Olympus C-700 Ultra Zoom

(Note that all of the screens shown here can be displayed on either the EVF or the color LCD. The color LCD has more resolution but it also uses more battery power and may be difficult to see in bright outdoor lighting.)

Record screen in "P" mode after the shutter is half-pressed, green dot indicates the autofocus is locked, the red lightning bolt means the flash is charged and will go off. "P"rogram AE exposure mode, aperture is F2.8, shutter speed is 1/30 second and the 0.0 indicates exposure compensation. The "[   ]" in the center is where the autofocus performs its calculations. SHQ is the image quality and there's sufficient memory for another 56 pictures.

The Mode Dial on top selects the recording mode:

AUTO - Fully automatic "point-n-shoot" mode. The camera sets optimal focusing and exposure, no special functions or manual adjustments can be made.

Landscape - Camera automatically sets for optimal scenic background type shots with maximum depth of field (range of focus.)

Sports - Camera uses faster shutter speeds to stop fast-moving subjects without blurring.

Portrait - Camera uses large aperture to make centered subject sharp but intentionally blurs the background

Program AE - Camera selects optimum shutter speed and aperture for the shot but the user can manually adjust exposure compensation, flash compensation and use special functions.

A/S/M - The real "creative" exposure mode. Allows you to use "A"perture priority, "S"hutter speed priority or full "M"anual mode depending on which you have selected in the menu.

Aperture priority is used to control depth of field, you set the desired aperture and the camera sets the appropriate shutter speed.

Shutter speed priority lets you use fast shutter speeds to stop movement or use a slow shutter speed to intentionally blur a fast moving subject to give it that "look" of speed.

Manual mode lets you adjust both the shutter speed and aperture values, the camera will not insure proper exposure. The exposure value is shown and will be indicated as over or under (i.e. -0.6).

Movie - Capture motion video clips with sound. The HQ mode is 320 x 240 and up to 16 seconds may be recorded. The SQ mode is 160 x 120 and up to 70 seconds may be recorded. In Movie mode the camera adjusts the shutter and aperture automatically and continually autofocuses. The optical zoom can not be used during recording but it can be preset to a given focal length beforehand. The digital zoom can be used but as with all digital zooms, image degradation occurs so it is not recommended.

ISO - Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800

A/S/M - Set the function of the A/S/M position on the Mode Dial for "A"perture priority, "S"hutter speed priority or "M"anual.

Flash Exposure Compensation - Adjust the flash output

Slow Sync - Set the slow flash sync for redeye, front or rear curtain

BKT - Set the AE Bracketing options, 3 or 5 frames and 0.3, 0.6 or 1.0EV

Digital Zoom - Enable or disable digital zoom option

Fulltime AF - Enable or disable fulltime autofocus

Sound - Enable or disable sound recording

Panorama - Use panorama feature (only if Olympus brand SmartMedia card is used)

Function - B&W, Sepia, White Board or Black Board modes

Quality - Set the image quality and resolution; SQ, HQ, SHQ or TIFF

WB - White balance options; Auto, Sunny, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent or Manual "OneTouch" Preset

WB Adjust - Adjust the white balance presets to increase/decrease the red or blue content

Sharpness - Image sharpness; Hard, Normal or Soft

Contrast - Image contrast; High, Normal or Low

The third section is for formatting the SmartMedia card

All Reset - On resets all camera settings to default when camera is turned off. Off will retain all settings.

Info - If ON then the exposure data is displayed on the images during Play

Sound - If ON then make a beep sound when buttons are pressed

Rec View - If ON then show last image captured on LCD for several seconds

Sleep - Set the sleep time value; 30s, 1m, 3m, 5m, 10m

File Name - Sequentially number images or reset the numbers

LCD Adjust - Adjust the backlight intensity of the LCD

Time/Date - Set the time and date

m/ft - Manual focus distance displayed in feet or meters

Battery Save - Enable or disable the battery saving feature

Short Cut - Assign the desired options for the 3 Shortcut menus

Custom - Assign a mode to the Custom button