Olympus Stylus 840/ 840 Instruction Manual

Also see for M 840: Basic Manual

Getting to know your camera betterEN 55• If you use a non-Olympus card or a card that was used on a computer for anotherapplication, use the [FORMAT] function to format the card.g “MEMORY FORMAT (FORMAT) Formatting the internal memory or card” (P.34)• An image or movie is being recorded or downloaded (when connected to a computer).• Do not do any of the following while the card access lamp is blinking. Doing so mayprevent the image data from being saved and render the internal memory or cardunusable.• Open the battery/card compartment cover.• Remove the battery and card.• Performing any of the following operations when not actually taking pictures can depletethe 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 camerawhenever it is not in use.g “POWER SAVE Setting the camera to the power save mode” (P.39)• Some items are not selectable from the menus when using the arrow pad (The menuitems displayed in gray cannot be selected).• Items that cannot be set with the current shooting mode• Items that cannot be set because of an item that has already been set:When [DRIVE] is set to [W], [FINE ZOOM] or [DIGITAL ZOOM] cannot be set.• Depending on the situations, some items cannot be set when the button is pressed.[%], Flash Mode, etc.• Some functions cannot be used when there is no card in the camera.[PANORAMA], [PRINT ORDER], [FORMAT], [BACKUP]• This camera retains the settings (except for s) even after the power is turned off. Toreturn the settings to default settings, execute [RESET].g “RESET Restoring default settings” (P.23)Using a new cardThe card access lamp blinksExtending the useful life of the batteryFunctions that cannot be selected from menus / Function that cannot beselected even by pressing the function buttonsRestoring default settings