HP (Hewlett-Packard) 930 Series manual

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Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s Chapter 1: Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Camer a parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Attachin g the wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Installin g the[...]

Using z oom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Optical zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Digital zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Using th e captur e menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Help f or the me nu op tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Self-ti[...]

hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manu al Using th e hp insta nt share e-mail serv ice . . . . . . . . . .62 Adding e-mail ad dresses and gro up distrib ution lis ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Selectin g image s to be e -mailed . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Macin tosh . . . . .[...]

Appendix A: Batteries a nd camera acce ssories . . . . . . . . . . 100 Managin g batteri es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 Extendin g batter y life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Rechar geable batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Power c onserv ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Purcha sing[...]

8 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manu al C hapter 1 : Get ti ng started Con gra tulati ons o n yo ur pur chase of this di gital ca mer a! Y ou r ne w camera has many f eatures t o enhance your pictur e -taking e xper ience , including HP In stan t Shar e TM , dir ect printi ng capabilit y , manual a n d automat i c controls, on-ca mer a Help,[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 9 Camer a p arts NO TE Refer to the pag es in parentheses after the part na mes fo r mor e in f ormati on about tho se parts . # Name Des cr iption 1 ON/OFF swit ch ( pag e 1 7) T urns the ca mer a po wer on an d off 2 Zo om leve r with Zoom Out and Zoom In contr ols (page 3 5) Zooms out th e lens to th e w ide angl e [...]

10 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l 4 P ow er/Memor y light (page 1 7) Solid —camer a is on Fa s t bl i n k i n g —came r a is w r iting to t he memory ca r d Slow blin king —camer a is off an d is charging the batteries Off —camer a is o ff 5M e m o r y c a r d door (p age 16) Allow s you access to in sert or remo ve the memor [...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 11 12 Vi ewfinder (page 2 2) Allow s you to fr ame th e subj ect of your pic tu r e or video clip 13 Vi ewfinder lights: V ideo and AF/ Au to Exposur e/Auto F ocus and Flash is soli d r ed —video is r ecor ding AF/ is solid gr een —a fter you pressed the Sh utter button halfway do w n, t he camer a is r ead y (a ut[...]

12 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l # Name Des cr iption 1 Fo cus button (pag e 30) Allows you to s elect th e Mac r o fo cu s r ange setting (to tak e c los e-up pic tures ) , or the Infinity fo c us r a nge sett ing (to take pictures of dis t ant obj ects an d la ndsca pes) 2F o c u s l i g h t s : Macro an d I nfin it y focus (pag e [...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 13 6 Flash lights: Fla s h O f f , F lash On , and Ni ght (page 3 3) Lights solid when you select the Fl a s h Off , Fl as h O n , or Night flas h s ett ing 7 Fl as h button (page 3 3) Al lo ws you to select the Fl as h O f f , Fla s h O n , or Ni ght fla sh se tt in g 8 Exp osu r e Mode dial with Action , Landsc ape ,[...]

14 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l # Name Descr iption 1M i c r o p h o n e (pag e 2 3) Records audio clips 2S e l f - T i m e r l i g h t (pag e 2 5) Blinks during the 10-second coun tdo wn be for e taking a p ictur e when Self- Ti me r in the Capture menu is set to On or On - 2 sho ts . Whe n set to On - 2 shots , blin ks during the [...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 15 Setup Atta ching t he wrist strap Attach th e w rist s tr ap to th e wr ist str ap m oun t on the sid e of t he ca mera as shown. 5 P ow er adapter connector (page 104 ) All ow s y ou to connect an o ption al HP A C power adapter to th e camera to either operate the camera without batteries, or recharge the bat teri[...]

16 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l Installin g the ba tteries 1 Open th e battery door on the bot t om of the camera. 2 Inse rt the batte ries as indi cated insi de the d oor . 3 Close the batter y door . NO TE Fo r more information about ba tter ies, see M anaging batter ie s on page 100. Y ou c an also use an optional HP A C po we r [...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 17 Tu r n i n g o n p o we r T urn the camer a on by slid ing the ON/OFF sw itc h to the r ight and then r eleasing it . The len s e xten ds, the Im age Display tur ns on , and th e P o we r/Mem ory ligh t turns on soli d. Understa nding th e status sc reen When you turn on the cam er a, the HP logo screen and then the[...]

18 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l Restoring p re vious set tings So me of the set ti ngs tha t you can cha nge in the ca mera m enus do not r emain se t after y ou turn the camer a off . How e ve r , y ou can restor e the set tings fr om the last time the camera was on and had at least one non- def ault set ting (which cou ld actually[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 19 Repeat steps 1 an d 2 until the c or rect date, time, and date/ time f or mat ar e set . NO TE In the dat e/time format , mm =month, dd =da y , and yyyy =year . 3 Pr ess t he OK button when the prope r values are en tered . The Image Displ a y then turns off . Installin g the sof tware Th e came r a so ftwar e allo [...]

