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Summary of Contents for ABcam 218

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Page 2: ...Please read this manual carefully before use and keep it for future reference Please format your SD card first in our camera when you start to use our camera or format it in computer ...

Page 3: ...are Your Camera for Use 9 Install Battery 9 Charge the Lithium Battery 9 Install the SD Memory Card 9 Start Your Digital Camera 10 Photo Mode 11 Video Mode 18 Playback Mode 19 Install PhoTags Express Software 21 Optimize and Share Your Photos 24 Download Photos to Your PC 25 Photags Express Software User s Instruction 28 Transfer Photos and Videos to Your PC Manually 29 Transfer Photos and Videos ...

Page 4: ...14M 4416X3312 12M 4000X3000 10M 3648X2736 8M 3264X2448 7M HD 3648X2048 5M 2592X1944 3M 2048X1536 2M HD 1920X1080 VGA 640x480 2 7 Inch TFT LCD 8X Digital Zoom AS Anti shake Face Detect Smile Capture Continue Shot Self Timer Support Up to 64GB SD Memory Card certified brand SD card We recommend that you use 32GB to 4GB Memory Card Speed Class 4 above Built in Flash PhoTags Express Software for Photo...

Page 5: ...load Photos and Videos Your Computer Needs to Meet the Following Minimum Configurations Windows Vista 800MHz Processor and 512MB RAM 20GB Hard Disk with at Least 15GB Available Space Support Super VGA Graphics Array Available USB Interface CD ROM Drive Computer System Requirements for Macintosh Power Macintosh G3 500 MHz or Higher Mac OS X Version 10 5 X Version or Earlier At Least 128 MB RAM Avai...

Page 6: ...4 Quick Introduction of Your Digital Camera ...

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Page 8: ...6 Main Icons on the LCD ...

Page 9: ...to mode Image Full screen playback photos Remaining space by picture Remaining space by video Continuous shooting off Delete the current item Back to photo mode Recorded time Video time Full screen playback videos ...

Page 10: ...er Self timer in 2 seconds Self timer off Photo Quality Normal Digital Zoom Fine W T Super Fine Protection Lock Flash Force Flash Anti Shake Auto Flash Anti Shake on Anti Shake off Flash Off Red Eye Reduction Mode Scene Mode Auto Night Portrait Night Scenery camera Portrait Scenery Sport Playback Party Beach High Sensitivity Video ...

Page 11: ...ra for a long time Charge the Lithium Battery Connect the camera to the PC with the provided USB cable correctly to charge the battery The LED light will be on in the charging mode and off after fully charged Or connect the camera to the charger via USB cable to charge Install the SD Memory Card This camera supports SD memory card of up to to 64GB SD Memory Card certified brand SD card We recommen...

Page 12: ...g formatting as it may cause irreversible damage to the card Start Your Digital Camera The digital camera supports 3 modes Photo Mode Video Mode and Playback Mode Photo mode is for taking still photos You can record videos in Video Mode and preview photos videos rotate protect delete crop and print in Playback Mode Power on Press the power button to turn on the camera The LCD will light up and the...

Page 13: ...e object up to 8 times with the digital zoom Press Multi Function button A to zoom in the object and press the Multi Function B button to zoom out The icon W T will show up on your LCD screen Flash In dark conditions it is best to use the built in flash You can also use the flash in the backlight conditions How to set up the flash Note Please set the camera to the Distant Focus Mode Otherwise the ...

Page 14: ...directly switch into Scene options a Press Left button b Press Up Left Right Down button to select the scene and press Menu button or Multi Function A to confirm Image Size The image size and quality determine the number of photos that can be saved and the memory required for each photo The photos of higher quality will take more memory The image size and quality will also affect the maximum size ...

Page 15: ...ws you to take the best portraits 1 Press Menu button 2 Press Right Left button to select the icon 3 Press Up Down button to select On Off 4 Press Menu button or Multi Function A to confirm Smile Capture 1 Press Menu button 2 Press Right Left button to select the icon 3 Press Up Down button to select On Off 4 Press Menu button or Multi Function A to confirm Note Once you use Self Timer this functi...

Page 16: ...me 4 Press Menu button or Multi Function A to confirm Note Once you use Self Timer this function the Smile Capture function will be off automatically Setup There are 14 settings in the setup menu including Exposure ISO White Balance Sharpness Quality Size Date Auto Power Off Language Frequency Beep Sound Format Default Setting and Cancel Here is how to change the settings 1 Press Menu button 2 Pre...

Page 17: ...lect White Balance in Setup menu 2 Press Menu button or Multi Function A to enter the submenu 3 Press Up Down button to select Auto Daylight Cloudy Incandescent Fluorescent 4 Press Menu button or Multi Function A to confirm and return to the Photo Mode Note Press Multi Function B to exit Sharpness This setting allows you to adjust the sharpness of your images making them more or less edgy 1 Press ...

Page 18: ...nu 2 Press Menu button or Multi Function A to enter the submenu 3 Press Up Down button to select On display date on the photo when you download to your computer Off no date on the photos Set Date reset the system date 4 Press Menu button or Multi Function A to confirm and return to the Photo Mode Note Press Multi Function B to exit Set Date 1 Press Menu button or Multi Function A enter the submenu...

