Olympus VH-210 Owner's manual

Instruction Manual

VH-210

DIGITAL CAMERA

● 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 our products, Olympus reserves the right to update or modify information

contained in this manual.

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Other accessories not shown: warranty card

Contents may vary depending on purchase location.

Checking the contents of the box

LI-42B Lithium

Ion Battery

USB cable

(CB-USB7)

OLYMPUS

Setup

CD-ROM

Strap AV cable

(CB-AVC5)

F-2AC

USB-AC adapter

or

Digital camera

Camera unit

3

1

2

4

7

6

5

8

9

10

1 Multi-connector

2 Connector cover

3 Strap eyelet

4 Battery/card compartment

cover

5 Flash

6 Self-timer lamp

AF illuminator

7 Lens

8 Microphone

9 Speaker

10

Tripod socket

Names of Parts

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3

2

5

7

1

4

9

6

8

10

1 n button

2 Shutter button

3 Monitor

4  button (shooting movies)

5 Zoom buttons

6 Indicator lamp

7 Q button (OK)

8 Arrow pad

INFO button (change

information display)

 button (erase)

9

 button

10 q button (switch between

shooting and playback)

Attaching the camera strap

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

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Monitor

Shooting mode display

F2.8F2.81/1001/100

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AUTO

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Date

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1 Shooting mode .......p. 16, 23

2 Flash ............................. p. 19

Flash standby/ﬂ ash charge

....................................p. 49

3 Macro ...........................p. 28

4 Self-timer ......................p. 28

5 Exposure compensation

....................................p. 29

6 White balance ............... p. 29

7 ISO ...............................p. 30

8 Drive .............................p. 31

9

Image size

(still images)................p. 31

10

Recording with sound

(movies) ......................p. 34

11

Image size (movies) .....p. 32

12

Recording length

(movies) ......................p. 57

13

Movie recording icon ....p. 17

14

World time ....................p. 42

15

Date stamp ...................p. 34

16

Compression

(still images)................p. 32

17

Number of storable pictures

(still images)................p. 16

18

Current memory ...........p. 55

19

Battery check ................ p. 12

20

AF target mark .............. p. 17

21

Aperture value ..............p. 17

22

Shutter speed ...............p. 17

23

Camera shake warning

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Playback mode display

● Normal display

1 Battery check ................p. 12

2 Eye-Fi transferred .........p. 38

3 Protect .......................... p. 37

4 Adding sound ...............p. 35

5 Print reservation/number of

prints ...................p. 47/p. 46

6 Current memory ...........p. 55

7 Frame number/

total number of images

....................................p. 20

Elapsed time/

total shooting time (movies)

....................................p. 21

8 P ............................ p. 26

9 Shutter speed ...............p. 17

10 Shooting mode .......p. 16, 23

11 ISO ...............................p. 30

12 Aperture value ..............p. 17

13 Exposure compensation

....................................p. 29

14 White balance ...............p. 29

15 File number

16 Compression

(still images)................p. 32

Frame rate

(movies) ......................p. 32

17 Date and time ...............p. 15

18 Image size ....................p. 31

19 Volume .........................p. 40

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Camera Settings

Using the Direct Buttons

Frequently used functions can be accessed using the direct buttons.

Shutter button (p. 17)

 button (shooting movies) (p. 17)

Zoom buttons (p. 18)

q button (switch between shooting and

playback) (p. 17, 20)

 button (p. 9)

H (left)

G (down) /

 button (erase) (p. 21)

F (up) /

INFO button (change information

display) (p. 19, 22)

I (right)

Q button

Arrow pad

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The symbols FGHI displayed for image selections

and settings indicate that the arrow pad is to be used.

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MENU

Sel. Image Back

Single Print More

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100-0004

4/30

100-0004

02 26 12 30:..

MENU

2012

X

Back

Y/M/D

Y M D Time

Operation guides displayed on the screen indicate that the

 button, Q button, or zoom button can be used.

