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Photography mode [

]

1. [

] Video mode

2. Zoom status

3. Remaining battery status

4. Image size

5. Possible recording time

/ elapsed time

6. Quality

7. Recording indicator

8. Self-timer icon

9. Focus icon

Playback mode [

] -Still image playback

1. Playback mode

2. File number

3. Folder number

4. Protect icon

5. Voice memo

Playback mode [

]-Video playback

1. Video status bar

2. Elapsed time

3. File number

4. Folder number

5. Protect icon

6. Video mode

7. Playback mode

8. Total time

Summary of Contents for 6.2

Page 1: ...ry 12 Inserting and Removing the SD Card Optional Accessory 13 Setting the Date and Time 14 Choosing the Language 15 Formatting the SD Card or Internal Memory 16 Setting Image Resolution and Quality 17 PHOTOGRAPHY MODE 17 Still Image Mode 18 Recording Voice Memos 18 Using the Optical Zoom 19 Using the Digital Zoom 20 Setting the Flash 22 Setting the Focus 23 Setting the Self timer 24 Exposure Comp...

Page 2: ...5 Slideshow Display 36 Protecting Images 38 DPOF Settings 40 Resizing an Image 41 Compressing an Image 42 Erasing Images 44 MENU OPTIONS 44 Still Image Menu Capture 47 Still Image Menu Function 49 Video Menu Capture 50 Video Menu Function 51 Playback Menu 52 Setup Menu In Photography Mode 53 Setup Menu In Playback Mode 54 EDITING SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 54 Installing NTI Photo Suite 55 CAMERA SPECIF...

Page 3: ... a 6 2 Mega pixel CCD this camera is capable of capturing images with a resolution of up to 2816 x 2112 pixels Package Contents Carefully unpack your camera and ensure that you have the following items Common Accessories Digital camera A V cable User s manual USB cable Camera strap Conversion adapter Optional Accessories SD card AC power adapter Rechargeable lithium ion battery Software CD ROM Cam...

Page 4: ...ideo clips Playback mode Performs image playback and deletion 5 Self timer LED Blinks red during Self timer mode until image is captured AF auxiliary LED Lights red for auto focusing when capture in dark place 6 Speaker Produces camera sounds and plays recorded audio 7 Lens 3x optical zoom lens allows you to capture telephoto and wide angle images 8 Conversion adapter Allows you to connect the con...

Page 5: ...ent state 4 Zoom in button Zooms the lens to telephoto position Zoom out button Zooms the lens to wide angle position 5 MENU button Toggles OSD menu on and off 6 Erase button Allows you to erase the image 7 Strap holder Camera strap attachment 8 SET Direction button Allows you to scroll through menus and image and then select choices 9 Battery SD card cover Allows access to the battery and insert ...

Page 6: ...you to choose the appropriate flash setting 3 button Scrolls downwards Self timer button Allows you to toggle the self timer on and off selects the desired self timer mode 4 button Scrolls left Exposure compensation Allows you to toggle the exposure Backlight correction button compensation backlight correction on and off 5 SET button Enters the menu page and confirms the chosen setting 2S ...

Page 7: ... connection to a PC System ready Accessing files in progress Color Green Red State On On Off Flashing During power off Battery charging in progress The completion of battery charge During photography Ready for shot When the image is not in focus Accessing files in progress Flash charging in progress ...

Page 8: ...mber of shots 10 Quality Fine Normal Economy 11 Date and time 12 Self timer icon 10s 10 sec 2s 2 sec 10 2s 10 2 sec 13 Unsteady hold warning icon 14 Exposure compensation Backlight correction 15 Metering icon Blank Average Spot 16 White balance icon Blank Auto A Incandescent Fluorescent 1 Fluorescent 2 Day Light Cloudy M Manual 17 Focus icon Blank Auto focus Macro Infinity 18 Scene mode A Auto Pan...

