Displaying and Editing Images
Overview: The Olympus SH-1 is a sophisticated, but compact,
point-and-shoot digital camera. It has a classic look with textured synthetic
leather and brushed aluminum accents. The SH-1 has a 24x optical zoom, and a
powerful 5-axis image stabilization system unlike any other found in a compact
digital camera. The built-in Wi-Fi technology lets you view images and videos on
your smartphone or tablet.
Optics: The SH-1 is equipped with a powerful
24x Olympus wide optical zoom lens. The lens has a focal length of 4.5-108mm,
which is equivalent to 25-600mm in 35mm photography.
The 24x optical zoom lets you get close to the action, while the 25mm wide
angle lens allows you to capture wide landscapes and group pictures.
Touch Screen LCD Monitor: The camera is equipped with a 3.0"
color LCD monitor with approximately
460,000 dots and a 3:2 aspect ratio. The SH-1 offers a 5-level monitor brightness adjustment in the menu. By touching the
monitor you can perform several functions, including touch shutter release,
touch live guide, AF area selection, frame advance/backward, enlargement
playback, and touch super control panel.
Image Sensor: The Olympus SH-1 features a 1/2.3" BSI
CMOS image sensor with approximately 16-million
effective pixels. Combined with the new TruePic VII Image Processor, the SH-1
provides enhanced performance and operational speed.
5-Axis Image Stabilization: The 5-axis sensor-shift image
stabilization suppresses 5 types of movements for both still images and movies:
- Angular Blur: occurs during telephoto shooting
- Pitch: forward or rearward camera movement (along the
horizontal X axis)
- Yaw: right and left camera movement (with respect to the
vertical Y axis)
- Rotational Blur: clockwise or counterclockwise movement centered
on the lens; occurs often on lightweight compact cameras that are held with
a single hand
- Transitional Blur: camera moves vertically or horizontally,
typically during macro shooting
Recording Media: The SH-1
records still images or movies onto
optional SD, SDHC, or SDXC Memory Cards, including Ultra High Speed UHS-I cards.
In addition to SD cards, the camera will accept Eye-Fi cards. The SH-1 has a
small internal memory of 37 MB that can be used to store some test shots. Still images are recorded in JPEG format. Movies are recorded in MOV
(MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) with Linear PCM sound.
Built-in Wi-Fi: You can use the wireless LAN functions on
the camera to share and transfer images wirelessly, and operate the camera
remotely from a Wi-Fi-connected smartphone. The smartphone must be running the
Olympus Image Share (OI.Share) application, available from Google Play for
Android devices (version 2.3 and up) and from iTunes for iPhone, iPad, and iPod
touch (iOS 5 or later). In addition, you can add location information to your
images when using a smartphone with a GPS function. The wireless LAN function on
the camera cannot be used to connect to a home or public access point.
The focus range for the normal shooting mode is 3.6" to infinity for
wide angle and 1.3' to infinity in telephoto. In the Super Macro mode, the range is
0.12" to infinity.
AF Illuminator: The camera has a built-in LED illuminator
that assists in Auto Focusing, or illuminates a subject in shadows. It can be set
to automatically illuminate when the shutter button is pressed halfway.
Flash: The camera's built-in flash operates in the following
- Flash Auto: The flash fires automatically in low light or
- Red-eye Reduction Flash: This emits pre-flashes for red-eye
- Fill-in Flash: The flash fires regardless of the available light.
- Flash Off: The flash does not fire.
Self-Timer: You can take pictures of yourself using the
12-second built-in self timer. The 2-second self-timer also aids in preventing
camera shake. You can also customize the self-timer by setting the number of
frames, the delay time, and the interval time between shots.
Power Requirements: The SH-1 operates on the LI-92B
rechargeable Lithium-ion battery (3.6-volts, 1350 mAh). The supplied F-2AC-1B
battery charger can charge the battery in approximately 4.5 hours. A fully
charged battery can provide enough power for approximately 380 shots or 108
minutes of continuous movie recording.
Still Images: The SH-1 can record still images in JPEG formats.
Images can be
recorded in three sizes in four aspect ratios (4:3, 16:9, 3:2, 1:1) at
Normal or Fine compression rates.
Images can be recorded at the following resolutions:
||4608 x 3456
||4608 x 2592
||4608 x 3072
||3456 x 3456
||3200 x 2400
||3200 x 1800
||3216 x 2144
||2400 x 2400
||1920 x 1440
||1920 x 1080
||1920 x 1280
||1440 x 1440
||640 x 480
||640 x 360
||624 x 416
||480 x 480
Movies: Full HD and HD movies can be recorded in MOV format
(MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) in the following sizes/frame rates:
- 1920 x 1080/60p
- 1920 x 1080/30p
- 1280 x 720/30p
- 640 x 480/30p
- HS 640 x 480: High speed 120 fps
- HS 432 x 324: High speed 240 fps
Time Lapse Movie: The camera can generate a 20-second movie
by shooting successive images at a set interval. In the menu, you can set the
number of shots and the interval between shots. All still images are compiled
into a time-lapse movie.
