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Printed in China 

VS794801

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DIGITAL CAMERA

  Thank you for purchasing an Olympus digital camera. Before you start to 

use your new camera, please read these instructions carefully to enjoy 
optimum performance and a longer service life. Keep this manual in a 
safe place for future reference.

 We recommend that you take test shots to get accustomed to your 

camera before taking important photographs.

  In the interest of continually improving products, Olympus reserves the 

right to update or modify information contained in this manual.

  The screen and camera illustrations shown in this manual were produced 

during the development stages and may differ from the actual product.

Instruction Manual

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How to Use the Camera

“Three Ways to Adjust Settings” 

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Printing

“Direct printing (PictBridge)” 

(p. 50)

“Print Reservations (DPOF)” 

(p. 53)

Shooting and Playing Back Images

“Shooting, Playback, and Erasing” 

(p. 15)

Preparing the Camera

“Preparing the Camera” 

(p. 10)

Names of Parts ............................... 6

Preparing the Camera .................. 10

Shooting, Playback, and Erasing

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Using Shooting Modes ................. 18

Using Shooting Functions ........... 20

Using Playback Features ............. 25

Menus for Shooting Functions .... 28

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Menus for Playback, Editing, and 

Printing Functions ........................ 36

Menus for Other Camera Settings

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Printing .......................................... 50

Using OLYMPUS Master 2............ 56

Usage Tips .................................... 58

Appendix ....................................... 63

Index .............................................. 76

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Contents

Contents

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Summary of Contents for m1060

Page 1: ...nt stages and may differ from the actual product Instruction Manual book myu1060SW en A indb I 2008 07 01 20 46 18 2 EN Step 4 Step 1 Step 3 Step 2 How to Use the Camera Three Ways to Adjust Settings...

Page 2: ...nt stages and may differ from the actual product Instruction Manual book myu1060SW en A indb I 2008 07 01 20 46 18 2 EN Step 4 Step 1 Step 3 Step 2 How to Use the Camera Three Ways to Adjust Settings...

Page 3: ...the mode dial to K A or q The symbol in Menu Settings p 28 to 49 indicates available shooting modes 2 Press the button This example describes how to use the menus to set the DIGITAL ZOOM Press the bu...

Page 4: ...the mode dial to K A or q The symbol in Menu Settings p 28 to 49 indicates available shooting modes 2 Press the button This example describes how to use the menus to set the DIGITAL ZOOM Press the bu...

Page 5: ...8 2 KCAMERA MENU WB p 29 ISO p 29 DRIVE p 30 FINE ZOOM p 30 DIGITAL ZOOM p 30 METERING p 31 AF MODE p 31 R Sound recording p 31 IMAGE STABILIZER Still images DIS MOVIE MODE Movies p 31 3 s p 32 4 PANO...

Page 6: ...ector cover p 48 50 56 4 Strap eyelet p 10 5 Flash p 21 Camera unit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 Battery card compartment cover p 11 7 Microphone p 40 8 Lens p 74 9 Tripod socket 10 Speaker book myu1060SW e...

Page 7: ...ay menu guide check date and time p 3 13 23 8 Mode dial p 3 9 q P button playback print p 36 50 10 button p 3 23 11 Arrow pad p 3 12 F button exposure compensation p 21 button macro p 22 Y button self...

Page 8: ...6 Shadow Adjustment Technology p 20 7 Battery check p 10 8 Flash standby camera shake warning flash charge p 21 9 AF target mark p 15 10 Recording with sound p 19 31 11 Dualtime p 46 12 Alarm p 47 13...

Page 9: ...30 MOVIE PLAY OK Still image Movie 1 Silent mode p 49 2 Print reservation number of prints p 53 3 Sound record p 19 31 40 4 Protect p 40 5 Battery check p 10 6 Exposure compensation p 21 7 Shutter spe...

Page 10: ...rge the battery when the following error message appears BATTERY EMPTY Monitor top right Error message Flashes in red Checking the contents of the box Digital camera Strap LI 42B Lithium Ion Battery L...

Page 11: ...the camera Do not insert anything other than an xD Picture Card or the microSD Attachment into the camera 1 Battery card compartment cover 2 Battery lock knob The battery has a front side and a back s...

Page 12: ...ENU SILENT MODE MENU EXIT SET OK IMAGE QUALITY SETUP Operation guide Using the microSD card microSDHC card sold separately A microSD card or microSDHC card hereafter both will be referred to as microS...

