Lamp Indicators; Extending The Useful Life Of The Battery; Functions That Cannot Be Selected From Menus - Olympus FE-190 Quick Start Manual

Lamp indicators

This camera uses several lamps to indicate the camera status.
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 save battery power, turn off the camera whenever it is not in use.

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:
• Items that cannot be set because you are attempting to edit pictures
• Some functions cannot be used when there is no card in the camera.
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Lamp
The lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for
approximately 2 seconds, and then the picture is taken.
Lit (red): Shooting mode
Lit (green): Playback mode
Unlit: Power is off.
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.
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.
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• Open the battery/card compartment cover
• Remove the battery
Status