Olympus SP-570 UZ User Manual
Sp-570uz, Advanced manual, Quick start guide
DIGITAL CAMERA
Advanced
Manual
Getting to know your
camera better
This manual will help you get
started using your camera
right away.
( 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.
( The screen and camera illustrations shown in this manual were produced during the development stages
and may differ from the actual product.
SP-570UZ
Table of contents
Document Outline
- Camera diagram
- Button operations
- Turning the camera on and off
- Switching between shooting and playback modes
- Shooting pictures with full automatic settings
- Set the optimum aperture value and shutter speed
- Changing the aperture value for shooting pictures
- Changing the shutter speed for shooting pictures
- Changing the aperture value and shutter speed for shooting pictures
- Shooting pictures with your own original modes
- Shoot pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation
- Follow the shooting guide to take better pictures
- Recording movies
- Viewing pictures you have taken/Selecting playback mode
- Shooting pictures
- Zooming while shooting
- Index display/Calendar display/Close-up playback
- Changing picture brightness (Exposure Compensation)
- Monitor/Viewfinder
- Locking the focus position and exposure/Playing back continuously shot pictures in index display
- Flash pop-up
- Flash shooting
- Single-frame shooting/Sequential shooting
- Changing the focus method
- Viewing pictures/Printing pictures
- Brightening the subject against backlight/Erasing pictures
- MENU button
- Changing the information on display/Displaying the menu guide/Checking the time
- Arrow pad
- Shooting pictures close to the subject (Macro mode)
- Using this button as custom button
- Self-timer shooting
- Setting using the control panel or function menu
- Operations using the control panel
- Menu operations
- About the menus
- Operation guide
- Using the menus
- Shooting mode menu
- Changing the image quality
- Change the shooting functions back to default settings
- Taking and combining panoramic pictures
- Shooting pictures by selecting a scene according to the situation
- CAMERA MENU
- Adjusting the color of a picture
- Changing the ISO sensitivity
- Continuous shooting
- Zooming in on your subject without reducing image quality
- Zooming in on your subject
- Changing the area for measuring the brightness of a subject
- Changing the focusing area
- Shooting pictures while keeping the subject in focus
- Shooting pictures with the focus on subjects moving back and forth
- Setting to light the illuminator in a dark place
- Shooting pictures using digital image stabilization
- Adjusting the amount of light emitted by the flash
- Setting to use an external flash
- Recording sound with still pictures
- Adjusting the white balance compensation
- Adjusting the color tone of the image
- Adjusting the sharpness of the image
- Adjusting the contrast of the image
- Adjusting the saturation of the image
- Reducing the noise during long exposures
- Shooting pictures automatically as defined by set conditions
- Shooting pictures with conversion lens
- Recording sound with movies
- Setting to turn off operational sounds
- Playback mode menu
- Playing back pictures automatically
- Continuous shooting
- Playing back the pictures in a calendar format
- EDIT
- Editing the pictures recorded in raw data format
- Changing the size of pictures
- Cropping a part of pictures
- Changing the color of a picture
- Add a frame to your picture
- Add a label to your picture
- Create a calendar print with your picture
- Creating an index layout of pictures
- Transforming a face in the picture
- Showing up a face in the picture
- Making an index picture from a movie
- Extracting a part of the movie
- Capturing a still image from the movie
- Making print reservations (DPOF)
- PLAYBACK MENU
- Erase selected pictures/Erase all pictures
- SETUP menus
- Formatting the internal memory or card
- Copying pictures in the internal memory to the card
- Selecting a display language
- Setting the startup screen and sound
- Setting the menu screen color
- Setting the sounds output from the camera
- Viewing pictures immediately
- Displaying menu display on the monitor
- Switching between the control panel and function menu
- Resetting the file names of pictures
- Adjusting the image processing function
- Adjusting the monitor brightness
- Setting the date and time
- Setting the date and time in another time zone
- Setting alarms
- Playing back pictures on a TV
- Displaying the frame assist/Determining the type of frame assist
- Displaying the histogram
- Setting and saving shooting-related functions
- Setting the measurement unit during manual focus
- Registering the AE lock and AF lock functions
- Assigning functions to the custom button
- Selecting the focusing method in manual focus mode
- Setting the sleep time
- Printing pictures
- Using OLYMPUS Master
- Getting to know your camera better
- Shooting tips and information
- Tips before you start taking pictures
- Shooting tips
- Focusing on the subject
- Subjects that are difficult to focus on
- Prevent blur by using image stabilization
- Taking stabilized pictures without the flash
- The picture is too grainy
- Taking pictures with the correct color
- Taking pictures of a white beach or snow scene
- Misalignment of panoramic pictures
- Taking pictures of a subject against backlight
- When the subject is too bright or too dark
- Additional shooting tips and information
- Playback help and troubleshooting tips
- Playback tips
- Viewing pictures on a computer
- When you get an error message on the camera
- Functions that can be assigned to My Mode/custom button
- Functions available in shooting modes
- Shooting tips and information
- Appendix
- Index