20 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l NO TE If the instal lati on win do w does n ot appear , click St art , and t hen click Run . T ype X:Se tu p .ex e , where X is t he letter o f yo ur CD dr i ve . 2 Click Nex t , and t hen f ollo w the o n-sc r een ins tru cti ons to insta ll the sof tware . Y our Windo ws CD may also incl ude bonu s[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 21 Camer a stat e s and menus Y our ca mer a has three main st ates that allow you to comp lete certai n tasks. Each of these states has an associated m enu you can use to adj ust camer a se ttings or per fo r m tasks in th at sta te . z Capture —Allows you to take still pictures and re cor d v ideo clips . F or info[...]

22 h p ph oto sm a rt 930 s eri es us er’ s ma nu al C hapter 2 : T aking p ic tur es an d recordin g vid eo c lips T akin g still pic tures Y ou can t ake a pi cture almos t an y time the camer a is on , regar dless o f what is being shown on the Imag e Display . For ex ample, if a menu i s c urr ently dis pla yed when you press the Shutter butt[...]

Chapt er 2 : T aking pic tu r es and r ecor ding vi deo clip s 2 3 NO TE If you re lease the Sh utter button only hal fw ay after tak ing a p ictur e, th e foc us and e xposur e measur emen ts fr om the pre viou s picture ar e retained. Y ou can then press the Shu tter button all the way down again and tak e another pict ur e w ith th e same focus [...]

2 4 hp photosma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al Au dio re co rdi ng s top s w he n yo u rel eas e th e Shutter bu tton , the maximum audio clip length of 60 seconds is reached, or t he memory ca r d is full, whic hev er comes f i r st. After r e cor ding has stoppe d , the image is displayed for sev e r a l second s in Instant Review on the Im age [...]

Chapt er 2 : T aking pic tu r es and r ecor ding vi deo clip s 2 5 NO TE If you ha ve set Self- Timer to On or On - 2 shots in the Capture men u (see pag e 38 ), the camer a wil l st art r ecor ding 10 secon ds aft er y ou pr ess th e Vi de o but ton . However , wi th th e On - 2 shots se tting, t he camer a onl y rec ord s o ne vid e o cl i p . Th[...]

2 6 hp photosma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al 5 Press the Shutter bu tton all the w ay do wn . A 10-second countdown appears on the Image Displ a y . The Self- Timer light on the fr ont of the camera blinks s lo wly for 7 seconds an d th en qu ickly for th e fin al 3 se cond s be fore th e ca mera takes the pi cture. If you se t Self-Timer to On [...]

Chapt er 2 : T aking pic tu r es and r ecor ding vi deo clip s 2 7 If the fo cu s br ack ets turn r ed, the v ie wfind er li ght blinks , and the Ma c r o icon blinks o n the I mage Dis pla y , eithe r the cam er a is set to th e Mac r o fo cu s r ange bu t detects t he f ocu s is farther aw ay than the macro (clo se- up) r a nge , or the camera is[...]

28 hp phot osma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al Usin g liv e vie w Th e Ima ge Disp lay allo ws yo u to f rame p ictur es an d vi de o clips using Live View . T o ac tiv a te Live Vi ew on t he Image D isplay , press the Live V iew butt on . NO TE Using t he Image Dis pla y consume s a lot of batte ry pow er . T o conserve batteries, use the vie wf[...]

Chapt er 2 : T aking pic tu r es and r ecor ding vi deo clip s 2 9 NO TE The F-nu mber and shutter sp eed also appear in the Live View scr een whe never y ou pr ess the Sh ut ter button halfway down. NO TE If the light is to o low when tak ing a sti ll picture using Live Vi ew , a shaki ng hand icon will display on the Image Di splay . T h is cauti[...]

30 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l Set ting t he focus range The Fo cus butto n lets y ou toggle bet w een the three focus range settings o n the camer a. Nor mal is the d efa ult se tting. T he f oc us ran ge se tt i ng res ets to Nor mal whe n you tur n the camer a off . T o cha nge t he f ocu s ran ge se tting , pr ess the Foc us bu[...]

Chapt er 2 : T aking pic tu r es and r ecor ding vi deo clip s 31 Setting t he e xpo sure mode NO TE The exposur e mode setting does not apply when y ou are r ecording video cli ps . The Ex posure Mode dial lets you sel ect betw een fi ve ex pos ure modes for the stil l pictur es you tak e. T he e xpo sur e mod e setting determ ines how th e camera[...]

32 h p ph oto sm a rt 930 s eri es us er’ s ma nu al NO TE When y ou set th e e xposu re mode t o Act ion , Landsc ape , or Po r t r a i t , the ISO S peed m enu option is gra yed-out in the Captur e menu , and the camer a au to matic all y se lect s the best ISO S peed setting. NO TE If y ou set th e e xpos ure mode to Act i on and r elease and [...]

Chapt er 2 : T aking pic tu r es and r ecor ding vi deo clip s 3 3 When you have not changed Exposure C ompensation for 2 seconds, the meter disappears, but the value remains at the bottom of the scr een flan ked by a rrows (unless it has bee n set to 0 ). Exposure C ompensation resets to the default 0 (zer o) se tting wh en you turn the camera off[...]

