ESETUP

MEMORYFORMAT/

FORMAT................. p.50

BACKUP..................... p.50

(Language)....... p.50

PWONSETUP.......... p.51

MENUCOLOR........... p.51

SOUNDSETTINGS

.... p.51

RECVIEW.................. p.52

MENUDISPLAY......... p.52

LIVEVIEWBOOST.... p.52

FILENAME................. p.53

PIXELMAPPING........ p.53

(Monitor).............. p.54

(Date/time)........... p.54

DUALTIME.................. p.54

PICORIENTATION.... p.54

VIDEOOUT................ p.55

HDMI.......................... p.56

(Histogram).......... p.56

MYMODESETUP..... p.56

m/ft.............................. p.57

CUSTOMBUTTON.... p.57

SLEEP........................ p.57

7 F SILENTMODE........... p.57

MenusforShootingFunctions—continued

Names of Parts

1 Self-timerlamp/

AFilluminator......................... p.24,35

2 Microphone.................................. p.48

3 Flash............................................ p.22

4 Lens

5 Batterycompartmentcover.......... p.10

6 Batterycompartmentlock............ p.10

7 Tripodsocket

Camera unit

8 Speaker

9 Diopteradjustmentdial................ p.25

10

button(aship-up)................ p.22

11 Multi-connector................ p.55,58,64

12 DC-INjack................................... p.72

13 HDMIminiconnector................... p.55

14 Connectorcover.............. p.55,58,64

1 Viewnder.................................... p.25

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

3 Monitor............................... p.8,14,54

4 ubutton(monitor/viewnder)... p.25

5 z/mbutton(custom/sequential

playback)............................... p.26,28

6 Cardaccesslamp........................ p.73

7 button.................................. p.3

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

9 Arrowpad.................................... p.12

7button

(exposurecompensation).... p.23

9button(macro)..................... p.24

8button(self-timer)................ p.24

:button(ash)........................ p.22

10 obutton(OK/FUNC).................. p.26

11 f/Dbutton

(SHADOWADJ/erase)........... p.16,22

12 g/

button

 (menuguide/informationdisplay

change/dateandtimecheck)

.......................................p.3,13,25,27

13 Cardslot.......................................p.11

14 Cardcover....................................p.11

15 Zoomlever............................. p.21,27

16 Shutterbutton........................ p.14,20

17 nbutton................. p.11,12,14

18 Modedial................................. p.3,14

Monitor

Shooting mode display

+2.0 1/400 F3.5

+2.0

ISO

1600

AFL

AEL

+2.0

INE

+2.0

00:34

VGA

202324 2225

2 54 96 7 83

202225

2 54 93 6

Stillimage Movie

1 Shootingmode....................... p.17,29

2 Flashmode.................................. p.23

3 Silentmode.................................. p.57

4 Digitalimagestabilization............ p.35

5 Macro/supermacromode............ p.24

6 SHADOWADJ............................. p.22

7 Noisereduction............................ p.38

8 AElock......................................... p.57

9 Batterycheck......................... p.10,67

10 AFlock(s)............................... p.57

Manualfocus(

a)....................... p.34

AFpredict(

{).......................... p.35

11 Flashstandby/camerashake

warning/ashcharge.................... p.66

12 Flashintensity.............................. p.36

13 Saturation.................................... p.38

14 Sharpness.................................... p.37

15 Contrast....................................... p.38

16 Conversionlens........................... p.39

17 Soundrecord......................... p.37,39

18 Dualtime...................................... p.54

19

Numberofstorablestillpictures/

remainingrecordingtime

... p.15,20,73

20 Currentmemory........................... p.72

21 AFtargetmark................. p.14,26,34

22 Self-timer..................................... p.24

23 Aperturevalue............................. p.17

24 Shutterspeed.............................. p.17

25 Exposurecompensation.............. p.23

26 Compression/framerate.............. p.29

27 Imagesize................................... p.29

28 Metering....................................... p.33

29 ISO............................................... p.31

30 Whitebalance.............................. p.30

31 Drive............................................ p.32

32 Whitebalanceneadjust............. p.37

Playback mode display

2009.08.26 12:30

100-0004

00:14

00:34

VGA

3 4 61

1416 15 14

2009.08.26 12:30 4

+2.0

F3.5

100-0004

ORM

1/1000

ISO 1

600

3 4 651

Stillimage Movie

1 Silentmode.................................. p.57

2 Printreservation/

numberofprints........................... p.61

3 Soundrecord......................... p.37,39

4 Protect......................................... p.48

5 Sequentialplayback

(index/slideshow)......................... p.28

6 Batterycheck......................... p.10,67

7 Shutterspeed.............................. p.17

8 Aperturevalue............................. p.17

9 Exposurecompensation.............. p.23

10 Whitebalance.............................. p.30

11 Imagesize................................... p.29

12 Filenumber.................................. p.53

13 Framenumber

Playingtime/totalrecordingtime.. p.16

14 Currentmemory........................... p.72

15 Compression/framerate.............. p.29

16 ISO............................................... p.31

17 Dateandtime........................ p.12,54

Preparing the Camera

Loading the batteries

Battery

compartmentlock

Slidethebatterycompartmentlockfrom)to=

andensurethatthebatterycompartmentcoveris

securelylocked(

7).Failuretodosomaycause

thebatterycompartmentcovertoopenduring

shootingandthebatteriestofallout,resultingin

lossofimagedata.