Shooting Modes: The camera's top-mounted Mode Dial lets you choose
between several shooting modes:
- Program: The camera automatically sets shutter speed
and aperture, but allows you to make changes to a wide range of other
- Manual: The Manual mode lets you choose the
aperture value, shutter speed, and the ISO sensitivity manually.
- Art Filter: Lets you choose from the following filter
effects: Pop Art, Soft Focus, Pale & Light Color, Grainy Film,
Pin Hole, Diorama, and Dramatic Tone.
- Scene: Lets you select from the following pre-programmed
settings: Portrait, e-Portrait, Landscape, Interval Shooting, Night Scene, Night+Portrait,
Sport, Indoor, Self-Portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Cuisine, Documents, Beach & Snow,
Super Macro, and Backlight HDR
- Hand-Held Starlight: Records night scene pictures with
less camera shake can be taken without a tripod.
- Panorama: You can shoot and combine multiple images to
create an image with a wide angle of view. You can choose from auto or
- Photo Story: When shooting, an image is incorporated
into a layout frame set to create a desired collage. You can choose from
standard, speed, zoom in/out, or fun frames.
- iAuto: The camera automatically selects the optimal shooting mode
for the scene.
Sequential Shooting: The camera can take one frame at a
time, or a sequence of pictures at a time by holding down the shutter button.
During sequential shooting, the focus, exposure, and white balance are fixed
when the first frame is shot. You can choose from the following:
||Frames Per Second
||Maximum # of Frames
|High Speed 1
|High Speed 2
The higher the ISO value, the greater the camera's light sensitivity and better
its ability to shoot in low light. The SH-1 can automatically set the
camera's sensitivity according to the conditions around the subject. A High ISO
Auto setting can be selected to minimize blur caused by a moving subject or by
camera shake. Manual settings include ISO
125, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, and 6400 equivalents.
Exposure Compensation: In some
situations, you may get better results by adjusting the exposure slightly using
compensation. You can adjust from -2.0 to + 2.0 EV in
1/3 stop increments.
Still Image Audio Recording: When activated, the camera's
built-in microphone can be set to record four seconds of audio after the shutter
button is released and the picture is taken. In the playback menu, you can add
up to 4 seconds of audio to still pictures.
and Editing Images
Image Playback: Once still images or movies have been
captured, the camera gives you several options for playing them back:
- Manual Playback: View images manually one-by-one
- Slide Show: Play still
images back as a slide show. You can
choose to include one of five types of background music.
- Index View: For
viewing multiple images at once, you can create an index display of 16
- Playback Zoom: In single-frame playback, you can zoom
in on the photo up to 10x. Once you are zoomed in, you can move around the
picture using the arrow buttons.
Outputs: The SH-1 is equipped with an HDMI Micro
Connector (Type D) for connecting the camera to an HDMI-equipped HDTV.
The output can be set to 1080p, 1080i, 720p, or 480p. If the connected HDTV is
compatible with HDMI Control, you can set the camera to be controlled by the
TV's remote control. The camera also has
a proprietary multi-connector jack used as an audio/video output (with the
optional CB-AVC3 cable) or a USB port (with the supplied USB
cable). You can change the video output type from NTSC to PAL when connecting to
a TV with the PAL system.
Editing Pictures: You can edit your photos using one of the following:
- Shadow Adjust: You can brighten areas that are dark due to
backlighting of other reasons
- Redeye Fix: Red-eyes caused by flash shooting can be retouched.
- Cropping: You can zoom in using the cropping frame, and create a
- Rotate: Lets you rotate the image from landscape to
portrait or portrait to landscape orientation.
- Image Size: You can save a high-resolution image as a separate
image with a smaller size to use in e-mail attachments or other
- e-Portrait: Makes skin look smooth and translucent.
- Audio Record: You can record a 4 second audio clip for
- Share Order: Using Wi-Fi, you can share images with a
smartphone or tablet.
Erasing/Protecting Images: Unwanted
images can be erased one at a time or all at once. You can protect important
images to avoid accidentally erasing them. Once an image is protected, it cannot
be erased during a single-frame erase or all-frame erase function. Protected
images are erased when the memory is reformatted.
PictBridge Printing Capability:
Using the supplied USB cable, you can connect this camera directly to a
PictBridge-compliant printer. PictBridge is a standard that allows you to
connect a PictBridge compliant camera directly to a PictBridge compliant printer
and make prints, regardless of brand.
Supplied Software: The SH-1 comes with Olympus Viewer 3
software on CD-ROM. The disc also includes a full Camera Instruction Manual.
The software is
compatible with the following Operating Systems:
- Windows XP (SP3)
- Windows Vista (SP2)
- Windows 7 (SP1)
- Windows 8/8.1
- Mac OS X v10.5-v10.9
Mass Storage Device: When the camera is used as a Mass Storage device,
you can connect it to computers with a USB connection, running the following operating systems:
- Windows XP (SP3)
- Windows Vista (SP2)
- Windows 7 (SP1)
- Windows 8/8.1
- Mac OS X v10.5-v10.9