Digital Camera User's Manual

Getting to know your camera better
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• If you use a non-Olympus card or a card used for another application, such as a computer,
use the [FORMAT] function to format the card.
g “MEMORY FORMAT (FORMAT) Formatting the internal memory or card” (P. 27)
• An image or movie is being recorded or downloaded (when connected to a computer).
• Do not do any of the following while the card access lamp is blinking. Doing so may
prevent the image data from being saved and render the internal memory or card
unusable.
• Open the battery/card compartment cover
• Remove the battery and card
• Performing any of the following operations when not actually taking pictures can deplete
the battery power.
• Repeatedly pressing the shutter button halfway
• Repeatedly using the zoom
• To save battery power, set [POWER SAVE] to [ON], or turn off the camera whenever it is
not in use.
g “POWER SAVE Setting the camera to the power save mode” (P. 29)
• Some items may not be selectable from the menus when using the arrow pad.
(The menu items displayed in gray cannot be selected.)
• Items that cannot be set with the current shooting mode
• Items that cannot be set because of an item that has already been set: [%] and [#],
etc.
• Some functions cannot be used when there is no card in the camera.
[PANORAMA], [PRINT ORDER], [FORMAT], [BACKUP]
• When the mode dial is set to R, functions cannot be changed.
• To return the changed shooting settings to default settings while shooting, set [RESET] to
[YES].
g “RESET Changing the shooting functions back to default settings” (P. 21)
• All shooting settings except for P mode, [IMAGE QUALITY] and the selected scene mode
return to default settings when the camera is turned off.
• Depending on the picture, the red-eye may not be fixed. Also, parts except the eye may
be fixed.
• Light reflecting from dust and other particles in the air at night may appear as bright specks
in pictures taken using the flash.
Using a new card
The card access lamp is blinking
Extending the useful life of the battery
Functions that cannot be selected from menus/Functions that cannot be
selected even by pressing the function buttons
To return the settings of functions to default settings
Playback help and troubleshooting tips
The red-eye cannot be fixed
Bright specks appear in the picture