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Summary of Contents for DC3550

Page 1: ...Digital Camera DC3550 User s Manual 9 9 9 9 6 8 8 5 5 ...

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Page 3: ...tures Using Zoom Macro Mode Exposure Compensation White Balance Using the Flash Self Timer LCD Brightness Beep Sound Taking a Movie Playback Pictures Display a Movie Deleting Pictures Managing Pictures Viewing Pictures Connecting External Equipmen FAQ Frequently Asked Questions Television Display Output PC Display Output Specifications Installing Software How to install driver for Windows98 other ...

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Page 5: ...sing Argus This camera is not resistant to water and should not be used outdoors in snow or rain If accidentally dropped in water please quickly pour out the water Dry it with sunlight or an air blower Protect it from excessive humidity It will wet the lens and the pictures taken will be blurred Do not attempt to disassemble the camera yourself Always take it to an authorized service facility for ...

Page 6: ...Contents of Package 2 DC 3550 camera Wrist strap Lens cover Video cable Installation CD ROM USB cable User s Manual Lens cap strap 4 AA 1 5V batteries ...

Page 7: ...nts Intel 486 or higher CPU intel pentium processor or higher recommended Microsoft Windows98 Me XP operation system 2000 At least 16MB RAM 80MB harddisk space CD ROM driver Microsoft Mouse or compatible mouse device 3 ...

Page 8: ...r Control panel Viewfinder Self timer lamp red Viewfinder focus dial Connector cover Macro self timer flash AC adapter connector Video output connector Computer connector USB card compartment cover NTSC DC3550 Nomenclature 4 ...

Page 9: ...line lamp AF ready orange LCD monitor Display button Menu button Enter button Shutter release button Mode dial Zoom lever Navigation Dial Power button Battery compartment open close lever Tripod mount Viewfinder Autofocus mark 5 ok mark bottom view ...

Page 10: ...Accessory Set up CARD CARD Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 6 ...

Page 11: ...ttery chamber cover Insert 4 AA batteries into the battery chamber Be sure to use correct polarity as shown on the battery chamber inside cover See Figure 2 3 Close battery chamber cover Slide the LOCK switch in the direction of the arrow to secure the battery compartment closed See Figure 3 Battery Installation 7 sliding the LOCK switch in the opposite direction of the arrow to unlock ...

Page 12: ...r long periods the AC adapter may get warm This is normal 2 Open the Connector cover and plug the AC adapter into the AC adapter connector on the camera See illustration 4 To disconnect turn off the power and unplug the AC adapter first from the camera then from the outlet AC wall outlet AC adapter 1 Be sure that power is OFF Using the AC Adapter 8 AC adapter connector ...

Page 13: ...camera is OFF 1 Turn OFF camera power 2 Open the Card compartment cover 3 Push the eject lever to eject the card See Figure 2 Figure 1 Figure 2 Formatting the CF Card 2 Press the Menu button to display the Menu 1 Set the Mode dial to 3 Move arrows on the navigation to and press FORMAT 4 Confirm with then auto run FORMAT SURE 9 Open the CF card compartment cover eject lever COMPLETE ok ok the back ...

Page 14: ...ess OK move the cursor up down left right OK OK ENTER button or 2 Press MENU to display the menu screen 3 Press the navigation arrow to toggle through the items 4 Press OK to select and item Date Format 6 press OK when condition element is selected condition Press OK to complete selection Navigation tools 5 Use the navigation arrow to select condition elements 7 Use the navigation arrows to adjust...

Page 15: ...FR GR L S LCD W B DATE 2002 09 20 15 45 FORMAT SURE SIZE QUAL LANGUAGE ENGLISH GERMAN FRENCH 2002 09 20 15 45 11 STILL MODE MENU MOVIE MODE MENU ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ITEM CONDITION ELEMENT each value of condition element sunny cloudy fluorescent indoor lamp first then COMPLETE ...

Page 16: ...he last image of movie picture M S LCD will display the last image of still picture The images that are displayed will be a slide 12 MULT1 continue to be display SLIDE ok ok ok LOCK SURE COMPLETE COMPLETE ok ok Press to pause ok ok ok ok ok ...