Page 9: ...apsed time 6 Quality 7 Recording indicator 8 Self timer icon 9 Focus icon Playback mode Still image playback 1 Playback mode 2 File number 3 Folder number 4 Protect icon 5 Voice memo Playback mode Video playback 1 Video status bar 2 Elapsed time 3 File number 4 Folder number 5 Protect icon 6 Video mode 7 Playback mode 8 Total time ...

Page 10: ...t the power of the camera is off before inserting or removing the battery Inserting the Battery 1 Open the battery SD card cover 2 Insert the battery in the correct orientation shown Tilt the battery lock lever in the direction of the arrow and orient the battery so that its label is facing to the rear side of the camera and then insert the battery 3 Close the battery SD card cover Removing the Ba...

Page 11: ...rted even if following the above procedure turn the power on at any mode after LCD monitor turns on and then turn the power off The battery may feel warm after it has been charged or immediately after being used This is normal and not a malfunction When using the camera in cold areas keep the camera and battery warm by holding them inside your outer cloth If you open the battery cover without remo...

Page 12: ...of the camera and then insert the card as far as it can go 3 Close the battery SD card cover Removing the SD card Open the battery SD card cover press lightly on the edge of the SD card and it will eject To prevent valuable data from being accidentally erased from an SD card you can slide the write protected tab on the side of the SD card to LOCK To save edit or erase data on an SD card you must u...

Page 13: ...de the mode switch to or 2 Press the MENU button and select Setup menu with the button 3 Select Date Time with the buttons and press the SET button The Date Time setting screen will be displayed 4 Select the item s field with the buttons and adjust the value for the date and time with the buttons The date and time is set in the order year month day hour minute The time is displayed in 24 hours for...

Page 14: ... monitor 1 Slide the mode switch to or or 2 Press the MENU button and select Setup menu with the button 3 Select Language with the buttons and press the SET button The Language setting screen will be displayed 4 Select the displayed language with the buttons and press the SET button The setting will be stored Mode Mode ...

Page 15: ...he SET button To cancel formatting select Cancel and press the SET button To format the internal memory do not insert an SD card into the camera Otherwise you will format the SD card Formatting the SD card also erases the protected images All data other than images are also erased Before formatting the card make sure that all the images are unnecessary Formatting is an irreversible action and data...

Page 16: ...pace High resolution and quality settings are recommended for printed output and situations requiring the finest detail Lower resolution quality images take up less memory space and may be quite suitable for sharing images via e mail in a report or on a web page To change image resolution or image quality perform these steps below 1 Slide the mode switch to or 2 Press the MENU button Capture menu ...

Page 17: ...utter button down halfway automatically focuses and adjusts the exposure and pressing the shutter button down fully captures the images The focus area frame turns blue and the status LED lights green when the camera is in focus and the exposure is calculated When the focus or exposure is not suitable the frame of the focus area turns yellow and the status LED turns red If the photographic preview ...

Page 18: ...l image mode immediately following a still image captured 1 Slide the mode switch to 2 Press the MENU button and select the Function menu with the button Function menu is displayed 3 Select Voice Memo with the buttons and press the SET button 4 Select On with the buttons and press the SET button 5 Press the MENU button to exit from the menu icon is displayed on the screen 6 Compose the image press...

Page 19: ...ital zoom a Press the MENU button b Select Function with the buttons c Select Digital Zoom with the buttons and press the SET button d Select On with the buttons again and press the SET button e Press the MENU button to exit from the menu screen f To activate the digital zoom press and hold the button completely until the image on the LCD monitor expands 3 Press the shutter button to capture a zoo...

Page 20: ...ode Scene Mode Auto Panorama Portrait X X X Landscape X X X Sports X X X Night Candlelight X X X Macro X X X Sunset X X X Sunrise X X X Splash Water Fireworks X X X Single Continuous X X X Capture Mode AEB X X X Focus Mode Auto Macro Infinity A The available flash settings in different photography modes This table is for reference only and varies according to different combination of photography m...

