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DIGITAL CAMERA

STYLUS TOUGH-6000 /

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 TOUGH-6000

  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.

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right to update or modify information contained in this manual.

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Instruction Manual

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How to Use the Camera

“Four Types of Setting Operations” (p. 3)

Printing

“Direct printing (PictBridge)” (p. 48)
“Print Reservations (DPOF)” (p. 51)

Shooting and Playing Back Images

“Shooting, Viewing, and Erasing” (p. 15)

Preparing the Camera

“Preparing the Camera” (p. 10)

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

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

Shooting, Viewing, and Erasing .........15

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

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

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

Menus for Shooting Functions ...........27

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Menus for Playback, Editing, and 
Printing Functions ...............................35

Menus for Other Camera Settings .....40

Printing .................................................48

Using OLYMPUS Master 2...................54

Usage Tips ...........................................56

Appendix ..............................................61

Index .....................................................78

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Contents

Contents

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Checking the contents of the box

Digital camera

Strap

LI-50B Lithium Ion Battery

LI-50C Battery Charger

USB cable

AV cable

OLYMPUS Master 2 CD-ROM

microSD Attachment

Other accessories not shown: Instruction Manual (this manual), warranty card
Contents may vary depending on purchase location.

Printed in China 

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Summary of Contents for u TOUGH-6000

Page 1: ...to Use the Camera Four Types of Setting Operations p 3 Printing Direct printing PictBridge p 48 Print Reservations DPOF p 51 Shooting and Playing Back Images Shooting Viewing and Erasing p 15 Prepari...

Page 2: ...to Use the Camera Four Types of Setting Operations p 3 Printing Direct printing PictBridge p 48 Print Reservations DPOF p 51 Shooting and Playing Back Images Shooting Viewing and Erasing p 15 Prepari...

Page 3: ...n to complete the setting Four Types of Setting Operations E button Using the Menu Using the Menu Various camera settings can be accessed through the menus including functions used during shooting and...

Page 4: ...n to complete the setting Four Types of Setting Operations E button Using the Menu Using the Menu Various camera settings can be accessed through the menus including functions used during shooting and...

Page 5: ...B CAMERA MENU WB p 28 ISO p 28 DRIVE p 28 FINE ZOOM p 29 DIGITAL ZOOM p 29 ESP n p 29 AF MODE p 29 R Sound recording p 30 IMAGE STABILIZER Still images DIS MOVIE MODE Movies p 30 SHADOW ADJ p 30 3 O S...

Page 6: ...connector p 45 48 54 3 Connector cover p 45 48 54 66 4 Strap eyelet p 10 5 Speaker 6 Battery card compartment cover p 11 57 66 Camera unit 1 2 3 4 6 5 8 7 9 10 7 Lens p 61 8 Self timer lamp LED illum...

Page 7: ...nge menu guide date and time check LED illuminator p 3 13 22 7 Shutter button p 15 56 8 Mode dial p 3 5 15 16 18 9 q button playback p 16 10 o button OK FUNC p 3 23 11 o D button panorama tap control...

Page 8: ...stabilization movies p 30 5 Macro super macro S macro LED mode p 21 6 Shadow Adjustment Technology p 30 7 AF lock p 18 8 Tap control p 4 32 46 9 Battery check p 10 57 10 Flash standby camera shake war...

Page 9: ...5 15 11 16 9 10 12 3 4 6 1 13 14 5 5 Still image Movie 1 Silent mode p 47 2 Print reservation number of prints p 51 p 50 3 Sound record p 19 30 38 60 4 Protect p 37 5 Tap control p 4 32 46 6 Battery c...

Page 10: ...e the battery Charge the battery when the error message shown below appears BATTERY EMPTY Monitor top right Error message Flashes in red Attaching the camera strap Pull the strap tight so that it does...

Page 11: ...Notch Index area Loading the battery and the xD Picture Card sold separately into the camera Do not insert anything other than an xD Picture Card or the microSD Attachment into the camera 1 2 The batt...

Page 12: ...ouch the contact area on the microSD Attachment and microSD card Arrow pad and operation guide The symbols 1243 displayed on various setting and movie playback screens indicate that arrow pad are used...

Page 13: ...nd the o button to set M month D day and TIME hours and minutes and Y M D date order For precise time setting press the o button as the time signal strikes 00 seconds To change the date and time adjus...

Page 14: ...14 EN 3 Use AB to select W and press the o button W FRANCAIS DEUTSCH ESPA OL ITALIANO ENGLISH OK SET BACK MENU 4 Use ABCD to select your language and press the o button 5 Press the m button...

