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AgfaPhoto DC-2030m

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Changing the LCD Status

Press the

SET/DISP

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REC mode

(A) OSD on (B) Full OSD (C) Guide line (D) OSD off

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Use the “Guide line” to compose images easily before shooting images.

PLAYBACK mode

(A) OSD on (B) Full OSD (D) OSD off

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You cannot change the LCD status in the following situation:

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Manual exposure

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Summary of Contents for DC-2030M

Page 1: ...DC 2030m User manual ...

Page 2: ...e camera in the rain or snow Moisture creates internal danger and may cause electric shock Keep the camera and its accessories out of the reach of children and animals to prevent accidents or damage to the camera If you notice smoke or a strange odor coming from the camera turn the power off immediately Take the camera to the nearest authorized service center for repair Never attempt to repair the...

Page 3: ...O ACTIVATE SMILE CAPTURE 22 USING INTELLIGENT SCENE MODE 23 TO ACTIVATE INTELLIGENT SCENE 23 USING BLINK DETECTION MODE 24 TO ACTIVATE BLINK DETECTION 25 USING THE Q MODE 26 SETTING IMAGE SIZE AND QUALITY 27 USING THE ZOOM FUNCTION 28 USING THE FLASH 29 USING THE MACRO 30 USING THE SELF TIMER BURST 31 USING THE APERTURE PRIORITY 32 USING THE SHUTTER PRIORITY 33 USING THE MANUAL EXPOSURE 33 USING T...

Page 4: ...ING THE IMAGE WITH EFFECTS 51 CHOOSING THE IMAGE WITH PHOTO FRAME 52 COPYING THE FILES 53 SETTING THE DPOF 54 CHOOSING A STARTUP IMAGE 55 MAKING CONNECTIONS 56 CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO A TV 56 CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO A PC 57 USING THE CARD READER 57 CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO A COMPUTER WITH THE USB CABLE 57 APPENDIX 58 ABOUT THE FOLDER FILE NAME 58 FOLDER STRUCTURE 58 FILE NAMING 59 TROUBLESHOOTIN...

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Page 6: ...about recording images Playback This section explains playback delete and edit functions of still images movies and audio files Making Connections This section tells you how to connect this camera to a computer or TV Appendix This section describes the troubleshooting and the camera specification The meanings of the symbols used in this user s manual are explained below This indicates cautions tha...

Page 7: ...oft Case Strap 2 x AA Batteries Software Installation CD ROM Quick Guide y Actual accessories may be different y Note that the shape of the charger plug depends on the area where you purchased the camera y Do not swing the camera around by the strap C Ca au ut ti io on n ...

Page 8: ...Self timer Lamp 5 Zoom Button page 28 y Thumbnail page 45 y Playback Zoom page 44 6 Playback Button page 13 7 Operation Lamp 8 Mode Button page 13 y Delete Button page 46 9 Menu Button page 16 10 LCD Monitor page 9 11 Flash Button page 29 12 SET DISP Button page 11 13 Macro Button page 30 ...

Page 9: ...to DC 2030m 4 14 Speaker 15 Power Button page 12 16 Stabilizer 17 Shutter Button page 21 34 18 USB AV Terminal page 20 57 19 Strap Ring 20 Memory Card Slot Cover page 6 21 Tripod Socket 22 Battery Cover page 5 ...

Page 10: ... in the setup menu page 20 y Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type dispose of used batteries according to the instructions y Be sure to turn off the camera power before insert or remove batteries y It is recommended to use the provided battery For other compatible batteries please refer to Battery types page 20 Use of any other type battery is not recommended y Replace all ...

Page 11: ...ointing in y To remove the card gently press on the edge of the card and release it Pull the card out and close the SD Card cover Close the SD Card cover y It may cause damage to the card if removed while the camera is on y Do not touch the connection terminals on the back side of the card y Not all cards may be compatible with your camera When purchasing a card please check the card s specificati...

