User Manuals: Olympus E-PL3 Mirrorless Digital Camera

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Olympus E-PL3 Instruction Manual (127 pages)

Olympus Digital Camera User Manual

Brand: Olympus | Category: Digital Camera | Size: 3 MB

Information for Your Safety
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Instruction Manual
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Basic Guide Preparations for Shooting

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- Charging and Inserting the Battery
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- Card Write Indicator
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- Names of Parts and Functions
  
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  - Camera
    10
  - Names of Parts
    10
  - Camera Controls
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    Mode Dial
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    Taking Photographs During Movie Recording
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- Basic Operations
  
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  - Taking Photographs/Shooting Movies
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  - Playback/Erasing
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  - Viewing Images
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  - Protect
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    Volume
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    Erasing Images
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    Protecting Images
    17
    
    Protecting Images 17 Using Art Fi Lters
    18
    
    Shooting in Scene Mode
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  - Live Guide
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    Using Live Guides
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    Using Live Control
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    Using the Menus
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- Information Displayed in the Monitor
  
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  - Shooting
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  - Table of Contents
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  - Playback
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Quick Task Index

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Basic Photography/ Frequently-Used Options Switching the Information Display

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- Choosing Shooting Controls
  
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- Displaying Information During Playback
  
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- Other Uses for the INFO Button
  
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- Restoring Default or Custom Settings
  
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  - Using Reset Settings
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  - Reset
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    Saving Myset
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    Using Myset
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- Choosing a Focus Mode (AF Mode)
  
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  - C-AF+TR (AF Tracking)
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- Choosing a Focus Target (AF Target)
  
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  - Focus Lock
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  - Quick AF Target Selection
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  - Toggling Quickly between AF and MF
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- Zoom Frame Af/Zoom AF
  
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- Face Priority Af/Pupil Detection AF
  
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  - Taking Pictures Using Face Priority
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- Changing the Brightness of Highlights and Shadows
  
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- Controlling Exposure (Exposure Compensation)
  
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  - Previewing the Effects of Exposure Compensation and White Balance
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- Choosing How the Camera Measures Brightness (Metering)
  
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  - S Metering Mode
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- Exposure Lock (AE Lock)
  
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- Reducing Camera Shake (the Image Stabilizer)
  
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- Adjusting Color (White Balance)
  
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  - E White Balance
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    White Balance Compensation
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    One-Touch White Balance
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- Processing Options (Picture Mode)
  
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  - N Picture Mode
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- Image Quality (Record Mode)
  
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  - Choosing a Record Mode
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  - Aspect Ratio
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- Setting the Image Aspect
  
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- ISO Sensitivity
  
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  - Battery Check
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- Sequential Shooting/Using the Self Timer
  
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- ?Point-And-Shoot” Photography
  
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Other Shooting Options

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Flash Shooting

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Shooting and Viewing Movies

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- Changing the Settings for Movie Recording
  
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  - Adding Effects to a Movie
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  - Movie Sound Options (Recording Sound with Movies)
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- Viewing Movies
  
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Playback Options

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- Single-Frame Playback
  
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- Index Display/Calendar Display
  
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- Playback Zoom
  
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- Close-Up Playback
  
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- Canceling All Protections
  
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- All-Frame Erase
  
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- Rotate
  
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- Selecting Images
  
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- Slideshow
  
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- Editing Still Images
  
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- Image Overlay
  
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- Audio Recording
  
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- Viewing Camera Images on TV
  
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  - Olympus Penpal
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Sending and Receiving Images

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- Sending Images
  
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- Receiving Images/Adding a Host
  
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- Editing the Address Book
  
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- Creating Albums
  
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Using OLYMPUS Viewer 2/[Ib]

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- Windows
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- Macintosh
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- Copying Pictures to a Computer Without OLYMPUS Viewer 2/[Ib]
  
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  - Frame Number
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  - Number of Prints
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Printing Pictures

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- Print Reservation (DPOF)
  
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  - Creating a Print Order
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  - Removing All or Selected Pictures from the Print Order
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- Direct Printing (Pictbridge)
  
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  - Easy Printing
    78
  - Custom Printing
    78
Camera Setup

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- Setup Menu
  
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- Date/Time Setting)
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- W (Changing the Display Language)
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- I (Monitor Brightness Adjustment)
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- Rec View
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- C/# Menu Display
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- Firmware
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- Monitor Brightness
  80
Customizing Camera Settings

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- Before Using the Custom/Accessory Port Menus
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- Custom Menu Options
  
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  - R Af/Mf
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  - S Button/Dial
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  - Displayed Grid
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    T Release
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    U Disp/8/Pc
    83
  - Live View Boost
    83
  - Anti-Shock
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  - Bulb Shooting
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  - Sleep
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    Exp/P/Iso
    84
  - Noise Reduct
    85
    
