Olympus 840 Digital Camera User Manual


 
Getting to know your camera better
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If you use a non-Olympus card or a card that was used on a computer for another
application, 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 may
prevent the image data from being saved and render the internal memory or card
unusable.
Open the battery/card compartment cover.
Remove the battery and card.
Performing any of the following operations when not actually taking pictures can deplete
the 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 camera
whenever 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 menu
items 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. To
return the settings to default settings, execute [RESET].
g “RESET Restoring default settings” (P.23)
Using a new card
The card access lamp blinks
Extending the useful life of the battery
Functions that cannot be selected from menus / Function that cannot be
selected even by pressing the function buttons
Restoring default settings
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