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Thank you for purchasing the Olympus C-2100 Ultra Zoom.

This Quick-Start Guide has been designed for those who want to become familiar with the C-2100 Ultra Zoom in a very short time. The ???Names of parts??? section is especially helpful for identifying parts easily without having to read through the complete Instruction manual.

For detailed operations, please refer to the complete Instruction manual.

1 Getting Ready...

Loading the batteries

1. Follow the procedure below.

Slide the battery

Open the battery

Load the batteries.

Close the battery Slide the battery

compartment lock toward .

5. Press to select , then press .

Lens cap

???SETUP??? appears on the screen.

To go to the previous page, move the cursor to the top item and press the button

,Close the battery compartment cover while pressing the batteries with the cover.

,Zinc-carbon batteries cannot be used.

on the Arrow pad.

2.Inserting a SmartMedia card.

*Before inserting, check that the Power switch is off and there are no images on the Viewfinder/Monitor.

Open the Card cover and push in the card* as shown below. (*The pictures you take will be stored in the card.)

Set the Power switch to ON.

You can select camera functions using the Mode dial. You will probably want to try the Program mode first, which lets you take properly-exposed pictures by simply pressing the Shutter button.

Flash mode button/Erase button

DRIVE button

Metering mode button

Macro button

INFO button

Viewfinder

FILE NAME

SETUP

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6. Press OK.

The Date/time setting screen appears.

Date/time setting screen

7. Press / on the Arrow pad to select the date order.

(Date order selections: date/month/year, month/date/year, year/month/date)

8. Press , then press / to adjust the date/time.

To go to the next setting (i.e. month to year, etc.), press . To go back to the previous setting (i.e. year to month, etc.), press .

Mode dial

[Still picture recording mode]

P:Simply press the Shutter button to take a picture.

A:Set the desired aperture manually.

S:Set the desired shutter speed manually.

M: Set the desired aperture and shutter speed manually.

S-Prog: Take pictures under a variety of conditions. (Portrait/ Sports/Landscape/Night Scene)

[Movie recording mode] : Records movies.

[Still picture/Movie display mode] : Displays your recording.

Battery compartment lock

Adjusting the Diopter

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Taking still pictures

1. Set the Mode dial to P.

on the Monitor or the Viewfinder.

[To enlarge your subject]

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Control panel indications

Flash intensity control

Unwanted images can be erased. You can erase one frame or all frames, depending on your requirements.

To erase an unwanted image, first display it on the screen as described in ???3 Displaying pictures??? on this page.

Press the Zoom lever toward ???T??? to enlarge your subject. To return to normal magnification, press the Zoom lever back toward ???W???.

Record mode

1-frame erase

Press the button on the camera and

SQ

3. Press the Shutter button halfway to focus.

The AF confirmation mark lights up in green in the upper left corner and the camera beeps. Focus and exposure (shutter speed/aperture) become locked.

select ???YES??? on the confirmation screen using the Arrow pad. Then, press OK.

All-frame erase

YES NO[ ]

Confirmation screen

If the AF confirmation mark blinks, then the camera is out of focus. If this happens, release the Shutter button and move the camera slightly until you see the AF target mark clearly. Then, press the shutter

P F2.8 1/800 0.0

Press , then select ???CARD SETUP????????? ??? using the Arrow pad. Press OK. Select ???YES??? on the confirmation screen, then press OK again.

(To cancel, select ???NO???, then press OK.)

button halfway again.

AF target mark

Set the Mode dial to .

The last picture taken is displayed.

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4.Press the Shutter button fully to take a picture.

The camera beeps when the shutter is released.

The free part of the memory gauge lights up and the card access lamp blinks while the picture is being recorded.

Continuous shooting is available even if the card access lamp is blinking, unless the entire memory gauge is lit.

If you are taking a picture in a dark environment, the built-in flash will fire automatically if it has been popped up.

P F2.8 1/800 0.0

Memory gauge

Card access

cUse the Arrow pad to select the desired picture for display.

: Displays next picture.

: Displays preceding picture.

: Jumps to the picture 10 frames ahead.

: Jumps to the picture 10 frames behind.

Arrow pad

*Press the Zoom lever toward ???W??? to display multiple pictures at the same time (Index-display).

*Press the Zoom lever toward ???T??? to display a close-up.

[Movie pictures]

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Still picture display (1-frame)

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Index-display

5 Turning off the power

When you are finished using the camera, turn the power off after checking that the card access lamp is not on.

lamp

Taking movie pictures

1. Set the Mode dial to .

The maximum available recording time appears on the Viewfinder.

2. Press the Shutter button halfway to start movie recording and press it again halfway to stop.

The card access lamp blinks while the picture is being recorded. Continuous shooting is available when the card access lamp stops blinking.

(3)When ???START??? appears, press the OK button.

The card access lamp blinks for a moment, then the movie starts.

(4)Press when you are finished watching. The Menu reappears. Press again to exit the Menu.

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