Page 15: ...lashes red Try focusing again 1 400 1 400 F3 5 F3 5 P AF target mark Press halfway Shutter speed Aperture value Focusing p 58 Shooting with optimum aperture value and shutter speed K mode In this mode...

Page 16: ...lfway down You can operate the camera by tapping the body when TAP CONTROL is ON TAP CONTROL p 46 To shoot movies Shooting movies A mode p 19 Viewing images 1 Set the mode dial to q 1 1 IN 10M 10M 200...

Page 17: ...00 12 00 34 IN During playback Elapsed time Total recording time First last frame frame advance During pause press A to display the first frame and press B to display the last frame Playback is rever...

Page 18: ...s on the functions that can be adjusted see Menus for Shooting Functions on page 27 Using the best mode for the shooting scene s mode 1 Set the mode dial to s PORTRAIT SET OK MENU EXIT An explanation...

Page 19: ...10M 4 4 IN NORM NORM iAUTO The indicator changes to the icon for the scene mode selected by the camera Press the shutter button halfway down or press the g button to check which shooting mode the came...

Page 20: ...AUTO AUTO In addition to the wide variety of shooting modes the camera has functions that broaden the expressive range and shooting options available to the photographer Using the optical zoom Pressi...

Page 21: ...oting This function enables the camera to focus and shoot subjects at close distances 1 Press the button You can operate the camera by tapping the body when TAP CONTROL is ON TAP CONTROL p 46 P OK OK...

Page 22: ...mer after it starts Press the Y button again Using the LED illuminator In a dark location the LED illuminator can be used as an auxiliary light to see things or compose shots 1 Set LED ILLUMINATOR p 4...

Page 23: ...2 0 P 4 4 IN ISO 1600 ISO 1600 NORM NORM Normal No information Histogram 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...

Page 24: ...o button to set To use the effects preview screen Multi window Selecting an option from ZOOM EXPOSURE COMP WB or ESP n shows 4 preview images that reflect the adjusted values of the selected shooting...

Page 25: ...O 400 NORM NORM 10M 10M 2009 08 26 2009 08 26 12 30 12 30 2 0 2 0 F3 5 F3 5 4 4 IN NORM NORM 1 1000 1 1000 ISO 400 ISO 400 Normal Detailed Histogram No information Reading a histogram p 23 Index view...

Page 26: ...panorama image during playback Viewing images p 16 NORM NORM 2009 08 26 12 30 2009 08 26 12 30 2 2 100 0003 100 0003 2 Press the o button Current viewing area To control panorama image playback Zoom...

Page 27: ...es at A4 8 5 11 in 3M 2048 1536 Suitable for printing pictures up to A4 8 5 11 in 2M 1600 1200 Suitable for printing pictures at A5 5 7 in 1M 1280 960 Suitable for printing pictures at postcard size V...

Page 28: ...speeds even under dimly lit conditions However high sensitivity introduces electrostatic noise into the resulting picture which may give it a grainy appearance Submenu 2 Application AUTO The camera a...

Page 29: ...This function is not available when SUPER MACRO p 21 or O S MACRO LED p 21 is selected Selecting the range for measuring the brightness ESP n B CAMERA MENU X ESP n K s A Submenu 2 Application ESP Shoo...

Page 30: ...GE STABILIZER still images is set to ON noises may occur from the inside of the camera if the shutter button is pressed Images may not be stabilized if camera shake is too severe When the shutter spee...

Page 31: ...ected mode Using the best mode for the shooting scene s mode p 18 Detecting a smiling face to release the shutter automatically lSMILE SHOT mode 1 Select lSMILE SHOT and then aim the camera towards th...

Page 32: ...or O SCENE MODE settings except for some scene modes 1 Not available in s mode p 18 2 The A IMAGE QUALITY p 27 setting cannot be changed The focus exposure p 21 zoom position p 20 and WB p 28 are lock...

Page 33: ...rd frame 5 Take the third frame in the same way as Steps 3 to 4 After the third frame is taken the camera automatically processes the frames and the combined panorama image is displayed To cancel maki...

Page 34: ...RESET A K s b A Submenu 1 Application YES Restores the following menu functions to the default settings Flash p 20 Exposure compensation p 21 Macro p 21 Self timer p 22 A IMAGE QUALITY p 27 Menu funct...

Page 35: ...RFECT FIX Depending on the picture the editing may not be effective The retouching process may lower the image resolution Submenu 1 Application ALL SHADOW ADJ and REDEYE FIX are applied together SHADO...

Page 36: ...the o button 2 Use the zoom button to select the size of the cropping frame and use ABCD to move the frame T W SET OK Cropping frame 3 Press the o button The edited image is saved as a separate image...

