Olympus Stylus 840/ 840 Instruction Manual

Also see for M 840: Basic Manual

Getting to know your camera better54 EN• It is effective to set the exposure compensation to [+] by pressing1 F when shootingagainst strong backlighting.g “1 F button Changing picture brightness (Exposure Compensation)” (P.17)• Adjusting exposure of person’s face by setting [AF MODE] to [FACE DETECT] makes thesubject’s face appear brighter even against strong backlighting.g “AF MODE Changing the focusing area” (P.28)There are two ways to record the pictures you take with this camera.Recording pictures to the internal memory• Pictures are recorded to the internal memory, and when the number of storable stillpictures reaches 0, you must connect the camera to a computer to download the pictures,and then erase the pictures from the internal memory.Using a card (xD-Picture Card) (optional)• Pictures are recorded to the card inserted in the camera. When the card is full,you download thepictures to a computer, and then either erase the pictures from the card or use a new card.• Pictures are not recorded to the internal memory when a card is inserted in the camera.Pictures in the internal memory can be copied to the card using the [BACKUP] function.g “BACKUP Copying pictures in the internal memory to the card” (P.34)“The card” (P.64)Number of storable still pictures and recording length of moviesStill picturesMovieAdditional shooting tips and informationIncreasing the number of pictures that can be takenIMAGE SIZE COMPRE-SSIONNumber of storable still picturesInternal memory Using a 1 GB cardWith sound Without sound With sound Without soundG 3264X2448 3 3 253 2557 7 492 499H 2560X1920 5 6 404 41012 12 820 841I 2048X1536 9 9 615 62718 19 1254 1305J 1600X1200 15 15 1031 106629 31 1938 2063K 1280X960 23 24 1560 164043 47 2907 3198C 640X480 75 90 4920 5815122 164 7996 10661D 1920X1080 14 14 954 98427 28 1827 1938IMAGE SIZE FRAMERATEContinuous recording lengthInternal memory Using a 1 GB cardC 640X480 N 8 sec. 10 sec.O 16 sec. 18 min. 37 sec.E 320X240 N 19 sec. 22 min. 3 sec.O 38 sec. 29 min.