User manual OLYMPUS C-3040 ZOOM

[. . . ] 1. Getting Started 2. Shooting and Playback Basics 3. Focusing P. 27 P. 51 P. 75 P. 87 P. 125 P. 139 P. 159 P. 171 P. 195 P. 207 INSTRUCTIONS DIGITAL CAMERA Before using your camera, read this manual carefully to ensure correct use. We recommend that you take test shots to get accustomed to your camera before taking important photographs. 4. Custom Photography 5. Using Flash 6. Displaying, editing and erasing your pictures 7. Print settings 8. Mode setup 9. Downloading Images to a Computer 10. Miscellaneous 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. Legal and other notices ·All contents of this publication are subject to change without notice. [. . . ] The quality settings when you shoot a movie are "HQ" and "SQ". The "HQ" setting provides higher image quality than "SQ" PO ER P A/S/M 23 (Menu) button. P F OF W /M OD E A/S /M 1 2 Press the q The menu screen appears. Use or on the Arrow pad to select " " and then press . Press or to select Recording mode and then press the [OK] button. q The Recording mode appears on the control panel. q For still picture shooting, you can specify the resolution for TIFF quality images and the combination of resolution and image quality for SQ1 and SQ2 quality images. (P. 181-183) q You can still take pictures at this point. 3 34 1 CARD SETUP MODE SETUP P F2. 0 1/800 0. 0 TIFF SHQ HQ A/S/M MODE AE LOCK SQ1 SQ2 [3/3] (This screen shows the still picture shooting menu. ) Control panel 4 Press the [OK] button. q The setting is saved and you Recording mode IA D L 4 Custom Photography 111 Setting the recording quality (Quality setting) Still picture quality modes The tables below show the preset number of recorded pixels (resolution) and compression ratio for each quality mode. Recording mode Resolution Compression Recording mode Resolution Compression TIFF SHQ HQ 2048 × 1536 Uncompressed Low compressed JPEG Standard JPEG SQ1 1280 × 960 Standard JPEG SQ2 640 × 480 4 Custom Photography Video quality modes The table below shows the number of recorded pixels (resolution) for each quality mode. Recording mode Resolution Frames per second HQ 320 × 240 15 SQ 160 × 120 · Unless you select "OFF" in the "ALL RESET" setting (P. 175), this setting will be cancelled when you switch the camera off. · Lower compression ratios give higher quality enlarged images. Note also that recording and display times are longer for the SHQ and TIFF settings than for the HQ, SQ1 and SQ2 settings. · The number of storable pictures and the available shooting time vary depending on the quality mode setting. (P. 56) 112 Taking sequential shots (Sequence mode) Use this mode to take a sequence of continuous shots. The camera sequential shooting for as long as you hold down the shutter button. The camera can take sequential shots at up to 3. 3 frames per second. P A/S/M 1 2 3 Press the (Menu) button. q The menu screen appears. PO ER 23 P F OF W /M OD E A/S /M Use or on the Arrow pad to select "DRIVE" and then press . Press or to select " " (sequential shooting) or " AF " (AF sequential shooting) and then press the [OK] button. q The " " appears on the control panel. q When you select " " (seque ntial shooting), the focus, brightness (exposure) and white balance are fixed at the first frame. " (AF q When you select " AF sequential shooting), the focus, brightness (exposure) and white balance are measured and updated for each frame. q You cannot select this mode when TIFF is specified as Recording mode. (P. 111) q You can still take pictures at this point. 1 AF/MF DRIVE 3 P F2. 0 1/800 0. 0 WB ISO AF BKT [1/3] 1. 0 3 Control panel Sequence mode (sequential shooting) IA D L 4 Custom Photography 113 Taking sequential shots (Sequence mode) 4 Press the [OK] button. q The setting is saved and you exit the menu screen. q You can shoot up to 5 frames in Sequence mode. 5 5 Take the picture. q Sequential shooting continues for as long as you hold down the shutter button. q Sequential shooting stops when you release the shutter button. 4 4 Custom Photography · You cannot use the built-in flash in Sequence mode. (The flash is automatically set to Flash Off mode. ) · When you are using an external flash, select a speed that is fast enough to keep pace with sequential shooting. · Even if you switch from Sequence mode to another mode after taking sequential shots, you cannot take another picture until the camera finishes recording the sequential shots onto the card. [. . . ] Flash Bracket · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · A mount used to attach an external flash to the camera. ISO · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · A method for indicating film speed laid down by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (e. g. Higher ISO values indicate greater sensitivity to light so that images can be exposed even in low-light conditions. JPEG · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · (Joint Photographic Experts Group) A compression format for color still images. [. . . ]