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W1240
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Page 1: ...Welcome W1240 Digital Camera User Manual ...

Page 2: ...d for informational purposes only Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment 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 as household waste You must dispose of your waste equipment by handing it over to the applicable take back scheme for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipmen...

Page 3: ...etermined 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 antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV te...

Page 4: ...ble batteries When using these batteries do not charge them Otherwise dangers such as explosion and fire may occur Warranty Warranty is void if damage or system failure occurred due to outside 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 us...

Page 5: ...eat sources In a closed car that is in direct sunlight Unstable locations Do not use your camera outdoors when it is raining or snowing Do 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 e...

Page 6: ...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 7: ...e Smile Feature Is On 20 Recording Shots using Face Detection Technology 20 Self portrait Function 21 VIDEO MODE 21 Recording Video Clips 21 Playing Back Video Clips 22 PLAYBACK MODE 22 Playing Back Still Images 22 Playback Display 23 Removing Red eye 23 Dynamic Lighting Feature 24 Attaching Voice Memos 25 Protecting Images 26 Erasing Images 27 MENU OPTIONS 27 Capture Menu 29 Video Menu 30 Playbac...

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Page 9: ...is capable of capturing images with a resolution of up to 3968 x 2976 pixels Package Contents Carefully unpack your camera and ensure that you have the following items Common Product Components Digital Camera Quick Start Guide Software CD ROM USB cable AV cable Camera strap Camera pouch Rechargeable lithium ion battery AC DC adapter Common Optional Accessories SD SDHC memory card Accessories and c...

Page 10: ... Focus Focus Next 10th image 5 Compensation s P Previous Image 6 Flash Next Image 7 If any scene mode is set switches to scene mode selection screen Still image to display image Video clip to play video clip 8 Self timer Self timer Previous 10th image 9 Playback mode Playback mode Still image to capture mode Video clip to capture mode 10 Capture menu Video menu Playback menu A LCD monitor B Status...

Page 11: ...size resolution 3968 x 2976 3264 x 2448 2304 x 1728 1600 x 1200 x 640 x 480 11 Shortcut 12 Date and time 13 Quick shot 14 Capture mode icon Single T Continuous U AEB Auto Exposure Bracketing Album Shot Burst Cont flash Pre shot Coupl shot Burst 30fps 15 White balance Auto Incand Fluoresc 1 Fluoresc 2 Daylight Cloudy Manual WB 16 Image quality Fine Standard Economy 17 ISO 2 Auto 5 ISO 100 7 ISO 200...

Page 12: ...alue 12 Image quality 13 ISO 14 Mode icon Playback mode Video playback 1 Protect icon 2 Folder File number 3 Storage media 4 Battery condition 5 Volume mode 6 Total recorded time 7 Video status bar 8 Video condition icon 9 Elapsed time 10 Set key Play Pause hint icon 11 Down key Stop hint icon 12 Mode icon 13 12 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 00 00 00 02 28 49 00 00 00 02 28 49 00 00 00 02 28 49 2010 01 ...

Page 13: ...he card To prevent damaging of an SD SDHC memory card be sure to turn off the power when inserting or removing the SD SDHC memory card If inserting or removing the SD SDHC memory card with the power on the camera will automatically turn off Charging the Battery The battery is not fully charged at the time of purchase Before use be sure to charge the battery until the status LED lights red 1 Connec...

Page 14: ...ress the 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...

Page 15: ...n The setting 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 SE...

Page 16: ... 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 17: ...cted Anti shake This mode minimizes the influences of hand shaking when you want to capture an image Panorama Select this mode when you want to capture a series of shots then stitch them together with software to make a single photo on the computer Portrait Man Select this mode when you want to capture an image that makes a man stand out against a blurred background Portrait Lady Select this mode ...

Page 18: ...te subjects like printed documents Sunset Select this mode when you want to capture a sunset This mode helps keep the deep hues in the scene Sunrise Select this mode when you want to capture a sunrise This mode helps keep the deep hues in the scene Splash Water Select this mode when you want to capture photos of splashing water Flow Water Select this mode when you want to capture the soft flowing ...