Page 12: ...emory card Images that are taken by a DCF camera can be viewed on DCF compatible cameras from other manufacturers Setting the Display Language Date Time When using the camera for the first time after purchasing be sure to choose a language and set the date time before using the camera Setting the Display Language Turn the power on and set the camera to the Setup Menu page 17 Select Language y Pres...

Page 13: ... y Press or to change the value of the cursor located Press or to move the cursor between settings y Holding down or changes the values continuously y For date stamp setting page 41 Apply the setting y After adjusting the settings press the SET or the MENU button to apply the setting y If the batteries are removed for longer than 48 hours the Date and Time will need to be re set 1 2 3 4 T Ti ip ps...

Page 14: ...er speed page 21 2 Flash page 29 15 Shake warning page 21 3 Macro page 30 16 Aperture value page 21 4 Self timer Burst page 31 17 Face tracking page 42 5 Zoom indicator page 28 18 Exposure page 40 6 Shots remaining 19 Focus area page 21 7 Battery page 5 20 Date stamp page 41 8 Storage media 21 AEB page 40 9 Stabilizer 22 Sharpness page 41 10 Metering page 38 23 Quality page 27 11 ISO page 40 24 Re...

Page 15: ...e 48 8 Histogram 3 Voice memo page 37 9 Captured date time 4 File number Total 10 Voice memo control page 37 5 Battery page 5 11 DPOF page 54 6 Storage media 12 Resolution page 27 y Some information may not display correctly if you display images captured by other camera model C Ca au ut ti io on n ...

Page 16: ...y Use the Guide line to compose images easily before shooting images PLAYBACK mode A OSD on B Full OSD D OSD off y You cannot change the LCD status in the following situation Manual exposure Recording movie clips or audio files Playing movie clips or audio files Playing the slideshow Viewing in thumbnail Trimming a still image T Ti ip ps s C Ca au ut ti io on n ...

Page 17: ...n on the camera in the PLAYBACK mode y The power turns on and an image displays on the LCD monitor p Press the POWER button n again to turn the power off y The power turns off the lens retracts and the LED turns off y You can turn on the camera without the start up and operating sound by pressing and holding the POWER n or the PLAYBACK o button over 1 5 seconds y Switch between REC mode and PLAYBA...

Page 18: ...n or the PLAYBACK o button to restore the power The power save feature will not activate in the following situation y Recording movie clips or audio files y Playing movie clips or audio files y Playing the slideshow y Connecting the camera to a computer or printer with the USB cable Changing the Mode You can record images and voices in the REC mode And using the PLAYBACK mode to replay delete or e...

Page 19: ...ovie For recording movie clips Voice REC For recording audio Q Mode Allows beginners to take pictures easily Portrait Blurring the background to focus on the subject Landscape Used for the wide scenic views Sunset Enhance the red hue for recording sunset images Backlight Shooting the image of backlight object by changing metering Smile Capture Capture the most brilliant smile of characters Kids Ta...

Page 20: ...ilding Enhance the edges of the subject Text Enhance the black white contrast Auction Records small size images that are perfect for auction notices Blink Detection This feature detects if the subject blinked an eye when the image is captured and gives the user an option whether to save it or not Intelligent Scene The camera detects the shooting conditions and automatically switches to the appropr...

Page 21: ...ss the MENU button n to display the menu Select an item y Press or o to select a menu item Change the setting y Press or o to change the setting Press the MENU n or the SET o button to save the settings and close the menu REC menu list Still Image Menu Item Available Setting Page Resolution 27 Quality 27 Metering 38 White Balance Auto 38 ISO Auto ISO125 ISO200 ISO400 ISO800 ISO1600 ISO3200 40 Expo...

Page 22: ...list Movie Menu Item Available Setting Page Movie Size 35 Metering 38 White Balance Auto 38 Setup menu Turn the power on and set the camera to the REC or PLAYBACK mode page 13 Press the MENU button n to open the REC or PLAYBACK menu y The menu displays depends on whether you are in the REC mode or the PLAYBACK mode Open the Setup menu y Press four way control o to select SETUP and then press the S...