Page 21: ...itions When capturing images the red eye phenomenon can be reduced by asking the subject person to look at the camera or get as close to the camera as possible The flash always fires twice and the image is captured at the second firing Forced Flash In this mode the flash always fires Use this mode for photographing under artificial light such as backlighting Flash off Use this mode when capturing ...

Page 22: ...ou choose the appropriate focus mode Focus mode Description Blank Auto Focus Selects this when you want to leave the settings up to the camera so that you can capture images without paying attention to settings Approximately 50 cm to infinity both Wide and Tele Macro Selects this when you want to capture a close up image Wide zoom off Approximately 6 cm to infinity Tele at optical zoom 3x Approxim...

Page 23: ...eset time has elapsed The countdown is displayed on the LCD monitor To cancel the self timer during operation press the shutter button halfway The table below will help you choose the appropriate self timer mode Self timer mode Description 10s 10 sec The image is captured about 10 seconds after the shutter button is pressed 2s 2 sec The image is captured about 2 seconds after the shutter button is...

Page 24: ... button to decrease the value The setting range of the exposure compensation is as follows 2 0 1 7 1 3 1 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 3 0 7 1 0 1 3 1 7 2 0 Press the button to confirm the setting The larger the value the brighter the image The smaller the value the darker the image The set value is displayed on the screen Effective Subjects and Set Values positive compensation Printed matter comprising black tex...

Page 25: ...ription A Auto Camera automatically determines settings needed for the best picture Panorama To create 360 panoramic images Portrait To photograph a person and blur out the background Landscape To photograph mountains forests or other landscape scenery rich in color Sports To photograph fast moving objects Night To photograph scenes at night Candlelight Softer focus and daylight white balance trip...

Page 26: ... White Balance Manual WB ISO Metering Panorama Portrait X X X X X X X Landscape X X X X X X X Sports X X X X X X X Night X X X X X X X Candlelight X X X X X X X Macro X X X X X X X Sunset X X X X X X X Sunrise X X X X X X X Splash Water X X X X X X X Fireworks X X X X X X X Available X Unavailable Auto ...

Page 27: ...s the shutter button to capture the next image 4 Follow the same steps to capture subsequent images in the sequence 5 Finish the sequence by pressing the MENU button or switch to another mode after the last image has been recorded Video Mode This mode allows you to record video clips at a resolution of 320 x 240 640 x 480 pixels You can select audio to be recorded or not 1 Slide the mode switch to...

Page 28: ...g back images Each press of the button switches the information display state in the following order Pressing the buttons during image playback will result in a 90 degree rotated display The button rotates the image clockwise and displays it whereas the button rotates the image counterclockwise and displays it A press of the button opposite to the direction in which the image was rotated will retu...

Page 29: ... image appears on the screen 2 Select the desired video clip with the buttons 3 Press the SET button A press of the buttons during playback allows fast forward play fast reverse play To stop video playback press the button This stops playback and returns to the start of the video clip To pause video playback Press the SET button This pauses video playback To cancel pause press the SET button again...

Page 30: ...tor with video clips Forward play Each press of the button moves the operation one step in the sequence of 4 times fast forward play and regular play Reverse play Each press of the button moves the operation one step in the sequence of 4 times fast reverse play and regular play Pause Stop The display returns to the 1st frame playback Canceling pause Regular forward play The next image is displayed...

Page 31: ... Connect one end of the A V cable to the conversion adapter terminal of the camera If you use the conversion adapter to connect the A V cable insert the conversion adapter into the conversion adapter terminal of the camera first and then connect one end of the A V cable to the A V terminal of the conversion adapter 3 Connect the other end to the A V input socket of the TV set 4 Turn the TV and cam...

Page 32: ...e voice memo with the buttons 3 Press the shutter button VOICE RECORDING is displayed on the screen and recording starts 4 To stop recording voice memo during recording press the shutter button again VOICE RECORD END will be displayed and the recording will end A icon is displayed with images that have been recorded with a voice memo Playing back voice memo A press of the SET button displays VOICE...