34 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l NO TE With e ach of the fl ash setting s, y ou can a lso set Re d- eye Re du ct io n to On in t he Capture me n u . When Re d- e ye Red uct ion is On, you wil l s ee th e Re d- e ye Re duc tio n icon di splay ed with th e icon for the f lash setti ng in the status screen and in Live View . T o t ur n [...]

Chapt er 2 : T aking pic tu r es and r ecor ding vi deo clip s 3 5 Usin g zoom NO TE Zoom does not wor k while r e co rd ing vid eo clips . Opti cal z oom Press the Zoom Out and Zo om In contr ols on the Zoom le ver to mo ve t he le ns be t we en wide angle and telephoto positi ons (1x t o 3x). If Live View is on , a zo om indi cato r displ ay s at[...]

36 hp phot osma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al The Reso lut ion number on the righ t side of the screen also becom es smaller as you digita lly z oom. For e xample, 2. 9 appears in place of 5 MP , indi cating that the image is being cr opped do wn to a siz e of 2 .9 Me gap ixels. 4 When the cropping fr ame i s at the right siz e, press the Shutter[...]

Chapt er 2 : T aking pic tu r es and r ecor ding vi deo clip s 3 7 3 Either pr ess the OK b utto n to se lect a highlig hted o ptio n and displa y its sub-me nu , or u se th e butto ns to change the setting for the highlig hted option withou t going to its sub-me nu . 4 Within a s u b-menu, use the but t ons an d then the OK button to chang e the s[...]

38 hp phot osma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al Self- timer If you press OK wh en the Self- Timer option is highlighted i n t he Capture menu, t he Self-Timer sub- menu displ ays. This su b-menu all ow s you to t urn the self-ti mer on and of f . When yo u set Sel f - Timer to either On or On - 2 sho ts , the camera will ta k e a p ictur e 10 secon[...]

Chapt er 2 : T aking pic tu r es and r ecor ding vi deo clip s 3 9 White balance If you press OK wh en the White Balance option is highlighte d in the Capture m enu, the White Balance sub-me nu displa ys. In s ome ca ses , it ma y be necessary to p r e-set the li ght sour ce so the camer a can repr o duce c olo rs more ac cu rat ely an d e ns ure t[...]

40 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l If you press OK when the Ma nu a l option is highlighted in the Wh ite Balance sub-m en u , the Man ual Whit e Balanc e sc r een disp la y s. T he Live Vi ew portion of the scr een sho w s the color tint fr om the pr ev iou s Manual White Ba lance s etting tha t was m ad e . NO TE To re s t o re t h e[...]

Chapt er 2 : T aking pic tu r es and r ecor ding vi deo clip s 41 3 If neede d, r epeat ste ps 1 an d 2 until y ou get t he desi r ed Manual White Ba lance s etting. 4 Whe n y ou ar e satisf ied w ith the Ma n ua l sett ing y ou have made, pr ess the OK but ton to ex it the Man ual White Balance sc ree n a nd ret urn to th e Cap tu r e me nu . AE m[...]

42 h p ph oto sm a rt 930 s eri es us er’ s ma nu al ISO speed NO TE The IS O Speed setting do es not a ppl y to r ecording vid eo cl i ps . If you press OK when the ISO Speed option is highlighted i n t he Capture menu, t he I SO Speed su b-menu disp lays. Th is sub- menu allows you to adjust the sens itiv it y of the camera to lig ht . Because [...]

Chapt er 2 : T aking pic tu r es and r ecor ding vi deo clip s 43 Colo r If you press OK when the Color option is highlighted in the Capture menu, t he Color sub-menu displays. This sub-menu allo ws y ou to set the color in w hich y our ima ges w ill be captured. NO TE When you set Color to Sep ia , your images will be c aptured in brow n colors to[...]

44 h p pho to smart 9 30 s er ie s us er ’s m anu al The de fault Re d-eye Redu ctio n setting is Of f , cau sing the f lash to fi re w ith o ut red -ey e re du ct io n. The Re d- ey e Red uct ion setting remains set when you turn the camera off. NO TE It wil l take longer to tak e a pict ur e with Re d -eye Red uct ion set to On . The shutter is[...]

Chapt er 2 : T aking pic tu r es and r ecor ding vi deo clip s 4 5 NO TE The Re so l ut io n s etting aff ects the numb er o f images th at can be saved on your memory car d. F ew er images w ill be sa v ed on th e memory car d at the def ault , highe r Reso lu tio n sett ing of 5MP - 2 608 x 195 2 than at the low er setting of 1 MP - 1 2 96 x 97 6[...]

46 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l NO TE The P ictures R emaining coun t at the bottom of the screen updates when you select a n e w sett ing . NO TE The Compr ession setting aff ects t he numbe r of images tha t can be sa ve d on y our mem ory car d. F ew er ima ge s will be saved on the memory card at the Be st setting than at the de[...]