 Forthetypesofbatteriesthatcanbeused,

see“Batteryhandlingprecautions”(p.71).

Ifusingrechargeablebatteries,chargethe

batteries.

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

closingthebatterycompartmentcover.

When to replace the batteries

Replacethebatterieswhentheerror

messageshownbelowappears.

BATTERYEMPTY

Monitortopright Errormessage

Flashesinred

●

Attaching the camera strap

and lens cap

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

loose.

Attachthestraptotheothereyeletinthe

samemanner.

●

Using the microSD card/

microSDHC card (sold separately)

microSDcard/microSDHCcard(hereinafter

calledthemicroSDcard)isalsocompatiblewith

thiscamerabyusingthemicroSDAttachment.

 “UsingamicroSDAttachment”(p.74)

Insert the microSD card into the

attachment.

Insertthecardto

theend.

Insert the microSD Attachment into

the camera.

Notch

Contactarea

To remove the microSD card

 Donottouchthecontactareaofthe

microSDAttachmentandmicroSDcard

directly.

Loading the xD-Picture Card™

(sold separately) into the

camera

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

picturesandrecordlongermoviesusingan

xD-PictureCard(soldseparately)thanusingthe

internalmemory.

 “UsinganxD-PictureCard”(p.72)

 Besuretopressthenbuttontoturn

offthecamerabeforeinsertingorremoving

thecard.



Donotinsertanythingotherthanan

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

intothecamera.



Cardcover

Contactarea

Notch

nbutton

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

place.

 Donottouchthecontactareadirectly.

To remove the xD-Picture Card

1 2

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

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

out.

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

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

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

(p.73)

PullthemicroSDcard

straightout.

Arrow pad and operation guide

Thesymbols



,

KJLMdisplayed

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

indicatethatthearrowpadisused.

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2009 08 26 12 30

Y M D

TIME

CANCEL SET

Y M D

CALENDAR

SET

M

Arrowpad

K



L

J

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

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

zoomleverorDbuttonisused.

BACK GO

SEL. IMAGE

SET

W T

CAMERA MENU

EXIT SET

Operationguide

Setting the date and time

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

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

Remove the lens cap, and 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.

Y M

Y M D

D TIME

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

CANCEL

Dateandtimesettingscreen

Use 78 to select the year for [Y].

2009

-- -- -- --

Y M

Y M D

D TIME

CANCEL

Press : to save the setting for [Y].

2009 08

-- -- --

Y M

Y M D

D TI ME

CANCEL

●

As in steps 2 and 3, use 789:

and the o button to set [M]

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

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

order).

 Forprecisetimesetting,presstheobutton

asthetimesignalstrikes00seconds.

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

settingfromthemenu.[X(Date/time)]

(p.54)

To check the date and time

Pressthegbuttonwhilethecamerais

turnedoff.Thecurrenttimeisdisplayedfor

approx.3seconds.

Changing the display language

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

displayedonthemonitor/viewnderisselectable.

Press the  button, and press

789: to select [E] (SETUP).

SETUP

EXIT SET

Press the o button.

BACKUP

NORMAL

SETUP

ENGLISH

PW ON SETUP

MENU COLOR

MEMORY FORMAT

EXIT SET

Use 78 to select [W] and

press the o button.

Use 789: to select your

language and press the o button.

Press the  button.

Shooting, Playback and Erasing

Hold the camera, and compose the

shot.

AUTO

ORM

Horizontalgrip

Verticalgrip

Monitor

Press the shutter button halfway

down to focus on the subject.

Whenthecamerafocusesonthesubject,the

exposureislocked,andtheAFtargetmark

changestogreen.

ThecamerawasunabletofocusiftheAFtarget

markashesred.Tryfocusingagain.

AUTO

AFtargetmark

Presshalfway

 “Focusing”(p.68)

●

Shooting with automatic

settings (

mode)

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

usertotakepicturesbysimplypressingthe

shutterbutton.Settingsintheshootingmenu

cannotbechangedinhmode.

Remove the lens cap.

Set the mode dial to

Press the n button to turn on

the camera.

AUTO

ORM

Monitor

(standbymodescreen)

Numberofstorablestillpictures(p.73)

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

thecamera.

To take the picture, gently press

the shutter button all the way down

while being careful not to shake the

camera.

AUTO

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

qbuttonagainorpresstheshutter

buttonhalfwaydown.

To shoot movies

“Shootingmovies(Amode)”(p.20)

To turn off the camera

Pressthenbuttontoturnoffthe

camera,andattachthelenscaptothelens.

Viewing images

Set the mode dial to q.

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Playbackimage

Numberofframes

Use 789: 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imagecanbe

changed.“Indexview,calendarviewand

closeupview”(p.27)

To play back movies

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

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Movie

Operations during movie playback

Volume:Duringplayback,press78.