Sel. Image

Erase/Cancel

OK

MENU

(1)

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Operation guide

MENU

Back

MENU

On

Camera Menu

Date Stamp

ResetReset

Compression

AF Mode

Digital Zoom

AF Illuminat.

Icon Guide

Normal

Face/iESP

Off

On

Back

Operation guide

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Using the Menu

Use the menu to change camera settings such as the shooting mode.

There may be menus that are unavailable depending on other related settings or the  mode (p. 24).

Function menu

Press H during shooting to display the function menu. The function menu is used to choose the shooting mode and

provides access to frequently used shooting settings.

To select the shooting mode

Use HI to select a shooting mode and press the Q button.

To select the function menu

Use FG to select a menu and use HI to select a menu option. Press the Q

button to set the function menu.

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0.00.0

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ISO

MENUMENU

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Program Auto

Shooting

Function menu

Shooting mode

PP

Selected option

Setup menu

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1 Press the  button.

● The setup menu is displayed.

MENU

Camera Menu Back

ResetReset

On

OnDate Stamp

Compression

AF Mode

Digital Zoom

AF Illuminat.

Icon Guide

Normal

Face/iESP

Off

On

2 Press H to highlight the page tabs. Use FG

to select the desired page tab and press I.

Pixel Mapping

MENU

Settings Menu 2

Power SavePower Save

World TimeWorld Time

NTSC/PAL

Back

NTSC

Bright

English

Off

X

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Page tab

MENU

Settings Menu 2

Pixel Mapping

Back

Power SavePower Save

World TimeWorld Time

NTSC/PAL

NTSC

Bright

English

Off

X

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Submenu 1

3 Use FG to select the desired submenu 1 and

then press the Q button.

Power SavePower Save

Off

MENU

Settings Menu 2

Pixel Mapping

Back

World TimeWorld Time

NTSC/PAL

NTSC

Bright

English

X

’12.02.26 12:30

Power SavePower Save

Pixel Mapping

MENU

Settings Menu 2 Back

World TimeWorld Time

NTSC/PAL

X

On

Off

Submenu 2

4 Use FG to select the desired submenu 2 and

then press the Q button.

● Once a setting is selected, the display returns to

the previous screen.

There may be additional operations.

“Menu Settings” (p. 32 to 43)

Power SavePower Save

On

MENU

Settings Menu 2

Pixel Mapping

Back

World TimeWorld Time

NTSC/PAL

NTSC

Bright

English

X

’12.02.26 12:30

5 Press the  button to complete the setting.

Setup menu

Press the  button during shooting or playback to display the setup menu. The setup menu provides access to a

variety of camera settings, including options not listed in the function menu, display options, and the time and date.

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Menu Index

1 Shooting mode ...........p. 16, 23

P (Program Auto)

M (iAUTO)

N (DIS Mode)

Q (Beauty)

 (Scene Mode)

P (Magic Filter)

~ (Panorama)

2 Flash .................................p. 19

3 Macro ...............................p. 28

4 Self-timer ..........................p. 28

5 Exposure compensation ...p. 29

6 White balance ...................p. 29

7 ISO ...................................p. 30

8 Drive .................................p. 31

9 Image Size .......................p. 31

0 K (Camera Menu) ..........p. 32

Reset

Compression

AF Mode

Digital Zoom

AF Illuminat.

Icon Guide

Date Stamp

a A (Movie Menu) ..............p. 32

Frame Rate

IS Movie Mode

R (Movie sound recording)

b q (Playback Menu) ........p. 35

Slideshow

Edit

Erase

Print Order

R (Protect)

y (Rotate)

c d (Settings Menu 1) ..........p. 38

Memory Format/Format

Backup

Eye-Fi

USB Connection

q Power On

Keep

K

Settings

Sound Settings

d d (Settings Menu 2) ..........p. 40

Pixel Mapping

s (Monitor)

NTSC/PAL

Power Save

W (Language)

X (Date/time)

World Time

e d (Settings Menu 3) ..........p. 43

Beauty Settings

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AUTO

WB

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

MENUMENU

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Program Auto

MENU

On

Camera Menu

Date Stamp

ResetReset

Compression

AF Mode

Digital Zoom

AF Illuminat.