Chapt er 2 : T aking pic tu r es and r ecor ding vi deo clip s 47 Sharpn ess NO TE The Sharpness setti ng does n ot apply to recording vid eo cl i ps . If you pr ess OK when the Sharpness option is high lighted in the C apture menu, t he Sharpness sub -menu disp lays. Th is sub- menu allows you to set how sha r p the e dges will be i n your pictur [...]

48 hp phot osma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al Cont rast If you press OK wh en the Contras t option is highlighted i n t he Capture menu, t he Contrast su b-menu disp lays. Th is sub- menu allows you to set ho w mu ch contrast th er e will be bet w een the da r k and light colors in y our capture d images, including the amou nt of deta il there wi[...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 49 C hapter 3: Re vie win g ima ges an d vi de o c li ps Usin g pl ay bac k Afte r yo u hav e tak en pi cture s or r ecor d ed v ideo clips, y ou can use Playback to revie w them. 1 Pr ess t he Playback butt on to ac tiv ate P lay bac k . The most recentl y taken or r e vie wed image or video clip [...]

50 hp phot osma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al # Icon De scr iption 1 or —Battery level (actual icon sh own depe nds on the state of yo ur camer a batteri es; see Ma naging batteries on page 100 ) —A C pow er when using the optional HP A C pow er adapte r or HP camera d ock 2 Di spl ays for th e firs t few s eco nds when you enter Playb ac k t[...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 51 Usin g the playbac k men u The Playb ac k menu allo ws y ou to pl ay or r ecor d au dio c lips , play video clips, delete images, audio cli ps , or video cli ps or for mat the memor y card , magnify an image on the Image Display , rotate an ima ge , or view al l o f th e settin g s that w ere us[...]

5 2 h p photosmar t 9 3 0 seri es user’s ma nual 4 To ex i t t h e P lay back menu and r eturn t o vi ew ing images in Play ba ck , h ighlight the EX IT PL A Y BA C K M EN U option and press t h e OK bu tton . The follow ing table summ ar iz es each of the Pl ayba ck menu options an d descr ibes the infor mation in the bottom right corner of each[...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 5 3 5 R otates thi s image automat ically 90 degrees clockwise ( not av ailable f or video clips) 6 A llo ws yo u to v iew all of the se ttings t hat w ere used w hen capturin g this ima ge 7D i s p l a y s t h e Setup menu, which a llo ws you t o set a number of pre fer ences on the ca mer a 8 5 M[...]

54 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l P la y/R ec ord au dio Thi s Pl ayba ck menu option is either Play or Reco rd Aud io depend ing on th e still ima ge or v ideo clip th at is c ur r entl y displ a yed , as expl ained in the f ollo wing su bsecti ons. Pl ay If you press OK when the Play option is highlighted in the Pl ayba ck menu , th[...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 5 5 Au di o r ecor ding sto ps w hen yo u pr ess th e OK button , the maximum audio clip length of 60 se conds is r ea ched , or the memory ca r d is full, whi che ver comes first . NO TE If y ou ar e unha pp y w ith an au dio c l ip yo u reco r d , y ou can delete th e audio cli p by using the Aud[...]

56 hp phot osma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al Magnify If you press OK when the Ma gn ify option is highlighted in the Pl ayba ck menu , the c urr entl y dis pla y ed image is aut omati call y magnif ied . This option is only for v iew ing a magnif ied im age on the Image Display; it does not permanently alter the image. NO TE Y ou canno t sel ect[...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 5 7 Ima ge info If you press OK when the Image Inf o option is highlighted in the Play ba ck menu , the Ima ge I nf o scr een d isplay s, which sho w s all o f the setting s th at w er e use d wh en cap tur ing th e curr ently displayed ima ge . The follo wing table explai ns the information that i[...]

58 hp phot osma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al Use the buttons to scr oll to ot her imag es and v ie w their in f ormation. Then press the OK bu tton to r eturn to the Play ba ck men u. Setup If you press OK wh en the Setup option is highlighted in the Playback menu, th e Setup menu dis plays . See Chapter 6: Usi ng the setup menu on page 7 0. 5 N[...]

Chapt er 4: U sing hp ins tant s har e 5 9 C hapter 4 : Using hp inst ant share This camera has an exc iting feat ur e called HP Instant Share . This feat ure l ets y ou se lect ima ges in t he camer a to be au tomati call y pr ocesse d late r whe n the came r a is connec ted to your comput er or to certain HP print ers. F or ex ample, you can sele[...]

60 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l Using t he sh ar e me nu When you pr ess the Sh ar e button, the Shar e menu displays in the upper right-hand corner of the Image Displ a y . The follow ing tabl e describes each of the Sha r e menu options. # Icon Description 1 Pr int 1 cop y of th e c urr entl y displa yed imag e wh en connecte d to[...]

Chapt er 4: U sing hp ins tant s har e 61 Using h p inst ant sha re t o print pic tur es 1 T urn on the c amer a, and th en pr ess the Shar e button. 2 Us e the buttons to sc r oll to th e image yo u w a n t to pr int. NO TE Vi deo clips cannot be selected for pr inting . 3 Use the b uttons to sc r oll t o the prin t optio n you w ant in the Share [...]

