Olympus C-520 Advanced Manual

Also see for C-520: Basic Manual Instruction manual Instruction manual Manuel Avancé

46 ENGetting to know your camera betterThis camera uses several lamps to indicate the camera status.• Performing any of the following operations when not actually taking pictures can deplete the batterypower.• Repeatedly pressing the shutter button halfway• Repeatedly using the zoom• To minimize the battery consumption, set [POWER SAVE] to [ON] and turn off the camerawhenever it is not in use.g “POWER SAVE Setting the camera to the power save mode” (P. 28)• Some items are not 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.• Items that cannot be set because you are attempting to edit pictures taken with anothercamera.• Some functions cannot be used when there is no card in the camera.[PANORAMA], [PRINT ORDER], [FORMAT], [BACKUP]A record mode expresses a combination of desired image sizes and compression levels. Use the followingexamples 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. 19)Lamp indicatorsLamp StatusSelf-timer lamp The lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for approximately2 seconds, and then the picture is taken.Card access lamp Lit (red): Shooting modeLit (green): Playback modeUnlit: Power is off.Blinking (red): A picture is being recorded, the camera is reading amovie, or images are being downloaded (when connected to acomputer).• 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 renderthe internal memory or card unusable.• Open the battery/card compartment cover• Remove the battery and the cardGreen lamp of the monitor Lit: The focus and exposure are locked.Blinking: The focus is not locked.• Release your finger from the shutter button, re-position the AF targetmark on the subject and press the shutter button halfway again.Extending the useful life of the batteryFunctions that cannot be selected from menusSelecting the optimal image quality