How To Use This Manual - Olympus EVOLT E-300 Advanced Manual

How to use this manual

This manual includes a table of contents, index and menu list to help you
easily locate the information you need.
Searching the table of contents
All section titles and chapter headings are listed in the table of contents so that
you can quickly find the information you need. There is a chapter containing
information you need to know before using your camera for the first time, a
chapter that describes basic shooting procedures, etc.
For example
When you want to play back the images you have just
taken.
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Go to Chapter 7 Playback and look for the page titled
"Viewing still images........108".
Searching the index
Terms used in this manual (such as the names of functions) are listed in
alphabetical order. When you come across a term that you are not familiar with or
about which you want to learn more, you can search the index to find the relevant
page. Camera part names and monitor indications are listed at the end of the
manual.
For example
If you want to know more about the term "HQ"
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Go to the index at the end of this manual and look under H
for "HQ.......36".
Searching the list of menus
The camera's menus are listed in a tree structure. When you come across a menu
whose name is unfamiliar on the menu screen, you can find the relevant pages for
this menu function in the menu list.
For example
When you want to know how to make settings for WB in
the menu screen
V
Go through the menus until you find WB and look for the
reference page number.
* For information on how to read the instructions in this manual, refer to "How to read the
instruction pages" (P. 3)
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7 Playback
Viewing still images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Single-frame playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Close-up playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Index display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Information display INFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rotating images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Playback on TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Editing still images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Protecting images — Preventing accidental erasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Erasing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Single-frame erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
All-frame erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
8 Customizing the settings/functions of your camera
AEL METERING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
EV STEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
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Fill-in flash ..........................................56
Auto flash ..................................................54
FIREWORKS ......................................40
B
Flash intensity control ........................60
BEACH & SNOW ................................42
Flash mode ..........................................54
Beep sound ......................................131
FOCUS RING ........................................126
Bulb shooting ............................................51
Focus lock ................................................30
FORMAT ................................................135
C
C-AF..........................................................82
G
CANDLE ............................................42
GRADATION ....................................104
CARD SETUP ........................................135
H
Card adapter ..........................................157
HIGH KEY ..........................................40
Center weighted averaging
HQ ............................................................36
metering ..........................................86
CLEANING MODE..................................182
I
Close-up playback ............................109
Image rotation ..................................115
COLOR SPACE ......................................106
Index display ....................................111
Compact Flash........................................172
ISO BOOST ..............................................92
Compression ............................................34
J
CONTRAST ......................................102
JPEG ........................................................35
Menu directory
Shooting Menu
Menu Function Setting
–5.0 - 0.0 - +5.0
RAW, TIFF, SHQ, HQ , SQ,
RAW + SHQ, RAW + HQ,
RAW + SQ
AUTO , , SLOW,
SLOW, SLOW2, ,
AF S-AF , C-AF, MF, S-AF + MF
WB AUTO , 3000K, 3600K, 4000K,
4500K, 6600K, 5300K,
6000K, 7500K, CWB1,
CWB2, CWB3, CWB4,
ISO AUTO , 100, 200, 400,
800, 1600
ESP , ,
AUTO
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