Icon Guide

Normal

Face/iESP

Off

On

Back

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Preparing the Camera

Inserting the battery and card

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Battery/card

compartment

cover

Write-protect switch

Battery lock

knob

Insert the battery as illustrated with the B mark

toward the battery lock knob.

Damage to the battery exterior (scratches, etc.) may

produce heat or an explosion.

Insert the battery while sliding the battery lock knob in

the direction of the arrow.

Insert the card straight until it clicks into place.

When using the camera, be sure to close the battery/

card compartment cover.

Slide the battery lock knob in the direction of the

arrow to unlock, and then remove the battery.

Turn off the camera before opening the battery/card

compartment cover.

Always use SD/SDHC/SDXC cards or Eye-Fi card

with this camera. Do not insert other types of memory

cards. “Using the card” (p. 55)

Do not touch the contact area of the card directly.

This camera can be used without a card by storing

images in its internal memory.

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2

“Number of storable pictures (still images)/Recording

length (movies) in the internal memory and cards”

(p. 56)

To remove the card

Press the card in until it clicks and comes out slightly,

then grab the card and pull it out.

Charging the battery with the

included USB-AC adapter

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.

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The included USB-AC adapter has been designed

to be used for charging and playback. Do not take

pictures while the AC adapter is connected to the

camera.

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.

The battery can be charged while the camera is

connected to the computer. Charging time varies

depending on the performance of a computer. (There

may be cases in which it takes approx. 10 hours.)

Connecting the camera

AC outlet

USB connector

(supplied)

Multi-connector

Connector cover

or

Indicator lamp

On: Charging

Off: Charged

The battery is not fully charged at the time of

purchase. Before use, be sure to charge the battery

until the indicator lamp turns off (up to 3 hours).

If the indicator lamp does not light, the camera is not

correctly connected or the battery, camera, or USB-

AC adapter may not be functioning as expected.

When to charge the batteries

Charge the battery when the error message shown below

appears.

Flashes in red

Battery Empty

Setting up using the supplied CD

Installation of [ib] computer software using the

supplied CD is available on Windows computers only.

Windows

1

Insert the supplied CD in a CD-ROM drive.

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Windows XP

● A “Setup” dialog will be displayed.

Windows Vista/Windows 7

● An Autorun dialog will be displayed. Click

“OLYMPUS Setup” to display the “Setup” dialog.

If the “Setup” dialog is not displayed, select “My

Computer” (Windows XP) or “Computer” (Windows

Vista/Windows 7) from the start menu. Double-click

the CD-ROM (OLYMPUS Setup) icon to open the

“OLYMPUS Setup” window and then double-click

“Launcher.exe”.

If a “User Account Control” dialog is displayed, click

“Yes” or “Continue”.

2

Register your Olympus product.

●

Click the “Registration” button and follow the on-

screen instructions.

To register the camera, it must be connected to the

computer. “Connecting the camera” (p. 12)

If nothing is displayed on the camera screen even

after connecting the camera to the computer, the

battery may be exhausted. Leave the camera

connected to the computer until the battery has

charged, then disconnect and reconnect the camera.

3

Install OLYMPUS Viewer 2 and [ib] computer

software.

● Check the system requirements before beginning

installation.

● Click the “OLYMPUS Viewer 2” or “OLYMPUS ib”

button and follow the on-screen instructions to

install the software.

