Olympus C-3040 - Manual

Doc. 000588, Rev. A Olympus C-3040 www.remotereality.com
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Camera
Guide
Olympus C-3040
Recommended Camera settings for OneShot360™
After Attaching the Oneshot360 unit, and powering the camera on in A/S/M mode:
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Zoom: Use the Zoom to exactly fill the digital camera LCD viewer screen with
the circular image. Use the zoom lever on the front of the camera to do this. If
you zoom in too much, you will lose part of the field of view. If you zoom in too
little, you will not get maximum resolution. Note also that the OneShot image
may not be exactly centered in the LCD screen – this is normal.
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Flash: Make sure the flash is disabled. Press the flash mode button (lightening
bolt) located above the LCD screen until you see the “flash off” icon on the LCD.
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Focus: To focus your OneShot image with the Olympus C-3040 camera, press
the menu button and use the toggle Arrow keys pad to select MF under the
AF/MF mode. RemoteReality recommends a setting of 10 feet. You can select the
distance by toggling with the Arrow Pad and pressing the OK button.
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Aperture: Then adjust the Arrow Pad up/down to set aperture to an f-stop of 7.0.
Note: Aperture priority mode may not be suitable for low light or some indoor shooting
conditions because the camera will not allow a shutter speed slower than 1/30 of a
second. This means the image would not be properly exposed if using a small aperture.
To work around this limitation, you can use shutter priority mode, and use a shutter speed
that would give you the desired f-stop #. Also, make sure you are using a tripod when
shooting with a slow shutter speed.
Press the MENU button and use arrow buttons to:
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White Balance: Under the WB menu, set the white balance. Auto is usually fine
for most shots.
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Image Size: Under the Mode Set-up/Set-up/ TIF/ the image size to 2048x1536
for best quality.
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Sharpness: Under the Mode Set-up/Set-up/ set the Sharpness to Normal for best
compromise between tonal range and contrast.
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Self-Timer: Select the self timer under Main Menu/ Drive/ Self Timer