Olympus E-420 Instruction Manual

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Names of parts and functions
Basic guide
• For more advanced shooting and greater creative control, you can set the aperture value and 
shutter speed.
• The settings made in the advanced shooting modes are retained even if the camera is turned 
off.
P
Program shooting
Allows you to shoot using an aperture and shutter speed 
that the camera sets. (
gP. 43)
A
Aperture priority shooting
Allows you to set the aperture manually. The camera sets 
the shutter speed automatically. (
gP. 43)
S
Shutter priority shooting
Allows you to set the shutter speed manually. The camera 
sets the aperture automatically. (
gP. 44)
M
Manual shooting
Allows you to set the aperture and shutter speed manually. 
(
gP. 45)
Types of scene modes
Icon
Mode
Icon
Mode
I
1
PORTRAIT
q
10 DIS MODE
L
2
LANDSCAPE
J
11 MACRO
K
3
LANDSCAPE+PORTRAIT
r
12 NATURE MACRO
G
4
NIGHT SCENE
&
13 CANDLE
U
5
NIGHT+PORTRAIT
*
14 SUNSET
G
6
CHILDREN
(
15 FIREWORKS
J
7
SPORT
@
16 DOCUMENTS
H
8
HIGH KEY
s
17 PANORAMA
I
9
LOW KEY
g
18 BEACH & SNOW
Advanced shooting modes
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