Page 33: ... on the screen 2 Press the button The images are displayed in the thumbnail display Images that have been selected with the buttons will be indicated by a green frame When there are ten or more images scroll the screen with the buttons 3 Press the buttons to select the image to be displayed at regular size 4 Press the SET button The selected image is displayed at its regular size A icon will be di...

Page 34: ... enlarge from the thumbnail display 3 Adjust the zoom ratio with the buttons Pressing the button enlarges the image To return to normal magnification press the button The image is displayed enlarged and the magnification factor is displayed on the LCD monitor 4 Press the buttons to select the area to enlarge 5 To return to regular display toggle the button until the regular display appears on the ...

Page 35: ... then press the SET button 5 To stop the slide show during playback press the SET button The image is displayed on the screen when you press the SET button The Auto OFF function does not operate during slide show All still images in the folder are automatically played back Video clips are displayed the first frame image and they are not played back You can adjust the slide show display interval wi...

Page 36: ...tons 3 Press the MENU button The playback menu is displayed 4 Select Protect with the buttons and press the SET button 5 Select Single or All with the buttons and press the SET button 6 Select Set with the buttons and press the SET button Protect is executed and the camera returns to the playback mode The protect icon is displayed with protected images When All has been selected is displayed with ...

Page 37: ...le images simultaneously 1 Select Protect with the buttons from the playback menu and press the SET button 2 Select Select with the buttons and press the SET button The images are displayed in the thumbnail display 3 Select the image you want to protect with the buttons and press the button The protect icon is displayed with protected images Selecting a protected image and pressing the button agai...

Page 38: ... specified images 1 Slide the mode switch to 2 Select the image that you want to set DPOF with the buttons 3 Press the MENU button The playback menu is displayed 4 Select DPOF with the buttons and press the SET button The DPOF setting screen is displayed 5 Select Single or All with the buttons and press the SET button Single Sets DPOF for each individual image All Sets DPOF for all images at once ...

Page 39: ...tes a file containing the DPOF information and when the operation is finished the screen returns to the playback mode The date that is printed on the photo is the date set on the camera To print the correct date on the photo set the date on the camera before you photograph the image Refer to section in this manual titled Setting the Date and Time for further details Before you perform the DPOF set...

Page 40: ...not be resized when the SD card is write protected 1 Select the image that you want to resize 2 Press the MENU button 3 Select Resize with the S T buttons and press the SET button 4 Select the image size that you want to change with the S T buttons and press the SET button To quit resizing press the MENU button When resizing ends the screen returns to playback mode It is possible to reduce the siz...

Page 41: ...resized Economy quality images Images captured with other camera Protected images Video clips Images cannot be changed quality when the SD card is write protected 1 Select the image that you want to change its quality 2 Press the MENU button 3 Select Quality Change with the S T buttons and press the SET button 4 Select the image size that you want to change with the S T buttons and press the SET b...

Page 42: ...ss the SET button Erasing at Playback Mode Erasing single image Erasing all images 1 Slide the mode switch to The last image will be displayed on the screen 2 Select the image you want to erase with the W X buttons 3 Press the button The deletion menu will be displayed 4 Select Single or All with the S T buttons and press the SET button Single Erases the selected image or the last image All Erases...

Page 43: ... Select Select with the buttons and press the SET button The images are displayed in the thumbnail display 4 Select the image you want to erase with the buttons and press the button The icon will be displayed One more press of the erase button will cancel the operation Repeat this procedure and select all the images that you want to erase 5 Press the SET button To delete the image in internal memo...

Page 44: ...the mode switch to 2 Press the MENU button Capture menu is displayed 3 Select the desired Capture option item with the buttons and press the SET button to enter its respective menu 4 Select the desired setting with the buttons and press the SET button 5 To exit from the menu press the MENU button The unavailable menu options are in gray color ...

