Olympus CAMEDIA C-40ZOOM Reference Manual page 79

Taking still
pictures (Cont.)
If you take pictures continuously, the indication changes as shown below.
The memory gauge lets you know if another shot is possible.
Before
shooting/No
picture taken
● The monitor does not turn on.
T If the camera is not used for over 3 minutes, the monitor turns off. If you
operate the shutter button or zoom lever, the monitor turns on again.
● Vertical lines on the monitor screen make it hard to see the image.
T Bright light (such as direct sunlight) may cause vertical lines to appear
on the monitor screen. In this case, use the viewfinder.
● How to brighten/darken the monitor
T
1
In the top menu, select MODE
MENU T SETUP T
2
To brighten the monitor, press
To darken it, press
the setting, press
The MODE MENU's monitor brightness
setting has no effect in the
To use the monitor brightness setting, switch from
mode.
● Camera movement is less noticeable when using the viewfinder
rather than the monitor.
● Also read the "TIPS" on "Taking still pictures while using the
viewfinder" (P. 76).
● The monitor consumes more battery power than the viewfinder.
● If you shoot using the monitor for a long time, noise may appear on
pictures.
One picture
More than
taken
one taken
.
ñ
. To complete
.
No recordable space
When the indication returns to
any status shown on the left,
you can take more shots.
TIPS
Ñ
.
ADJUST
mode.
GO
to another
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