Olympus 840 Digital Camera User Manual


 
Getting to know your camera better
54 EN
It is effective to set the exposure compensation to [+] by pressing1 F when shooting
against 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 the
subject’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 still
pictures 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 the
pictures 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 movies
Still pictures
Movie
Additional shooting tips and information
Increasing the number of pictures that can be taken
IMAGE SIZE
COMPRE-
SSION
Number of storable still pictures
Internal memory Using a 1 GB card
With sound
Without sound
With sound
Without sound
G
3264X2448
3 3 253 255
7 7 492 499
H
2560X1920
5 6 404 410
12 12 820 841
I
2048X1536
9 9 615 627
18 19 1254 1305
J
1600X1200
15 15 1031 1066
29 31 1938 2063
K
1280X960
23 24 1560 1640
43 47 2907 3198
C
640X480
75 90 4920 5815
122 164 7996 10661
D
1920X1080
14 14 954 984
27 28 1827 1938
IMAGE SIZE
FRAME
RATE
Continuous recording length
Internal memory Using a 1 GB card
C
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.
d4359_e_0000.book Page 54 Friday, November 16, 2007 6:51 PM