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DC P1410 
Digital Camera 
User Manual

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Page 1: ...Welcome DC P1410 Digital Camera User Manual ...

Page 2: ...s pertaining to environmental management BenQ has spared no efforts in pushing our initiatives further to incorporate life cycle design in the aspects of material selection manufacturing packaging transportation using and disposal of the products BenQ ecoFACTS label lists key eco friendly design highlights of each product hoping to ensure that consumers make informed green choices at purchase Chec...

Page 3: ...ll other logos products or company names mentioned in this manual may be the registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used for informational purposes only Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and or Battery by users in private households in the European Union This symbol on the product or on the packaging indicates that this can not be disposed of ...

Page 4: ...ned to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does...

Page 5: ...de factors such as collision fire flood dirt sewage earthquake and other force majeure events as well as incorrect usage of electricity or use of non original accessories It is the sole responsibility of the user if problems such as data loss and system failure occurred due to non factory installed software parts and or non original accessories Do not change the camera Any changes to the camera in...

Page 6: ...not use your camera in or near water The camera operating temperature is between 0 and 40 degrees Celsius It is normal for the operating time to be shortened when the temperature is low The capacity of your camera batteries will reduce each time it is charged emptied Storage at too high or low temperatures will also result in a gradual capacity loss As a result the operating time of your camera ma...

Page 7: ...sert a battery with full power ASAP When the camera is not in use always turn the power off and make sure the lens has retracted successfully before storing the camera in its case If you do not intend to use the camera for a long time please remove the battery from the camera and store the battery carefully Keep your camera away from sharp objects and avoid collision When the camera is not in use ...

Page 8: ... 22 Find Blur Function 22 Recording Shots using Face Detection Technology 23 Self portrait Function 23 Taking images with Interval Capture mode 24 VIDEO MODE 24 Recording Video Clips 24 Playing Back Video Clips 25 PLAYBACK MODE 25 Playing Back Still Images 25 Thumbnail Display 26 Attaching Voice Memos 27 Protecting Images 28 Removing Red eye 28 Erasing Images 29 DPOF Settings 30 MENU OPTIONS 30 Ca...

Page 9: ...th a resolution of up to 4288 x 3216 pixels Package Contents Carefully unpack your camera and ensure that you have the following items Common Product Components Digital Camera Quick Guide Bundled CD ROM Application Software and INSTRUCTION MANUAL Camera strap Camera pouch Rechargeable lithium ion battery AV cable USB cable USB AC adapter Common Optional Accessories SD SDHC memory card Accessories ...

Page 10: ...clip to capture mode 4 Focus Focus 5 Compensation s P Adjust AV TV value Previous Image 6 Flash Next Image 7 If any scene mode is set switches to scene mode selection screen Still image to display image Records voice memo if Voice Memo is Record Video clip to play video clip 8 Self timer Self timer 9 Capture menu Video menu Playback menu 10 Delete 1 3 4 6 8 10 2 5 7 9 A B C D E F A LCD monitor B U...

Page 11: ...light correction It can only be used in De blemish Skin Soften Portrait Man and Portrait Lady 12 White balance Auto Incand Fluoresc 1 Fluoresc 2 Daylight Cloudy Manual WB 13 Set key SCN hint icon 14 Main focus area 15 Date and time 16 Histogram 17 Quick shot 18 Capture mode icon Single T Continuous U AEB Auto Exposure Bracketing Album Shot Burst Cont flash Pre shot Coupl shot Burst 30fps Interval ...

Page 12: ...e media 6 Image size resolution 7 Image quality 8 ISO 9 Exposure value 10 Set key Play hint icon 11 Date and time 12 Histogram 13 Aperture value Shutter speed 14 Battery condition 15 Mode icon Playback mode Video playback 1 Protect icon 2 Folder File number 3 Storage media 4 Set key Play Pause hint icon 5 Volume mode 6 Total recorded time 7 Video status bar 8 Video condition icon 9 Elapsed time 10...

Page 13: ... this camera before its initial usage 5 Close the battery memory card cover and make sure it is locked securely To prevent valuable data from being accidentally erased from an SD SDHC memory card you can slide the write protect tab on the side of the SD SDHC memory card to LOCK To save edit or erase data on an SD SDHC memory card you must unlock the card To prevent damaging of an SD SDHC memory ca...

Page 14: ...ime of purchase Fully charge the battery and discharge it for at least one complete cycle before use to maximize its performance and lifetime 1 Connect camera to USB AC adapter with USB cable 2 Insert the plug into a wall outlet The included USB AC adapter differs depending on the region where you purchased the camera User can also charge the battery by connecting camera to computer with USB cable...