Page 37: ...index of 9 frames from a movie INDEX I EDIT X INDEX 1 Use CD to select a movie and press the o button INDEX SET OK MENU BACK This function extracts 9 frames from a movie and saves them as a new pictu...

Page 38: ...ding starts Erasing images K ERASE K ERASE Check each picture before erasing to avoid erasing any important pictures you may want to keep Submenu 1 Application SEL IMAGE Images are individually select...

Page 39: ...the functions while referring to Using the Menu p 3 Saving print settings to the image data L PRINT ORDER L PRINT ORDER Print Reservations DPOF p 51 Print reservation can only be set for still images...

Page 40: ...O Cancels formatting 1 Be sure to remove the card before formatting the internal memory Copying images in the internal memory to the card BACKUP E SETUP X BACKUP Submenu 2 Application YES Backs up ima...

Page 41: ...n VOLUME 2 3 OFF No sound LOW HIGH The volume of the startup sound is selected 1 This image cannot be changed 2 When SCREEN is set to OFF this setting is not available 3 When F SILENT MODE p 47 is set...

Page 42: ...ing while the image is being displayed Selecting the camera sound and its volume SOUND SETTINGS E SETUP X SOUND SETTINGS Submenu 2 Submenu 3 Submenu 4 Application BEEP SOUND TYPE 1 2 Selects the opera...

Page 43: ...from the previous card This is useful for managing all image 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 rese...

Page 44: ...D TIME MENU CANCEL SET Y Y M M D D Date order Setting the date and time for another time zone DUALTIME E SETUP X DUALTIME By setting DUALTIME to ON and setting the date and time the set date and time...

Page 45: ...hina and so on The factory default settings differ according to the region where the camera is sold To play back camera images on a TV 1 Connect the TV and camera Connect to the TV video input jack ye...

Page 46: ...ables the LED illuminator Using the LED illuminator p 22 Operating the camera by tapping the body TAP CONTROL E SETUP X TAP CONTROL Submenu 2 Application OFF Cancels TAP CONTROL ON TAP CONTROL is acti...

Page 47: ...camera once Start slideshow Tap the top surface of the camera twice The slideshow will automatically start for all images stored in internal memory or on the card with BGM set to OFF Display next imag...

Page 48: ...tBridge refer to the printer s instruction manual 1 PictBridge is a standard for connecting digital cameras and printers of different makers and printing out pictures directly The printing modes paper...

Page 49: ...nly when print reservations have been made Print Reservations DPOF p 51 4 Use AB to select SIZE Submenu 3 and press D If the PRINTPAPER screen is not displayed the SIZE BORDERLESS and PICS SHEET are s...

Page 50: ...e date Selecting WITHOUT prints the images without the date FILE NAME WITH WITHOUT Selecting WITH prints the file name on the image Selecting WITHOUT does not print any file name on the image P Procee...

Page 51: ...n are saved in the image on the card This enables easy printing at a printer or print shop supporting DPOF by using only the print reservations on the card without a computer or a camera 1 DPOF is a s...

Page 52: ...ing date TIME This prints the image with the shooting time OK SET BACK MENU PRINT ORDER SET CANCEL 1 1 1 1 6 Use AB to select SET and press the o button Reserving one print each of all images on the c...

Page 53: ...ress the o button 4 Use CD to select the image with the print reservation you want to cancel Use AB to set the print quantity to 0 5 If necessary repeat Step 4 and then press the o button when finishe...

Page 54: ...desktop Macintosh appears in the OLYMPUS Master 2 folder Browse window appears after starting the software When you start OLYMPUS Master 2 for the first time after installation Default Settings and R...

Page 55: ...fer and save the image data on your computer while the camera and the computer are connected System requirements Windows Windows 2000 Professional XP Home Edition XP Professional Vista Macintosh Mac O...

Page 56: ...lly turns off Press the n button to turn on the camera Set the mode dial to a position other than q Wait until flash charge stops blinking before taking pictures Monitor Difficult to see Condensation...

Page 57: ...are etc to view the image on a computer If the image still cannot be viewed the image file is corrupted Error message Corrective action r THE IMAGE CANNOT BE EDITED Problem with selected image Use pho...

Page 58: ...f subjects where autofocus is difficult In the following cases after focusing on an object by pressing the shutter button halfway down with high contrast at the same distance as the subject compose th...

Page 59: ...ng pictures of a white beach or snow scene Set the mode to q BEACH SNOW a SNOW p 31 Taking pictures using exposure compensation p 21 Adjust the brightness while viewing the screen for taking the pictu...

Page 60: ...POWER SAVE p 46 to ON Playback Editing tips Playback Viewing images in the internal memory and card Remove the card when viewing pictures in the internal memory Loading the battery and the xD Picture...

