Panasonic 1438M manuale d’uso

OPTIMA 1438m User manual[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-1 FCC STATEMENT This device complies wi th Part 15 of the FC C Rules. Ope ration is subj ect to the following two conditi ons: (1) This device may not ca use harmful i nterference, and (2) This device must accept any interf erence receiv ed, includ ing interfer ence that ma y cause undesi red operati on. Note: This equipme nt has be[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-2 READ THIS FIRST Trademark Information  Microsoft ® and Windows ® are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Co rporation.  Pentium ® is a registered tra demark of Inte l Corporatio n.  Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Inc.  SD™ is a trad emark.  SDHC™ is a trademark.  Other names and products may be trad[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-3 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read and unders tand all War ni ng s and Cautions before using this pr oduct. Warnings If foreign o bject s or water have ente red the camer a, turn th e power off and remove the bat tery . Continued u se might caus e fire or el ectric sho ck. Consult the store of purchase. If the camera has fal len or its case[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-4 Cautions Insert the batt ery paying careful attention to the polarity (+ or –) of the terminal s. Inserting the batter y with its polar ities inv erted might cause fire and injury , or damage to the su rroundin g areas due to t he battery ru pturing or leak ing. Do not fi re the flas h close to anyone’ s eyes. This might c aus[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-5 Notes on Battery Usage When you use th e battery , carefully r ead and stric tly observe the Safety Instructions and the notes de scribed belo w:  Use only the sp ecified bat tery (3.7V) .  Avoid extremely c old environ ments as low temp eratures can shorten the battery life and reduce camera performanc e.  When you are u[...]

CONTENTS EN-6 7 INTRODUCTION 7 Overview 7 Package Cont ents 8 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAMERA 8 Front View 9 Rear View 10 LCD Monitor D isplay 12 GETTING STARTED 12 Preparat ion 13 Char ging the Batt ery 14 Initial Settings 16 CAPTURE MODE 16 Capturing Imag es 17 Settin g the Scene Mode 17 Setting the Pan orama Mode 18 Taking Imag es When the Smi le Fe[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-7 INTRODUCTION Overview Thank you fo r purchasi ng this Agf aPhoto digi tal came ra. Please r ead these op erating instructi ons careful ly in order to us e the digital camer a correctly . Keep the inst ructions i n a safe place after reading so th at you can re fer to them lat er . Package Contents Carefully unpack your camera and [...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-8 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAMERA Front View 1. S tatus LED 2. Flash 3. ON/OFF Power b utton 4. Self-timer LED 5. Mode switch 6. Lens 7. Microphone 8. Zoom lever 5 6 7 8[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-9 Rear View Item Function Capture Mode Vi deo Mode Playback Mode 1. Shutte r button Record butto n V oice memo rec. 2. Playbac k Playback Playba ck 3. Menu Menu Menu 4. Focus Auto> >> Focus Auto> > Go 10 imag es forward s 5. Flash Auto> a > d > c > ` > _ -- Next Image 6. Self-timer Off>2s>10s>1[...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-10 LCD Monitor Display Capture mode 1. Zoom status 2. Battery condition [ l ] Full battery power [ o ] Medium battery power [ n ] Low battery power [ m ] No battery power 3. Flash mode [Blank] Auto Flash [ a ] Forced Flash [ d ] Flash Off [ c ] Red-eye Reduction [ ` ] Slow Sync [ _ ] Pre-flash 4. Storage media [ ] Internal memory ([...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-11 Video mode 1. Zoom status 2. Flash mode 3. Battery condi tion 4. S torage med ia 5. Ma in focus area 6. Video quality 7. Video resolution 8. Availabl e recording time/Ela psed time 9. Sel f-timer icon 10. Date and time 1 1. Focus set ting 12. Mode i con Playback mode - Still image play back 1. V oice memo 2. Battery condi tion 3.[...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-12 GETTING STARTED Preparation 1. A ttach the ca mera strap. 2. Ope n the battery /memory card cover . 3. Insert the supp lied batt ery with cor rect orientat ion as shown. (l abel side to the b ack) 4. In sert an SD/SDHC memory card (O ptional).  The camera has 32MB internal me mory (27M B available for image storage) , but you[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-13 Charging the Battery Charge the battery fully wi th the supplied battery charger bef ore use. 1. In sert the ba ttery into t he battery charger . 2. Connect the power c ord to the charg er and insert the plug into a wall outlet.  The status LED on the charge r lights red when charg ing has st arted and ligh ts green when c har[...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-14 Initial Sett ings Setting the Date and Time The date/time needs to be s et if and whe n:  The camera is tu rned on for t he first time.  The camera is tu rned on af ter leaving the camera wi thout the batte ry for an extended pe riod of time. When the dat e and time informatio n is not displayed on the LCD mon itor , follo[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-15 Choosing the Language S pecif y in which language menus and messages are to be displayed on the LCD monitor . 1. Slide the mode swi tch to [ ] or [ ] ; or press the button. 2. Press the button. 3. Select [Setup] me nu with the f button. 