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PREPARATION
Selecting the Appropriate Card
Prepare another card.
v When you expect to shoot a large number of images (while traveling, on
special occasions, etc.), it is a good idea to bring an extra card (in addition
to the provided 8 MB card).
v The number of images you can shoot varies according to the card capacity and
Record mode used. Select a suitable card by referring to the following table.
Numbers of Images You Can Shoot (Approximate Numbers)
Record Mode
SQ HQ SHQ
(Standard Quality) (High Quality)
(Super-High Quality)
640 X 480 1280 X 960
8 MB 82 24 8
16 MB 165 49 17
32 MB 331 99 35
64 MB 664 199 71
128 MB 1331* 399 142
Image size
(pixels)
SmartMedia
capacity
The commercially available 5 V card cannot be used with this camera. Use the
Olympus brand card or a commercially available 3 V (3.3 V) card.
Unusable cards
This camera may not be able to recognize a card that is not manufactured by
Olympus or Lexar or a card which has been formatted on another device such as a
PC. To avoid problems, you should format each card before using it on this camera.
Using the Three Record Modes
SQ: Select this mode when you want to attach the image to e-mail, simply view it on your PC
screen, or want to shoot more images per card.
HQ:
Select this mode when you need image quality in between SQ and SHQ. Images can be enlarged
to a certain degree when they are viewed on a PC screen. (This is the default recording mode.)
SHQ: Select this mode when you want to print the image with high quality or a large size or
to retouch it on your PC.
v For details on the Record modes and how to select them, refer to
“Selecting the Image Quality” ( Page 54).
v The number of shootable images is also variable because the data
quantity per image is variable depending on the shot subject.
v The image counter may not decrement when an image is shot and may
not increment even when an image is erased.
v Cards with a capacity of 4 MB or more can be used with this camera.
v For details on handling your card, refer to the instructions provided with it.
*“999” is displayed on the monitor when the number of shootable images exceeds 999.
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