Page 15: ...e shutter button or press the MENU button will enter capture mode without saving the settings Setting the Date and Time When the date and time information is not displayed on the LCD monitor follow these steps to set the correct date and time 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to or or press the 7 button 2 Press the MENU button 3 Select the Setup at the end of the Menu with the c d bu...

Page 16: ...will be stored 6 To exit from the Setup menu press the MENU button Formatting the Memory Card or Internal Memory This utility formats the memory card or internal memory and erases all stored images and data 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to or or press the 7 button 2 Press the MENU button 3 Select the Setup at the end of the Menu with the c d buttons and press the SET button 4 Sel...

Page 17: ... and pressing the shutter button down fully captures the image The focus area frame turns green when the camera is in focus and the exposure is calculated When the focus is not suitable the frame of the focus area turns red AF Tracking Mode Use this option to take pictures of moving subject 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to 2 Press the button and select icon with the e f buttons P...

Page 18: ... and the aperture value Av Select this mode when you want to capture images with the priority given to aperture Tv Select this mode when you want to capture fast moving subjects in fast shutter speed or capture still subjects in slow shutter speed Smile Detection Select this mode to automatically capture an image when a smiling face is detected Anti shake Select this mode when you want to minimize...

Page 19: ...ct this mode when you want to capture fast moving subjects Pets Select this mode when you want to capture your pets Shoot from their eye level Landscape Select this mode when you want to capture an image with infinity focus hard sharpness and high saturation Natural Green Select this mode when you want to capture the green scenery background such as forest This mode helps to brighten the colors Fl...

Page 20: ...es so you do not miss those special moments in life 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to and press the SET button 2 Select Smile Detection with the e f c d buttons and press the SET button 3 Compose the image and press the shutter button down fully 4 Once the camera detects a smile it will automatically capture 3 images by default the flash mode setting is set to d If the Capture Md ...

Page 21: ...ect of the first image and press the shutter button to capture the next image 6 Follow the same steps to capture subsequent images in the sequence 7 After the third picture is taken the pictures are automatically combined Set to Panorama PanCapture image size will be 2M Mode of Skin Soften and De blemish In order to make face taken look better and younger mode of Skin Soften is added to reduce art...

Page 22: ... focus on the human faces in the image 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to 2 Press the button and select icon with the e f buttons Press the SET button With Face Detection turned on the camera identifies main face white frame and subsidiary faces gray frames If the camera cannot detect and track any faces there will be no frame shown on the screen 3 Press the shutter button halfway ...

Page 23: ...e interval 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to 2 Press the MENU button and select Capture Md with the c d buttons and press the SET button 3 Select Interval capture with the e f buttons and press the SET button 4 Press the MENU button to exit from the Capture menu 5 Press the d button and select the desired option item with the e f buttons and press the SET button Self timer is disa...

Page 24: ... recorded video clips on the camera You can also play back sound if recorded with the video 1 Press the 7 button The last image appears on the screen 2 Select the desired video clip with the e f buttons 3 Press the SET button A press of the f e buttons during playback allows fast forward play fast reverse play To stop video playback press the d button This stops playback and returns to the start o...

Page 25: ...with images which have an audio memo recorded Thumbnail Display This function allows you to view 9 thumbnail images on the LCD monitor at the same time which can let you quickly search for the image that you want 1 Press the 7 button The last image appears on the screen 2 Press the button The images are displayed in the thumbnail display Images that have been selected with the e f c d buttons will...

Page 26: ...ess the SET button 5 Press the SET button is displayed on the screen and recording starts 6 To stop recording a voice memo as it is being recorded press the SET button again An icon is displayed with images that have been recorded with a voice memo RE REC mode can only be used for the recorded and selected file and it can record voice memo repeatedly to replace the previous recordings Playing back...

Page 27: ...yed with all the images Canceling the Protection To cancel protection for only one image display the image on which you want to remove the image protection 1 Press the 7 button The last image appears on the screen 2 Select the image that you want to cancel protection with the e f buttons 3 Press the MENU button 4 Select Protect with the c d buttons and press the SET button 5 Select Single or All w...

Page 28: ...en this process ends this replaces the original image with the corrected image Erasing Images Erasing a single image Erasing all images 1 Press the 7 button The last image appears on the screen 2 Select the image you want to erase with the e f buttons 3 Press the MENU button 4 Select Delete with the c d buttons and press the SET button 5 Select Single or All with the e f buttons and press the SET ...

Page 29: ...ns and press the SET button Single Sets DPOF for each individual image All Sets DPOF for all images at once 6 Select Print Num with the c d buttons and press the SET button This displays the number of prints setting screen 7 Set the number of prints with the e f buttons and press the SET button 8 Select Date Print with the c d buttons and press the SET button The date setting screen appears 9 Sele...

Page 30: ... be captured 14M 8M 4M 2M VGA 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 Set to ISO 3200 or 6400 image size will be 2M Auto ISO100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO 6400 Quality This sets the quality compres...

