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PREPARATION
Selecting the Appropriate Card
Prepare another card.
ⅷ 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).
ⅷ 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 980
8 MB 122 36 18
16 MB 244 73 36
32 MB 489 146 73
64 MB 978 292 146
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.
ⅷ For details on the record modes and how to select them, refer to
“Selecting the Image Quality” ( Page 54).
ⅷ The number of shootable images is also variable because the data
quantity per image is variable depending on the shot subject.
ⅷ The image counter may not decrement when an image is shot and may
not increment even when an image is erased.
ⅷ Even when the number of shootable images exceeds 999, the count
displayed on the monitor remains at “999”.
ⅷ Cards with a capacity of 4 MB or more can be used with this camera.
ⅷ For details on handling your card, refer to the instructions provided with it.
