Olympus SP-560 UZ User Manual
Sp-560uz, Advanced manual, Quick start guide
Advanced
Manual
Menu operations
Button operations
Printing pictures
Using OLYMPUS Master
Getting to know your
camera better
Appendix
DIGITAL CAMERA
Quick Start Guide
This manual will help you
get started using your
camera right away.
SP-560UZ
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.
Table of contents
Document Outline
- Contents
- Gather these items (box contents)
- Attach the strap and the lens cap
- Preparing the camera
- Turn the camera on
- Set date and time
- Take a picture
- View pictures
- 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
- Setting your own original mode for shooting pictures
- Shoot pictures by selecting a scene according to the situation
- Follow the shooting guide for setting
- Recording movies
- Selecting playback mode
- Shooting pictures
- Zooming while shooting/close-up playback
- Shooting with digital image stabilization/Using this button as custom button/Playing back continuously shot pictures in index display
- Flash pop-up
- Monitor/Viewfinder
- MENU button
- Changing the information on display/Display the menu guide/Checking the time
- Brightening the subject against backlight / Erasing pictures
- Arrow pad
- Viewing pictures/Printing pictures
- Shooting pictures close to the subject (Macro)
- Changing picture brightness(Exposure compensation)
- Flash shooting
- Self-timer shooting
- Setting using the function menu
- 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
- 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
- Changing the focus method
- 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
- Selecting the flash timing
- Setting to use an external flash
- Recording sound with still pictures
- Creating a panoramic picture
- Adjusting the white balance compensation
- 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
- Playing back movies
- 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
- Adjusting the beep sound and volume when button is pressed
- Adjust the volume of camera warning sound
- Selecting the sound and volume of the shutter button
- Adjusting the volume during playback
- Viewing pictures immediately
- Displaying menu display on the monitor
- 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
- Assigning functions to the custom buttons
- 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
- Taking pictures of a subject against backlight
- When the subject is too bright or too dark
- Additional shooting tips and information
- Increasing the number of pictures that can be taken
- Using a new card
- Lamp indicators
- Extending the useful life of the battery
- Functions that cannot be selected from menus/buttons
- Selecting the appropriate image quality
- Restoring default settings
- Confirming the exposure when the monitor is difficult to see outdoors
- 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 and scene modes
- Shooting tips and information
- Appendix
- Index