Page 23: ...Press or o to select a menu item and then press or the SET o button to launch the submenu Change the setting y Press or o to select an option and press or the SET o button to apply the setting Press the MENU n button to close the menu 4 5 6 ...

Page 24: ...is turned off automatically for a period of time y The power save feature will not activate in some situation page 13 Date Time Sets the date time page 8 Language Select a language for display menus and other information from the following 21 languages page 7 Use this function if the camera experiences a Folder cannot be created error or if you want to restart numbering for example after erasing a...

Page 25: ... format y A COMPLETED message displays when finish formatting y All data will be deleted including protected files Be sure to download important files to your computer before formatting Off On LCD Save Enable the LCD save function to automatically decrease the LCD brightness to conserve battery power When the camera is idle for 5 seconds the LCD darkens To ensure the camera displays battery level ...

Page 26: ...us area n becomes green while in focus then shutter speed o aperture value p and ISO value q are displayed y If the shutter speed is slow or the possibility that image may be blurred the shake warning icon may appear on the LCD monitor To avoid this use a tripod to stabilize the camera when recording images Take a picture y Press the shutter button fully to take a picture y Make sure that your fin...

Page 27: ...elect from Scene Mode submenu page 13 Focus the camera on the subject to capture Press the shutter button to start smile detecting The smile capture icon blinks every second and the white focus frame turns green to denote camera activity When a smile is detected the camera will automatically take a shot of the image It will continuously take 6 shots whenever a smile is detected To stop shooting be...

Page 28: ...amera detects the shooting conditions and switches to an appropriate scene mode Half press the shutter button to focus the subject The frame turns green to indicate focus is set Press the shutter button to take the shot The table below shows the modes supported by intelligent scene Icon Intelligent Scene Modes Description Portrait This mode is set when a face is detected Backlight This mode is set...

Page 29: ...lower than 5 or 4 5 y After the camera detects the shooting conditions this icon changes to show the detected scene mode y Face tracking is automatically enabled Using Blink Detection Mode The Blink Detection mode tracks faces and determines captured image that contain subjects with blinked eyes After shooting when the camera detects that the subject blinked an eye a menu selection appears to ask ...

Page 30: ...Half press the shutter button to focus the subject The frame turns green to indicate focus is set Press the shutter button to capture the image The image is automatically saved unless the camera detects that the subject blinked an eye Select Save Image to save or Cancel to disregard 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 31: ... Off 2 sec 10 sec Double Burst Face Tracking Off On Photo Frame 10 frames can be selected Beep Off On Menu Auto Review Off 1 sec 3 sec 5 sec Rest of settings will not be controlled as below y Quality S Fine y Highlight Off y Metering Multi y Sharpness Normal y White balance Auto y Effect Off y ISO Auto y Date Stamp Date Time y Exposure Auto y Digital Zoom Off Fixed setting y AEB Off y AF lamp Auto...

Page 32: ...lity and purpose For details see page 16 Resolution Values Image Size Print Size 4000 x 3000 Printing larger than A4 size 4000 x 2664 4000 x 2248 3264 x 2448 2272x 1704 1600 x 1200 640 x 480 Printing to postcards or attaching to e mail Larger Smaller Quality Values Compression Purpose Super Fine Shoot higher quality images Fine Shoot normal quality images Normal Shoot for more images Higher Qualit...

Page 33: ... to compose the image W zoom out for a wide angle shot T zoom in for a telephoto shot y When the zoom button is pressed the zoom bar appears on the LCD monitor y When the optical zoom o factor is at maximum zooming stops temporarily Press the T again the camera switches to the digital zoom p automatically and zooming continues y The digital zoom p will not activate in movie recording Press shutter...

Page 34: ...n to change the flash mode y Each time the flash button is pressed the flash icon o changes Auto flash Flash fires automatically when shooting conditions require extra lighting Red eye reduction Flash strobes to let the subject s eyes adjust to the flash then fires again to take the actual image Your camera will detect the subject brightness and use the flash only when required Force on Flash fire...

