Creative PC-CAM 750, Getting Started Manual

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Using PC-CAM 750 as a Digital Camera 3-4
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Self-timer single snapshot (normal resolution)
Select this mode if you want a normal resolution snapshot to be taken after a delay of ten seconds.
Images are captured at a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.
You can use this feature to take pictures of yourself.
Press the Snapshot button to take a delayed snapshot. The front LED will blink with increasing
speed and then proceed to take a snapshot in the Single snapshot mode.
The delay time is ten seconds.
Note: You can cancel the snapshot while the camera is counting down by pressing the Snapshot
button again.
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Multiple snapshot
Select this mode if you want to take a series of five successive snapshots at low resolution.
Press the Snapshot button once to take the snapshots. The front red LED will light up and the
camera-ready green LED blinks, indicating that the images are being stored to memory.
The flash is automatically disabled in this mode.
The image counter displays that the total number of snapshots has increased by five.
5. Aim the camera at the desired object, use the camera’s viewfinder to verify that the object is in the
camera’s view.
Note: The object should be at least 75 cm (30 inches) from the camera.
6. Hold the camera steady and press the Snapshot button.
7. The front red LED lights up and the camera-ready green LED indicator blinks. At this point, do not
shake the camera. When the picture has been taken, the indicator turns off.
The picture taken is stored in the camera’s memory, and the counter value increases accordingly,
depending on the resolution of the picture taken.
8. To take another picture, repeat steps 4 through 6.
9. To turn off the camera, press and hold the Power button for two seconds.
• To view pictures that you
have taken while using the
camera on-the-go, you must
connect the camera to the
computer and download the
pictures using PC-CAM
Center.
• As JPEG compresses an image
according to its details, colors
and compression ratio, the file
size varies according to the
picture taken.
• The counter value normally
increases by one after a
picture is taken. However,
depending on the quality of
the picture, the counter value
may also increase by two, or
not at all.