Using A New Card; Lamp Indicators; Extending The Useful Life Of The Battery - Olympus Stylus 740 Instruction Manual

Movie
Image quality
SHQ
HQ
SQ

Using a new card

• If you use a non-Olympus card or a card used for another application, such as for a
computer, the message [CARD ERROR] is displayed. To use this card with this camera,
use the [FORMAT] function to format the card.
g "MEMORY FORMAT (FORMAT) Formatting the internal memory or card" (P. 30)

Lamp indicators

This camera uses several lamps to indicate the camera status.
Lamp
Self-timer lamp
Card access lamp
Green lamp of the
monitor

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 minimize the battery consumption, set [POWER SAVE] to [ON] and turn off the
camera whenever it is not in use.
g "POWER SAVE Setting the camera to power save mode" (P. 34)"
Image size
640 × 480
(15 frames/sec.)
320 × 240
(30 frames/sec.)
160 × 120
(15 frames/sec.)
The lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for
approximately 2 seconds, and then the picture is taken.
Blinking: A picture is being recorded, the camera is reading
a movie, or images are being downloaded (when
connected to a computer).
• Do not do any of the following while the card access lamp is
blinking. Doing so may prevent the image data from being
saved and render the internal memory or card unusable.
• Open the battery compartment/card cover
• Remove the battery.
• Connect or disconnect the AC adapter.
Lit: The focus and exposure are locked.
Blinking: The focus and exposure are not locked.
• Release your finger from the shutter button, re-position
the AF target mark on the subject and press the shutter
button halfway again.
Recording length
Internal memory
19 sec.
46 sec.
117 sec.
Status
Using a 512 MB card
563 sec.
1334 sec.
3395 sec.
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