6 2 h p photosmar t 9 3 0 seri es user’s ma nual Using t he hp in stant share e-ma il se rvice Using H P Instant Sha r e to e-mail imag es inv olv es thr ee steps: 1 Add ing e-m ail addr esses or gro up dis tr ibu tion list s to the camer a’s Shar e menu (usi ng y our computer and the camera toge ther ). 2 Selec ting image s to be e-mailed (usi[...]

Chapt er 4: U sing hp ins tant s har e 63 3 Connect the camera to your computer b y usi ng the USB cab le or an opti ona l HP 8 88 6 camer a dock . This a ctiv ates the C ame r a Shar e Menu Se tup W iz ard . NO TE Y ou need to have a memory card installe d in yo ur c am era th a t i s n ot lo cke d an d h as so m e fr ee sp ac e on it i n or der f[...]

64 h p pho to smart 9 30 s er ie s us er ’s m anu al 7 Once you have successfully registered, sign in to the HP P ass port pr ogram, and then the HP I nstant S har e E-mai l Setup scr een w ill a ppear . Her e y ou can e ithe r en ter indi vidu al e- mail ad dre sses or c r eate gr oup distr ibutio n lists , and spe c ify how you want them to app[...]

Chapt er 4: U sing hp ins tant s har e 65 Selec ting ima ges to be e-mail ed 1 T urn on the c amer a, and th en pr ess the Shar e button. 2 Us e the buttons to sc r oll to the image y ou w ant to e-mail. NO TE Vi deo c lips cannot be s elect ed fo r e-mail. 3 Use t he but tons to scr oll to the e-m ail dest ination that you want to sel ect. 4 Pr es[...]

66 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l Win dow s Imag es ar e not e-mai led di r ectl y t o an yon e. R athe r , a me ssa ge i s s en t t o ea ch e -m a il ad d res s o r gro up di st ri bu ti on li s t t ha t you selected in the Shar e men u . The m ess age co nt ains t h umbna il images of the photos t hat you selected f or that address [...]

Chapt er 5: Unloadin g and prin ting images 6 7 C hapter 5: Unl oad ing a nd pr in ti ng ima ges Once yo u ha v e ta ke n p ic tur es, y o u can unl oad them f ro m y our camera to a c om puter or print them di r ectly to a printer , as explaine d in this chapter . NO TE Y ou can al s o use the optional HP 8886 camera dock to unload im ages to a co[...]

68 hp phot osma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al NO TE If your computer is r unning Window s XP , when you turn on the camera in the next step , a dialog bo x w ill display th at r eques ts you to Select the pr ogram to laun ch for this acti on . S imp ly cli ck on Cancel to close this dialog box. 4 T urn on the cam er a. T he HP Im age Unload soft [...]

Chapt er 5: Unloadin g and prin ting images 6 9 T o print directly to an HP Photosmart pr inter or to any other HP p rin ter wi th a fr ont pan el US B port: 1 Chec k that the pr inter is tur ned on a nd is online. (Ther e should be no blinking lights on the printer or e rror messages displayed about the pr inter .) Loa d paper in to the pr inter ,[...]

7 0 hp photosma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al C hapter 6 : Using t he setup m e nu The Setup me nu a llo w s y ou t o adj ust a n umbe r of camer a settin gs, such as the camer a sounds , dat e and time , and the confi guratio n of the USB or TV connection. Y ou can access the Setup menu f r om e ith er the Capture or Pl ayb ack menu . 1 To d i s[...]

Chapte r 6: Us ing the setup menu 71 5 To ex i t t h e Setup menu and r eturn to t he Captu r e menu or Play ba ck men u, hi ghl i ght the EXIT SETU P menu opt ion and press t he OK butt on . Camer a so unds Camera sounds are the sounds that the ca mer a makes when y ou tur n it on , pr ess a bu tton , or tak e a pi ctur e. Came r a sou nds are not[...]

7 2 hp photosma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al Date & time If you press OK when the Date & Time option is highl ighte d in the Setup menu , the Date & T ime scr een displays. This screen allows y ou to set the current date and time, as well as the date/time format, for the camera. This is usuall y done when you first set up the camera;[...]

Chapte r 6: Us ing the setup menu 7 3 z Disk Dr i ve —C auses the computer to recognize the camera as a di sk drive usin g the Ma ss Storag e Device Cl ass (MSDC) standard. Use this se tting for un loading an d shar ing on a Macint osh compute r, or on a Window s computer that does no t have the HP Photo & Imaging software installed on it. TV[...]

7 4 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manu al Lan gua ge If you press OK when the Language option is highlighted in the Setup menu , the La nguag e sub-me nu disp la y s. T his sub-me nu all o ws y ou to se t the language used in the camera interface, including the text in me nus and on t he Image Dis pla y. The defa ult La nguag e setting is En[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 7 5 C hapter 7 : T roubl esho oting and sup port Problems an d solutions NO TE If you stil l cannot solve your pr oblem af ter r ev iew ing the troubleshooting in f ormation pro vided in the following table, y ou can r un dia gnostic tests on yo ur c amera to try to isol ate and solv e the problem yourse[...]

