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HP
Photosmart
945
Digital Camera
with
HP Instant
Share
user's manual
User's Manual
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Trademark and Copyright Information © 2003 Copyright Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. Microsoft® and Windows®
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Camera Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Attaching the Lens Cap Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Attaching the Neck Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Installing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Installing the Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Focus Search Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Hints on Using Manual Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Setting the Exposure Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 2-second release priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Noise Reduction for Long Exposures . . . . . . . . .39 Using the Capture Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Help for the Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 EV Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 4: Using HP Instant Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Setting Up the Share Menu on the Camera . . . . . . . . 70 Using the Share Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Selecting Images for HP Instant Share Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 How HP Instant Share E-mails Images . . . . . . . . 75 Chapter 5: Unloading, Printing, and Displaying Images . .77 Unloading Images to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Printing Images Directly from th
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HP Accessibility Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 HP Photosmart Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Support Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Phone Support in the United States . . . . . . . . . .116 Phone Support in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Other Phone Support Worldwide . . . . . . . . . . .119 Appendix A: Batteries and Camera Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Managing Batte
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Chapter 1: Getting Started Congratulations on your purchase of this digital camera! This camera has many features to enhance your picture-taking TM experience, including 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 next time you connect the ca
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Camera Parts NOTE Refer to the pages in parentheses after the part names for more information about those parts. 1 2 3 4 17 16 5 MF 15 14 6 7 8 13 12 11 10 9 # Name Description 1 Allows you to select the different flash Flash button settings (this button only works when the (page 32) flash assembly is up). 2 Allows you to select between NORMAL, Timer/Burst SELF-TIMER, SELF-TIMER - 2 SHOTS, and button BURST mode. (pages 34, 35) 3 Allows you to select between NORMAL, Focus butt
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# Name Description 4 Zoom lever with Zooms out the lens to the wide angle position, and in to the telephoto position. Zoom Out and Zoom In (page 30) Solid green—camera is on. 5Power/Memory light (page 17) Solid amber—camera is writing to the memory card. Blinking green—camera is off and is charging the batteries. Blinking red—batteries depleted and camera is shutting down. Off—camera is off. 6Memory card Allows you access to insert or remove the door (page 17) memory card. 7 Allow
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# Name Description 13 Turns Live View on and off on the Image Live View Display. button (page 23) 14 Image Display Allows you to frame pictures and video (page 23) clips using Live View and review them afterward in Playback, and to view all the menus. 15 Eye Start sensor Turns on the microdisplay in the (pages 23, 84) viewfinder when it detects that you are looking into the viewfinder. 16 Viewfinder with Allows you to frame the subject of your microdisplay picture or video clip. (page 2
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Tv AUTO 1 2 OFF 3 6 5 4 # Name Description 1 Shutter button Takes a picture and records audio, or (pages 27, 28, starts and stops recording a video clip 29) 2 Mode selector Allows you to select between video mode (pages 29, 38) and a number of different exposure modes for still pictures 3 Neck strap Allows you to attach a neck strap (a mount (page 16) mount is on each side of the camera) 4 Speaker Plays camera sounds and audio clips 5 Pops up the flash assembly. The flash will Pop-up flash
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1 2 3 4 5 8 7 6 # Name Description 1Microphone Records audio clips (page 28) 2 Self-Timer/ Blinking red—Self-Timer is activated Focus Assist Solid red—on for short periods in low light light conditions to improve auto focus (pages 34, 85) 3 USB connector Allows you to connect a USB cable from the (pages 77, 79) camera to a USB-enabled computer or printer 4 TV connector Allows you to connect an optional Audio/ (page 81) Video cable from the camera to a television 5Power adapter Allows you to
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# Name Description 7 Camera dock Allows you to connect the camera to the connector optional HP 8881 camera dock (page 126) 8 Battery door Allows access to insert and remove (page 16) the batteries Setup Attaching the Lens Cap Tether 1 With the front of the camera facing you, insert the small loop of the lens cap tether through the neck strap mount on the right side of the camera. 2 Insert the long loop of the tether through the small loop and pull to tighten the knot. 3 Insert the long l
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Attaching the Neck Strap Insert one end of the neck strap through a neck strap mount. Then thread the neck strap through the plastic tab to secure it. Repeat to attach the other end of the neck strap to the other neck strap mount. Installing the Batteries 1 With the front of the camera facing you, open the battery door on the bottom of the camera by sliding the latch to the “unlock” ( ) position and pulling the door toward you. 2 Insert the batteries as indicated inside the door. 3 Clo
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NOTE If you have rechargeable batteries, you can use the optional HP Photosmart 8881 camera dock or the optional HP AC power adapter to recharge the batteries while they are in the camera. For more information about these optional accessories, see Purchasing Camera Accessories on page 126. Installing the Memory Card 1 With the camera turned off and the back of the camera facing you, open the memory card door by sliding the door to the right. 2 Insert the memory card, making sure that it
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Understanding the Status Screen When you turn on the camera, the HP logo screen and then the status screen appear briefly on the Image Display. The main part of the status screen shows the number of pictures remaining, battery level, and the current settings for Flash, Resolution, and Compression. Any non-default Capture menu settings are shown as icons across the top of the status screen (default settings for Capture menu items do not have icons). The status screen also appears for a f
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Setting the Date and Time The camera has a clock that records the date and time at which you take each picture. This information does not appear in the image itself, but is recorded in the image properties, which you can see when viewing the image in the Image Info screen (page 67), in the Playback menu screen (page 61), or on your computer. The first time you turn the camera on, the following screen appears after you choose the language. 1 Adjust the value of the highlighted selection us
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Installing the Software NOTE A copy of this User’s Manual (in several different languages) is located on the HP Photo & Imaging software CD. Look in the \docs\Readme file on the CD to see where the manual is located. The camera software allows you to unload images from the camera, view them, print them, and e-mail them. It also allows you to configure the Share menu on the camera. Windows NOTE For the HP Instant Share component of the HP Photo & Imaging software to function properly on yo