OLYMPUS Viewer 2

Operating

System

Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or later) /

Windows Vista / Windows 7

Processor Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or better

RAM

1 GB or more (2 GB or more

recommended)

Free Hard

Drive Space

1 GB or more

Monitor

Settings

1024 × 768 pixels or more

Minimum 65,536 colors

(16,770,000 colors recommended)

[ib]

Operating

System

Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or later) /

Windows Vista / Windows 7

Processor

Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or better

(Pentium D 3.0 GHz or better required

for movies)

RAM

512 MB or more (1 GB or more

recommended)

(1 GB or more required for movies — 2 GB

or more recommended)

Free Hard

Drive Space

1 GB or more

Monitor

Settings

1024 × 768 pixels or more

Minimum 65,536 colors (16,770,000

colors recommended)

Graphics

A minimum of 64 MB video RAM with

DirectX 9 or later.

* See online help for information on using the software.

4

Install the camera manual.

●

Click the “Camera Instruction Manual” button and

follow the on-screen instructions.

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Macintosh

1

Insert the supplied CD in a CD-ROM drive.

●

Double-click the CD (OLYMPUS Setup) icon on

the desktop.

● Double-click the “Setup” icon to display the “Setup”

dialog.

2

Install OLYMPUS Viewer 2.

●

Check the system requirements before beginning

installation.

● Click the “OLYMPUS Viewer 2” button and follow

the on-screen instructions to install the software.

You can register via “Registration” in OLYMPUS

Viewer 2 “Help”.

OLYMPUS Viewer 2

Operating

System

Mac OS X v10.4.11–v10.6

Processor Intel Core Solo/Duo 1.5 GHz or better

RAM

1 GB or more (2 GB or more

recommended)

Free Hard

Drive Space

1 GB or more

Monitor

Settings

1024 × 768 pixels or more

Minimum 32,000 colors (16,770,000

colors recommended)

* Other languages can be selected from the language

combo box. For information on using the software, see

online help.

3

Copy the camera manual.

●

Click the “Camera Instruction Manual” button to

open the folder containing the camera manuals.

Copy the manual for your language to the

computer.

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Language, date, time, and time zone

You can choose the language for the menus and

messages displayed in the monitor. Also, the date and

time set here are saved to image ﬁ le names, date prints,

and other data.

1

Press the n button to turn on the

camera. Then, use FGHI to select your

language and press the A button.

The menus can be used to change the selected

language. [W] (Language) (p. 42)

2

Use FG to select the year for [Y] on the date

and time setting screen.

X

MENU

Back

Y/M/D

Y M D Time

-- --

--

:..2012

3

Press I to save the setting for [Y].

X

MENU

Back

Y/M/D

Y M D Time

-- --

--

:..2012

4

As in Steps 2 and 3, use FGHI to set

[M] (month), [D] (day), [Time] (hours and

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

press the A button.

For a more accurate setting, press the Q button

when the time signal hits 00 seconds while setting the

minutes.

The menus can be used to change the selected date

and time. [X] (Date/time) (p. 42)

5

Use HI to select your home time zone and

press the Q button.

●

Use FG to turn daylight saving time ([Summer])

on or off.

MENU

Back

Summer

Seoul

Tokyo

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The menus can be used to change the selected time

zone. [World Time] (p. 42)

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Shooting, Viewing, and Erasing

Shooting with the optimum aperture

value and shutter speed

[Program Auto]

In this mode, automatic shooting settings are activated

while also allowing changes to a wide range of

other shooting menu functions, such as exposure

compensation, white balance, etc. as needed.

The default settings of the function are highlighted in

.

1

Press the n button to turn on the

camera.

[Program Auto] indicator

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0.00.0

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WB

AUTO

WB

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

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Number of storable still pictures (p. 56)

Monitor (standby mode screen)

If the [Program Auto] indicator is not displayed, press

H to display the function menu and then set the

shooting mode to P. “Using the Menu” (p. 8)

Current shooting mode display

PP

0.00.0

AUTO

WB

AUTO

WB

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

MENUMENU

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Program Auto

Press the n button again to turn off the camera.

2

Hold the camera and compose the shot.