Page 35: ...s 10 cm from the lens when in the maximum wide angle setting and 40 cm in the maximum telephoto setting Turn the power on and set the camera to the REC mode page 13 Press the macro button n enters the macro mode y The macro icon o displays in the LCD monitor y To leave the macro mode press the macro button n again Pan Focus When Pan Focus is set the camera focuses on every object Infinity When Inf...

Page 36: ...hot Use the burst to record continuous still images shooting Turn the power on and set the camera to the REC mode page 13 Open the REC menu page 16 y Use or to select Drive mode from the REC menu Change the setting y Press or to select a drive mode then press the SET button Off Record a single image 2 sec The shutter release will be delay for 2 seconds 10 sec The shutter release will be delay for ...

Page 37: ...rture Priority In this mode you can set an aperture value to match the brightness A higher aperture value brings the background out of focus Selecting a lower aperture value allows you to soften the background Turn the power on and set the camera to the Aperture Priority page 14 Adjust the aperture value by pressing or button Press shutter button to take a picture y The larger the aperture value t...

Page 38: ...e 13 Adjust the shutter speed by pressing or button Press shutter button to take a picture Using the Manual Exposure You can manually set the shutter speed and aperture to achieve a particular effect Turn the power on and set the camera to the Manual Exposure page 14 2 Use the SET button to switch between aperture value and shutter speed control Press or to adjust the setting Press shutter button ...

Page 39: ... Turn the power on and set the camera to the Movie mode page 13 Compose the subject on the monitor y Aim the focus area q to the subject that you want to take y The LCD monitor displays the available recording time p Start recording y Press the shutter button n to start recording y Using the zoom button o to adjust the image size y The White Balance is set and locked to the settings of the first f...

Page 40: ...acity is full Setting the Movie Size Movie Size and Frame Rate Icon Resolution Frame Rate 640 x 480 320 x 240 640 x 480 YouTube 30 frames sec YouTube Mode The YouTube Mode allows you to record movies with predefined video settings for easy upload to the YouTube website YouTube supports two file upload standards y Single File Uploader The maximum movie file size is up to 100 MB y YouTube Uploader T...

Page 41: ...s Turn the power on and set the camera to the Voice REC mode page 13 Press the shutter button to start recording y The voices are recorded from the microphone of the camera Be careful to avoid touching the microphone while recording Press the shutter button again to end recording y The camera will stop recording automatically when the memory capacity has been reached Playing Back Audio Clips Turn ...

Page 42: ...a voice memo to y If the image already has the voice memo recorded the appears on the LCD monitor The new recording will replace the previous one Open the PLAYBACK menu y Press the MENU button using four way control to select Voice Memo and press the SET button Press the SET button to start recording for 30 seconds y Press the SET button again to end recording y The voice memo cannot be added to a...

Page 43: ... Option Description Light is measured from the entire shooting screen but gives more importance to the values near the center Selects an exposure based on readings from multiple points in the subject area Selects an exposure based on a single reading taken from the center of your picture Setting the White Balance Adjust the white balance to match different light sources such as sunlight incandesce...

Page 44: ...ts for fluorescent lighting Corrects the green hue of fluorescent lighting Ideal for indoor photos under fluorescent lighting without a flash For more accurate adjustment or when the light source cannot be specified y Point the camera at a white piece of paper or similar object under the lighting conditions for which you want to set the white balance and then press the Shutter button T Ti ip ps s ...

Page 45: ...ity to ISO 3200 equivalent y Higher ISO speeds increase the image noise To take clean images use as low an ISO speed as possible Setting the Exposure Set the exposure value manually to compensate for unusual lighting conditions such as indirect indoor lighting dark backgrounds and strong backlighting Setting the AEB Sets the auto exposure bracketing AEB to shoot 3 continuous images each with a dif...