Page 17: ...d quality Red eye reducing Macro Frame number High quality Large size Standard size CF card check Battery check Flash Fill in Flash auto Flash off Night scene shake avoid Selftimer LCD Panel Control Screen 13 ...

Page 18: ...e the picture When the orange lamp blinks focus or exposure is locked Viewfinder Autofocus mark Taking pictures using the optical viewfinder Taking Pictures Figure 1 Using Zoom When using the Digital tele mode your picture will appear approximately six times larger The setting will be canceled when the power is turned OFF NOTE Press the T to choose telephoto shooting See figure 2 Press the W to ch...

Page 19: ... OFF When using movie record mode in Macro mode the camera has an effect similar to Digital TEL mode 1 Set the Mode dial to or To cancel the Macro mode press the Macro button again until the disappears Control panel 2 Press the Macro button until appears on the control panel Shooting Range 0 66 0 2m 1 64 0 5m approximately Macro Mode You can take photographs in macro mode as close as 0 2 meters A ...

Page 20: ...ing that steps approx Press the arrow on the dial for adjustment and the arrow for adjustment navigation Note Not available in the Manual mode The setting will be canceled when the power is turned off The exposure compensation may not work properly when shooting with the flash 1 Set the Mode dial to or White Balance 2 Press the Menu button to display the Menu 1 Set the Mode dial to 3 Press the arr...

Page 21: ...eye appearing red Regardless of available flash Never flash Night Scene Slow shutter speed mode with speed as slow 1 second Flash working range approximately 2 62 0 8m 18 37 5 6m Note A blinking green lamp signifies the flash is the time of charg Wait until the green lamp is not blinking to take the picture When using the flash in the Macro mode especially with wide angle shooting the flash may no...

Page 22: ... a timer runs for roughly 10 seconds before the shutter is released To cancel the self timer mode press the self timer button until disappears Self Timer NOTE When using the self timer mode the use of a tripod is recommended LCD Brightness 2 Press the arrow on the navigation dial to select mode then press the arrow to adjust LCD brightness Finally press to confirm it LCD 1 Set the Mode dial to or ...

Page 23: ...ess botton to conform 1 Set the Mode dial to and press to display MENU BEEP Taking a Movie 1 Press to set exit MENU 2 Use to select wide angle or telephoto W T 3 Press the shutter halfway to lock focus and exposure See Figure 1 4 Press the shutter fully to record movie until the gauge is full This usually happens within approximately 12 seconds See Figure 2 Figure 1 Figure 2 19 ok ...

Page 24: ...i Frame Mode 4 Press if you want to resume and select another 5 Press to specify the photographed image under single frame mode Slide Mode 1 Press 2 The images that are displayed will be a slide 3 Press to pause Enlarge Pictures using Zoom mode 1 You can enlarge the preview to check the image 2 Zoom in different parts of the image 3 Pressing reverts picture to zoom out 1 Press 2 Press to toggle be...

Page 25: ...s to toggle between multi frames mode Use to select and display the image from 6 frames 3 Press if you want to resume and select another 4 Press to specify the movie under single frame mode Slide Mode 1 Press 2 The images that are displayed will be a slide 3 Press could be pause Play movie 1 Press to play the movie when data is loaded 1 Press 2 Press again could be pause or resume 21 ok ok ok ok o...

Page 26: ... is protected or the write protect adhesive seal MARK is placed on the picture the camera does not erase it Cancel the protection or remove the seal use to switch LOCK UNLOCK under protect mode Important Managing Pictures 1 Set the Mode dial to or Press the MENU 22 ok ok MULTI and to select the picture you want to protect ok 2 Press the and navigation dial to select Use arrow to choose ONE ALL MEN...

Page 27: ...til it is readjusted Connecting External Equipment Television Display Output Recorded images can be viewed on TV 1 Be sure the TV is OFF and the camera is OFF prior to connecting 2 Connect the cable by inserting video connector between camera and television See Figure 1 5 Select a picture Use instructions on page 20 Playback Picture to choose a picture 4 Set the camera Mode dial to or 3 Turn on th...