Page 31: ... correct exposure Average The exposure is measured all of the image area Single Captures one image at a time Continuous Permits continuous capture of up to 3 images AEB Permits 3 consecutive images in the order of standard exposure underexposure and overexposure compensation Album Shot Creates an album like layout to combine 3 shots into a single image Burst Permits continuous photography while pr...

Page 32: ... whether or not to display the captured image on the screen immediately after the image is captured On Off Date Print The date of recording can be printed directly on the still images This function must be activated before the image is captured On Off Setup Refer to the section in this manual titled Setup Menu for further details Burst 30fps Permits continuous capture of up to 30 images in the res...

Page 33: ...utton Size This sets the size of the video clip that will be captured HD VGA QVGA Quality This sets the quality compression at which the video clip is captured Fine Standard Color This sets the color of the video clip that will be captured Standard Vivid Color Accent Red Color Accent Green Color Accent Blue Sepia B W Red Green Blue Audio This sets whether or not to record audio at the time of vide...

Page 34: ...ed Eyes Refer to the section in this manual titled Removing Red eye for further details Slide Show This function enables you to play back your still images automatically in order one image at a time 3 Sec 5 Sec 10 Sec DPOF Refer to the section in this manual titled DPOF Settings for further details Protect Refer to the section in this manual titled Protecting Images for further details Voice Memo ...

Page 35: ...e never to increase it Copy to Card Allows you to copy your files from the camera s internal memory to an SD SDHC memory card Of course you can only do this if you have a memory card installed and some files in internal memory All files remain in the internal memory even after copy to the SD SDHC memory card from the internal memory Execute Cancel Setup Refer to the section in this manual titled S...

Page 36: ...ton 6 To exit from the menu press the MENU button Date Time Refer to the section in this manual titled Setting the Date and Time for further details Language Refer to the section in this manual titled Choosing the Language for further details 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 for reducing b...

Page 37: ...hotographing under fluorescent lighting select the correct frequency setting depending in your local area s voltage 50 Hz 60 Hz LCD Bright Select a brightness level for the LCD monitor Auto Normal High Format Refer to section in this manual titled Formatting the Memory Card or Internal Memory for further details Media Info This displays the free capacity of the internal memory or the memory card S...

Page 38: ...es and video clips will be inside the folders of DCIM folder Copy Paste or Drag N Drop image and video files to a folder on your computer Mac users Double click the untitled or unlabeled disk drive icon on your desktop iPhoto may automatically launch Black screen appears when camara is conneted with PC without battery inside Windows Macintosh Pentium III 1GHz or equivalent Windows 7 XP Vista 512MB...

Page 39: ...e the designs with your own digital pictures and text based on professionally designed templates and layouts Projects can be printed at home or saved as image files for sharing with family and friends by email or the web To install software 1 Insert the CD ROM that came with the camera into your CD ROM drive The welcome screen appears 2 Click the respective software name Follow the on screen instr...

Page 40: ...2000 2 sec White Balance Auto Incand Fluoresc 1 Fluoresc 2 Daylight Cloudy Manual WB Exposure 2 0 2 0 EV 0 3 EV step ISO Auto 100 200 400 800 1600 3200 2M or lower 6400 2M or lower Flash Auto Flash On Flash Off Red eye Slow Sync Pre flash Drive mode Self portrait 2 sec 10 sec 10 2 sec Continuous AEB Album Shot Burst Cont flash Pre shot Coupl shot Burst 30fps Interval Capture Power Source CIPA appr...

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Page 42: ...t the item you want to configure with the c d buttons and press the SET button Images Select whether you want to print specific image or all images You may also select the printing number for a specific image Date Print According to the printer type select whether you want to print the image with date imprint or not Paper Size Select the desired paper size according to the printer type Layout Sele...

Page 43: ... Print with the c d buttons and press the SET button to start printing 6 The printing starts and the figure shown on the right hand side appears COMPLETE will be displayed temporarily reminding you that the printing procedure is finished If an error is detected during the connection i e a printer hardware problem between camera and printer PRINT ERROR will be displayed If an error is detected duri...

Page 44: ...low Many shots are being captured in dark places requiring a flash The battery or camera is warm The camera or flash was used continuously over a long period of time The flash does not fire or recharge The camera flash is turned off Set the flash to Auto Flash The light source is sufficient Even though the flash fired the image is dark The distance to the subject is greater than the flash s effect...

Page 45: ...even when pressing the shutter button The battery is running low Replace the battery The camera is not in the Capture mode Switch to the Capture mode The shutter button was not pressed all the way down Press the shutter button all the way down The internal memory or memory card does not have any free space Load a new card or delete unwanted files The flash is recharging Wait until the status LED s...

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