Page 13: ...isplayed for approx 3 seconds Setting the date and time The date and time set here are used to image file names date prints and other data 1 Press the o button to turn on the camera The date and time...

Page 14: ...CAMERA MENU SILENT MODE MENU EXIT SET OK IMAGE QUALITY SETUP 3 Press the button 1 2 3 BACKUP NORMAL SETUP ENGLISH PW ON SETUP MENU COLOR MEMORY FORMAT MENU EXIT SET OK 4 Use 12 to select W and press t...

Page 15: ...Try focusing again Shutter speed Aperture value AF target mark Press halfway 1 400 F3 5 P Focusing p 60 Shooting with optimum aperture value and shutter speed K mode In this mode automatic camera sho...

Page 16: ...a All shooting settings except for K mode return to default settings when the camera is turned off Viewing images 1 Set the mode dial to q Playback image Frame number 1 IN 2008 10 26 12 30 2 Use 1234...

Page 17: ...first frame and press 2 to display the last frame Pressing 3 makes the camera to play back in a reverse motion and pressing 4 makes the camera to play back normally Press the n button to resume playb...

Page 18: ...ra Press the shutter button halfway down or press the g E button to check which shooting mode the camera has automatically selected Using the best shooting mode for the scene s mode 1 Set the mode dia...

Page 19: ...ter button halfway down to focus on the subject and gently press the button all the way down to start recording Press halfway Press fully 00 34 REC Lights red during shooting Remaining recording time...

Page 20: ...and AF MODE p 31 is automatically fixed to FACE DETECT Using the optical zoom Pressing the zoom button adjusts the shooting range Pressing the wide W button Pressing the telephoto T button Zoom bar 1...

Page 21: ...eye in your photos FILL IN The flash fires regardless of the available light FLASH OFF The flash does not fire Adjusting the brightness Exposure compensation The exposure value automatically set by th...

Page 22: ...is at the most telephoto T position 3 The zoom is automatically fixed The flash p 21 and zoom p 20 cannot be set in super macro mode Using the self timer After the shutter button is pressed all the wa...

Page 23: ...am Grid Reading a histogram If the peak fills too much of the frame the image will appear mostly white If the peak fills too much of the frame the image will appear mostly black The green section show...

Page 24: ...e setting and makes the camera ready for shooting 10M 17 IN GUIDE NORM MODE CHANGED To select another setting press the m button Functions set using the shooting guide will automatically revert to the...

Page 25: ...2 0 NORM F3 5 1 1000 ISO 400 ISO 400 10M 100 0004 2008 10 26 12 30 2008 10 26 12 30 Normal Histogram No information Reading a histogram p 23 Index view calendar view and close up view Index view and c...

Page 26: ...ction of the pressed button Pause Press the button Restart scrolling Press the button Stop playback Press the m button Playing back My Favorite images The user s favorite images max of 8 images can be...

Page 27: ...while playing back My Favorite images 2 Use 34 to select ADD FAVORITE and press the button To erase registered My Favorite images 1 Select the My Favorite image that you want to erase using 1234 then...

Page 28: ...0 Suitable for printing pictures at postcard size VGA 640 480 Suitable for viewing pictures on a TV or using pictures on emails and web sites 16 9 1920 1080 Suitable for viewing pictures on wide scree...

Page 29: ...ERA MENU ISO K Although lower ISO values reduce sensitivity sharp images can be taken under fully lit conditions Larger values increase sensitivity so that images can be taken at fast shutter speeds e...

Page 30: ...ions than optical zoom without reducing the image quality FINE ZOOM K CAMERA MENU FINE ZOOM K s Submenu 2 Application OFF Only optical zoom is used to zoom in for shooting ON Optical zoom and image cr...

Page 31: ...ng sound when shooting still images R K CAMERA MENU R K s Submenu 2 Application OFF No sound is recorded ON The camera automatically starts recording for approx 4 seconds after taking the picture This...

Page 32: ...g the best shooting mode for the scene s mode p 18 Saving only selected images from sequentially shot images SHOOT SELECT 1 2 mode 1 Select e SHOOT SELECT 1 or f SHOOT SELECT 2 Hold down the shutter b...

Page 33: ...oting Panoramic shooting is not available using the microSD card in a microSD Attachment Submenu 2 Application COMBINE IN CAMERA 1 1 Three frames are taken and combined by the camera The user only com...

