User manual OLYMPUS CAMEDIA C-4040 ZOOM HOW TO USE THE BUTTONS AND DIAL

[. . . ] :Displays pictures. How to use the buttons and dial B UTTONS Dial & Flash mode button Shooting: Selects flash modes (Working range [Wide: 0. 8-5. 6 m (2. 6-18. 4 ft)/ Tele: 0. 2-3. 8 m (8"-12. 5 ft) Playback:Each press erases one frame. Macro/Spot button : Takes close-up pictures (Working range: 0. 2-0. 8 m (8"-2. 6 ft)). Macro OK/Menu button Viewfinder Monitor Displays images for shooting or playback. Arrow pad Shooting :Sets aperture/shutter speed/exposure compensation/manual focusing values. Hold down for one second or more to put the camera into manual focus mode. Monitor button Turns the monitor on/off. [. . . ] Adjusts the contrast of images. SHARPNESS CONTRAST CARD CARD SETUP Formats cards (all images on the card are deleted). SETUP ALL RESET Selects whether to keep the current camera settings when you turn off the power. Selects whether to display images on the monitor while saving them to a card. Sets the date/time. REC VIEW FILE NAME PIXEL MAPPING m/ft SHORT CUT CUSTOM BUTTON Sets the measurement units (m/ft) during manual focus. Lets you assign a function to the custom button on the camera (factory default setting: AE lock). M ENU (still pictures) MOVIE PLAY (movies) MOVIE PLAYBACK INDEX EDIT How to use the Playback menu Runs through all saved pictures one after another (slide-show). Plays back movies. Shows 9-frame indexes of still-shots from movies in order to easily check the movies' contents. Edits recorded movies. INFO Changes the amount of information (ISO, WHITE BALANCE, etc. ) displayed on the Monitor. PLAY (still pictures) Adds sound to recorded still pictures. CARD CARD SETUP Formats cards (FORMAT), or erases all images on them (ALL ERASE). SETUP ALL RESET Selects whether to keep the current camera settings when you turn off the power. (4/9/16-frame) PROBLEM FAQ digital camera Shooting 1 2 3 4 5 6 How do I turn on the Monitor? ) button. Press the monitor ( How do I take a clear picture easily? Try setting the "P" mode on the mode dial if you are a beginner. Your camera will then automatically decide the best settings. How do I stop the beep each time I press a button? Set the mode dial to any position, then press the OK/Menu button ( ). Select MODE MENU--SETUP-- -- OFF, then press again. How do I reduce "red-eye"? Try the red-eye reduction flash. To select this mode, press until appears on the monitor/control panel. How do I take a black & white or sepia tone picture? Set the mode dial to the desired position, then press . Select MODE MENU-- CAMERA-- FUNCTION-- BLACK&WHITE or SEPIA, then press again. How do I brighten a subject when the background light causes it to be underexposed? Use spot metering to obtain proper exposure in an extreme backlight situation. When framing a picture where the subject is not in the center, put the subject in the center of the monitor and lock the focus and exposure by pressing the shutter button halfway. Then, without letting go of the shutter button, frame the desired picture and press the shutter button fully. AE lock is also useful when you only want to lock the exposure. 7 8 How do I focus on subjects when the autofocus does not work? Try using focus lock. Move the camera slightly away from the subject and press the shutter button halfway. When the camera autofocuses, move the camera back to the original position while continuing to hold the button down halfway. Once the original subject is in the viewfinder/monitor, press the shutter button fully to take the picture. How do I use the A/S/M modes? A--Aperture priority This lets you set the aperture manually. For example, if you want to focus on both your subject and the background, make the aperture smaller. [. . . ] 00800-67 10 83 00 for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom Tel. +49 180 5-67 10 83 for Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic Tel. +49 40-237 73 899 for Greece, Croatia, Hungary and the rest of Europe (E-Mail) di. support@olympus-europa. com (Technical support) Tel. [. . . ]