Olympus FE-5050 User manual

Instruction Manual

FE-5050/FE-4050

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 our 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. Unless otherwise speciﬁed, the explanation about these illustrations is provided for

FE-5050.

Step 1

Other accessories not shown: warranty card

Contents may vary depending on purchase location.

Checking the contents of the box

LI-42B Lithium

Ion Battery USB cable OLYMPUS

Setup

CD-ROM

F-2AC

USB-AC adapter

Step 2

Preparing the Camera

“Preparing the Camera” (p. 12)

Step 3

Shooting and Playing Back Images

“Shooting, Viewing, and Erasing” (p. 19)

Step 4

How to Use the Camera

“Camera Settings” (p. 3)

Step 5

Printing

“Direct printing (PictBridge)” (p. 46)

“Print Reservations (DPOF)” (p. 50)

Contents

Names of Parts............................................... 8

Preparing the Camera.................................. 12

Shooting, Viewing, and Erasing ................. 19

Using Shooting Modes................................ 26

Using Shooting Functions .......................... 30

Menus for Shooting Functions................... 34

Menus for Playback, Editing, and Printing

Functions...................................................... 37

Menus for Other Camera Settings.............. 40

Printing.......................................................... 46

Usage Tips.................................................... 53

Appendix....................................................... 58

AV cableDigital camera Strap

Camera Settings

UsingtheDirectButtons

Frequently used functions can be accessed using the direct buttons.

Shutter button (p. 20)

Zoom buttons (p. 21)

qbutton (switch between shooting and

playback) (p. 20, 22)

mbutton (p. 5)

Ebutton (menu guide) (p. 25)

Arrow pad

H(left)

G(down) /

Dbutton (erase) (p. 24)

F(up) /

INFO button (change information

display) (p. 22, 25)

I(right)

Hbutton

(p. 4, 17)

The symbols FGHI displayed for image

selections and settings indicate that the arrow pad

is to be used.

ORM

SINGLE PRINT PRINT

4/304/30

12:30’10/10/26’10/10/26 12:30

ORM

14M

FILE

100 0004100 0004

10 26 12 30:..2010

SET

YMDTIME

CANCEL

Y/M/DY/M/D

UsingtheMenu

Use the menu to change camera settings such as the shooting mode.

There may be menus that are unavailable depending on other related settings or the smode (p. 26).

Function menu

Press the Hbutton during shooting to display the function menu. The function menu is used to choose the

shooting mode and provides access to frequently used shooting settings.

To select the shooting mode

Use HI to select a shooting mode and press the Hbutton.

To select the function menu

Use FG to select a menu and use HI to select a menu option. Press the H

button to set the function menu.

0.00.0

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

PROGRAM AUTOPROGRAM AUTO

Shooting

Function menu

Shooting mode

Selected option

Setup menu (p. 5)

1Press the mbutton.

The setup menu is displayed.

DIGITAL ZOOM OFF

AF MODE FACE/iESP

SETEXIT

DATE STAMP

ICON GUIDE ON

OFF

RESETRESET

COMPRESSION NORMAL

2Press Hto highlight the page tabs. Use

FG to select the desired page tab and

press I.

SETEXIT

POWER SAVE OFF

VIDEO OUT

WORLD TIME

NTSC

BRIGHT

ENGLISH

Page tab

SETEXIT

POWER SAVE OFF

VIDEO OUT

WORLD TIME

NTSC

ENGLISH

BRIGHTBRIGHT

Submenu 1

3Use FG to select the desired submenu 1

and then press the Hbutton.

SETEXIT

POWER SAVEPOWER SAVE OFFOFF

VIDEO OUT

WORLD TIME

NTSC

BRIGHT

ENGLISH

SET

BACK

POWER SAVEPOWER SAVE OFFOFF

VIDEO OUT

WORLD TIME

NTSC

BRIGHT

ENGLISH

POWER SAVE

OFFOFF

Submenu 2

●4Use FG to select the desired submenu 2

and then press the Hbutton.

Once a setting is selected, the display returns to

the previous screen.

There may be additional operations.

“Menu Settings” (p. 34 to 45)

SETEXIT

POWER SAVEPOWER SAVE ONON

VIDEO OUT

WORLD TIME

NTSC

BRIGHT

ENGLISH

5Press the mbutton to complete the

setting.

●

Setup menu

Press the mbutton during shooting or playback to display the setup menu. The setup menu provides access

to a variety of camera settings, including options not listed in the function menu, display options, and the time and

date.