Page 19: ...s Menu button or Multi Function A to confirm and return to the Photo Mode Note Press Multi Function B to exit Beep Sound This allows you to turn on off the button sound 1 Press Up Down button to select Beep Sound in Setup menu 2 Press Menu button or Multi Function A to enter the submenu 3 Press Up Down button to select on off 4 Press Menu button or Multi Function A to confirm and return to the Pho...

Page 20: ...te The camera has limited built in memory A SD card needs to be inserted before recording Press Down button to enter the Video Mode and start recording An icon will appear on the left top of the LCD screen and a red spot will be flashing on the LCD screen Press Shutter button to stop recording The approximate rest time which can go on to take recording and the approximate rest quantity which how m...

Page 21: ...bnail Playback When the camera is in the Playback Mode press Down button to enter the thumbnail playback Select a JPG photo and press Menu button or Multi Function A to display the photo in full screen In full screen mode you can press up down button to zoom in out 1 Press Down button to enter the thumbnail playback 2 Press Up Down Left Right to choose which photo you want to preview 3 Press the M...

Page 22: ...enu button or Multi Function A to unlock the current file Note Press Multi Function B to exit Delete Delete unwanted photos and videos at any time to release more memory You can delete one image or video clip at a time or delete at once all the unprotected photos and videos that are currently stored on the memory card 1 Press Menu button in the Playback mode 2 Press Right Left button to select the...

Page 23: ... print the photos 1 Select the photo needs to be printed 2 Press Menu button 3 Press Right Left button to select the icon 4 Press Up Down button to select Print Cancel 5 Press Menu button or Multi Function A to enter print options and the Please connect to device message will show up on the screen 6 Connect the camera to a compatible printer with the USB cable correctly to print Play AVI files Sel...

Page 24: ...PhoTags Express Click on the Install AP to start installing The language window will show up on the screen and you can select your language Then the installation window is as follows After you have clicked Install PhoTags Express button some windows will show up to help you finish ...

Page 25: ...low the instruction and select the default settings in the software Register Online Click Register Online button to finish the registration or you can click Continue to register later After this step the main window will appear on the screen ...

Page 26: ...otos 3 Share photos Share your photos via E mail Printing and Create HTML website to upload your photos online 4 Workshop Create CALENDARS GREETING CARDS and POSTCARDS on standard photo paper You can also purchase the ALBUMS and VIDEO CD These are the two additional functions available anytime for you to create photo albums or CD slides that can be viewed on your PC You can also create VCD slides ...

Page 27: ...e the transferring Or you can 1 Click on the My Computer Icon on the desktop 2 Your memory card will appear as a Removable Storage Device 3 Click on the Removable Storage Device to view the images The images will be stored in the subfolder DCIM 4 You can now copy and paste the images to any directory 2 Download photos via PhoTags Express Double click the PhoTags Express icon on the desktop to laun...

Page 28: ...nt to copy to your computer Both your camera and the memory card will appear in the Active list Select Custom Copy and click Next to continue Note At this moment you can select Express to copy all the photos to your computer Select your photos and click Next to continue ...

Page 29: ...which you want to place the photos Click Finish to copy the photos to the location you selected Note All the picture pasted will appear in the Select Photos main window Now you can edit your photos according to your needs and download them to your PC For how to edit the photos you can refer to the Quick Start guide in the PhoTags Express ...

Page 30: ...unch the PhoTags Express Click Tour button on the main window to view how to use the PhoTags Express in detail Note If PhoTags Express cannot upgrade the DirectX automatically you can manually install the DirectX in the CD before using the camera If the version of DirectX in the windows operation is lower than 8 1 the AVI file cannot be played Click here ...

Page 31: ...ect the default settings to compete the transferring 2 Or you can 1 Click on the My Computer icon on the desktop 2 Your memory card will appear as a Removable Storage Device 3 Click on the Removable Storage Device to view the images The images will be stored in the subfolder DCIM 4 You can now copy and paste the images to any directory Transfer Photos and Videos to Your MAC Manually PhoTags Expres...

Page 32: ...0 Video Resolution 1280x720 HD 720x480WS 640x480 VGA 320x240 QVGA LCD Display 2 7 TFT LCD External Memory SD card Up to 64GB Digital Zoom 8X Digital Zoom Exposure EV 3 EV 3 White Balance Auto Daylight Cloudy Incandescent Fluorescent Scene Auto Night Portrait Night Scenery Portrait Scenery Sport Party Beach High sensitivity ISO Auto 100 200 400 Self timer Off 2s 5s 10s File Format JPEG AVI Anti sha...

Page 33: ...emoved Please insert the SD memory card before use Please refer to the following instruction for correct installation Face Detect YES Smile Capture YES Continuous Shooting YES VGA 6 PCS Microphone YES Optical Viewfinder N A TV Output N A Interface USB 2 0 System Requirements Windows XP VISTA 7 8 10 MAC Battery Lithium Battery Working Temperature 0 40 ...

Page 34: ... leave out important photos A To use your camera normally it is recommended that you insert a 32GB to 4GB Memory Card Speed Class 4 above SD memory card All your photos will be stored on this memory card It is strongly recommended that you download the photos frequently from this card in order to release more space This will also be the backup data when you have lost or damaged the storage card Th...

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