If you're anything like me, you go by the adage "If all else
fails, read the manual". Well, unless you're already fairly familiar with
digital cameras, I suggest you do read the manual first. It is not
very clearly laid out, but if you just go through each section and practice
what it says with the camera at hand, it will become obvious in an hour
or so that the device really is very easy to use - and is quite capable
of producing magnificent results.
A couple of things not obvious in the user manual:
Smart card ejection
The manual refers to "ejecting the smart card" more than once. From
this, one would assume there is an eject button. Don't bother looking for
it, there isn't one. Pull the card out by hand - you'll need a fairly firm
grip. With the camera facing you, on the left there is a small door. Open
this to reveal the smartcard. On the inside of the door is a small diagram
indicating which way to insert the card - it can go in upside down if you're
not careful.
Image uploads
Although it's quite easy to upload the images directly from the camera,
you'll find it well worth your while to install the software to use the
3-1/4 floppy adaptor. Once installed, this enables you to upload at a much
faster rate, without plugging any cables in, and without using up those
AA batteries. I don't think the manual mentions that you can delete images
from the card directly from the computer - another advantage of using
the adaptor.
If you're wondering about the reason as to why I've gone to the trouble
of giving the camera so much attention - apart from the fact that I have
one myself, of course - here it is: I've been a photographer for over 30
years, and have been fiddling with digital cameras for quite some time.
You probably didn't know that Canon brought out a unit not much different
in concept to the D400 some 10 years before its release - well, they did,
but it was frightfully expensive and rather clumsy to use, although the
images were quite acceptable. In my studio I have a $10,000 analogue video
camera I adapted to make (what were then) high quality digital images.
It's gathering dust now - the D400 does a better job!
Olympus
D-460 Zoom Digital Camera
Features:
1.8-inch color LCD viewfinder, 1280 x 960 resolution
Realtime rapid shooting mode
3x Olympus f 2.8-4.4 optical zoom
8 MB 3.3V SmartMedia memory card holds up to 122 images |
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Changing Resolution.
Standard setting is low resolution (120 images on an 8 meg card). Much
higher quality images may be produced at HQ resolution.
Turn the camera on by opening the lens door. Press the menu button
- the LCD screen should display. Press the menu button again, twice. This
should bring up the resolution screen. Set the resolution to HQ by pressing
the + (plus) button. Press the OK button.