Olympus E-300 Advanced Manual

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Contents How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 How to read the instruction pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 For your safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1 Basic operations 17 How to use the mode dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 How to use the buttons and control dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Types of buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 How to use the menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Types of the menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2 Things to know before shooting 29 If correct focus cannot be obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 How to focus on a difficult subject — Focus lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Subjects that are difficult to focus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Selecting the record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Types of record modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 How to select the record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Setting HQ/SQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3 Selecting the right mode for shooting conditions 37 Selecting the right mode for shooting situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 LANDSCAPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 LANDSCAPE+PORTRAIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 NIGHT SCENE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 NIGHT+PORTRAIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 FIREWORKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 SUNSET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 PORTRAIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 HIGH KEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 MACRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 MUSEUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 SPORT — Capturing a fast-moving subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 BEACH & SNOW — Shooting seascapes or snow-capped mountain landscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 CANDLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4
Contents Selecting the right mode for shooting technique — P, A, S and M . . . . . . . . . . 43 P: Program shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 A: Aperture priority shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 S: Shutter priority shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 M: <strong>Manual</strong> shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 PREVIEW function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 4 Various shooting functions 53 Flash shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Flash modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Setting the flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Using the built-in flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Flash intensity control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Optional electronic flashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Using the electronic flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Super FP flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Using commercially available flashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Non-specified commercial flashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Drive mode DRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Sequential shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Auto bracketing BKT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Self-timer shooting /Remote control shooting (with optional remote control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 MONOTONE shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 5 Focusing functions 77 AF frame selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Focus mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 AF ILLUMINATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 6 Exposure, image and color 85 Metering mode — Changing the metering area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Exposure compensation — Varying the image brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 AE lock — Locking the exposure AEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 5
Page 1 and 2: DIGITAL CAMERA ADVANCED MANUAL Basi
Page 3: How to read the instruction pages C
Page 7 and 8: Contents Date/time setting . . . .
Page 9 and 10: For customers in North and South Am
Page 11 and 12: For your safety Lightning — If a
Page 13 and 14: For your safety � Be careful with
Page 15 and 16: WARNING FCC Notice For your safety
Page 17 and 18: 1 Basic operations The advanced sho
Page 19 and 20: How to use the buttons and control
Page 21 and 22: 1 2 How to use the buttons and cont
Page 23 and 24: 6 How to use the buttons and contro
Page 25 and 26: How to use the menus The camera’s
Page 27 and 28: 3 Press to move to the functions of
Page 29 and 30: 2 Things to know before shooting Th
Page 31 and 32: 2 Press the shutter button halfway
Page 33 and 34: Selecting the record mode You can s
Page 35 and 36: Record mode Record mode RAW TIFF SH
Page 37 and 38: 3 Selecting the right mode for shoo
Page 39 and 40: Selecting the right mode for the sh
Page 45 and 46: A : Aperture priority shooting Sele
Page 47 and 48: S : Shutter priority shooting Selec
Page 53 and 54: 4 Various shooting functions The fl
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Flash shooting 1st curtain Usually,
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Flash modes available in the exposu
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Using the built-in flash Flash shoo
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Optional electronic flashes Flash s
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5 Select the desired flash control
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Non-specified commercial flashes Fl
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2 Start shooting. ● Press the shu
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2 Press . ● The BKT selection scr
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WB bracketing Drive mode Three imag
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Using the self-timer 1 Press the sh
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Drive mode TIPS The remote control
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5 Focusing functions When you turn
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Focus mode Three focus modes are av
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Simultaneous use of S-AF mode and M
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Manual focus (MF) This function all
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6 Exposure, image and color If you
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Metering mode—Changing the meteri
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Example: When adjusting the exposur
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ISO sensitivity—Setting the desir
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White balance—Adjusting the color
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Setting the white balance You can a
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Setting the one-touch white balance
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4 The color becomes bluer each time
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SHARPNESS This function adjusts the
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SATURATION This function sets the c
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NOISE REDUCTION This function reduc
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7 Playback One of the big advantage
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Close-up playback This function let
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Index display Viewing still images
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Information 2 Print reservation, pr
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Rotating images This function lets
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Editing still images Recorded image
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Protecting images—Preventing acci
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All-frame erase 1 Menu T T CARD SET
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8 Customizing the settings/function
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CUSTOM OK This lets you select a sh
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Date/time setting Date and time inf
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FILE NAME When you take a picture,
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Setting the warning tone The camera
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Available modes 1 P A S M SCENE Men
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CARD SETUP — Formatting the card
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9 Printing Turning the images you s
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Picture size and printing Print res
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Set the printing data. NO DATE TIME
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Setting printing data Print reserva
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6 Press to select the frame with pr
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Connecting the camera to a printer
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Select frames you want to print. SE
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Setting the print paper items This
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If an error code is displayed Direc
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10 Transferring images to a compute
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Viewing or processing images downlo
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Installing OLYMPUS Master Using the
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● A confirmation window appears,
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Connecting the camera to a computer
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Starting OLYMPUS Master Windows 1 D
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Disconnecting the camera from your
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Printing images The print menus inc
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11 Appendix The appendix will assis
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Lens basics Select the lens that yo
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Viewfinder indications No indicatio
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If you encounter problems Possible
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If you encounter problems Possible
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Camera maintenance Cleaning and sto
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Camera maintenance PIXEL MAPPING
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Safety precautions ● Before going
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Glossary Compression rate Compressi
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Pixels A pixel is the smallest unit
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12 Information This chapter covers
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Menu directory Menu Function Settin
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�Setup Menu Menu directory Menu F
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Function HQ SQ Mode P A S M � �
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Monitor ~ P. 19, 25, 108, 131 Viewf
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4 5 6 Monitor indications (only for
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Memory gauge Battery check P 1/250
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Specifications � Exposure control
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Index (Custom) menu ...............
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MEMO 209 12 Information
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MEMO 211
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