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HP Photosmart M305/M307
digital camera with HP Instant Share
User's Manual
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Attaching the Wrist Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Installing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Installing a Memory Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 11 Turning on Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Choosing the Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Setti
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Using Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Optical Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Digital Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Setting the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Using the Shooting Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Using the Self-Timer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Using the Burst Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Using th
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Selecting Images for HP Instant Share Destinations . . 69 How HP Instant Share E-mails Images . . . . . . . . 71 Chapter 5: Transferring and Printing Images . . . . . . . . . . .73 Transferring Images to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Printing Images Directly from the Camera . . . . . . . . . 75 Chapter 6: Using the Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Display Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Camera Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Phone Support in the United States and Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Phone Support in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Other Phone Support Worldwide . . . . . . . . . . .127 Appendix A: Managing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Top Points About Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Extending Battery Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 Safety Precautions for
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Chapter 1: Getting Started Congratulations on your purchase of this HP Photosmart digital camera! This camera has many features to enhance your picture-taking experience, including 7 shooting modes, HP Instant Share, direct printing capability, manual and automatic controls, on-camera Help, and an optional camera dock. With HP Instant Share, you can easily select images in your camera to be automatically sent to your favorite destinations (such as e-mail addresses and online albums) the
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Setup To locate a part on your camera (such as a button or a light) while following the instructions in this section, see Camera Parts on page 16. Attaching the Wrist Strap Attach the wrist strap to the wrist strap mount on the side of the camera as shown. Installing the Batteries 1 Open the Battery/Memory card door on the side of the camera by sliding the door down toward the bottom of the camera. 2 Insert the batteries as indicated inside the door. 3 If you want to install an optional
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NOTE Digital cameras use batteries at a much faster rate than film cameras. Battery life in digital cameras can be measured in hours and minutes of use rather than the years more typical of film cameras. Battery life may also vary dramatically from one user to another, depending on what modes the camera is being used in most frequently. For hints on optimizing battery performance, see Appendix A: Managing Batteries on page 129. NOTE You can also use an optional HP AC power adapter to pow
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1 With the Battery/Memory card door open, insert the memory card in the small slot below the batteries, with the notched side of the card going in first, as shown. The card only fits one way; do not force it. Make sure the memory card snaps into place. 2 Close the Battery/Memory card door by pushing the door down and sliding the door toward the top of the camera until the door latches. To remove the memory card from the camera, first turn the camera off. Then open the Battery/ Memory c
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Choosing the Language The first time you turn the camera on, the following screen appears and prompts you to choose a language. 1 Scroll to the language that you want by using the buttons on the Controller . 2 Press the Menu/OK button to select the highlighted language. NOTE If you need to change the language later, you can do this with the Language setting in the Setup menu. See Chapter 6: Using the Setup Menu on page 79. Setting the Date and Time The camera has a clock that records th
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3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the correct date/time format, date, and time are set. 4 Press the Menu/OK button when you have entered the proper values for the date and time. A confirmation screen appears, asking if the correct date and time have been set. 5 If the date and time are correct, press the Menu/OK button to select Yes. If the date and time are incorrect, press the button to highlight No, and then press the Menu/OK button. The Date & Time screen appears again. Repeat steps 1 thro
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1 Close all programs and temporarily disable any virus protection software running on your computer. 2 Insert the HP Image Zone software CD into the CD drive of your computer. Follow the instructions in the installation screen that automatically appears. NOTE If the installation screen does not appear, click Start, click Run, type D:\Setup.exe, where D is the letter of your CD drive, then click OK. NOTE If you have trouble installing or using the HP Image Zone software, see the HP Custome
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User Manual on the CD A copy of this camera User’s Manual in several different languages is located on the HP Image Zone software CD. To view your camera User’s Manual: 1 Insert the HP Image Zone software CD into the CD drive of your computer. 2 On Windows: Click View User’s Manual on the Main page of the CD installation screen to view the User’s Manual. On Macintosh: Look in the readme file in the docs folder of the HP Image Zone software CD to locate the User’s Manual in your language. C
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# Name Description 1Power light Solid—Camera is on. Blinking rapidly—Camera is shutting down due to lack of battery power. Blinking slowly—Camera is charging the batteries using the optional HP AC power adapter or the optional HP Photosmart M-series dock. Off—Camera is off. 2 Turns the camera power on and off. ON/OFF switch (page 12) 3 Zoom lever Zoom Out—While taking still (page 34) pictures, zooms out the lens to the wide angle position. Thumbnails—While in Playback, allows you
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# Name Description 6Battery/Memory Allows access to insert and remove the card door batteries and an optional memory card. (pages 10, 11) 7 Menu/OK button Allows you to display the Capture (pages 43, 58) and Playback menus and to select menu options and confirm certain actions on the Image Display. 8 Allows you to scroll through menus and Controller images on the Image Display. with and buttons 9 Image Display Allows you to frame pictures and video (page 30) clips using Live View and
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# Name Description 15 Viewfinder lights solid red—Video is recording. AF solid green—When you press the Shutter button halfway down, this light turns on solid when the camera is ready to take a picture (auto exposure and auto focus are locked, and the flash is ready). Or when you press the Shutter button all the way down to take a picture, this light turns on solid to indicate that auto exposure and auto focus were successful. AF blinking green—When you press the Shutter button half
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Front, Second Side, and Bottom of the Camera 1 2 3 7 6 4 5 # Name Description 1Microphone Records sound (audio and video). (page 28) 2 Self-Timer light Blinks during the count-down before taking (page 40) a picture or recording video when the camera is set to Self-Timer or Self-Timer - 2shots. 3Flash Provides additional light to improve (page 36) picture-taking. 4 Allows you to connect an optional HP AC Power power adapter to the camera to either adapter connector operate the camera