Page 45: ...4 1600 x 1200 640 x 480 Quality This sets the quality compression rate at which the image is captured Fine Normal Economy Sharpness This sets the sharpness of the image that will be photographed Hard Normal Soft Saturation This sets the dsaturation of the image that will be captured High Normal Low Color This sets the color of the image that will be photographed Standard Vivid Sepia Monochrome ...

Page 46: ...ecute determine the subject such as a white paper that will be used to set the white balance Cancel Execute ISO This sets the sensitivity for capturing images When the sensitivity is raised and the ISO figure is increased photography will become possible even in dark locations but the more pixelated grainier the image will appear 50 100 200 400 Auto Metering This sets the metering method for calcu...

Page 47: ... the menu press the MENU button Capture Mode This sets the recording method at the time of capturing images Blank Single Capture an image at a time Continuous Permits continuous photography of 3 images max AEB AEB Permits 3 consecutive images in the order of standard exposure underexposure and overexposure compensation Voice Memo Refer to section in this manual titled Recording Voice Memos for fur...

Page 48: ...nted directly on the still images This function must be activated before the image is captured On Off Real Time AF This sets the Real Time Focus function at image capture preview mode On Off Select Enter LCD Bright Select a brightness level for the LCD monitor The LCD becomes brighter with the button and darker with the button The adjustment range is from 5 to 5 Digital Zoom This sets whether or n...

Page 49: ...s and press the SET button to enter its respective menu 4 Select the desired setting with the buttons and press the SET button 5 To exit from the menu press the MENU button Size This sets the size of the image that will be photographed 640 x 480 320 x 240 Quality This sets the quality compression rate at which the image is captured Fine Normal Color Refer to the section in this manual titled Color...

Page 50: ...ctive menu 4 Select the desired setting with the buttons and press the SET button 5 To exit from the movie menu press the MENU button Audio This sets whether or not to record audio at the time of video recording On Off LCD Bright Refer to section in this manual titled LCD Bright in Still Image Menu Function for further details Digital Zoom On Audio On Digital Zoom Refer to section in this manual t...

Page 51: ...titled DPOF Settings for further details Protect Refer to section in this manual titled Protecting Images for further details LCD Bright Refer to section in this manual titled LCD Bright in Still Image Menu Function for further details Resize Refer to section in this manual titled Resizing an Image Resize for further details Quality Change Refer to section in this manual titled Compressing an Imag...

Page 52: ...ff Fr No Reset This creates a new folder The photographed images are recorded to the newly created folder from number 0001 Cancel Execute Auto OFF If no operation is performed for a specific period of time the power to the camera is automatically turned off This feature is useful to reduce battery wear 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min Off Date Time Refer to section in this manual titled Setting the Date and Time...

Page 53: ...ography Mode for further details Format Refer to section in this manual titled Formatting the SD Card or Internal Memory for further details Fr No Reset Refer to section in this manual titled Fr No Reset in Setup Menu In Photography Mode for further details Card Info This displays the free capacity of the SD card If the SD card is not inserted NO CARD message is displayed on the screen System Info...

Page 54: ...ges ready and explore this amazing program To install NTI Photo Suite 1 Insert the CD ROM that came with the camera into your CD ROM drive The welcome screen appears 2 Click INSTALL NTI PHOTO SUITE Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation To use NTI Photo Suite to edit and retouch your recorded images please refer to the on line help For Windows 2000 XP users please make sure...

Page 55: ...m camera Approx 50 cm to infinity both Wide and Tele Focus range Approx 6 cm to infinity Macro Wide Approx 35 cm to infinity Macro Tele Shutter speed 1 2 1 2000 sec Digital zoom 4x Capture mode 4x in 0 5x increments Playback mode Metering system Average Spot Flash effective range 0 5 m 2 7 m Wide 0 5 m 2 4 m Tele Self timer 10 sec 2 sec 10 2 sec DC IN 5V terminal Via conversion adapter Interface A...

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