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C-2100 Ultra Zoom

Quick-Start Guide 

Thank you for purchasing the Olympus C-2100 Ultra Zoom.

This Quick-Start Guide has been designed for those who want to become

familiar with the C-2100 Ultra Zoom in a very short time. The “Names of parts”

section is especially helpful for identifying parts easily without having to read

through the complete Instruction manual.

For detailed operations, please refer to the complete Instruction manual.

1

Getting Ready...

Loading the batteries

1. Follow the procedure below.

1

2

1

2

Slide the battery

compartment

lock toward 

.

Open the battery

compartment

cover.

Load the batteries.

Lithium battery 

AA batteries

packs (provided)

Close the battery

compartment

cover.

Slide the battery

compartment

lock toward 

.

Close the battery compartment cover while pressing the batteries with the cover.

Zinc-carbon batteries cannot be used.

2. Inserting a SmartMedia card.

* Before inserting, check that the Power switch is off and there are no images on the Viewfinder/Monitor.

Open the Card cover and push in the card* as shown below.
(*The pictures you take will be stored in the card.)

Open the
Card cover.

Push the card in and
close the Card cover.

3. Turn on the camera.

Set the Power switch to ON.

Power switch

You can select camera functions using the Mode dial. You will probably want to
try the Program mode first, which lets you take properly-exposed pictures by
simply pressing the Shutter button.

M O

D

E

D

IA

L

S

M S-P

rg

A
P

[Still picture recording mode]
P:

Simply press the Shutter button to take a picture.

A:

Set the desired aperture manually.

S:

Set the desired shutter speed manually.

M:

Set the desired aperture and shutter speed manually.

S-Prog: Take pictures under a variety of conditions. (Portrait/

Sports/Landscape/Night Scene)

[Movie recording mode]

:

Records movies.

[Still picture/Movie display mode]

:

Displays your recording.

Mode dial

Adjusting the Diopter

Turn the Diopter adjustment dial
until you see the AF target mark
clearly in the Viewfinder.

 P F2.8  1/30     0.0

Viewfinder

AF target mark

Diopter adjustment dial

Zoom lever/Index-
display lever

Shutter button

Mode dial

Self-timer lamp/AF assist lamp

Diopter adjustment dial

5-pin external flash socket

Connector cover

Serial connector 
(RS-232C)

Microphone

USB connector

Flash (built-in)

Lens

Viewfinder

Flash mode button/Erase button

DRIVE button

AE lock button (AEL)/Multi-
metering button/Print button

Card cover

Arrow pad

Power switch 
(POWER OFF/ON/RESET)

OK button/
Manual focus 
button (MF)/
Protect button

Card access lamp

Menu button

Monitor

Control panel 
(See the other side for details.)

Strap eyelet

Remote control
receiver

Flash switch

DC-IN jack

External
microphone
jack

A/V OUT jack

INFO button

Metering mode button

Macro button

Monitor button

Battery compartment
cover

Battery compartment lock

Tripod socket

Lens cap

Names of parts

Setting the date/time

1. Set the Mode dial to P.

2. Press .

The Menu appears on the screen.
Press 

to select whether to display your image on the Monitor or the Viewfinder.

3. Press 

on the Arrow pad to move the green frame in the Menu,

then select “MODE SETUP”.

“SETUP” appears on the screen.
The selected item appears in green.

4. Press OK.

The MODE SETUP screen appears.

[

1 / 5

]

 F2.8  1/800   0.0

 P

OFF

ISO

WB

ON

AUTO

AUTO

DIGITAL

ZOOM

SETUP

[

5 / 5

]

 F2.8  1/800   0.0

 A

MODE

SETUP

S-Prg

[

1 / 3

]

ON

NORMAL

ALL RESET

TIFF

SQ

1600

x

1200

640 

480

OK

Menu screen 1/5

Menu screen 5/5

MODE SETUP screen 1/3

5. Press 

to select 

, then press 

.

“SETUP” appears on the screen.
To go to the previous page, move the cursor to the top item and press the 

button

on the Arrow pad.

[ 3 / 3 ]

m / f t

FILE NAME

SETUP

MODE SETUP screen 3/3

Date/time setting screen

6. Press OK.

The Date/time setting screen appears.

7. Press 

/

on the Arrow pad to select the date order.

(Date order selections: date/month/year, month/date/year, year/month/date)

8. Press 

, then press 

/

to adjust the date/time.

To go to the next setting (i.e. month to year, etc.), press 

.  To go back to the

previous setting (i.e. year to month, etc.), press 

.

9. Press OK when you complete your settings.

10. To cancel the Menu, press OK until the Menu disappears.

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