Page 34: ...not automatically release try COMBINE IN CAMERA 2 or COMBINE IN PC Taking pictures with COMBINE IN CAMERA 2 1 Use 34 to specify at which edge the next picture is to be connected MENU CANCEL Direction...

Page 35: ...d you cannot continue shooting any further Panorama shooting is possible for up to 10 frames Refer to the OLYMPUS Master 2 help guide for details on how to make panorama images Restoring the shooting...

Page 36: ...on To stop the slideshow press the button or the m button You cannot set BGM while j SILENT MODE p 49 is set to ON Retouching images w PERFECT FIX w PERFECT FIX Edited or retouched images cannot be re...

Page 37: ...ed My Favorite images cannot be edited printed backed up to a card transferred to a computer or played back on a computer Changing the image size Q E EDIT Q Submenu 2 Application C 640 480 This saves...

Page 38: ...ress the button 2 Use 34 to select a calendar Use 12 to select the image orientation and then press the button 3 Use 12 to select the Year of the calendar and press 4 4 Use 12 to select the Month of t...

Page 39: ...nd press the button Nine frames are extracted from a movie and saved as a new still image INDEX Extracting a clip from a movie EDIT E EDIT EDIT Submenu 2 Application NEW FILE The original movie is lef...

Page 40: ...not rotated t 90 The image is rotated 90 counter clockwise 1 Use 34 to select an image 2 Use 12 to select the rotation direction 3 If necessary repeat Steps 1 and 2 to protect other images 4 Press the...

Page 41: ...nd press the button to add a R mark to the image 1 4 2 5 3 6 IN OK S MENU BACK GO SEL IMAGE R mark 3 Repeat Step 2 to select the images to be erased and then press the S button to erase the selected i...

Page 42: ...remove the card before formatting the internal memory Copying images from the internal memory to the card BACKUP x SETUP BACKUP Submenu 2 Application YES Backs up image data from the internal memory t...

Page 43: ...rite image p 26 is displayed This option leads to the setup screen VOLUME OFF No sound LOW HIGH The volume of the startup sound is selected 1 This image cannot be changed To register a startup image 1...

Page 44: ...amera sound and its volume SOUND SETTINGS x SETUP SOUND SETTINGS Submenu 2 Submenu 3 Submenu 4 Application BEEP SOUND TYPE 1 2 Selects the operating sound and volume of the camera buttons except the s...

Page 45: ...folder names and files names with sequential numbers 1 The number for the folder name is reset to 100 and the one for the file name is reset to 0001 Adjusting the CCD and adjusting the image processin...

Page 46: ...Date order Setting the date and time for another time zone DUALTIME x SETUP DUALTIME When DUALTIME is set to ON the date and time set here are used in image file names dated prints and other data Sub...

Page 47: ...ed daily according to the selected time sound and volume settings 1 The setting procedure is identical to that in Setting the date and time p 13 2 In this setting even if the alarm is stopped once ala...

Page 48: ...is sold To play back camera images on a TV 1 Connect the TV and camera Connect to the TV video input jack yellow and audio input jack white Multi connector A V cable supplied Connector cover 2 Use th...

Page 49: ...utomatically turns off to save battery power To resume standby mode Press any button or turn the mode dial Turning off the camera sounds j SILENT MODE j SILENT MODE Submenu 1 Application OFF This acti...

Page 50: ...nual 1 PictBridge is a standard for connecting digital cameras and printers of different makers and printing out pictures directly The printing modes paper sizes and other parameters that can be set w...

Page 51: ...been made Print Reservations DPOF p 53 4 Use 12 to select SIZE Submenu 3 and press 4 If the PRINTPAPER screen is not displayed the SIZE BORDERLESS and PICS SHEET are set to the printer s standard STAN...

Page 52: ...etting screen See below This selects a portion of the image for printing To crop an image P 1 Use the zoom button to select the size of the cropping frame use 1234 to move the frame and then press the...

Page 53: ...orded images before making print reservations DPOF reservations set by another DPOF device cannot be changed by this camera Make changes using the original device Making new DPOF reservations with thi...

Page 54: ...s on the card U 1 Follow Steps 1 and 2 in p 53 2 Use 12 to select U and press the button 3 Follow Steps 5 to 6 in Cropping is not available in U Resetting all print reservation data 1 Set the mode dia...

Page 55: ...with the print reservation you want to cancel Use 12 to set the print quantity to 0 5 If necessary repeat Step 4 and then press the button when finished 6 Use 12 to select the X date print screen opti...