Page 61: ...f battery with the supplied battery charger It might cause explosion leaking overheating or fire For plug in type battery charger This power unit is intended to be correctly orientated in a vertical o...

Page 62: ...o available with the use of a computer Cards can be removed from the camera and exchanged but this is not possible with the internal memory Use of larger capacity cards enables you to take more pictur...

Page 63: ...With sound Without sound With sound Without sound F 3648 2736 L 8 8 204 205 M 16 16 399 404 H 2560 1920 L 16 17 404 410 M 34 35 820 841 I 2048 1536 L 25 26 615 627 M 52 54 1254 1305 J 1600 1200 L 43 4...

Page 64: ...resistance The waterproof feature is warranted 1 to operate at depths up to 3 m 9 8 feet for up to one hour The waterproof feature may be compromised if the camera is subject to substantial or excess...

Page 65: ...To avoid such damage wash the camera using the following method 1 Insert the battery and close the battery card compartment cover and connector cover firmly so that each lock makes the clicking sound...

Page 66: ...ER DISASSEMBLE EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO WATER OR OPERATE IN A HIGH HUMIDITY ENVIRONMENT General Precautions Read All Instructions Before you use the product read all operating instructions Save all manu...

Page 67: ...nsert a card by mistake such as a microSD card do not use force Contact authorized distributors service centers CAUTION Stop using the camera immediately if you notice any unusual odors noise or smoke...

Page 68: ...the clothing and flush the affected area with clean running cold water immediately If the fluid burns your skin seek medical attention immediately Never subject batteries to strong shocks or continuou...

Page 69: ...failure or damage to the monitor A strip of light may appear on the top bottom of the monitor but this is not a malfunction When a subject is viewed diagonally in the camera the edges may appear zigz...

Page 70: ...for damages resulting from the use of the information contained therein Olympus reserves the right to alter the features and contents of this publication or software without obligation or advance noti...

Page 71: ...requency Hz Plug type China 220 50 A Hong Kong 200 220 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...

Page 72: ...D WARRANTY IMAGING PRODUCTS Olympus warrants that the enclosed Olympus imaging product s and related Olympus accessories individually a Product and collectively the Products will be free from defects...

Page 73: ...PRODUCTS OR ANY PART THEREOF OR THE MERCHANTABILITY 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...

Page 74: ...vice your package should include the following 1 Sales receipt showing date and place of purchase 2 Copy of this limited warranty bearing the Product serial number corresponding to the serial number o...

Page 75: ...0 3 m 1 0 ft to T macro mode 0 02 m 0 8 in to 0 5 m 1 6 ft W only super macro mode 0 07 m 2 8 in to 0 2 m 0 7 ft W only S macro LED mode Monitor 2 7 TFT color LCD display 230 000 dots Flash charge ti...

Page 76: ...V 50 60 Hz Output DC 4 2 V 700 mA Charging time Approx 2 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 mm W 23 8 mm H 90...

Page 77: ...ature 10 C to 40 C 14 to 104 F operation 20 C to 65 C 4 to 149 F storage Humidity 95 and below operation 85 and below storage Dimensions 25 0 mm W x 20 3 mm H x 1 7 mm D 1 0 0 8 0 07 in Handle 2 2 mm...

Page 78: ...NT INFO 50 FILL IN 21 FINE 27 FINE ZOOM 29 FLASH AUTO 21 Flash charge 56 Flash mode 20 A AC adapter 62 AF lock 18 AF MODE 29 ALL PERFECT FIX 35 ALL SLIDESHOW 35 ALL INDEX 49 ALL PRINT 49 All image pri...

Page 79: ...croSD Attachment 2 12 64 microSD card 12 64 microSDHC card 12 64 Monitor brightness adjustment s 44 MOVIE SLIDESHOW 35 MULTI PRINT 49 MULTI WINDOW 24 N NO X 52 NORMAL 27 NORMAL MENU COLOR 41 NORMAL SL...

Page 80: ...frame shooting o 28 SLIDE SLIDESHOW 35 SLIDESHOW G 35 S MACRO LED O 21 Sound recording Adding sound to still pictures R 38 Recording sound with still pictures R 30 SOUND SETTINGS 42 SPARKLE EYE 35 SP...

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Page 85: ...n to complete the setting Four Types of Setting Operations E button Using the Menu Using the Menu Various camera settings can be accessed through the menus including functions used during shooting and...

Page 86: ...to Use the Camera Four Types of Setting Operations p 3 Printing Direct printing PictBridge p 48 Print Reservations DPOF p 51 Shooting and Playing Back Images Shooting Viewing and Erasing p 15 Prepari...

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