Battery With the camera off, open the battery/card cover and slide in the LI-70B lithium-ion battery while pushing the lock knob. It’s the only battery it takes.
Charging The battery charges in the camera, via the USB cable and the F-2AC USB-AC adapter: 3 hours at most, and the light goes off when it’s done. Plugged into a computer, it can take about 10 hours.
Card An SD or SDHC card, pushed in straight until it gently clicks. With no card, it records to its internal memory: enough for 6 to 12 full-resolution photos.
Switching on for the first time Press the ON/OFF button: it asks for the year, month, day, time and date order, then your time zone and the menu language.
Your first photo In Program Auto mode, frame and press halfway: the AF mark turns green. Then press all the way down without moving. If it blinks red, focusing has failed: try again.
What it can do
In iAUTO mode, it chooses on its own between portrait, landscape, night + portrait, sport and close-up. If it can’t decide, it falls back to Program Auto.
DIS mode reduces blur from camera shake or a moving subject.
Seven magic filters: Pop Art, Pin Hole, Fish Eye, Drawing, Soft Focus, Punk and Sparkle. With Drawing, it also keeps the photo without the effect.
Panorama mode locks focus, exposure, zoom and white balance on the first shot. You then stitch the photos together with the software on the CD.
Video up to 1280 × 720 at 30 frames per second, with sound. When recording video with sound, only the digital zoom works.
Good to know
The USB-AC adapter is for charging and viewing photos: don’t take pictures while it’s plugged in. And the camera won’t work without a battery, even on mains power.
A video file stops at 2 GB, whatever the card.
For long-term storage, take out the battery and card, and keep the camera somewhere cool and dry. For the lens: a blower first, then a lens tissue, never alcohol.
VG-120 specifications
Sensor
1/2.3-inch CCD, 14 MP
Lens
5× zoom, 26-130 mm (35 mm equivalent), f/2.8-6.5
Stabilisation
DIS mode, against camera shake
Screen
7.6 cm (3 in), 230,000 dots
Video
1280 × 720, 30 frames per second (AVI Motion JPEG)
Battery
LI-70B lithium-ion, 650 mAh
Charging
in the camera, F-2AC USB-AC adapter, 3 h at most
Card
SD, SDHC, plus internal memory
Transfer
USB cable, OLYMPUS Viewer 2 software on the CD
Factory reset
Shooting menu 1, then Reset (resets the shooting functions)
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