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Getting to know your camera better
Number of storable still pictures and recording length of movies
Still pictures
Movie
• If you use a non-Olympus card or a card used for another application, such as for
a computer, the message [CARD ERROR] is displayed. To use this card with this
camera, use the [FORMAT] function to format the card.
g“MEMORY FORMAT (FORMAT) Formatting the internal memory/card” (P.25)
This camera uses several lamps to indicate the camera status.
Image quality Image size
Number of storable still pictures
Internal memory Card (128 MB)
SHQ 2816 × 2112 5 29
HQ 2816 × 2112 15 86
SQ1 2048 × 1536 29 162
SQ2 640 × 480 130 725
Image quality Image size
Remaining recording time
Internal memory Card (128 MB)
With
sound
Without
sound
With
sound
Without
sound
HQ
320 × 240
(30 frames/sec.)
33 sec. 33 sec.
3 min.
12 sec.
3 min.
13 sec.
SQ
160 × 120
(15 frames/sec.)
4 min.
5 sec.
4 min.
29 sec.
23 min.
14 sec.
25 min.
29 sec.
Using a new card
Lamp indicators
Lamp Status
Self-timer lamp The lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for
approximately 2 seconds, and then the picture is taken.
Card access lamp Lit (red): Shooting mode and power is on.
Lit (green): Playback mode and power is on.
Off: Power is off.
Blinking (red): A picture is being recorded, the camera is
reading a movie, or images are being
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.
• Connect or disconnect the AC adapter.
Green lamp of the
monitor
Lit: The focus and exposure are locked.
Blinking: focus is not locked
• Release your finger from the shutter button, re-position the AF
target mark on the subject and press the shutter button
halfway again.