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Playback Screens & Menus




Olympus SP-550 UltraZoom

When you rotate the mode dial to the Playback position, the last image captured is displayed full screen, with minimal information. You can see icons indicating xD memory is being used, image quality (SHQ), time&date of capture, and the image and folder numbers.



Olympus SP-550 UltraZoom

Playback image with more info displayed: the file folder and file number, image quality (SHQ), image size (3072x2304), aperture (F5.0), shutter speed (1/500), exposure compensation (0.0), white balance (Auto), ISO speed (100), date and time of capture.



Olympus SP-550 UltraZoom

Press the DISP button to cycle through the various information modes including the histogram mode shown here.



Olympus SP-550 UltraZoom

Press the wide angle zoom button to enter the Index playback mode. Depending on the menu setting, the index is 4, 9, 16 or 25 images per page - or the calendar display. This shows your captured images and when they were taken.



Olympus SP-550 UltraZoom

The playback image can be magnified in several steps from 1.0x to 10.0x in 1.0x increments, you can then scroll around the image using the 4-way selector. Press the telephoto zoom button to enlarge and the wide angle button to shrink.



Olympus SP-550 UltraZoom

Pressing the menu button in play mode brings up this shortcut menu. Here you can start a slide show of your saved images, edit your pictures, choose the DPOF (Direct Print Order Format) settings, enter the Playback Menu, etc.


Olympus SP-550 UltraZoom

    PLAYBACK submenu:

      Protect - protects the selected images from deletion

      Rotate - Rotate an image 90° for proper orientation

      Voice Memo - Add a sound clip to a saved image



    Olympus SP-550 UltraZoom

    EDIT submenu:

      - Makes image smaller and save as a new picture

      Crop - Crop an image and save as a new file

      Redeye Fix - Remove flash redeye problems

      Black&White - Turn color image into B&W

      Sepia - Turn color image into Sepia tone

      Frame - Add a decorative Frame around your image

      Label - Allows you to add a pre-defined greeting to an image (Happy Birthday, Good luck etc.)

      Calendar - Make an image of a calendar month containing the selected image

      Layout - Makes a layout of recorded pictures

      Brightness - Adjust the brightness of an image

      Saturation - Adjust the saturation of an image




Olympus SP-550 UltraZoom

RAW DATA EDIT submenu: Edit the RAW image in-camera and save as a new JPEG file

    Image Quality - Choose from any of the standard JPEG image sizes & quality levels

    White Balance - Choose Auto, any of the standaard presets or manual White Balance

    WB +/- - Fine tune the white balance setting

    Sharpness - Choose sharpness setting in the range of -5 to +5

    Contrast - Choose contrast setting in the range of -5 to +5

    Saturation - Choose saturation setting in the range of -5 to +5






Olympus SP-550 UltraZoom

The Resize option lets you save an image to a lower resolution.





Olympus SP-550 UltraZoom

The crop function lets you crop the image in-camera using one of several pre-defined portrait or landscape templates. The templates can be moved around the image. Depressong the OK button initiates the cropping process, which takes several seconds, and the result is saved as a new image.



Olympus SP-550 UltraZoom

Movie clips can be played back on the camera's LCD or a television set via the supplied Audio/Video cable. When viewed in camera, sound is heard through the built-in speakers. Using the 4-way controller, you can fast-forward and rewind the video as well as adjust the volume.




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