INSTRUCTIONS 2 MODE D'EMPLOI 33 BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG 65 INSTRUCCIONES 97 129 2 WARNING CONTENTS 3 Read this manual carefully before using your camera. Indicates circumstances under which Names of parts 2. Exposure mode button ..............16 mishandling resulting from ignoring this symbol could result in personal injury or property Camera Body................................4 [ A ] Aperture Preferred Auto ....17 damage. Camera Body/LCD Panel ..............5 [ S ] Shutter Speed Preferred Auto Viewfinder Display........................6 ..................................................18 KEEP THE BATTERIES AWAY FROM FIRE. NEVER TRY TO DISASSEMBLE, RECHARGE, OR SHORT-CIRCUIT BATTERIES. Using the strap ................................6 [ M ] Manual Exposure ..............19 Diopter adjustment ..........................7 Flash photography KEEP THE BATTERIES OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN. IF A CHILD Loading and checking the batteries ..7 in the Manual Exposure mode....20 SWALLOWS A BATTERY, CONTACT A DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY. Loading the film ..............................8 [ ] Exposure Compensation ........22 NEVER ATTEMPT TO DISASSEMBLE THE CAMERA; IT CONTAINS A HIGH- Taking pictures [ ] Spot Metering ..................24 VOLTAGE CIRCUIT. IF THE INTERNAL PARTS OF THE CAMERA ARE Programmed Auto (FULL AUTO)..9 [ ] Selftimer/ EXPOSED DUE TO DROPPING OR DAMAGE, REMOVE THE BATTERIES [] Remote Control(Optional) ....25 IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT FURTHER USAGE. Focus Lock ................................10 Unloading the film ..........................10 [ ] Macro Shooting................26 IN CASE OF MALFUNCTION, CONSULT YOUR NEAREST OLYMPUS DEALER Taking Panorama pictures ..............11 [ ] Continuous Shooting........26 OR OLYMPUS SERVICE CENTER. (Panorama models only) Restoring the Programmed Auto Flash photography [FULL AUTO] mode ......................27 Symbols used in this manual: Setting the flash mode ..............11 Illuminating the LCD panel ............27 Auto Flash ..................................12 Correcting the date and time ..........28 [ ] Red-Eye Reduction Flash..13 Printing the date/time ....................29 Incorrect Manual operation Operation order Automatic operation [ ] Fill-In Flash ........................13 Care and storage ............................30 Exposure modes Specifications ................................31 1. Direct Mode Select buttons ........14 Accessories (optional)....................32 Order Attention Indicator on Indicator blinking [ ] Stop Action......................14 [ ] Portrait ..............................15 [ ] Landscape..........................15 Depress halfway Beep [ ] Night Scene ......................16 ț Pay particular attention to items in this manual enclosed in boxes . ț Products shown in pictures and illustrations may be slightly different from the actual unit. 4 NAMES OF PARTS — Camera Body NAMES OF PARTS — Camera Body/LCD Panel 5 Zoom button 1 Flash mode button 2 Selftimer/ remote control/ SPOT button Power switch/ flash release macro/ continuous shooting button Shutter release button 3 Exposure compensation/ manual exposure/ shutter speed button ț Flash Functions as shutter speed button Selftimer indicator/ only when the exposure modes remote control sensor & is set to “M”. 4 DATE MODE button 5 DATE SET/LIGHT Strap attachment stud (LCD panel illumination) button Lens barrel 6 Direct Mode Select buttons 7 FULL AUTO (programmed auto) Lens button 8 Shift lever Always try to keep this clean. Dirt and stains can 9 Exposure mode button result in pictures that are unclear and out-of-focus. 0 Battery check Wipe off any dirt or stains with a soft cloth. ! Red-Eye Reduction Flash @ Fill-In Flash Panorama lamp* # Remote Control $ Selftimer Viewfinder Panorama switch* % Spot Metering Diopter adjustment dial Strap attachment stud ^ Exposure Compensation & Exposure modes * Date/time indicator ( Mode status indicator Back cover release ) Programmed Auto (FULL AUTO) q Film window Aperture setting/ exposure compensation value LCD panel w Shutter speed e Continuous Shooting r Macro Shooting Mid-roll rewind button Battery compartment cover t Exposure counter Tripod socket *Panorama models only 6 NAMES OF PARTS — Viewfinder Display DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT 7 ț Standard mode Turn the diopter adjustment dial until the autofocus frame is clear. y Autofocus frame If you are nearsighted, turn the dial up. u Spot frame If you are farsighted, turn it down. i Panorama marks o Autofocus indicator ț LOADING AND CHECKING THE BATTERIES Panorama mode p (Panorama models only) Macro Q Flash Use two 3 V lithium batteries (CR123A or DL123A). W Shutter speed 1 1 2 4 6 E Aperture setting 5 R Spot 2 3 T ~ O 1)Indication of correct exposure, overexposure and underexposure in the Manual Exposure mode Turn the dial 1 on the battery 2)Indication of a corrected value in the Exposure compartment cover to . Hold Insert the batteries 4 correctly. Compensation mode the notch 2 with your fingertip. Close the battery compartment Open the cover 3 . cover 5. Turn the dial 6 to USING THE STRAP to lock the cover. Make sure the power switch ț Attach the strap as shown. is set to OFF before opening 3 the battery compartment cover. 