Olympus SP-820UZ User manual

DIGITAL CAMERA

Instruction Manual

SP-820UZ

●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 products, Olympus reserves the right to update or modify information

contained in this manual.

Checking the contents of the box

Digital camera Strap Lens cap and

lens cap strap Four AA

batteries USB cable

(CB-USB8) OLYMPUS Setup

CD-ROM

Names of Parts

Other accessories not shown: Warranty card

Contents may vary depending on purchase location.

Microphone

AF illuminator/Self-timer lamp

3Flash

4Lens

5Monitor

6Rbutton (record movies)

7qbutton (switching between

shooting and playback)

8Abutton (OK)

9Arrow pad

INFO button

(changing information

display)

button (erase)

button

Arrow pad

For FGH I, use the arrow

pad to navigate menus, etc.

H(left)

G(down)

F(up)

I(right)

1 Mode dial

Zoom lever

3Shutter button

4 Indicator lamp

5 nbutton

6Speaker

7 Tripod socket

8 Battery/card compartment

cover

9 Battery/card compartment lock

Strap eyelet

11 Connector cover

12 Multi-connector

13 HDMI micro connector

78 9

Attaching the camera strap and lens

cap

12 3 4 5

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

• Attach the strap to the other

eyelet in the same manner.

Inserting and removing the battery

and card

1 Follow Steps 1, 2and 3to open the

battery/card compartment cover.

Battery/card compartment cover

Battery/card

compartment lock

Turn off the camera before opening the battery/card

compartment cover.

2 Insert the batteries.

When using the camera, be sure to close and lock

the battery/card compartment cover.

For the types of batteries that can be used, see

“Battery Handling Precautions” (p. 65) If using

rechargeable batteries, charge the batteries.

3 Insert the card straight until it clicks into

place.

Write-protect switch

Always use SD/SDHC/SDXC cards or Eye-Fi card

with this camera. Do not insert other types of memory

cards. “Using the card” (p. 61)

Do not touch the metallic parts of the card directly.

To remove the card

Press the card in until it clicks and comes out slightly, then

remove the card.

4 Follow Steps 1, 2and 3to close battery/

card compartment cover.

Slide the battery/card compartment lock from )to

=and ensure that the battery/card compartment

cover is securely locked. Failure to do so may cause

the battery/card compartment cover to open during

shooting and the batteries to fall out, resulting in loss

of image data.

When to replace the batteries

Replace the batteries when the error message shown

below appears.

Error message

Flashes in red

Battery Empty

Turning on the camera and making

the initial settings

When you turn on the camera for the ﬁrst time, a screen

appears enabling to set the language for the menus and

messages displayed in the monitor, and the date and time.

1 After turning the camera on with the n

button, select a language using FGHI and

press the Abutton.

2 Use FG to select the year for [Y].

Back

Y/M/D

Y M D Time

-- -- -- --

:..2012

Date and time setting screen

3 Press Ito save the setting for [Y].

Back

Y/M/D

Y M D Time

-- -- -- --

:..2012

4 As in Steps 2 and 3, use FGHI to set

[M] (month), [D] (day), [Time] (hours and

minutes), and [Y/M/D] (date order), and then

press the Abutton.

For precise time setting, press the Abutton as the

time signal strikes 00 seconds.

5 Use HI to select the [x] time zone and

then press the Abutton.

●Use FG to turn daylight saving time ([Summer])

on or off.

Seoul

Tokyo

’12.10.26 12:30

Summer

Learning how to use the camera

●Press the nbutton to turn on the camera and

enter the standby mode. (Press the nbutton

again to turn off the camera.)

●Select the shooting mode, and press the shutter

button to shoot a still image.

●To shoot a movie, press the Rbutton.

●Set the shooting functions using the function menu or

the setup menu.

●To view images, press the qbutton to switch to

playback mode.

●Set the playback functions using the setup menu.

●To return to standby mode, press the qbutton

again, or press the shutter button halfway down and

then release it.

●Press and hold the qbutton while the camera is

turned off to start up the camera in the playback mode.

●In this case, pressing the qbutton again sets the

camera to the standby mode.

Shooting still images

1 Remove the lens cap.

2 Press the nbutton to turn on the camera.

3 Select the shooting mode. (p. 11)

4 Hold the camera and compose the shot.

When holding the camera, take care not to cover the

ﬂash, microphone or other important parts with your

ﬁngers, etc.

Press the shutter button halfway down to

focus.

Press halfway

F3.4F3.41/4001/400

Shutter speed

AF target mark

Aperture value

The camera was unable to focus if the AF target mark

ﬂashes red. Try focusing again.

6 To take the picture, gently press the shutter

button all the way down while being careful

not to shake the camera.

Press halfway Press fully

Using the zoom

Turning the zoom lever adjusts the shooting range.

W side T side

Image size Zoom bar

14M/16:9L Optical zoom

Other *1

*1 Due to increased processing of the pixel counts, the

image quality will not degrade. The magniﬁcation ratio

changes depending on the image size setting.

The zoom position is locked when [aSuper Macro]

(p. 23) is selected.

Using the ﬂash

The ﬂash functions can be selected to best match the

shooting conditions.

1Lift up the ﬂash unit manually.

To turn off the ﬂash

Press the ﬂash down back into the camera.

Shooting screen displays

F3.4F3.41/1001/100

0.00.0

AUTO

ISO

AUTO

ISO

00:3400:34

DATE

ORM

1010

321

182021

22 19 1315

272829

141617

When the shutter button is pressed halfway down

Reading a histogram

If the peak ﬁlls too much of the frame,

the image will appear mostly white.

If the peak ﬁlls too

much of the frame,

the image will appear

mostly black.

The green section shows

luminance distribution

within the screen’s center.

Switching the displays

The displays change in the order of Normal

→Detailed →No info. each time F(INFO) is

pressed.

No. Name Normal Detailed No info.

1 Shooting mode RR –

2 Zoom RR –

3 Shooting submode RR –

4 Flash RR –

5 Macro RR –

6 Self-timer RR –

7 Exposure

compensation RR –

8 White balance RR –

9 ISO RR –

10 Drive RR –

11 Image size

(still images) RR –

Recording with sound/

Wind Noise Reduction

RR –

13 Image size (movies) RR –

14 Movie recording length RR –

15 Movie recording icon RR –

16 World time –R–

17 Image stabilization –R–

18 Metering –R–

19 Date stamp RR –

20 Compression RR –

21 Number of storable still

pictures RR –

22 Current memory RR –

23 Battery check RR –

24 Histogram –R–

25 AF target mark RRR

26 Grid guide –R–

27 Aperture value RRR

28 Shutter speed RRR

29 Camera shake warning RRR

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