User manual OLYMPUS CAMEDIA C-180

[. . . ] Telephone Number : 631-844-5000 Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. For customers in Canada This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. [. . . ] ­ Available If you select M (Manual mode) with the mode dial set to the A/S/M/ position, you cannot select the AE lock. ~ Continued on next page 105 Chapter 5 Metering modes -- Metering the subject brightness (Cont. ) Chapter 5 TIPS How to save the locked exposure after shooting (AE memory) T After step 2 or 3, hold down the button for more than 1 second. If AE lock has been canceled T The mode dial setting has been changed. T The spot metering/macro mode, drive mode or flash mode was changed. 106 Macro mode shooting -- Taking close-up pictures Allows you to shoot close to the subject (no closer than 0. 2 m (8 inches)) so that you can fill the entire frame with your subject while the zoom lever is pressed to the maximum W position. When your target subject is at the center of the frame as shown in the rightside example below, macro mode shooting with the Spot metering (P. If you are close to a subject, the picture area in the viewfinder is different from the picture that the camera actually records (P. 81). Normal shooting With the macro mode the button repeatedly until (Macro mode) 1 Pressmetering+Macro mode) appears on the control panel. or (Spot Digital ESP (no indication) Macro mode Control panel 2 Take a picture. Supported working range Normal (except macro) : 0. 8 m to (2. 6 ft to ) Macro : 0. 2 m to 0. 8 m (8 inches to 2. 6 ft) ~ Continued on next page 107 Chapter 5 Macro mode shooting -- Taking close-up pictures (Cont. ) Chapter 5 Setting limitations and Default settings (Metering modes) The setting for the Metering modes differs depending on the shooting mode concerned as shown below. Mode dial (Mode menu) S-Prg Setting limitation (­: Not available) Factory default setting ­ Digital ESP Digital ESP or Spot metering is available. P A/S/M/ Any of the 4 Metering modes are available. No selection other than the default setting Digital ESP is available for the S-Prg mode except for the Movie mode. However, change in one shooting mode is forcibly applied to other shooting modes except for mode. For mode, the setting can be changed separately from other shooting modes. 108 FUNCTION -- Taking black & white or sepia-toned pictures Chapter 5 Lets you add special effects to your pictures during shooting. Your computer's memory may be insufficient to perform the panorama editing if you take too many panorama pictures in the HQ/SHQ modes. Images are saved in JPEG format when panorama shooting is done in the TIFF mode. If the mode dial is moved during panorama shooting, the camera cancels the panorama mode and returns to normal shooting. 112 Chapter 6 Adjusting image quality and exposure Record Mode Chapter 6 Selecting Record Modes The Record mode can be changed to choose the best record mode for your purposes (printing, editing on a computer, web-site editing, etc. ). To see how large SmartMedia memory capacity is under various conditions (such as different resolutions, compressions, or file formats), refer to the table on P. The numbers in the table are approximate. In the top menu, select MODE MENUTPICTURET , then select SHQ, HQ or SQ. It is fixed to 640x480 (NORMAL) in the S-Prg mode. 1 In the top menu, select MODE MENUTPICTURET í. , then press Press 2 below), Ññ to select the desired record mode (refer to the table then press í. Record mode TIFF Description The highest-quality mode. Images are saved as uncompressed data, which is the best for printing or image-processing on a computer. This mode has different resolutions to choose from, depending on how it is used. Because the compression rate is very low, high quality images can be stored. Because the compression rate is higher than SHQ, file sizes are smaller, so more images can be saved to a SmartMedia card. For each one, you can also choose HIGH (to reduce noise) or NORMAL (to save more images). [. . . ] By entering which images to print and the number of copies of each, the user can automatically have the desired images printed by a printer or print lab that supports the DPOF format. Eclipsing (Vignetting) This refers to when an object obscures part of the field of view so that the whole subject is not photographed. Vignetting also refers to when the image seen through the viewfinder does not exactly match the image shot through the objective lens, so the photographed image includes objects not seen through the viewfinder. In addition, vignetting can occur when an incorrect lens hood is used, causing shadowing to appear in the corners of the image. [. . . ]