Page 28: ...ate connector according to computer s platform IBM PC AT compatible Connect the provided USB Socket serial cable to the USB port on your computer USB serial port USB socket serial cable card reader PC Display Output 24 ...

Page 29: ...DC3550 STI Protocol Image Process Video Streaming How to install driver for Windows98 other OS without How to install MGI PhotoSuite8 21SE software How to install QuickTime5 software 25 ...

Page 30: ...toSuite8 21SE QuickTime 5 USB driver for Windows 98 other OS without driver installation 2 Find appropriate file and click to open it If you are using Windows Me 2000 XP installation will auto run 3 Click the setup exe file to execute file set up 4 Follow on screen instructions to complete installation 26 ...

Page 31: ...nel to install USB Driver to your computer 4 Use instructions on page28 to page37 to install the driver 1 Install way Follow on screen of your computer click START SETTING CONTROL PANEL Add New Hardware 2 Screen display the driver file name automatically Then click Next 3 Select the driver Then click Next Search 4 Select locations of data source Then click Next 5 Screen display to confirm the driv...

Page 32: ...28 Install way Follow on screen of your computer click START SETTING CONTROL PANEL add New Hardware ...

Page 33: ...29 Note Screen display the driver file name automatically Then click Next ...

Page 34: ...30 Note Select the driver Then click Next Search ...

Page 35: ...31 Note Select locations of data source Then click Next ...

Page 36: ...Digital Camera Zoom 32 Note Screen display to confirm the driver location Then click Next F ...

Page 37: ...7 Digital Camera Zoom 33 Note Follow on screen instructions to complete installation Screen display windows has finished installing Then click Finish ...

Page 38: ...34 Note Screen display a removable Disk appear Then click it ...

Page 39: ...35 Note A new file appear ...

Page 40: ...36 Note Click the file ...

Page 41: ...37 Note Click the file to playback picture ...

Page 42: ... Next 4 Display the LICENSE AND WARRANTY information If you agree click Yes 5 Please select the image file type s that you wish associate then click Next 6 Choose the file destination location Browse the folder then click Next 7 Select folder name Accessories or new then click Next 8 Display Current setting automatically then click Next 9 Display Online Registration automatically then click Contin...

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Page 44: ...40 Note The set up process automatically please wait ...

Page 45: ...41 Note The software recommended that you exit all Windows programs If you ready click Next ...

Page 46: ...42 Note Display the LICENSE AND WARRANTY information If you agree click Yes ...

Page 47: ...43 Note Please select the image file type s that you wish associate then click Next ...

Page 48: ...44 Note Choose the file destination location Browse the destination folder then click Next ...

Page 49: ...45 Note select folder name Accessories or new then click Next ...

Page 50: ...46 8 21 8 21 Note display Current setting automatically then click Next ...

Page 51: ...47 Note display Online Registration automatically then click Continue ...

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Page 53: ...49 Note Follow on screen instructions to complete installation Screen display windows has finished installing Then click Finish ...

Page 54: ...50 Note Program way click Start Programs MGI PhotoSuite8 21SE MGI PhotoSuite8 21SE exe or click quick mark ...

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Page 60: ...RANTY information If you agree click Agree 4 Choose the file destination location Browse the folder then click Next 5 Please select the image file type s that you wish associate then click Next 6 Select folder name Accessories or new then click Next 7 Selection of Plugin then click Next 12 Follow on screen instructions to complete installation Screen display windows has finished installing Then cl...

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Page 63: ...59 Note The instruction of Location Installation Update then click Next ...

Page 64: ...60 Note The software recommended that exit all Windows programs If ready click Next ...

Page 65: ...61 Note Display the LICENSE AND WARRANTY information If you agree click Agree ...

Page 66: ...62 Note Choose the file destination location Browse the folder then click Next ...

Page 67: ...63 Note Please select the image file type s that you wish associate then click Next ...

Page 68: ...64 Note Select folder name Accessories or new then click Next ...

