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Owner’s Manual(57482/57483)
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Table of Contents Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................. 2 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 3 What your camera includes:.............................................................................................................. 3 Computer System Requirements for Macintosh
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Introduction Thank you for purchasing a 4.1 Megapixel digital camera. Everything you need to take quality digital photos is included with your camera. Please read this manual carefully FIRST in order to get the most out of your digital camera. Key Features • Digital Video (QVGA) 320 x 240 Pixel • 4.1 mega pixel camera with choice of 5 digital camera resolutions - 2304 x 1728 Pixel, 2048 x 1536 Pixel,1600 x 1200 Pixel, 1280 x 1024 Pixel, 640 x 480 Pixel. • 1.5 Inch TFT Color LCD m
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• CD-ROM Drive • Recommended screen resolution 1024 X 768 pixels or greater • 256-color or higher display adaptor Computer System Requirements for Macintosh • Power Macintosh G3 500 MHz or higher • Mac OS X version 10.2.6 or later • 128 MB or more available system RAM (256 MB recommended),150 MB free disk space • 800 x 600 or higher-resolution monitor displaying millions of colors Caution: • Formatting will delete all the data on the SD Memory Card. • Do not remove the SD Memory
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A Quick Look at Your Camera Front Back 5
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The Mode Dial There are 4 modes on your camera. To select a mode, align the icon with the indicator to the right of the mode dial. • Camera Mode: Take still photos • Video Mode: Capture video • Playback Mode: View, print and edit photos and view videos • Setup Mode: Set date and time, exposure, white balance, sharpness, photo quality, frequency format and auto off time, format a memory card. Icons on the LCD Screen 6
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Battery power level Self-timer Full battery power Self-timer On Medium battery power Date Low battery power Photo quality Digital Zoom Standard quality 4.00X 4 x Digital Zoom High quality 3.00X 3 x Digital Zoom Flash 2.00X 2 x Digital Zoom Force Flash 1.00X
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Main Buttons Power on/off: Turn your camera On/Off. Press the button once to turn your camera on. Pressing it again will turn your camera off. Down/ Self –Timer Navigation buttons Left/Date Right/Delete OK/Enter Display The Navigation buttons are used to navigate and select functions. Menu Up/Flash Zoom Preparing Your Camera for Use Battery Installation Your camera requires two AA batteries. Insert the batteries into the camera
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4. Close battery door. When the Low Battery icon is flashing, you need to replace your camera’s batteries. If you do not have an SD memory card in the camera, please download any photos you have on the camera before switch off the camera. WARNING: Unless you are using an SD memory card, opening the battery compartment and/or removing the battery will erase the photos currently stored in the camera. Download your photos as oft
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Installing SD Memory Card Your camera has a memory card slot that enables you to insert any “SD” compatible memory card. Adding a memory card will allow you to increase the capacity of your camera before you have to transfer photos/videos to a PC. Photos and videos stored in this manner will not be lost regardless of any change in battery power. Note: Limited internal memory is provided for test images. Those images will be deleted when camera power is turned off. Please download the i
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Starting Your Camera Press and hold the On/Off button for 2 seconds to start the camera. The LCD screen will light up and the camera will sound a “beep”. This will confirm that your camera is on and ready for use. Camera Mode Set the mode dial to Camera Mode – the icon will appear on your LCD screen. Taking Photos You can compose your shot using either LCD screen or the view finder. Hold the camera steady and press the shutter button to take photo. There will be a short delay while
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Flash In low light conditions it is best to use the built-in flash. You can also use the flash to compensate for backlight conditions. To set the flash: Press the button. The will appear on the LCD screen. This means the flash function has been "forced on" (manual flash). If the flash is not ready a red LED will light up above the LCD screen and the icon will flash repeatedly- wait until the flash is ready before taking a photo. A low battery warning will appear on the LC
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Delete (Last Photo) You can delete the last photo taken from Camera mode. Press the button to select the DELETE IMAGE menu. Press the button to select DELETE. Press the OK/Enter button to confirm deletion. Press the button and select CANCEL if you do not wish to delete the image and then push OK/Enter. If you do not press any navigation buttons within 10 seconds, the menu disappears. Image Size and Quality The
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NOTE: To increase the number of photos your camera can take and store, use an external SD compatible memory Card (not included). SD memory cards come in a variety of capacities. Please refer to the “Installing an Optional Memory Card” section of this manual for more information. To learn how to set photo quality please refer to the “Setup Mode” section of the manual. Setting the Image Size In Camera Mode: Press the button to display the IMAGE SIZE menu. Using the an
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You can take 320 x 240 pixel digital video clips with your camera. Without an SD memory card, the limited internal memory in your camera is provided for test the video limited The maximum available recording time is displayed on the top left of the LCD screen. Press the shutter button to start recording. A red LED will light up above the LCD screen. Elapsed recording time will be displayed on the top left of the LCD screen. To stop recording press the shutter button again. NOTE: T
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Thumbnails display. When a file is selected, the number of the file you have selected will be displayed out of a total number of files in memory (e.g. 0018/0025). Thumbnails Display: 1. Press the Display button till you see your images displayed as thumbnails. 2. Use the navigation arrows to browse the media files in your camera. A selected file will be highlighted by a white border. The type of media will be displayed, AVI for a video or JPG for a photo. 3. To see
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2.Using the and navigation buttons, select LEFT to rotate the photo 90 degrees to the left or RIGHT to rotate the photo 90 degrees to the right or CANCEL. 3. Press the OK/Enter button to confirm your selection. Protect: You can protect your photos/videos from accidental deletion selecting to “lock” them. 1. Press the menu button . 2. Press the and navigation buttons until you have selected the Protect menu. 3. Using the and navigation buttons,
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A lock icon will appear on the LCD screen if you have selected to protect the file. (Note: Formatting a memory card will delete protected data too). Delete: Delete unwanted photos and videos at any time to free up memory. You can delete one image or video clip at a time or delete all the unprotected photos and videos that are currently recorded on the memory card at once. 1. Press the menu button . 2. Press the and navigation buttons until you have selected the Delete
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Crop: Crop your photos to show only a specific portion of an image or to highlight certain focal points. The Crop feature lets you zoom in on an image and then save that part of the image as a new photo. 1. Press the menu button . 2. Press the and navigation buttons until you have selected the Crop menu. 3. Using the and navigation buttons, select a function. a. ZOOM & PAN: i. Press to zoom in and press to zoom out. 19
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i. Press the navigation buttons , , and to pan across the image. Panning allows you to move around the image you have zoomed in on. ii. Press the OK/Enter button to save a copy of your selection. b. SAVE AS: This function is used to save a copy of an image after you have cropped it. c. CANCEL: Choose cancel to exit the menu without making changes. Press the OK/Enter button to confirm your selection PictBridge: PictBridge allows you to print images directly from your camera to
