Names Of Parts; Using The Menus And Tabs; Shortcut Menus; How To Use The Menus - Olympus Camedia C-300 ZOOM Quick Start Manual

Names of parts

Shutter button Self-timer lamp
Flash
Zoom lever
Pops up when you
open the lens barrier.
Lens barrier
Turns the camera
Lens
on and off in the
Extends automatically
shooting mode.
when you open the
lens barrier.
VIDEO OUT jack
Card cover
Connector cover
DC-IN jack USB connector
Orange lamp
Green lamp
AF target mark
Diopter
adjustment dial
Arrow pad
(OK/Menu)
Viewfinder
button
Monitor
(Monitor) button
Turns the camera on and
Battery compartment lock
off in the playback mode.
Turns the monitor on and
off in the shooting mode.
Tripod socket
Battery
compartment cover

How to use the menus

1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Press to display the Press to select a
.
top menu, then press tab, then press to
display the menu.
Top menu
CAMERA tab
DRIVE
ESP/
ISO
MODE MENU
DIGItAL ZOOM
PANORAMA
2 IN 1
PICTURE tab
WB
CARD tab
CARD%SEtUP
SETUP tab
ALL RESEt
REC VIEW
FILE NAME
PIXEL MAPPING

Using the menus and tabs

When you turn on the camera and press , the top menu is displayed on the
monitor. The functions of this camera are set from the menus.
Press
The top menu is displayed.
ESP/
MODE MENU
Select each menu using
the arrow pad.

Shortcut Menus

Mode Menu
• Let you quickly access the most • Lets you access the menu
frequently used menu settings. selections to set the ISO
• Display operational buttons at sensitivity, white balance, etc.
the bottom of the screen, and let • Categorizes the settings into 4 tabs.
you select items by pressing • Displays the CAMERA,
. PICTURE, CARD and SETUP
tabs. Select the desired tab on
the left of the screen by pressing
.
DRIVE
3:2 1984*1312
ISO
SHQ 1984*1488 Tabs
DIGItAL ZOOM
HQ 1984*1488
PANORAMA
SQ 1024*768
2 IN 1
CANCEL SELECt GO
3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Press to select the Press
desired item, then press select the setting.
to display the available Press
setting selections. the setting.
DRIVE
ISO
DIGItAL ZOOM
PANORAMA
2 IN 1
To return to select a
tab, press .
DRIVE
ISO
DIGItAL ZOOM
PANORAMA
2 IN 1 or
The green frame moves
to the selected item. To return to
select an item,
press or
.
To close the menu,
press
If you want to save the settings after the camera is turned off,
set ALL RESET to OFF.
Shortcut menus
Shooting mode
When the still picture
shooting mode is selected
.
ESP/
MODE MENU
ESP/
Selects the area of the image that will be used to determine exposure or image
brightness from the two available settings:
ESP or (spot metering).
Selects the resolution and the quality of the image.
Still picture : 3:2, SHQ, HQ, SQ, TIFF
Movie : HQ, SQ
Adjusts the brightness of the image (Exposure compensation).
Mode menus
Mode menu functions are categorized into 4 tabs. Use
to and display the respective functions.
Shooting mode
to complete
CAMERA tab
PICTURE tab
DIGItAL ZOOM
CARD tab PANORAMA
2 IN 1
SETUP tab
CAMERA tab
Selects the shooting mode from
(Normal shooting),
DRIVE
DRIVE
(Sequential shooting),
ISO AUtO
(AF Sequential shooting).
DIGItAL ZOOM 100
ISO Selects the ISO sensitivity from AUTO, 100, 200, 400.
PANORAMA 200
Extends the maximum optical zoom, making possible up
400
2 IN 1
DIGITAL ZOOM to approximately 10x zoom shooting with the digital zoom
function.
Allows panorama pictures to be taken with Olympus
PANORAMA
CAMEDIA-brand SmartMedia cards.
Lets you combine two still pictures taken in succession
2 IN 1
into one picture.
DRIVE
ISO AUtO PICTURE tab
DIGItAL ZOOM 100
WB Sets the appropriate white balance according to the light source.
PANORAMA 200
Adjusts the sharpness of images.
2 IN 1 400
Adjusts the contrast of images.
again.
CARD tab
CARD SETUP Formats a card.
SETUP tab*
Selects whether to display pictures on the monitor while
REC VIEW
saving them.
FILE NAME Changes how file names are assigned.
PIXEL MAPPING Checks the CCD and image processing functions.
* Refer to the playback mode instructions for details of ALL RESET,
settings.
Playback mode
When a still picture is
When the movie recording
played back
mode is selected
ESP/
MODE MENU
INFO
Displays all recorded pictures in slideshow fashion.
MOVIE PLAY
MOVIE PLAYBACK
INDEX
EDIT
INFO
Displays all the shooting information on the monitor.
ERASE
Erases a selected picture.
Playback mode
to select a tab
PLAY tab
EDIT tab
DRIVE
CARD tab
ISO
SETUP tab
PLAY tab
EDIT tab
BLACK & WHITE
SEPIA
CARD tab
CARD SETUP
SETUP tab
ALL RESET
, , and
When a movie is played
back
MOVIE%PLAY
MODE%MENU INFO MODE%MENU
ERASE
ERASE
Plays back a movie.
Creates an index picture of a movie in 9 frames.
Edits a movie.
Protects pictures from accidental erasure.
Rotates pictures 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise.
Stores printing information required for DPOF printers on the
card.
Creates black and white pictures.
Creates sepia-toned pictures.
Makes the file size smaller.
Creates a cropped picture from the enlarged part of a picture.
Formats a card.
Erases all image data stored on the card.
Selects whether to save the current camera settings when
you turn off the power.
Turns the beep sound (used for warnings, etc.) on and off.
Selects the number of frames in the index display.
Adjusts the brightness of the monitor.
Sets the date and time.