Advanced Manual

Additional shooting tips and information
Increasing the number of pictures that can be taken
There are two ways to record the pictures you take with this camera.
Recording pictures to the internal memory
• Pictures are recorded to the internal memory, and when the number of storable still pictures
reaches 0, you must connect the camera to a computer to download the pictures, and then
erase the pictures from the internal memory.
Using a card (optional)
• Pictures are recorded to the card when inserted in the camera. When the card is full, you
download the pictures to a computer, and then either erase the pictures from the card or use
a new card.
• Pictures are not recorded to the internal memory when a card is inserted in the camera.
Pictures in the internal memory can be copied to the card using the [BACKUP] function.
g “BACKUP Copying pictures in the internal memory to the card” (P. 31)
“The card” (P. 61)
Number of storable still pictures and recording length of movies
Still pictures
Image quality Image size Number of storable still pictures
Internal memory Using a 512 MB card
Movie
With sound Without
sound
With sound Without
sound
SHQ 3072 × 2304 4 4 145 147
HQ 3072 × 2304 8 8 287 293
SQ1
2560 × 1920 12 12 409 420
2304 × 1728 14 15 499 515
2048 × 1536 18 19 626 652
1600 × 1200 22 23 743 779
SQ2
1280 × 960
1024 × 768
33
49
36
55
1141
1681
1229
1879
640 × 480 75 90 2458 2905
16:9 1920 × 1080 27 28 913 968
Image quality Image size Recording length
Internal memory Using a 512 MB card
SHQ
HQ
SQ
Using a new card
640 × 480
(15 frames/sec.)
320 × 240
(15 frames/sec.)
160 × 120
(15 frames/sec.)
16 sec. 9 min. 18 sec.
38 sec. 21 min. 47 sec.
1 min. 35 sec. 53 min. 45 sec.
• If you use a non-Olympus card or a card used for another application, such as for a
computer, the message [CARD ERROR] is displayed. To use this card with this camera, use
the [FORMAT] function to format the card.
g “MEMORY FORMAT (FORMAT) Formatting the internal memory or card” (P. 30)
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