    W #Custom
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    K/Color/Wb
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    Y Record/Erase
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    Z Movie
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    K Utility
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    Ael/Afl
    88
  - Test Picture
    89
    
    Function, R Function
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- Accessory Port Menu Options
  
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  - A OLYMPUS PENPAL Share
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  - B OLYMPUS PENPAL Album
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  - C Electronic Viewﬁ Nder
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- Using the Super Control Panel
  
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- Recording Movies with the Shutter Button
  
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  - Taking a Photograph When Recording Ends
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- Wireless Remote Control Fl Ash Photography
  
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Information

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- Shooting Tips and Information
  
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  - Functions that Cannot be Selected from Menus
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- Error Codes
  
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- Cleaning and Storing the Camera
  
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- Card Basics
  
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  - Formatting the Card
    99
  - Usable Cards
    99
- Battery and Charger
  
  100
- Using Your Charger Abroad
  
  100
  - Focal Length
    101
    
    M.ZUIKO DIGITAL Lens Speciﬁ Cations
    101
- Interchangeable Lenses
  
  100
- Principal Accessories
  
  102
  - Converter Lenses
    102
  - Electronic Viewﬁ Nder (VF-2)
    102
  - Macro Arm Light (MAL-1)
    102
  - Microphone Set (SEMA-1)
    102
  - Mount Adapter
    102
  - Remote Cable (RM-UC1)
    102
- Exposure Warning Display
  
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- Flash Modes that Can be Set by Shooting Mode
  
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- Flash Synchronization and Shutter Speed
  
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  - Super FP Fl Ash.
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- External Fl Ash Unit
  
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- Record Mode and Fi Le Size/Number of Storable Still Pictures
  
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- Menu Directory
  
  107
  - Custom Menu
    108
- Speciﬁ Cations
  
  111
Safety Precautions

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- Battery Handling Precautions
  114
- Battery Charger
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- Copyright Notice
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- Disclaimer of Warranty
  116
- Fcc Notice
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- Legal and Other Notices
  116
System Chart

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- Aperture Priority Shooting
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- Index
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- Playback on TV
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- Shutter Priority Shooting
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User Manuals: Olympus E-PL3 Mirrorless Digital Camera

Olympus E-PL3 Instruction Manual (127 pages)

Table of Contents

Basic Guide Preparations for Shooting

Names of Parts and Functions

Basic Operations

Information Displayed in the Monitor

Quick Task Index

Basic Photography/ Frequently-Used Options Switching the Information Display

Choosing Shooting Controls

Displaying Information During Playback

Other Uses for the INFO Button

Restoring Default or Custom Settings

Choosing a Focus Mode (AF Mode)

Choosing a Focus Target (AF Target)

Zoom Frame Af/Zoom AF

Face Priority Af/Pupil Detection AF

Changing the Brightness of Highlights and Shadows

Controlling Exposure (Exposure Compensation)

Choosing How the Camera Measures Brightness (Metering)

Exposure Lock (AE Lock)

Reducing Camera Shake (the Image Stabilizer)

Adjusting Color (White Balance)

Processing Options (Picture Mode)

Image Quality (Record Mode)

Setting the Image Aspect

ISO Sensitivity

Sequential Shooting/Using the Self Timer

?Point-And-Shoot” Photography

Other Shooting Options

Point-And-Shoot" Photography (P Program Mode)

Choosing Aperture (a Aperture-Priority Mode)

(Aaperture-Priority Mode)

Choosing Shutter Speed (S Shutter-Priority Mode)

(Sshutter-Priority Mode)

Choosing Aperture and Shutter Speed (M Manual Mode)

Taking Panoramas

3D Photography

Recording Multiple Exposures in a Single Image (Multiple Exposure)

Varying Settings over a Series of Photographs (Bracketing)

Digital Zoom (Digital Tele-Converter)

Flash Shooting

Using a Fl Ash (Fl Ash Photography)

Adjusting Fl Ash Output (Flash Intensity Control)

Using External Fl Ash Units Designated for Use with this Camera

Other External Fl Ash Units

Shooting and Viewing Movies

Changing the Settings for Movie Recording

Viewing Movies

Playback Options

Single-Frame Playback

Index Display/Calendar Display

Playback Zoom

Close-Up Playback

Canceling All Protections

All-Frame Erase

Rotate

Selecting Images

Slideshow

Editing Still Images

Image Overlay

Audio Recording

Viewing Camera Images on TV

Sending and Receiving Images

Sending Images

Receiving Images/Adding a Host

Editing the Address Book

Creating Albums

Using OLYMPUS Viewer 2/[Ib]

Copying Pictures to a Computer Without OLYMPUS Viewer 2/[Ib]

Printing Pictures

Print Reservation (DPOF)

Direct Printing (Pictbridge)

Camera Setup

Setup Menu

Customizing Camera Settings

Custom Menu Options

Accessory Port Menu Options

Using the Super Control Panel

Recording Movies with the Shutter Button