Page 46: ...ayback mode Option Description Off No effect is added to the image Red eye removal Playback only B W Convert image to black white Sepia Recorded image will be stored in a sepia tone Negative Opposite what they were in the original image Playback only Mosaic Add mosaic tiles to the images Playback only Red The image becomes reddish Green The image becomes greenish Blue The image becomes bluish Sett...

Page 47: ...e used as using the Face Tracking y When capturing an image with several faces face tracking function will take up more time tracking faces for the first time Setting Photo Frame You can add 10 kinds of frames to still images making them more interesting y This feature is only available with still images except 3 2 and 16 9 y The Highlight and Face Tracking cannot be used as when using the Photo F...

Page 48: ...way control or n y displays the previous image y displays the next image y Holding down or scrolls images in a high speed Playing Back Movie Clips Turn the power on and set the camera to the PLAYBACK mode page 13 Press or to select a movie clip that you want to playback Start playing back y Press to start playing the movie clip y Press to stop the movie clip or press to pause it When the movie pau...

Page 49: ... the image that you want to magnify or trimming y Only still images can be magnified and trimmed y Magnify the image y Press T n to magnify the image and the central portion of the image is displayed You can use the arrow button p to view different parts of the magnified image y Press the MENU button o to return to the normal size Trim the image y Press the SET button p to set the image trimming S...

Page 50: ...in full screen y You can protect or delete multiple images in thumbnail see page 47 49 Playing a Slide Show Turn the power on and set the camera to the PLAYBACK mode page 13 Enter the slide show y Press the MENU button n use the four way control o to select Slide Show and press the SET button o Change the slide show settings y Use the four way control o to set the slideshow interval effect and rep...

Page 51: ...n n then use the four way control o to select Delete and press the SET button o Press or o to select SINGLE and then press the SET button o Press or o to select the image you want to delete Press the SET button o to delete the image y Repeat step 4 5 to delete images y To quickly delete the current display image 1 Select the image you want to delete 2 Press the Delete button p to show a confirmati...

Page 52: ...then press the SET button y The frame of the selected image turns green Select multiple images y Use the four way control to select the image y Press the SET button toggles the on and off Repeat this step until all images that you want to delete are displayed with an icon Delete images y Press the MENU button then select Yes and press the SET button All selected images will be deleted y To cancel ...

Page 53: ...d images Protecting a Single File Turn the power on and set the camera to the PLAYBACK mode page 13 Open the menu y Press the MENU button then use the four way control to select Protect and press the SET button Press or to select SINGLE and then press the SET button Press or to select the image you want to protect Press the SET button to protect the image y When the file is locked the displays on ...

Page 54: ...to select Lock all and then press the SET button y To unlock all files select Unlock all in this step then press the SET button Press the SET button to protect all images Protecting Multiple Files Turn the power on and set the camera to the thumbnail screen page 45 Open the menu y Press the MENU button then Press or to select to select Protect and press the SET button Press or to select Select and...

Page 55: ...mages will be protected y To cancel protect press the MENU button in this step Editing Images Rotating Still Images Turn the power on and set the camera to the PLAYBACK mode page 13 Press or to select the image you want to rotate Open the menu y Press the MENU button then use the four way control to select Rotate and press the SET button Press the SET button to rotate the image y Each press rotate...

Page 56: ... large size image can be resize to a smaller one Changing the Image with Effects You may use Red Eye Removal remove the red eye caused by flash from original photo Or use color filters to save as a new image Turn the power on and set the camera to the PLAYBACK mode page 13 Press or to select the image you want to add the effect Open the menu y Press the MENU button then use the four way control to...

Page 57: ...ge 13 Press or to select the image you want to add the photo frame Open the menu y Press the MENU button then use the four way control to select Photo Fames and press the SET button Press or to select the image you want then press the SET button to apply the choice y The edited image will be saved as a new file 3 4 2 1 ...

Page 58: ... page 13 Open the menu y Press the MENU button then use the four way control to select Copy to card and press the SET button Press or to select Single then press the SET button y To copy all images to a memory card select All Press or to select the image you want to copy to a card Select Yes and then press the SET button to start copy y Repeat step 4 5 to copy other images y Press the MENU button ...