7 6 h p photosmar t 9 3 0 seri es user’s ma nual Pro blem P ossible cau se Solu tion The ca mera does not tur n on . (con tinued ) The HP A C pow er adapter is not connected to the cam era , o r is not plugged into a power outlet . Ensur e that the HP A C po w er adapter is connect ed to the camera and is pl ugged into a wor king electrical outle[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 77 I replace the camera batteries fre quen tly. (con tinued ) The NiMH batteri es you are u sing wer e r echarged incorr ectly , or hav e drained on their o wn because the y hav e not been used late l y . Wh en NiM H batt er ies ar e br and new or have not be en use d in se ve ral mon ths, th ey should b[...]

7 8 hp photosma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al The ca mera batteries w ill not charge . (con tinued ) The wrong AC pow er adapter is being u sed. Us e onl y t he HP A C po we r adapter appr oved f or use wit h thi s came r a. See P urchasing camera accessor ies on page 103. The batter ies are damaged or bad. NiMH batteries degr ade over time and c[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 79 The ca mera does not res po nd when I press a button. The cam er a is turne d off or has shut down . T urn on the camer a, o r turn it off and then on again. The cam er a is connected to a compute r . Most of the camera buttons, exc ep t f or th e ON/OF F sw itc h, do not respon d when the cam er a is[...]

80 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l The ca mera does not take a pi ctur e when I press the Shutter button. Yo u d i d n o t pr ess the Shutter button hard e nough. Pr ess the Shutter button all t he way d own. The me mory card is not installed . Install t he memory car d. The me mory card is full . Unload images fr om the c amer a to y [...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 81 My image is blurry . The cam er a was set to Nor mal focus when it should hav e been set to Ma c r o focus , or vice versa. Set the cam er a to Macr o fo cus or to Nor mal foc us, and try tak ing th e picture a gain. ( See Setting the focu s r ange on page 30.) Yo u m o v e d t h e camera while you t [...]

82 h p ph oto sm a rt 930 s eri es us er’ s ma nu al My image is too bright. (con tinued ) A natur al or artific ial source oth er tha n the flas h provide d too much light. T ry taking the pictur e fr om a differ ent angl e . A vo id pointing the camera dir ectly to war d a br ight ligh t or re flecti v e surface on a sunny day . Use the Fla s h[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 83 R e se tti ng th e c ame r a If yo ur c am era do es n ot res po n d wh en y ou pr ess an y butt ons , use the cam era Res et switch to reset the ca mer a: 1 Open the b a ttery door on the bottom of the camera and r emo ve bo th batter ies. 2 Press the straightened end of a paper clip in to the Rese t[...]

84 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l Error messa ges on th e camera Message P ossible cause Soluti on Batteries depleted. Camera is shutting down . Batte ry powe r is too lo w to continue operati o n . Replace or r e c harge batt er ies , o r us e an optional HP A C pow er adapter . Batteries l ow Batte ry powe r is lo w (less than 1/3).[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 85 Lens is obstru cted Something is blocking t he lens from ex tend ing at pow er up. Clear space for the lens so it can exte nd. Unsupported card Th e car d in t he memory slot is not a mem ory car d or i s no t a supported memory card . Ensur e that the memo ry ca rd i s t he p rope r t yp e for your c[...]

86 hp phot osma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al Card is lock ed The memory card is lock ed. Sw itch th e locking tab on the memory car d to the unlocked position . Card is f ull There i s insuffi ci ent r oom to sa ve more images on the memory card . Unload images fr om the camera to y our co m puter , then delet e all images on the m emor y car d [...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 8 7 Fo cus to o f ar The fo c us distance is bey ond where the cam era ca n focu s. Make sure the camera is not set t o Mac ro fo c us. Consider setting the camera to Inf inity fo cus if your pictur e su bject is far in the dist ance. F ocus t oo close The fo c us distance is closer tha n the ca mera can[...]

88 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l F -n umbe r an d shutter speed turn red in Live Vi ew The c amera i s out of r an ge for the selected ape rtu r e. Sel ect a dif f er en t aperture when using th e Ap er tu re P riori ty Av exposur e mode. No ima ge s in camera Th er e are n o images or v ideo cli ps on the memory card and you ar e tr[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 89 Unable t o communicate with prin ter There i s no connection between the camera and pr inter . Make sure the cable is connected between the camera or t he optional HP 8886 c amera dock and the printer . I f that does not wor k , turn off the camera and disconnect it. T u r n the print er off and t he [...]

90 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l Incorrect or missing print cartri dge The prin ter cartridge is the incorr ect model or is missing . Install a ne w pr inter ca r tridg e, t urn the pri nte r off , th en turn it back on. Prin ter has a paper jam or The pr int carr iage has stalled Ther e is a paper jam o r the pr inter carr iage has [...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 91 Err or me ssages o n the comput er Message P ossible cause Soluti on Connecti on betw een t he imaging devi ce and computer fa ile d The came r a might be connected to a computer through a USB hub. Try connecting the camera directly to the computer, or disconnect other devices attached to the USB hu b[...]