Page 56: ...rowse window appears after starting the software When OLYMPUS Master 2 is started for the first time after installation Default Settings and Registration screens will appear Follow the instructions on...

Page 57: ...he camera and the computer are connected System requirements Windows Windows 2000 Professional XP Home Edition XP Professional Vista Macintosh Mac OS X v10 3 or later On a computer running Windows Vis...

Page 58: ...aking pictures With prolonged camera use the internal temperature may increase resulting in automatic shutdown If this occurs remove the battery from the camera and wait until the camera has suffi cie...

Page 59: ...puter If the image still cannot be viewed the image file is corrupted r THE IMAGE CANNOT BE EDITED Problem with selected image Use photo retouching software etc to edit the image on a computer CARD CO...

Page 60: ...the camera vertically to focus and then returning to the horizontal position to take the picture When objects are at different distances Fast moving object When the subject is not in the center of th...

Page 61: ...tural colors Taking pictures by selecting WB p 29 Best results in most environments can normally be obtained with the AUTO setting but for some subjects you should try experimenting with different set...

Page 62: ...ure Card p 11 Using the microSD card Using the microSD card microSDHC card sold separately p 12 Editing Erasing the sound recorded to a still image Record over the sound with silence when playing back...

Page 63: ...LI 40B battery Do not charge other type of battery with the supplied battery charger It might cause explosion leaking overheating or fire Camera care Exterior Wipe gently with a soft cloth If the cam...

Page 64: ...es Index area Notes can be filled in here Contact area Contact section of the card with the internal camera terminal Do not touch the contact area directly Cards compatible with this camera xD Picture...

Page 65: ...9 40 954 984 M 75 79 1 827 1 938 Movies IMAGE SIZE FRAME RATE Continuous recording length Internal memory Using a 1 GB xD Picture Card With sound With sound C 640 480 N 23 sec 9 min 25 sec O 46 sec 18...

Page 66: ...ol serious injury or death may result WARNING If the product is used without observing the information given under this symbol injury or death may result CAUTION If the product is used without observi...

Page 67: ...you hold on to the camera in this state a low temperature burn may be caused In places subject to extremely cold temperatures the temperature of the camera s body may be lower than the environmental t...

Page 68: ...tery If the battery s terminals get wet or greasy camera contact failure may result Wipe the battery well with a dry cloth before use Always charge a battery when using it for the first time or if it...

Page 69: ...written permission of Olympus No liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained in these written materials or software or for damages resulting from the use of the informat...

Page 70: ...00 220 50 BF India 230 240 50 C Indonesia 127 230 50 C Japan 100 50 60 A Korea rep 220 60 C Malaysia 240 50 BF Philippines 220 230 60 A C Singapore 230 50 BF Taiwan 110 60 A Thailand 220 50 C BF Vietn...

Page 71: ...ed Olympus imaging product s and related Olympus accessories individually a Product and collectively the Products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service fo...

Page 72: ...ITY OF THE PRODUCTS OR THEIR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR RELATING TO THE INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT COPYRIGHT OR OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHT USED OR INCLUDED THEREIN IF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES APPL...

Page 73: ...Sales receipt showing date and place of purchase 2 Copy of this limited warranty bearing the Product serial number corresponding to the serial number on the Product unless it is a model on which Olym...

Page 74: ...to 37 to 260 mm on a 35mm camera Photometric system Digital ESP metering spot metering system Shutter speed 4 to 1 2000 sec Shooting range 0 7 m 2 3 ft to W T normal 0 1 m 0 3 ft to W 0 6 m 2 0 ft to...

Page 75: ...ut DC 4 2 V 200 mA Charging time Approx 5 hours Operating environment Temperature 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F operation 20 C to 60 C 4 F to 140 F storage Dimensions 62 0 23 0 90 0 mm 2 4 0 9 3 5 in Weig...

Page 76: ...view p 25 Information display p 23 25 A AC adapter p 64 ADD FAVORITE p 37 AF MODE p 31 AF target mark p 15 ALARM CLOCK p 47 Aperture value p 15 A V cable p 10 48 B BACKUP p 42 Battery p 10 11 61 63 B...

Page 77: ...the mode dial to K A or q The symbol in Menu Settings p 28 to 49 indicates available shooting modes 2 Press the button This example describes how to use the menus to set the DIGITAL ZOOM Press the bu...

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