7 Set the power switch 7 to ON to check the remaining battery power. 1 2 lights (turns off automatically). Batteries are OK. You can shoot. 3 blinks and other indicators are Batteries are low and should be displayed normally. replaced with new ones. Secure the strap Batteries are dead and should be blinks and other indicators go out. with the clasp. replaced with new ones immediately. 8 9 LOADING THE FILM TAKING PICTURES — Programmed Auto (FULL AUTO) 1 2 1 Set the power switch to ON. The lens will extrude and the LCD panel 2 1 will turn on. Compose your shot. Press the “T” side of the zoom button for Insert the film cartridge. telephoto (140 mm) or the “W” side for wide angle (28 mm). Shutter curtain Be careful not to touch the shutter curtain or Panorama Slide the back cover release After about 30 seconds of inactivity, the LCD panel goes out. upward to open the back cover. masks. Do not look at the sun or other strong light sources 3 Correct through the viewfinder. 2 Autofocus frame 3 Incorrect Place the film between the positioning guides (A), aligning the film leader in the direction of the arrow. 4 5 Position the autofocus frame Press the shutter release button on your subject. halfway to focus on the subject. After making sure that the If the autofocus indicator camera beeps and the autofocus blinks, the shutter cannot be indicator lights in the released. viewfinder, press the shutter The distance to your subject release button all the way to Close the back cover. The Make sure the exposure is 0.6 m (2.0 ft) to infinity at take the picture. After the film automatically advances counter on the LCD panel the wide-angle side and 0.9m shutter is released, the film to the first frame. Set the reads “ ”. (3.0 ft) to infinity at the automatically advances to the power switch to ON. telephoto side. next frame. If “ ” blinks, reload the film. 10 11 TAKING PICTURES — Focus Lock TAKING PANORAMA PICTURES (Panorama models only) If you want to position your main subject outside the center of the frame, follow the procedure below (focus lock). 1 Autofocus frame 2 Standard mode Panorama mode Set the Panorama switch down for Panorama mode shooting (the Panorama lamp lights). Set the switch up for Standard mode shooting. In the Panorama mode, only the area inside the shaded section (see illustration) will appear in the picture. (Non-shaded areas will not Position the autofocus frame on Reframe your subject while be in the picture). ț After the shutter has been released in the Panorama mode, the your subject and press the shutter keeping the shutter release button Panorama lamp blinks for about 5 seconds. release button halfway. pressed halfway. ț Date and time cannot be imprinted in the Panorama mode. The camera beeps, and the Then press the shutter release button autofocus indicator lights in the all the way. viewfinder. The exposure is also — Setting the Flash Mode locked at this time (AE lock). FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY 1 2 UNLOADING THE FILM The camera automatically rewinds the film when you reach the end of a roll. You can also rewind the film before it reaches the end. Rewinding the film before the Set the power switch to to flip up the end of the roll flash. The camera will recharge the Press the / button to flash, and the flash will be ready to select the flash mode. The use. When there is insufficient light, selected mode is displayed the flash fires automatically. on the LCD panel. Mode display Flash mode Function No Automatically fires in the dark, with backlighting, or Auto Flash display under fluorescent lighting. Red-Eye Significantly reduces the phenomenon of “red-eye” Make sure the motor has Press the mid-roll rewind Reduction (when a subject’s eyes appear red in color stopped and that“ ”is blinking; button. Do not use an Flash photography). then open the back cover to instrument with a sharp tip. remove the film. Fill-In Fires regardless of available light. 12 13 FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY — Red-Eye Reduction Flash ț When is blinking in the viewfinder, the flash is being recharged In this mode, the camera emits a series of pre-flashes before the main flash (for about 0.2 to 4 seconds with fresh batteries.) and the shutter activates. This helps minimize the “red-eye” phenomenon (when a subject’s cannot be released. eyes are illuminated by the flash and appear red in a color photograph). ț When the flash fires in the Programmed Auto (FULL AUTO) mode, the shutter speed is automatically set at 1/100-sec. ț When the shutter release button is pressed halfway, the autofocus auxiliary light (flash) may flicker several times. Press the button fully for main flash activation. ț If is blinking in the viewfinder when the flash is not flipped up, use of the flash is recommended. ț ț Do not fire the flash right in front of the eyes of people and Hold the camera securely. It takes about 1 second until the shutter animals. releases. ț ț Do not point the camera at a motorist and fire the flash.