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manual focusing
Allows you to focus on a subject manually with the manual focus ring.
memory card
The camera uses three types of memory cards: SmartMedia, CompactFlash, and Microdrive. Either SmartMedia
and CompactFlash or SmartMedia and Microdrive can be inserted in the camera at the same time.
metering mode
Measures the brightness of the subject before the picture is taken. With this camera there are three metering
modes: (1) Digital ESP, (2) Center weighted averaging, (3) Spot.
Microdrive
A very large capacity, yet compact and light hard disk drive. Used to store photo images for this camera.
monitor
The LCD Monitor on the camera can display recorded pictures; be used as a viewfinder, and provide informational
displays about shooting modes or picture information of recorded pictures.
P mode
Denotes Program mode . With the automatic exposure feature, the camera selects what it considers to be the
correct combination of shutter and aperture for the picture currently composed in the viewfinder.
PC card adapter
A device which allows you to read a SmartMedia, CompactFlash, or Microdrive card with a personal computer.
The memory card is inserted into the adapter, then the adapter is inserted into the card slot of the computer.
pixel counts
See “gross pixel resolution” and “effective pixel resolution” in the glossary.
playback
Refers to viewing images stored on the memory cards.
protect
Marking images files on a memory card so they cannot be accidentally erased. Marking an image for protection
does not protect it from erasure if the card is reformatted. To protect a memory card, attach an adhesive protect
seal to the card. Individual image files can also be protected using the camera’s controls.
PS (Progressive Scan) Mode
The camera operates with the electronic shutter with shutter speeds up to 1/4000 sec. (and also at 1/18000 sec. in
S and M modes). However, vertical resolution is reduced to 1/2 that of the IS Mode.
quality
The quality of the image is based on the number of pixels used to construct the image file. With your camera four
settings are possible, and these settings are (in ascending order of better quality): SQ (standard quality), HQ (high
quality), SHQ (super high quality), and TIFF (tagged image file format). You should remember that the better the
quality, the larger the size of the file and the larger the file the more space required for storing the file on the
memory card. For example, the file size of a picture taken at SHQ will be much larger than a picture taken at HQ.
quick reference white balancing
In this mode, the camera memorizes a white light source as a reference for balancing white against overall color of
the image.
RAW
Refers to raw data, data which has not been enhanced with a camera option like white balance, sharpness,
contrast, etc. This file format has been developed by Olympus for viewing and processing with our own software.
You may not be able to open or process these files with other graphics software applications, and these files
cannot be selected for DPOF printing. RAW files are assigned an orf file extension (*.orf).
record mode
The record mode refers to the three settings that will affect the captured image: Quality, Resolution, and
Compression.
red-eye
Red-eye occurs when the flash is directly in line with the eyes of people or animals during flash photography. The
flash is reflected from the red blood vessels on the retina at the back of the eye, causing a red glow in the eyes of
the subjects in the picture. To avoid the red-eye effect, set the camera in the red-eye reduction flash mode before
taking a flash picture. The red-eye effect does not occur when the flash is used on brightly lit subjects, or when
using an external flash unit which can be used to change the angle of the flash.
Glossary of Selected Terms (continued)