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E1050 Digital Camera 
User Manual

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Page 1: ...Welcome E1050 Digital Camera User Manual ...

Page 2: ... not use solvents such as alcohol to clean your camera If the lens is dirty use a lens brush or soft cloth to clean the lens Do not touch the lens with your fingers To prevent electric shock do not attempt to disassemble or repair your camera by yourself Water may cause a fire or electric shock Therefore store your camera in a dry place Do not use your camera outdoors when it is raining or snowing...

Page 3: ...erence to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving ...

Page 4: ...al mode 15 Drive mode 16 Auto Exposure Bracketing AEB 16 AF area 16 AF Assist Lamp 17 Setting sharpness saturation and contrast 17 Digital Zoom 17 Date Stamp 18 Instant Review 18 Movie Record mode settings 18 Other settings 19 Playback mode 20 Options for playback and editing 21 Enlarging an image 21 Viewing multiple files at a time 21 Slideshow 21 Deleting files 22 Protecting files 22 Red eye Rem...

Page 5: ...sales region If any items are missing or damaged contact your dealer Save the packaging for future shipment or storage Camera Front view and bottom view 1 User Manual Quick Guide 2 Digital camera 3 USB cable 4 Battery 5 Hand strap 6 Leather case 7 Software CD 8 Battery charger 9 AC power adapter 10 AV cable 1 Shutter button 2 Flash 3 S S F Super Shake Free button 4 Power button Status LED indicato...

Page 6: ...enu It is normal for the camera to become warm during operation because metal camera casing can conduct heat The LCD display on this camera is manufactured with sophisticated technology and more than 99 99 of the pixels on the LCD display meet standard specifications Yet it is possible that less than 0 01 of the pixels on the LCD display may have some light spots or show unusual colors This is nor...

Page 7: ...ery 1 Insert the battery into the battery charger 2 Connect one end of the AC power adapter to the battery charger 3 Connect the other end of the AC power adapter to a wall outlet 4 When the battery is being charged the charger LED indicator lights up in red When the battery is fully charged it turns into green Damage caused by the use of an incorrect battery charger set is not covered under the w...

Page 8: ...g Using an SD card The camera comes with internal memory for storing captured images video clips or audio files You can also add an SD card to store more files Before initial use of an SD card press Manage Memory Format to format the card first To install an SD card 1 Make sure the camera is turned off 2 Open the memory card cover 3 Insert an SD card in the correct direction 4 Close the memory car...

Page 9: ...to move to another column as needed 4 Press to set the date and time Operating the camera The procedure below is a general guideline for basic operation It is particularly useful if you are new to the camera 1 Press to turn the power on 2 Press or to locate a desired options under two different tabs and and then press or to make selections Remember to follow the on screen display or press for inst...

Page 10: ... recommended to use optical zoom only by keeping the magnification within and the separator Flash is automatically turned off in the Movie Record mode The Movie Record mode records both sound and video The recording time is continuous but recording will stop once the memory card space is full In the Movie Record mode sound is temporarily muted during zoom in out Anytime in the Playback mode you ca...

Page 11: ... 13 AE metering 11 14 White balance 11 15 ISO 11 In the Capture mode press to toggle among 4 display modes standard complete none and rule of thirds Use the rule of thirds display mode to improve your composition by placing subjects on at least one of the intersections of these 4 imaginary lines While the shutter is pressed halfway the shutter speed and the aperture are also shown on the screen no...

Page 12: ...elect a setting 3 Press to confirm the setting Image size To select an image size 1 Press Resolution 2 Press or to select a setting 3 Press to confirm setting Icon Description Icon Description 10 megapixels 3648 x 2736 5 megapixels 2592 x 1944 3 2 8 megapixels 3648 x 2432 3 megapixels 2048 x 1536 16 9 8 megapixels 3648 x 2048 HD 16 9 1920 x 1080 in full HD format 8 megapixels 3264 x 2448 VGA 640 x...

Page 13: ...w light conditions Be sure to ask the subject to look at the camera lens or get as close to the camera as possible The flash fires automatically based on the photographic conditions Force on The flash always fires regardless of the surrounding lighting conditions Select this mode when capturing images with high contrast backlighting and deep shadows Slow sync Fires the flash immediately at the beg...

Page 14: ...a small part of the picture To select an EV 1 Press EV 2 Press or to select an EV from the EV bar and then press to confirm setting Icon Mode Description Fine Best image quality with the lowest compression rate File size is the largest Normal Better image quality with medium compression rate File size is medium Economy Good image quality with the highest compression rate File size is the smallest ...

Page 15: ... you may see more noise in the picture as you increase the ISO value Icon Mode Description Auto Adjusts white balance automatically Daylight Used in bright daylight conditions Cloudy Used in twilight or shady conditions Tungsten Used when subjects lit by tungsten incandescent lighting Fluorescent H Fluorescent L Adjusts for fluorescent lighting Corrects the green hue of fluorescent lighting Ideal ...

Page 16: ...ject area Automatic Exposure metering Center Weight Detects the exposure of the entire shooting screen but gives more importance to the values near center Automatic Exposure metering Spot Detects the exposure based on the center spot in the subject area Icon Mode Description Normal No effects are added Vivid Adds an effect with very clear and bright color tones Sepia Adds an effect with dark reddi...

Page 17: ...lighting condition of the subject Manual Lets you decide all available shooting parameters Movie Record Captures videos with sound When viewing the captured video file later the icon shows indicating that this is a video file Portrait Makes the subject usually a person stand out with a brighter look Landscape Used when taking pictures of natural scenery Sports Captures a fast moving subject Backli...