Fast-forward/rewind:Selectwith9:.

Eachtimeabuttonispressed,theplayback

speedcyclesthrough2x,20xandstandard

(1x)speedinthedirectionofthepressed

cursorbutton.

Pause:Presstheobutton.

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Duringplayback

Elapsedtime/



Totalrecordingtime

First (last) frame/frame advance:

Duringpause,press7 todisplaytherst

frame,andpress8todisplaythelast

frame.Press9 todisplaytheprevious

frame,andpress: todisplaythenext

frame.Presstheobuttontoresume

playback.

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Duringpause

To stop movie playback

Pressthebutton.

Erasing images during

playback (Single image erase)

Press the D button when the

playback image to be erased is

displayed.

ERASE

N O

YES

SET

CANCEL

Press 7 to select [YES], and press

the o button.

 [KERASE](p.49)

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,etc.

onwhenneeded.

Set the mode dial to P.

ORM

1/400 F3.5

Shutterspeed Aperture

value

Pmodeindicator

Using the best mode for the

shooting scene (



mode)

Set the mode dial to



PORTRAIT

SET

EXIT

Thesampleimageandexplanationsonsuitable

shootingmethodswillbedisplayedonthescreen.

Theexplanationswillbedisplayedaswellby

pressingdownthe

button.

Use 78 to select the best

shooting mode for the scene, and

press the o button to set.

ORM

Iconindicating

thescenemode

thatisset

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

menu.[J](p.40)

●

Using Shooting Modes

Selecting the aperture value

for shooting pictures (

mode)

Inthismode,theshutterspeedisautomatically

setbythecamera.Thisisusefulforshooting

whilecontrollingtherangeinwhichsubjects

appearssharp.

Set the mode dial to A.

1/1000 F4.0

ORM

Shutterspeed Aperture

value

Amodeindicator

After pressing 7, select the

aperture value using 78, and

press the o button.

Aperturevaluebecomeslarger

(therangewherethesubjectsappear

sharpbecomeswider).

Aperturevaluebecomessmaller

(therangewherethesubjectsappear

sharpbecomesnarrower).

 Whentheaperturevalueappearsred,the

correctexposurecannotbeobtained.

Selecting the shutter speed

for shooting pictures (S mode)

Inthismode,theaperturevalueisautomatically

setbythecamera.Thisisusefulforshootinga

movingsubject,suchassportsphotos.

Set the mode dial to S.

1/100 F2.8

ORM

Shutterspeed Aperture

value

Smodeindicator

After pressing 7, select the shutter

speed using 78, and press the

o button.

Shutterspeedbecomesfaster



(fastmovingobjectswillbeshotasthoughit

wasstationary).

Shutterspeedbecomesslower



(movingobjectswillbecomeblurrywhen

shot).

 Whentheshutterspeedappearsred,the

correctexposurecannotbeobtained.

Selecting the aperture value

and shutter speed for shooting

pictures (M mode)

Thismodeenablestheusertosettheaperture

valueandshutterspeedmanually.

Set the mode dial to M.

1/1000 F2.8+2.0

ORM

Shutterspeed Aperture

value

Mmodeindicator

Differencebetween

thecurrentand

correctexposures

After pressing 7, select the

aperture value / shutter speed using

789:, and press the o button.

Aperturevaluebecomeslarger.

Aperturevaluebecomessmaller.

Shutterspeedbecomesfaster.

Shutterspeedbecomesslower.

 Whenthedifferencebetweenthecurrent

andcorrectexposuresexceedsEV±3.0,the

indicatorappearsred.

Long-exposure (bulb) shooting

Settheshutterspeedto[BULB]bypressing

8.Theshutterstaysopenwhiletheshutter

buttonispressedandheld.

 Themaximumtimethattheshuttercan

remainopenis8minutes.Thisispossible

onlywhen[ISO](p.31)issetto[64].



Smoothing out skin tone and

texture (I mode)

Thecamerandsaperson’sfaceandgivesthe

skinasmooth,translucentlookfortakingthe

picture.

Set the mode dial to

ORM

Imodeindicator

Point the camera toward the

subject. Check the frame appearing

around the face detected by the

camera, and then press the shutter

button to take the picture.

Theuneditedimageandeditedimageareboth

saved.

Iftheimagecannotberetouched,onlythe

uneditedimageissaved.

 Theframemaynotappearormaytake

sometimetoappearforsomesubjects.In

addition,thisfunctionmayhavenovisible

effectonsomesubjects.

 The[IMAGESIZE]oftheretouchedimage

islimitedto[J]orlower.

●

Shooting movies (

mode)

Set the mode dial to n.

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Amodeindicator

To record audio when shooting

[

(MovieREC)](p.39)

To zoom while recording audio

Theopticalzoomisnotavailablewhen

recording.Use[DIGITALZOOM](p.33).

Press the shutter button halfway

down to focus on the subject, and

gently press the button all the way

down to start recording.

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REC

Redduringshooting

Remainingrecordingtime(p.

73)

Presshalfway

Pressfully

Gently press the shutter button all

the way down to stop recording.

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