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s520

Digital Camera

User Manual

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Page 1: ...s520 Digital Camera User Manual ...

Page 2: ...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 cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the e...

Page 3: ...come with your camera may be different from those described in this manual This is due to the fact that different retailers often specify slightly different product inclusions and accessories to suit their market requirements customer demographics and geographical preferences Products very often vary between retailers especially with accessories such as batteries chargers AC adapters memory cards ...

Page 4: ...the indicated power supply voltage Use with any other power supply voltage might cause fire or electric shock Do not use the camera in areas near water This might cause fire or electric shock Take special care during rain snow on the beach or near the shore Do not place the camera on inclined or unstable surfaces This might cause the camera to fall or tilt over causing damage Keep the battery out ...

Page 5: ...a precision instrument Do not drop it strike it or use excessive force when handling the camera This might cause damage to the camera Do not use the camera in humid steamy smoky or dusty places This might cause fire or electric shock Do not remove the battery immediately after long period of continuous use The battery becomes hot during use Touching a hot battery might cause burns Do not wrap the ...

Page 6: ...on If the battery is not to be used for a long period of time remove it from the camera to prevent leakage or corrosion and store it after no battery power is left Stored for a long time in a fully charged condition its performance may be impaired Always keep the battery terminals clean There is a risk of explosion if the battery is replaced by an incorrect type Dispose of used battery according t...

Page 7: ...Pictures 19 Setting the LOMO 20 Find Blur Function 20 Recording Shots using Face Detection Technology 21 Self portrait Function 21 Taking Photos with Interval Capture mode 22 VIDEO MODE 22 Recording Video Clips 22 Playing Back Video Clips 23 PLAYBACK MODE 23 Playing Back Photos 23 Playback Display 24 Removing Red eye 24 Dynamic Lighting Feature 25 Attaching Voice Memos 26 Protecting Photos and Vid...

Page 8: ...a is capable of capturing photos with a resolution of up to 4608 x 3456 pixels Package Contents Carefully unpack your camera and ensure that you have the following items Common Product Components Digital Camera User Manual Software CD ROM Camera strap Rechargeable lithium ion battery USB cable USB AC adapter Common Optional Accessories SD SDHC memory card Accessories and components may vary by ret...

Page 9: ...ture mode 5 Focus Focus Next 10th image 6 Compensation s P Previous Image 7 Flash Next Image 8 Self timer Self timer Previous 10th image 9 If any scene mode is set switches to scene mode selection screen Photo to display photo Records voice memo if Voice Memo is Record Video clip to play video clip 10 Capture menu Video menu Playback menu 11 Delete 1 Shutter button 2 Flash 3 ON OFF Power button 4 ...

Page 10: ...i Off Self portrait f 2 sec g 10 sec h 10 2 sec 9 H istogram 10 Photo size resolution 4608 x 3456 3968 x 2976 3264 x 2448 1600 x 1200 640 x 480 4608 x 2592 11 Set key SCN hint icon 12 Main focus area 13 Date and time 14 Capture mode icon Single T Continuous U AEB Auto Exposure Bracketing Album Shot Burst Cont flash Pre shot Coupl shot Burst 30fps Interval capture 15 White balance Auto Incand Fluor...

Page 11: ...e value Shutter speed 12 Exposure value 13 Photo quality 14 ISO 15 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 12 11 8 9 3 4 7 1 2 10 6 5 00 00 00 02 28 49 00 00 00 02 ...

Page 12: ...card with 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 ...

Page 13: ... The battery is not fully charged at the time of purchase Fully charge the battery and use it until it is discharged before you recharge it again This maximize the performance and lifetime of the battery 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 char...

Page 14: ...will enter capture mode with 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 up or down side of the 4 way navigation control and...

Page 15: ...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 photos and data 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to or or press the button 2 Press the MENU button 3 Select the Setup at the end of the Menu with the up or down side of the 4 way navigation control and press t...

Page 16: ...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 subjects 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to 2 Press the button and select icon with the left or right side of the 4 way navigation control Press the SET button 3 T...

Page 17: ...his mode when you want to capture photos 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 photo when a smiling face is detected Anti shake Select this mode when you want to minimize the influences of hand shaking whe...

Page 18: ... want to capture your pets Shoot from their eye level Landscape Select this mode when you want to capture a photo 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 Flow Water Select this mode when you want to capture the soft flowing water Splash Water Sel...

Page 19: ... 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 4 way navigation control and press the SET button 3 Compose the photo and press the shutter button down fully 4 Once the camera detects a smile it will automatically capture 3 photos by default the flash mode setting is set to d If the Capture Md ...

Page 20: ...not be available in the following situations a When shooting has not finished after a certain period of time b When the camera movement speed is too fast c When the camera is not straight relative to the panorama direction Setting the LOMO Creates a lomo like effect by adding over saturated colors dark corners and so on 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to and press the SET button 2 ...

Page 21: ...ocus 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 left or right side of the 4 way navigation control 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 scree...