Page 69: ...65 Note Selection of Plugin then click Next ...

Page 70: ...66 Note The set up process automatically please wait ...

Page 71: ...67 Note The instruction of Setup Assistant then click Next ...

Page 72: ...68 Note The MIME Setting then click Next ...

Page 73: ...69 Note Select the file type assocition then click Next ...

Page 74: ...70 Note Follow on screen instructions to complete installation Screen display windows has finished installing Then click Finish ...

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Page 80: ...er 32M is required to FORMAT 6 WRITE PROTECT Write function is protected Detect when deleting Delete action failure Protected files can not be deleted You must set up Release PROTECT firstly 7 LENS INIT ERROR The initial value of Lens is not set up correctly Detect when starting up Key failure The initial value of lens had not been defined in the software 8 COMPRESS REEOR Data is not compressed co...

Page 81: ...ead data Detect when reading data Key failure File unfold failure 16 AVI READ ERROR Fails to read animation Detect when reading data Fails to extract data Files in a AVI mode fails to read 17 FORMAT ERROR Memory card fails to format Detect when formating Format failure Format memory card failure 18 SYSTEM ERROR System failure Memory self test Shut down in a few seconds automatically Memory address...

Page 82: ...ression ratio HQ 1 8 SQ 1 16 CF cards are available in many different CF cards are available in many different capacities Storable cards CF card 8MB 16MB 32MB 48MB Storable cards CF card 8MB 16MB 32MB 48MB 64MB 96MB 128MB 192MB option 64MB 96MB 128MB 192MB option Number of storable pictures 16 HQL 32 SQL 100 HQS 200 SQS based on 8MB memory Number of storable pictures 16 HQL 32 SQL 100 HQS 200 SQS ...

Page 83: ...VGA 320 X 240 pixels at 15fps Movie display mode 12sec for QVGA 320 X 240 pixels at 15fps Shutter 1 1 2 1 500 sec mechanical and electronic shutter 2 Aperture Wide F2 8 F8 Tele F4 6 F13 6 Shutter 1 1 2 1 500 sec mechanical and electronic shutter 2 Aperture Wide F2 8 F8 Tele F4 6 F13 6 Exposure control Programmed auto and manual compensation 2EV in 1 3EV steps approx 6 3EV 6 3EV Exposure control Pr...

Page 84: ...ption Professional AC adapter option Image playback on TV NTSC Image playback on TV NTSC External adapter Computer adapter TV adapter AC adapter option External adapter Computer adapter TV adapter AC adapter option Continuous shooting Over 100 pictures Continuous shooting Over 100 pictures Dimensions W X H X D 110 X 70 X 45mm Dimensions W X H X D 110 X 70 X 45mm Weight without battery 245g Weight ...

Page 85: ...he slot Be sure that the CF card is in the upright position 3 Close the CF card slot Powering Up 1 Turn the power on by sliding the POWER button following the arrows 2 Turn the MODE dial to DC3550 Nomenclature 3 You are ready to take photographs LCD modes Standard quality Red eye reducing Macro Frame number High quality Large size Standard size CF card check Battery check Flash Fill in Flash auto ...

Page 86: ...er system Do not install this driver into your computer if the operation system is not Windows98 Improper installation may destory your computer Warning Find hardware from CD ROM driver specify a location C WIN98 And bump to CD ROM G INF B MGI PhotoSuite INSTALLATION Installation procedure Choose Setup language Select image file type Choose Destination Location Online Registration C INSTALLATION C...

Page 87: ...se Select by Freehand Filled Ellipse filled Rectangle Filled rounded Rectangle Straight Line Filled Polygon Flood Fill Erase White Select color sample Select pen size Fore ground color Back ground color Increase Decrease Clone Text Air Brush Free Hand Hollow Polygon Hollow rounded Rectangle Hollow Rectangle Hollow Ellipse Select by Magic Wand Select by Rectangle Color palette MGI PHOTO SUITE 8 21S...

Page 88: ...Play Forward Backward Last Frame First Frame Volume Mute TV Switch QUICKTIME5 MENU QUICK GUIDE ...

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