Page 18: ...y Captures the party atmosphere usually under indoor light source Text Takes a picture of clear text by reducing image distortion usually found on paper magazines or books Child Retains enough colors and skin tones of the subject Sunset Captures the warmth and atmosphere of sunset Flower Captures brightly colored flowers by enhancing their soft outlines Pet Takes a clear picture of a pet by showin...

Page 19: ...rture if a greater depth of field is needed To adjust aperture value 1 Go to the Capture mode with Aperture Priority mode selected 2 Press to adjust the aperture value Shutter Priority Shutter priority is often used when shooting moving subjects In general use a shorter shutter speed to catch a fast moving object To adjust shutter speed in Shutter Priority 1 Go to the Capture mode with Shutter Pri...

Page 20: ...on Mode Description Standard Takes one picture at a time Self timer Automatically takes a picture after 2 or 10 second delay This mode is useful when you want to be part of the picture Double Performs delay and capture twice 1 Performs a 10 second delay then captures the image 2 Performs another 2 second delay then captures the image again Burst Continuously takes pictures as long as you keep pres...

Page 21: ...Adjusts how colors appear in the pictures by setting sharpness saturation and contrast To set sharpness saturation or contrast 1 Press and then select Sharpness Saturation or Contrast 2 Press or and then select High Normal or Low 3 Press Digital Zoom This feature controls the digital zoom mode The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom up to 5x Due to environmental factors such as lighting t...

Page 22: ...hen select or 3 Press Movie Record mode settings Icon Description Video Format 16 9 848 x 480 VGA 640 x 480 QVGA 320 x 240 or Web sharing 640 x 480 Videos captured in Web sharing mode are stored under the XXXUTUBE directory XXX are numbers with the file size limited to 100 MB or 10 minutes per video file video recording will automatically stop White balance Auto Daylight Cloudy Tungsten Fluorescen...

Page 23: ...ts date and time and date format Language Sets the displayed language on the screen File Numbering Use this function if the camera experiences a Folder cannot be created error or if you want to restart numbering for example after erasing all files Series Stores the latest used file number no matter deleting files or inserting a new memory card This is useful for avoiding the file name duplication ...

Page 24: ...otected and cannot be deleted 22 3 Indicates this file has a voice memo or the file is an audio file 22 4 Indicates the file is marked for printing 5 Displays the following information and controls the shooting conditions such as scene mode and image size Lets you rotate or add voice memo Shows whether it is a video file and the play button You can press to toggle among different information and c...

Page 25: ...nails are displayed on the screen Press or to select a file and then press or to view it in its normal viewing size Slideshow Sets the time interval for presenting a series of captured image and video files first frame only To play a slideshow 1 Press Slideshow or 2 Change the slideshow settings Use the four way control to set one of the following slideshow effects Horizontal Changes files from ri...

Page 26: ...to remove the protection Red eye Removal The Red Eye Correction function is used to reduce red eye in captured images This function is only available for still images Red eye correction can be applied to an image several times but the quality may gradually deteriorate 1 Press or to move to the image you want to apply Red eye Removal 2 Press Red eye Removal or 3 Press to confirm the change and how ...

Page 27: ... until desired orientation is achieved 5 Select Exit to save and exit the function Trimming Crops part of an image file reduces the image size and overwrites the image file or saves it as another new file To trim an image 1 Press or to move to the image you want to trim 2 Press Trim or 3 Press or to select the target image size to which you want to reduce 4 Press or to locate the area to trim 5 Pr...

Page 28: ...2 Press or to select an image 3 Press DPOF The Digital Print Order Format DPOF setting allows you to select images on the memory card for printing and specify the number of print copies in advance using the camera This is extremely convenient for sending the images to a photo developing service or for printing on a direct print function compatible printer To set up DPOF 1 Press DPOF 2 Press or to ...

Page 29: ... to a video input jack and an audio input jack left channel on your AV system 3 Turn on the AV system and then switch to the AV source connecting to the camera 4 Turn on the camera 5 Follow the on screen instructions to operate the camera via the TV or projector screen Printing images In addition to printing images by connecting the camera to a printer via a computer or bringing the memory card if...

Page 30: ...her end of the USB cable to an available USB port on your printer 6 Follow the remaining on screen instructions in your camera and or printer to complete printing The above procedure may vary depending on the printer type you are using If you connect the camera to your printer while the printer is still starting up the camera will be automatically turned off Failure to follow the above procedure w...

Page 31: ... use 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 effective range Get closer to the subject and shoot The image is too...

Page 32: ...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 flash mode icon indicated on the screen stops flashing The camera does not recognize the memory card Format the memory card before the initial use or before using with another camer...

Page 33: ...ive mode Standard Self timer 2 or 10 second delay Double and Burst Exposure compensation 2 to 2 EV in 0 3 step increments ISO Auto 50 100 200 400 800 1600 3200 for resolution 3M or less only White balance Auto Daylight Cloudy Tungsten Fluorescent H Fluorescent L and Manual File format Still Image JPEG Exif 2 2 compatible and DCF compatible 10 megapixels 3648 x 2736 3 2 3648 x 2432 16 9 3648 x 2048...

Page 34: ...ctBridge compatible Power source Rechargeable Lithium ion battery CIPA 200 PCS Working temperature 0 40 degrees Celsius Dimensions W x H x D 95 x 57 x 17 6 mm Weight 120 g without battery SD card System requirements Pentium III 600 Mhz or higher compatible CPU 64 MB RAM Optical disc drive Windows Me 2000 XP Vista compatible 128 MB free hard disk space Available USB port ...

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