Horizontal grip

Vertical grip

Monitor

When holding the camera, take care not to cover the

ﬂ ash with your ﬁ ngers, etc.

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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 ﬂ ashes red. Try focusing again.

PP

F2.8F2.81/4001/400

AF target mark

Press halfway

Shutter speed Aperture value

“Focusing” (p. 51)

4

To take the picture, gently press the shutter

button all the way down while being careful

not to shake the camera.

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 or press the

shutter button halfway down.

Shooting movies

1

Press the



button to start recording.

0:00

RECREC

0:00

0:00:340:00:34

0:000:00

RECREC

Lights up red

when recording

Current length

Continuous recording length

Sound will also be recorded.

The shooting mode selected for still photography

applies to movies (some shooting modes have no

effect).

2

Press the



button again to end recording.

During sound recording, only the digital zoom can be

used. To record a movie with optical zoom, set [R]

(Movie sound recording) (p. 34) to [Off].

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Using the zoom

Pressing the zoom buttons adjusts the shooting range.

Pressing the wide

(W) button

Pressing the telephoto

(T) button

PP PP

2.32.3

0.00.0

AUTO

WB

AUTO

WB

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

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0.00.0

AUTO

WB

AUTO

WB

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

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Zoom bar

Optical zoom: 5×

Digital zoom: 4×

To take larger images [Digital Zoom]

The type and amount of zoom can be identiﬁ ed from

the appearance of the zoom bar. The display differs

depending on the options selected for [Digital Zoom]

(p. 33) and [Image Size] (p. 31).

[Off] selected for [Digital Zoom]:

Image size Zoom bar

14M

Optical zoom range

Other

The magniﬁ cation ratio changes

depending on the image size setting.

*1

[On] selected for [Digital Zoom]:

Image size Zoom bar

14M

Digital zoom range

Other

The magniﬁ cation

ratio changes

depending on the

image size setting.

*1

Digital zoom range

*1

If an image size is less than the full resolution after

reaching the maximum optical zoom, the camera will

automatically resize and crop the image to the selected

image size and enter the digital zoom range if [Digital

Zoom] is [On].

Photographs taken with the zoom bar displayed in

red may appear “grainy.”

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Using the ﬂ ash

The ﬂ ash functions can be selected to best match the

shooting conditions.

1

Select the ﬂ ash option in the shooting

function menu.

PP

0.00.0

MENUMENU

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M

AUTO

WB

AUTO

WB

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

Flash Auto

2

Use HI to select the setting option, and

press the Q button to set.

Option Description

Flash Auto

The ﬂ ash ﬁ res automatically in low-

light or backlight conditions.

Redeye

Pre-ﬂ ashes are emitted to reduce the

occurrence of red eye in your photos.

Fill In

The ﬂ ash ﬁ res regardless of the

available light.

Flash Off The ﬂ ash does not ﬁ re.

Changing the shooting information

display

The display of the screen information can be changed to

best match the situation, for example, the need for a clear

view of the screen or for making a precise composition by

using the grid display.

1

Press F (INFO).

●

The displayed shooting information changes in

the order shown below each time the button is

pressed. “Shooting mode display” (p. 4)

PP

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0.00.0

AUTO

WB

AUTO

WB

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

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44

0.00.0

AUTO

WB

AUTO

WB

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

14

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Normal

Detailed

No information

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Viewing images

1

Press the q button.

Number of frames/Total number of images

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Playback image

Pictures taken using Q mode are displayed as a

group. Press the T button to play back the image in

the group.

2

Use HI to select an image.

Displays

previous image

Displays next

image

Hold I to fast forward and hold H to reverse.

The display size of the images can be changed.

“Index view and close-up view” (p. 22)

To play sound recordings

To play sound recorded with an image, select the image

and press the Q button. A



icon appears on images with

which sound has been recorded.

[R] (still images) (p. 35)

During audio playback

Press FG to adjust volume.

To play back movies

Select a movie, and press the Q button.

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OK

Movie PlayMovie Play

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