Page 22: ... to 2 Press the MENU button and select Capture Md with the up or down side of 4 way navigation controlt and press the SET button 3 Select Interval capture with the left or right side of the 4 way navigation control and press the SET button 4 Press the MENU button to exit from the Capture menu 5 Press the down side of the 4 way navigation contro and select the desired option item with the left or r...

Page 23: ... video or photo appears on the screen 2 Select the desired video clip with the left or right side of the 4 way navigation control 3 Press the SET button A press of the right or left side of the 4 way navigation control during playback allows fast forward play fast reverse play To stop video playback press the down side of the 4 way navigation control This stops playback and returns to the start of...

Page 24: ... Press the button The last photo or video appears on the screen 2 Press the up of the 4 way navigation control to display the next 10th photo or video If the 1st image taken is displayed press the up of the 4 way navigation control to playback the 11th photo or video taken Press the up of the 4 way navigation control again to playback the 21th photo or video taken and so forth 3 Press the down of ...

Page 25: ...ends this replaces the original photo with the corrected photo 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 photo appears on the screen 2 Select the photo that you want to edit with the left or right side of the 4 way navigation control 3 Press the MENU butto...

Page 26: ...navigation controlbuttons and press 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 photos 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 ...

Page 27: ...splayed with all the photos and videos Canceling the Protection To cancel protection for only one photo or video display the photo or video on which you want to remove the image protection 1 Press the 7 button The last photo or video appears on the screen 2 Select the photo or video that you want to cancel protection with the left or right side of the 4 way navigation control 3 Press the MENU butt...

Page 28: ...the SET button Single Sets DPOF for each individual photo All Sets DPOF for all photos at once 6 Select Print Num with the up or down side of the 4 way navigation control and press the SET button This displays the number of prints setting screen 7 Set the number of prints with the left or right side of the 4 way navigation control and press the SET button 8 Select Date Print with the up or down si...

Page 29: ...n control and press the SET button 5 Select Single or All with the left or right side of the 4 way navigation controlbuttons and press the SET button Single Erases the selected photo or video or the last photo or video All Erases all of the iphotos and videos except for the protected files 6 Select Execute with the left or right side of the 4 way navigation control buttons and press the SET button...

Page 30: ... MENU button Size This sets the size of the photo that will be captured 16M 12M 8M 2M VGA 16 9 ISO This sets the sensitivity for capturing photos 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 photo will appear Auto ISO100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 Quality This sets the quali...

Page 31: ... photos 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 pressing and holding the shutter button As long as you hold the shutter button pressed images are captured until the memory capacity is exhausted Cont flash Permits continuous capture of up to...

Page 32: ...ets whether or not to display the captured photo on the screen immediately after the photo is captured On Off Date Print The date of recording can be printed directly on the photos This function must be activated before the photo is captured On Off Setup Refer to the section in this manual titled Setup Menu for further details ...

Page 33: ...s the SET button 5 To exit from the menu 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...

Page 34: ...s for further details Fix Red Eyes Refer to the section in this manual titled Removing Red eye for further details Dynam 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 photos 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 ...

Page 35: ...ir size or less overwrite old size photos with newly compressed photos It is only possible to reduce the photo quality size 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 ...

Page 36: ...e of the 4 way navigation control and press the SET button 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 automat...

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 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 Sy...

Page 38: ...the removable disk and locate the DCIM folder Your recorded photos and video clips will be inside the folders of DCIM folder Copy Paste or Drag N Drop photo 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 2GB RAM 150MB ava...

Page 39: ...ts SD SDHC memory card 1 32GB optional File format DCF JPEG EXIF 2 2 DPOF Motion JPEG AVI HD720p Lens 8x optical zoom lens Aperture range 2 9 W 5 9 T Focal length 4 5mm 36mm equivalent to 25mm 200mm on a 35mm camera Focus Range Macro 0 05m W 0 7m Inf T Normal 0 3m Inf W 0 7m Inf T Shutter speed 2 1 2000 Sec Digital zoom 6x Capture mode 12x Playback mode Terminals USB AV OUT 2 in 1 terminal Power s...

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Page 41: ... 38 2 04 01 4 08 48 Standard 0 00 20 0 13 34 0 27 36 0 54 12 1 50 18 3 41 57 7 25 13 320 x 240 Fine 0 00 33 0 22 25 0 45 36 1 29 33 3 02 15 6 06 42 12 15 36 Standard 0 00 49 0 33 16 1 07 40 2 12 53 4 30 26 9 04 08 18 11 31 Symptom Cause Solutions Corrective Actions The power does not come on The battery is not inserted Insert the battery correctly The battery is exhausted Recharge the battery The ...

Page 42: ...cted Cancel protection The memory card is write protected Remove the write protection Even when the camera s buttons are pressed it does not operate The battery is running low Recharge the battery The date and time are wrong The correct date and time is not set Set the correct date and time Cannot download photos or videos The free space on the hard disk in your computer may be insufficient Check ...

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