Menu Index

Menus for Shooting Functions

1Shooting mode

P(PROGRAM AUTO)......p.19

M(iAUTO)...................p.26

N(DIS MODE)..............p.26

s(SCENE MODE) .....p.26

P(MAGIC FILTER)....p.28

~(PANORAMA)..............p.29

A(MOVIE)......................p.20

2Flash.................................p.30

3Macro ...............................p.30

4Self-timer..........................p.31

5Exposure compensation...p.31

6White balance...................p.32

7ISO...................................p.32

8Image size (Still images)..p.33

9#(Setup) X

z(Shooting)/A(Movie)

RESET..............................p.34

IMAGE SIZE (Movies)......p.34

COMPRESSION

(Still images)...................p.34

FRAME RATE (Movies)....p.34

AF MODE.........................p.35

DIGITAL ZOOM................p.35

IS MOVIE MODE

(Movies)..........................p.35

R(Movies)........................p.36

ICON GUIDE....................p.36

DATE STAMP...................p.36

0.00.0

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

PROGRAM AUTOPROGRAM AUTO

SETEXIT

DIGITAL ZOOM OFF

AF MODE FACE/iESP

DATE STAMP

ICON GUIDE ON

OFF

RESET

COMPRESSION NORMAL

IMAGE SIZE VGA

IS MOVIE MODE

OFF

FRAME RATE 30fps

SETEXIT

Menus for Playback, Editing, and Printing Functions

1r(Settings 1)

MEMORY FORMAT/

FORMAT.......................p.40

BACKUP.......................p.40

qPOWER ON ...........p.40

KEEP KSETTINGS...p.40

PW ON SETUP............p.41

SOUND SETTINGS*1 ...p.41

BEEP*2..........................p.42

PIXEL MAPPING..........p.42

2s(Settings 2)

s(Monitor)................p.42

VIDEO OUT..................p.43

POWER SAVE..............p.44

W(Language)............p.44

X(Date/time).............p.44

WORLD TIME...............p.45

PIXEL MAPPING

SETEXIT

BACKUP

PW ON SETUP ON

SOUND SETTINGS

KEEP

SETTINGS

YES

qPOWER ON YES

FORMAT

Menus for Other Camera Settings

SETEXIT

SLIDESHOW

EDIT

ERASE

PRINT ORDER

1q(Playback)

SLIDESHOW................p.37

EDIT.......................p.37, 38

ERASE.........................p.38

PRINT ORDER.............p.39

0(Protect)................p.39

y(Rotate)....................p.39

*1 Available in the FE-5050 only.

*2 Available in the FE-4050 only.

Names of Parts

Camera unit

FE-4050

1Strap eyelet....................p.9

2Multi-connector

..................p.14, 16, 43, 46

3Battery/card compartment

cover...........................p.12

4Self-timer lamp.............p.31

5Flash.............................p.30

6Microphone.............p.36, 37

7Lens........................p.58, 72

Tripod socket

Speaker

1 3

FE-4050

1nbutton........p.17, 19

2Indicator lamp...p.13, 14, 16

3Shutter button...............p.20

4Monitor ...................p.19, 53

5mbutton ..................p.5

6Zoom buttons ...............p.21

7qbutton

(switch between shooting

and playback) .......p.20, 22

8Hbutton (OK) .........p.4, 17

9Arrow pad.......................p.3

INFO button

(change information

display) .................p.22, 25

Dbutton (erase) ..........p.24

Ebutton (menu guide)

....................................p.25

Attaching the camera strap

FE-4050FE-5050

Pull the strap tight so that it does not come loose.

Monitor

Shooting mode display

1/100 F2.8F2.8

1/100

ORM

0.00.0

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

DATE

ONON

1 2

141516 11

2021

Still image

Movie

0:340:34

ONON

0.00.0

AUTO

VGA

1 2

1314916 12

1Battery check................p.16

2Shooting mode.......p.19, 26

3Flash.............................p.30

Flash standby/ﬂash charge

....................................p.53

4Macro ...........................p.30

5Self-timer......................p.31

6Exposure compensation

....................................p.31

7White balance...............p.32

8ISO...............................p.32

9Image size..............p.33, 34

Setup menu....................p.5

Date stamp...................p.36

Recording with sound

(movies)......................p.36

World time ....................p.45

Digital image stabilization

(movies)......................p.35

Compression

(still images)................p.34

Number of storable pictures

(still images)................p.19

Continuous recording length

(movies)......................p.21

Current memory ...........p.60

AF target mark..............p.20

Camera shake warning

Aperture value..............p.20

Shutter speed...............p.20

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