Olympus C-40 Quick Start Guide download pdf (Page 2)

PICSET

CARD

ISO

P/A/S/M

DRIVE

AUTO

OFF

CAMERA

Buttons and Dial

Lens barrier

Turns the camera on/off.

Zoom lever

Shooting : Zooms in/out.

Playback : Displays multiple pictures at the same time (Index-display),

or enlarges pictures (close-up playback).

Print reserve: Sets trimming size.

Shutter button

Focuses (half press) or shoots (fully press).

Viewfinder

During shooting, compose your

subject by looking through the

viewfinder.

Macro/Spot button

Shooting : Activates macro mode or metering mode.

● Macro (close-up) shooting

Wide: 0.1 m - 0.8 m (0.3 ft - 2.6 ft)/Tele: 0.25 m - 0.8 m (0.8 ft - 2.6 ft)

● Spot metering

Meters within the AF target on the viewfinder. (Normally, digital ESP is activated.

Digital ESP meters the center of the subject and the area around it.)

● During macro mode shooting, spot metering is activated.

Playback : Prevents pictures from being erased accidentally.

Flash mode button

Shooting : Selects flash modes. (Normally, the flash fires in low-light and

backlight conditions.)

Minimizes “red-eye” phenomena.

Always fires.

SLOW Adjusts the flash for slow shutter speeds.

Prevents the flash from firing.

Playback : Erases pictures one-by-one.

Mode dial

Full-auto : The camera sets optimal focusing and exposure.

Portrait : Renders in-focus subject against a blurred

background.

Landscape-Portrait : Both subject and background are in focus.

Landscape-Scene : Suitable for taking pictures of landscapes and other

outdoor scenes landscape.

Provides vivid reproduction of blues and greens.

Night Scene : Shoots at a slower shutter speed than normal.

Self-Portrait : Enables you to take a picture of yourself while

holding the camera.

P:Full automatic exposure with one press of the

shutter button.

A/S/M : Sets controls for Aperture-priority auto exposure/

Shutter-priority auto exposure/Manual exposure.

My mode : Activates your customized settings.

: Records movies.

Arrow pad

Menu : Selects/adjusts the menu functions and items.

Shooting : Sets aperture/shutter speed/exposure compensation/manual

focusing values.

Playback : Selects pictures to be displayed.

OK/Menu button

Menu : Displays the menu screen or sets

selected menu items.

Shooting : When you press and hold this

button for more than one second,

the camera switches to manual

focus mode.

Monitor

Shooting : View subjects while shooting.

Playback : Displays recorded images.

Monitor button

Shooting : ● Turns the monitor on/off.

● Press quickly two times to play back the last

recorded image.

* When is pressed with the lens barrier closed, the camera turns on

and enters the playback mode. If pressed again, the camera turns off.

Menu functions

Moving around the Menu screen

Note:

The Top menu and available

menu functions vary

depending on the mode.

(See the Reference Manual

for more details.)

Top menu (Mode dial: “P”)

If you select MODE MENU in step 2

The top menu functions can be changed to

your liking in the “P”, “A/S/M” and

modes (SHORT CUT setting).

CAM

PIC

CARD

SET

Brings up CAMERA menu

Brings up PICTURE menu

Brings up CARD menu

Brings up SETUP menu

2 3 4

MODE MENU

Menu functions during shooting

DRIVE

ISO

P/A/S/M

SLOW

NOISE

REDUCTION

DIGITAL ZOOM

FULLTIME AF

(for still

pictures)

(for movies)

PANORAMA

FUNCTION

Sets self-timer shooting or remote control shooting.

Changes the drive modes, or sets autobracketing.

Adjusts the ISO sensitivity. (AUTO/100/200/400)

When the mode dial is set to A/S/M: Exposure mode can be selected

from A (Aperture priority auto), S (Shutter priority auto), or M (Manual

mode).

When the mode dial is set to : Exposure mode can be selected

from P, A, S or M.

Adjusts the flash intensity.

Adjusts the flash for slow shutter speeds. ( SLOW1/ SLOW/

SLOW2)

Reduces the electrical noise on images during long exposures.

Combining the digital zoom with the 2.8x optical zoom, makes

possible zoom magnification up to approx. 7x (equivalent to 35 mm -

245 mm on a 35 mm camera).

Keeps the image in focus at all times without having to press the

shutter button halfway.

Allows approx. 4 seconds of sound recording to be attached to a

picture.

Allows sound to be recorded while shooting movies.

Allows panorama pictures to be taken (CAMEDIA Master is required).

Changes the picture color to BLACK&WHITE, SEPIA or

WHITE/BLACK BOARD.

CAMERA

SHARPNESS

CONTRAST

SATURATION

Sets the record mode resolution. (TIFF/SHQ,/HQ/SQ1/SQ2)

Adjusts the white balance according to the light source.

(AUTO/PRESET/ )

Allows you to make fine changes to the white balance.

Adjusts the sharpness of images.

Adjusts the contrast of images.

Adjusts the level of color depth without changing tint.

PICTURE

CARD SETUP

Formats cards (all images on the card are deleted).

CARD

ALL RESET

SHUTTER

SOUND

PW ON

SETUP

PW OFF

SETUP

REC VIEW

MY MODE

SETUP

SLEEP

FILE NAME

PIXEL

MAPPING

Selects whether to keep the current camera settings when you turn

off the power.

Sets the beep sound to OFF/LOW/HIGH.

Sets the type of shutter sound effect and the volume.

Sets the picture displayed on the monitor and the sound output when

the power is turned on.

Sets the picture displayed on the monitor and the sound output when

the power is turned off.

Selects whether to display images on the monitor while saving them to

a card.

Customizes settings, which are activated in the mode.

Sets the sleep timer.

Determines how files and folders will be named for saved images.

(RESET/ AUTO)

Checks the CCD and image processing circuit for errors.

SETUP

Menu functions during playback

(still pictures)

Runs through all saved pictures one after another (slide-show).

MOVIE PLAY (movies)

MOVIE

PLAYBACK

INDEX

EDIT

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.

Adds sound to recorded still pictures.

PLAY (still pictures)

CARD SETUP

Formats cards (FORMAT), or erases all images on them (ALL

ERASE).

CARD

ALL RESET

VOLUME

PW ON

SETUP

PW OFF

SETUP

SCREEN

SETUP

Selects whether to keep the current camera settings when you turn

the camera off.

Sets playback sound volume, as well as the volume of the sound

selected in PW ON SETUP and PW OFF SETUP.

Sets the beep sound to OFF/LOW/HIGH.

Sets the picture displayed on the monitor and the sound output when

the power is turned on.

Sets the picture displayed on the monitor and the sound output when

the power is turned off.

Registers a stored picture so that you can select it in PW ON SETUP

and/or PW OFF SETUP.

Adjusts the brightness of the monitor.

Sets the date/time.

Selects the number of frames in the index display. (4/9/16-frame)

SETUP

Press

to select

to enter each menu

m/ft

SHORT CUT

Adjusts the brightness of the monitor.

Sets the date/time.

Sets the measurement units (m/ft) during manual focus.

Selects items for the shortcut menu on the top menu screen.

OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.

Two Corporate Center Drive, Melville, NY 11747-3157, U.S.A. Tel. 631-844-5000

Phone customer support: Tel. 1-888-553-4448 (Toll-free)

OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO. (EUROPA) GMBH.

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Tel. 040-237730

Letters: Postfach 10 49 08, 20034 Hamburg, Germany

(still pictures)

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