Extending The Useful Life Of The Battery; Functions That Cannot Be Selected From Menus; Selecting The Optimal Image Quality; To Return The Settings Of Functions To Default Settings - Olympus C-510 Instruction Manual

Extending the useful life of the battery

• Performing any of the following operations when not actually taking pictures can deplete
the battery power.
• Repeatedly pressing the shutter button halfway
• Repeatedly using the zoom
• To save battery power, set [POWER SAVE] to [ON], or turn off the camera whenever it is
not in use.
g "POWER SAVE Setting the camera to the power save mode" (P. 25)

Functions that cannot be selected from menus

• Some items may not be selectable from the menus when using the arrow pad.
• Items that cannot be set with the current shooting mode
• Items that cannot be set because of an item that has already been set: [%] and [#],
etc.
• Some functions cannot be used when there is no card in the camera.
[PANORAMA]/[PRINT ORDER]/[FORMAT]/[BACKUP]

Selecting the optimal image quality

A record mode expresses a combination of desired image size and compression level. Use
the following examples to help determine the optimal image quality when shooting.
To print large images on full-size paper/To edit and process images on a computer
• [SHQ] or [HQ]
To print A4 (11.7×8.5 in.)/postcard-size images
• [SQ1]
To send as an e-mail attachment or post on a web site
• [SQ2]
To express the broadness of a subject such as landscapes/To view pictures on a
wide-screen television.
• [16:9]
g "IMAGE QUALITY Changing the image quality" (P. 17)

To return the settings of functions to default settings

• To return the changed shooting settings to default settings while shooting, set [RESET] to
[YES].
g "RESET Changing the shooting functions back to default settings" (P. 18)
• All shooting settings except for [IMAGE QUALITY] and the selected scene mode return to
default settings when the camera is turned off.

Playback tips

Playing back pictures in the internal memory
• When a card has been inserted in the camera, the pictures in the internal memory cannot
be played back. Pull out the card before operating the camera.

Quickly displaying a desired picture

• Press the zoom lever to the W-side to display the pictures as thumbnails (index display).
g "Zoom lever Zooming while shooting/Close-up playback" (P. 14)
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