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How to Use This Manual
This manual comprises nine chapters and an Appendix. Read the chapter descriptions
below for a quick preview of what you can find in each chapter.
Chapter 1 Getting Started
This chapter lists all of the items included in the C-211 ZOOM package and identifies
all of the parts on the camera. It also explains how to get the camera ready to go: how
to load batteries, how to insert a SmartMedia card, how to load the film pack, and
more. Read this chapter carefully before starting to use your C-211 ZOOM.
Chapter 2 The Basics
This chapter takes you through an introductory session where you learn how to turn
the power on, shoot some stills, view them, print them, and then turn the power back
off. It also includes basic information about holding the camera, adjusting the monitor
brightness, and so on. Please be sure to read through this entire chapter, with camera
in hand.
Chapter 3 Viewing, Printing, and Protecting Recorded Images
Chapter 3 takes you through the steps required to view your completed stills on the
monitor or on a TV screen. It explains how to display and print images at full size and
in 4-frame and 9-frame indexes, and how to enlarge an image on the monitor or crop
the image for printing. It also explains how to protect images from accidental erasure,
and how to delete selected images from the SmartMedia card. Read through this
chapter after taking your first few shots with this camera.
Chapter 4 Taking Good Pictures
Read this chapter to advance to the next level of picture-taking skill. Here you will learn
essential focusing, flash, and exposure techniques that will help you get good shots in
all situations. All of the features presented here are extremely easy to use—no menus
are required—and will immediately improve your shooting results.
Chapter 5 Special Features for Polaroid Printing
This chapter explains the various features you can use when printing to instant film.
You can print multiple copies, set up a caption (date, time, or filename), create split
prints, and print frames from movies. You control these features using the camera’s
Print menu. Read about the menu first, and then read about each of the print features
you’d like to use.
Chapter 6 Advanced Shooting Techniques
This chapter covers the advanced shooting features accessible through the camera’s
Shooting menu. It explains how to shoot movies, sequences, and panoramas, how to
select the metering method, and more. Read about the menu first, and then read about
each of the features that you wish to use.
