Olympus E-10 Review: Digital Photography Review

Record menu

Pressing the MENU button while in record mode displays the record menu. The menu layout will be easily recognisable to Olympus users. Simply use the 4-way pad and OK key to navigate around the menu and change settings. All menu options are detailed below.

Record menu	Options
Card Setup	• Erase All Images [example] • Format Card [example]
ISO	• Auto • ISO 80 equiv. • ISO 160 equiv. • ISO 320 equiv.
Bracket	• Frame • Off • 3 • EV +/- • 1/3 • 2/3 • 1
Flash Output	• +/-2 EV in 0.3 EV steps
Sharpening	• Hard • Normal • Soft
Contrast	• High • Normal • Low
Image Size / Quality setup	• Setup • TIFF • SHQ • HQ • SQ • Image Size • 2240 x 1680 • 1600 x 1200 • 1280 x 960 • 1024 x 768 • 640 x 480 • JPEG Quality • 1/8 • 1/4 • 1/2.7
Time-lapse	• 1 min - 24 hours
Shutter sound	• Sound • 1 • 2 • Volume • Off • Low • High
Beeps	• Off • On
Record view	• Auto • 5 secs • Off
Sleep	• Off • 1 min • 2 min • 5 min • 10 min

Kudos to Olympus for the flexible image quality setup feature, it allows you to assign your own custom image size and JPEG compression ratio to either SHQ, HQ or SQ "presets", these can be changed on the fly or to suit your photography / storage card, excellent!

Play menu

Pressing the MENU button while in play mode displays the play menu. Simply use the 4-way pad and OK key to navigate around the menu and change settings. All menu options are detailed below.

Play menu	Options
Slideshow	• Start (5 second delay between each image)
Copy (copy between SM and CF card)	• Select • All [example]
Card Setup	• Erase All Images [example] • Format Card [example]
Brightness	• Set LCD brightness [example]

Setup menu

Pressing the MENU button while in computer connect mode displays the setup menu. Simply use the 4-way pad and OK key to navigate around the menu and change settings. All menu options are detailed below.

Setup menu	Options
Macro button function	• Macro mode • Macro mode / Optional lens selection
Set Date & Time	• Set Date • Set Time
Filename	• Auto (continuous numbers) • Reset (filename numbers are reset by a blank card)
RAW mode	• Off • On (no other image modes will be available)
Histogram	• Off • On

Print reserve menu

Pressing the MENU button while in print reserve mode displays the print setup menu. Simply use the 4-way pad and OK key to navigate around the menu and change settings. All menu options are detailed below.

Print setup menu	Options
Print files	• Select all • Clear all
Date & Time on prints	• Off • Date • Time
Thumbnails	• Select all • Clear all