On an Olympus Stylus 300 Digital, how to turn off flash?

SOURCE: Battery charger won't charge

Hi,
I'm sorry to say I don't know much about Olympus digital cameras, I've never had one on the bench.
I would take your camera and charger to a shop that sells Olympus batteries try a different battery first, this way you can try it out before you buy and make sure the camera and charger are working ok...

The battery is a Li-Ion, when these get flattened too far they shut down and will refuse to charge, they can sometimes be recovered by using a power supply to lift them but you must be very careful (use a 300ma wall wart at just over the rated voltage of the battery for 10 mins then put it back in the charger) as they can catch fire if over charged, shorted or connected backwards also if its been so flat it refuses to charge its certainly past its best and should be replaced as its likely it will let you down again.

On the other hand it could be the charger, so best to try and check out both before buying anything.
If it happened very suddenly and the battery was still able to run the camera for quite a while I would think a charger problem is more likely, if the battery has been taking less time to charge recently and lasting shorter times its more likely the battery..
Having said that the protection circuits can shut down a seemingly good battery for other reasons.

If you find its the charger third party (non Olimpus) chargers are available quite cheaply on ebay as are batteries

Best of luck

Posted on Jun 14, 2008

SOURCE: Olympus Stylus 710- no flash mode

My flash still won't allow me to turn it on

Posted on Nov 02, 2008

SOURCE: grainy pictures...iso problem for olympus stylus 820

Without ISO you will not be able to take pictures.
ISO is the old ASA which is related to film speed
ISO 50 is very slow film speed and may result in blur and some grainy appearance , same as if you PUSHED ISO up to 800 in low light.

Try setting it to ISO 100 and see if that helps.

You can still select auto, but its related to either shutter or aperture priority in relation to the set film speed ( now ISO 100)

Posted on Sep 10, 2009

SOURCE: Olympus E-300 Digital SLR storing black images.

Most likely the shutter "curtain" (a few pieces looking like sheet metal just behind the mirror, designed to protect the camera CCD from dust and damage due to too much light) is not opening. This will require servicing by Olympus, since you will have to take the camera apart to be able to reach this camera part. Unfortunately, this may be a pretty expensive repair.

Posted on Dec 09, 2009

wayne walker

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SOURCE: Olympus Stylus 300 need date/time stamp to print

On Page 113 of the user manual (see the link below) shows you how to set the menu up to print the date onto the print when printed
Top Menu >Play >Print <up down arrows>Then select No, Date or Time
the user manual is available from here http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_download_manuals.asp choose your camera from the dropdowns
Direct link to the user manual http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/oima_cckb/Stylus_300_400_Digital_Mju_300_400_Digital_Reference_Manual_EN.pdf

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Posted on Mar 31, 2010