92 hp phot osma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al Compute r cannot fin d th e connected camera (conti nued) The came r a is set to the Digital Camera setting in the USB Con figuration sub-menu of the Setup menu , but the computer cannot rec ognize t he camera as a digital camera . Change the USB Con figuratio n setting to Disk Dri ve in the Set u p m[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 93 Getting ass ista nce This s ecti on contain s suppo rt infor mation f or y our dig ital camer a , inclu ding suppo rt websit e inf or mati on , an e xplanati on of the support process, and support phone numbers. HP acces sibilit y w ebsite Cu stom er s w ith disab ilities can ge t help by v isiting ww[...]

9 4 h p photosmar t 9 3 0 seri es user’s ma nual Customer Car e is available in the following languages: Dut ch , En glish , Fr enc h, Ger man, Ital ian , P ortugu ese , Spanish , Sw e dish , T r aditiona l Chinese , Simplifi ed Ch inese , Jap anese , K or ean. (Danish , F innish, and No r w egia n support i nfor m ation is available in Eng lish [...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 95 • The ve rsion of the digital camera soft w are (located on t h e camera ’s CD label) • Messag es displayed at the t ime the sit uation occurred The applicable con ditions for HP phone s u pport ar e subject to chang e wit hout no tice . T elep hone support is free fr om t he date of purchase f [...]

9 6 hp photosma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al After the w arr anty period , call (208) 3 2 3- 25 51. Charges ar e $2 5 .00 per is sue , and ar e cha rg ed to y our c r edit car d. I f yo u think your H P product needs ser vi ce, call the H P Cu stomer Care Cen ter , which can help dete rmine if service is r equir ed. Phone su pport in E ur ope, t[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 9 7 Italy +39 (0)848 8 00 8 7 1 Luxem bou rg 900 40 006 (Fr ench) 900 40 00 7 (German) Mor occo +212 22 4 04 7 4 7 Nethe rlands 0900 20 20 165 (E ur o 0.10/m in ute) Norwa y +4 7 815 6 2 07 0 Po l a n d +48 2 2 86 5 9 8 00 Po r t u g a l + 3 51 (0) 808 201 4 92 Ro ma n ia +40 1 315 44 4 2 Ru ss ia n F e [...]

98 hp phot osma rt 9 30 series user’s manu al Ot her ph one suppor t w orldwide HP Customer Care Center phone numb ers and policies may cha nge . Vi sit th e fol low ing we bsite to che ck the det ails an d conditio ns of phone support in yo ur country/regi on: www .hp .co m/s up por t . Argentina +54 0 810 55 5 5 5 20 Aust ralia +63 (3) 8 8 77 8[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 99 Mex ico +5 2 58 99 22 (Mex ico C ity ) +5 2 01 800 4 72 6 684 (outside Mex ico City) Ne w Ze aland +64 (9) 35 6 6640 Pe r u +51 0 800 10111 Philippines +6 3 (2) 86 7 35 51 Pu er t o R ic o +1 8 77 23 20 58 9 Singapore + 65 6 272 53 0 0 Ta i wa n +886 0 800 010055 Thai land +66 ( 2) 661 4000 Unit ed St[...]

100 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l Append ix A: Batterie s a nd ca mer a acce ssorie s Managing bat t erie s When the bat ter ies are r emov ed from the camera , the da te and time settings are pr eser v ed for about 10 mi n utes. If the cam e ra is w ithou t batter ies f or lon ger than 10 minu tes , the c lock is set to the l ast da[...]

Append ix A: Batter ies and camer a accesso ri es 101 The camera u ses t w o AA bat t eries. Do no t use ordinary alkalin e batter ies. For best r esul ts, use photo-l ithium or r ec har gea ble N iMH batt er ie s. If you mus t us e alk aline ba t teri es , u se hi gh -g ra de “ult ra” or “pre mi um” va riet ie s. NO TE If you do no t inten[...]

102 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l Recharg eabl e bat teries Ni ck el Metal Hy dr ide (N iMH) batt er ie s can be re char ged b y using a battery c har ger . NiMH ba tter ie s can also be r echar ged in the cam er a whe n the came r a is connected to an op tional HP A C pow er adapter or HP 8886 camera dock. Batteries ar e fully recha[...]

Append ix A: Batter ies and camer a accesso ri es 103 P ur chas ing ca mer a a cc ess ori es Y ou can pur chase additi onal access or ies f or y our camer a f r om your loca l r etailer or online at w ww .hpshopping.com . S ome accessories f or the HP Photosmart 930 ser ies dig ital camera are listed below : z HP Photosmart 8886 camera dock: • Un[...]