Page 59: ...ss the SET button s Press or to select Single then press the SET button y To set the DPOF setting for all images select All in this step y To reset all DPOF settings to initial default select Reset in this step Press or to select the image you want to print out Set the number of copies y Press or to specify the number of copies y The number of copies can be set from 0 to 30 y To cancel this image ...

Page 60: ...ce y A message Completed appears Set the camera to the Setup Menu page 17 Press or to select Start up Image then press or the SET button Press or to select a desired option and press the SET button to apply the setting Off Disable the start up image System Use camera default image My image Use the image that you just specified in step 3 Press the MENU button to close the menu y The start up image ...

Page 61: ...ing page 19 Turn off the camera and the TV Use the supplied AV cable to connect the camera to the TV set Set the TV input signal to Video In y Refer to the documentation included with your TV for more information Display on TV y Everything that would normally appear on the camera s LCD screen such as photo and video clip playback slide shows and image or video capture appears on the TV 3 1 2 4 5 ...

Page 62: ... removable drive icon that represents the memory card Copy images from the card into a directory of your choice on the computer s hard disk Connecting the Camera to a Computer with the USB Cable Install the USB software driver included with the bundled CD ROM Connect the supplied USB cable to the computer s USB port and turn on the camera y The LCD screen turns off when the connection to the compu...

Page 63: ...y DICAM All captured images videos and audio files are stored in this folder except for files recorded using the Auction or YouTube mode y _AUCT Captured images using the Auction mode are saved in this folder y _UTUBE Captured videos using the YouTube mode are saved in this folder Folder name begins with a 3 digit number from 100 to 999 and followed by DICAM or _AUCT or UTUBE each folder holds up ...

Page 64: ... exceeds 9999 the camera will display the warning message Folder cannot be created When it appears try one of the following ways y Reset the file number and plug in a new memory card y The folder number and file number are initialized and renumbered from 100 and 0001 respectively y Do not change the folder and file names in the memory card using your computer It may be unable to playback the data ...

Page 65: ... focus The subject was beyond the range within which the camera can focus Turn the Macro mode on it the subject is within 10 cm or 40 cm Do not use Macro mode when shooting distant subjects Image is not displayed on the LCD monitor A memory card with non DCIF images recorded with other camera is loaded This camera cannot display non DCIF images Recorded images are not saved in memory The camera wa...

Page 66: ...t Backlight Smile Capture Kids Night scene Fireworks Snow Sports Party Candlelight Night Portrait Soft Skin Soft Flowing Water Food Building Text Auction Blink Detection Intelligent Scene Aperture Priority Shutter Priority Manual Exposure Sensitivity Auto ISO 125 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 White Balance Auto Daylight Cloudy Tungsten Fluorescent H Fluorescent L Custom Exposure Contro...

Page 67: ...hoto DC 2030m 62 Microphone Built in Speaker Built in Dimension Camera Body W x H x T 92 x 60 5 x 24 3 mm Weight Camera Body w o battery Approx 115 g These specifications are subject to change without notice ...

Page 68: ...lawausa com Support Service USA Canada support apdc plawausa com Service Repair Hotline EU 00800 752 921 00 from a landline only Service Support Hotline Germany 0900 1000 042 1 49 Euro min from a German landline only Online Service International contact Not for USA Canada support apdc plawa com Manufactured by plawa feinwerktechnik GmbH Co KG Bleichereistraße 18 73066 Uhingen Germany AgfaPhoto is ...

Page 69: ...ction point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment The separate collection and recycling of your waste equipment at the time of disposal will help to conserve natural resources and ensure that it is recycled in a manner that protects human health and the environment For more information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling please contact your loca...

Page 70: ...cables have been provided with the product or when specified additional components or accessories have elsewhere been designated to be used with the installation of the product they must be used in order to ensure compliance with FCC regulations Declaration of Conformity We herewith confirm the following designated product AgfaPhoto digital camera DC 2030m has been tested and found to comply with ...

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