Page 19: ...e after the last image has been recorded Taking Images When the Smile Feature Is On With the camera s new smile detection function this camera detects smiles 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 ...

Page 20: ... it turns red 4 Press the shutter button down fully to capture your image Subjects that are not suitable with this function a A person is wearing glasses sunglasses or face is covered with hat or hair b A person turns sideways Self portrait Function Use this function to take pictures of yourself or include yourself in pictures 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to 2 Press the e button...

Page 21: ...uality lower than the current one Playing Back Video Clips You can play back 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 vide...

Page 22: ...s you to search quickly for the image that you want and playback images on the LCD monitor sequentially 1 Press the 7 button The last image appears on the screen 2 Press the c button to display the next 10th image If the 1st image taken is displayed press the c button to playback the 11th image taken Press the c button again to playback the 21th image taken and so forth 3 Press the d button to dis...

Page 23: ...s process ends this replaces the original image with the corrected image Dynamic Lighting Feature This feature compensates for the unfavorable lighting conditions by brightening underexposed areas and balancing overexposed areas 1 Press the 7 button The last image appears on the screen 2 Select the image that you want to edit with the e f buttons 3 Press the MENU button 4 Select Dynam Light with t...

Page 24: ...ton to exit from the menu 7 Press the SET button VOICE RECORDING is displayed on the screen and recording starts 8 To stop recording a voice memo as it is being recorded press the SET button again VOICE RECORD END will be displayed momentarily and the recording will end 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 sele...

Page 25: ...n All has been selected is displayed 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 SE...

Page 26: ... the last image All Erases all of the images except for the protected images 6 Select Execute with the e f buttons and press the SET button To not erase select Cancel and press the SET button 7 To exit from the menu press the MENU button Deleting an image will not affect sequential image numbering For example if you delete image number 240 the next captured image will be numbered 241 even though 2...

Page 27: ...ring 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 Auto ISO100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 Quality This sets the quality compression at which the image is captured Fine Standard Economy W Balance This sets the white balance for a variety of lighting conditions ...

Page 28: ...the center Spot A very small portion of the center of the screen is measured to calculate the 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 lik...

Page 29: ...enu press the MENU button 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 Sepia B W Blue Red Green Yellow Purple Audio This sets whether or not to record audio at the time of video recording On Off D...

Page 30: ...nam Light Refer to the section in this manual titled Dynamic Lighting Feature 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 Rotate If you wish to rotate a still image 90 degrees to the right select 90 if you wish to rotate it 90 degrees to the left select 90 Video clips cannot be rotated 90 90 P...

Page 31: ...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 Cancel Execute Setup Refer to the section in this manual titled S...

Page 32: ...e 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 battery usage Off 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min Beep This sets whether ...

Page 33: ...r the LCD monitor Standard Bright 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 Sys Info This displays the firmware version of the camera Sys Reset This returns all basic settings to the camera s default settings Cancel Execute ...

Page 34: ...ate the DCIM folder Your recorded images 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 Windows Macintosh Pentium III 1GHz or equivalent Windows 7 XP Vista 512MB RAM 150MB available hard disk space C...

Page 35: ...sy print project software that brings out the creativity in you You can personalize 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 welc...

Page 36: ... card up to 32GB optional File format DCF JPEG EXIF 2 2 Motion JPEG AVI HD720p 30fps Lens 4x optical zoom lens Aperture range 3 0 W 5 8 T Focal length 5 0mm 20 0mm equivalent to 28mm 112mm on a 35mm camera Focus Range Normal Wide 0 1m Inf Tele 0 8m Inf Macro Wide 0 1m Inf Tele 0 8m Inf Shutter speed 1 1 2000 Sec Digital zoom 6x Capture mode 4x Playback mode Terminals USB AV OUT 2 in 1 terminal Pow...

Page 37: ...ot 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 bright or too dark The exposure is excessive or inadequate Reset exposure compensation I cannot format a memory card Th...

Page 38: ... 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 camera I cannot print images wit...

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