104 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l z HP AC po wer adap ter (HP suppor ts only HP AC po wer adapters and other acc essor ies e x pr essly approv e d b y HP) : • Unit ed St ates an d Can ada—C8 912 #A2L • K o r ea, Au str alia , and Ne w Z eal and—C8 912 #UUF • Eur ope —C8 912 #UUS z HP Dig ital Came r a Access ory Kit—Y17[...]

Appendi x B : Specif icati ons 105 Append ix B: Spec ifi cations Fea t ure Descr iption Reso lu tio n Still pictures: z 5.26 MP (26 68 by 1970) to ta l pi xel c ou nt z 5. 08 MP (2608 by 19 5 2) effecti ve pix el count Vi deo clips: 288 b y 208 total pi xel count Sensor Diag onal 9 .04 mm (1 /1.8-inc h , 4: 3 fo rm at) CCD Color d epth 36-bit (12 b[...]

106 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l Foc us TTL a ut o f oc us. F o c us r ange settings: z Nor mal (d efa ult)—A uto foc us r ange of 0.5 m (19 .7 in) to infinity . z Macr o—Auto foc us r ange of 0 .14 to 0.7 m (5. 5 to 2 7 .6 in) at wide , 0.4 to 0.7 m (15 .7 to 2 7 .6 in) at z oom r anges gr eater than wi de . z Infinit y—F ocu[...]

Appendi x B : Specif icati ons 10 7 Imag e capture options z Sti ll (d efault ) z Self- Time r—Can be set to On or On - 2 shots thr ough the Capture menu; 10 second del ay f or both s ettings . On - 2 sh ots se tting tak es a secon d shot a b o ut 3 se conds l ater . z V ideo— 15 fr ames per secon d; inclu des audio. Up to 2 m inutes of video c[...]

108 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l Satur ation settings Low , Me diu m (d efaul t) , High Shar pnes s settings Low , Me diu m (d efaul t) , High Contrast settings Low , Me diu m (d efaul t) , High Pl ayba ck zoom Y es, 4. 5x Compressi on forma t z JP EG (EXIF ) fo r still images z MPEG1 for video cli ps Int erfa ces z USB to a compute[...]

Appendi x B : Specif icati ons 109 Po w e r 2 AA bat ter ies (2 n on -r e chargeable AA batteries included) or optional H P A C power adapter . Accept a ble batteries include photo- lithium, “ ultra” or “ premium” gr ade alkaline, or r echar geable NiMH . N iMH batt er ie s can be recharged in the cam e ra using the optional HP A C power ad[...]

110 hp p hotosmar t 9 30 series user’s manua l Memory car d capacity The following table l ists the appr ox imate n umber of st ill imag es tha t can be st or ed on a 3 2 MB Sec ure Di gital (S D) memo ry card when the camera is set to the different Res olu tio n and Compression setting s av aila ble in t he C apture men u (see page 44) . NO TE T[...]

Ind e x 111 Index A AA batteries 101 AC power adapter connector on camera 15 HP part number 109 purchasing 104 accessories for camera 103 AE Meter ing, setting 41 alkaline batteries 101 Aperture Prior ity (Av), setting 31 aperture, setting 31 arrow buttons on Controller 10 audio clips delete 55 play 54 record 23 , 54 Auto Exposure/Auto Focus and Fl[...]

112 Index D darkening an image 32 Date & T ime, setting 18 , 72 delete audio only 55 during Instant Review 22 images and video clips from memory card 55 Digital Print Order F ormat 61 digital zoom 35 disk drive, camera as 73 display, using 28 DPOF 61 E e-mail addresses, customizing the Share me nu 62 images from co mputer 68 enla rge ima ge 56 [...]

113 Index I Image Displ ay description 10 Live View button 1 0 status screen 17 using 28 Image Info, usi ng 57 images AE Metering se tting 41 brightening 32 Color setting 4 3 color tint 40 Compression setti ng 45 Contrast s etting 48 darkening 32 delete 55 Exposure Mode setting 31 Image Info in Playback 57 ISO Speed setting 42 magnify 56 number rem[...]

114 Index memory card Compression sett ing, effect of 46 delete images, audio only, or vide o clips 55 door 10 image capacity 4 5, 46, 110 install 16 pictures remaining 29 Resolution setting, e ffect of 45 memory light 10 Menu/OK button, description 10 menus Capture 36 list of 21 Playback 51 Setup 70 Share 6 0 messages on camera 84 on computer 91 m[...]

115 Index R range Expo sure Com pensati on 107 flash 10 6 F-num ber 105 focus 1 06 focus setti ngs 30 rechargeable batteries 102 record audio clips 23, 54 vide o clips 24 Red-eye Reduction, setting 43 remaining pictures on memory card 29 Reset switch, using 83 Resolution, setting 44 restoring previous settings 1 8 reviewing images and video clips 4[...]

116 Index V Video button, de scription 12 vide o clips delete 55 play 54 record 24 Video light, description 11 viewfin der lights ( LEDs), description 11 viewfinder, description 11 viewing images and video clips 49 W web sit es for HP 93 White Balance, setting 39 Windows computer bonu s software 20 connect to 67 install software 19 working distance[...]

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