4. Select [Language] with the c / d buttons and press the button . 5. Se lect the displayed l [...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-16 CAPTURE MODE Capturing Images Y our camera is eq uipped with a 3.0" ful l color TFT LCD monitor t o help you compose images, p layback recor ded images/ video cl ips or adjust menu se ttings. 1. P ress the ON /OFF button to turn the po wer on.  The st atus LED li ghts gr een and the camera is ini tiated. 2. S lide the mo[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-17 Setting the Scene Mode By simply se lecting on e of the av ailable 21 sc ene modes, you can cap ture the im age with the mo st appropri ate setting s. 1. S lide the mode s witch to [ SCN ]. 2. Select the desir ed scene mode wi th the e / f buttons, an d press the button. 3. Compose the image and press the shutter button. Setting [...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-18 Taking Images When the Smile Feature Is On With the camera ’s new “smi le detection ” function, th is camera detect s smiles so you don’t miss tho se special momen ts in life. 1. S lide the mode switch to [ SCN ]. 2. S elect [Smile Shot ] with the e / f buttons, and pr ess the button. 3. C ompose the image, and pre ss th[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-19 Recording Shots into Multipl e Image Layout The Album Shot mo de enables you to easily record images and combin e three shot s into a single image. 1. Slide the mode switch to [ ]. 2. Press the button, and s elect the [Function] menu with the f button. 3. Select [Capture Md .] with the c / d buttons, a nd press the button. 4. Sel[...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-20 VIDEO MODE Recording Video Clips This mode allows you to record video clip s at a resolution of 320 x 240 / 640 x 480 pixels. 1. Slide the mode switch to [ ]. 2. Compose the image. 3. Press the shutter button.  The recording of the video clip will start.  Pressing the shutter button one more time will end the recording of [...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-21 PLAYBACK MODE Playing Back Still Images Y ou can play b ack still im ages on the L CD monitor . 1. Press the button.  The last image appears on t he screen. 2. The images can b e displayed in forward o r reverse sequ ence with the e / f buttons .  T o view th e previou s image, pr ess the e button.  T o view t he next i [...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-22 Playback Display This funct ion allows yo u to search quickly f or the image that you wa nt and play back images on the LCD monitor sequent ially . 1. Press the bu tton. 2. P ress the c button to dis play the ne xt 10th image.  If the 1st i mage taken is displ ayed, press t he c button to pl ayback the 1 1t h image taken. Pre[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-23 Attaching Voice Memos A maximum of 30 seco nds of audio can be recorde d as a memo for capt ured still images. The vo ice memo can be rec orded only onc e. 1. Press the but ton.  The last image appears on t he screen. 2. Select the image t o which you want to attach the vo ice memo with th e e / f buttons. 3. Press the button.[...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-24 Protecting Images Set the da ta to re ad-only t o prevent i mages from be ing erased by mist ake. 1. P ress the button. 2. S elect the image th at you want to protect with the e / f buttons. 3. P ress the button. 4. S elect [Protect ] with the c / d buttons, and press t he button. 5. S elect [Single] or [All] wit h the c / d b u[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-25 DPOF Settings DPOF is the abbreviatio n for Digital Print O rder Format, which allows you to embe d printing information on your memory card. Y ou can select the ima ges to be printed and how many prints to make with the DPOF menu in the camer a and insert the memory card to a card compatible printer . When the printer starts pri[...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-26 Erasing Images Erasing in Photography Mode (Quick Delete F unction) The quick del ete functi on enables you t o delete the las t captured im age during capture. 1. S lide the mode switch to [ ] or [ ]. 2. P ress the button.  The last image an d the quick delete men u appear on the screen. 3. S elect [Execute] with the c / d b[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-27 MENU OPTIONS Capture Menu This menu is fo r the basic set tings to be us ed when captu ring still ima ges. 1. S lide the mode s witch to [ ]. 2. Press the button, an d select the [ Capture] / [F unction] menu wi th the e / f button s . 3. Select the des ired opti on item wit h the c / d buttons, and press th e button to enter its[...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-28 W . Balance This set s the white bala nce for a variety of lig hting condit ions and permit s images to be captured ap proaching th e condition s that are seen by the human eye. * [Blank ] Auto * [ ] Incand. * [ ] Fluoresc.1 * [ ] Fluoresc.2 * [ ] Daylight * [ ] Cloud y * [ ] Manual WB ISO This sets the se nsitivit y for captur [...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-29 Capture Md. This sets the reco rding meth od at the time of ca pturing im ages. Quick Shot If this func tion is set to “On”, the camer a takes a quick shot without focusin g. * On / Off Digi. Zoom This set s whether or not to use di gital zoom at th e time of photograp hy . * On / Off Preview This sets whethe r or not to disp[...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-30 Video Menu This menu is fo r the basic settings to be used when re cording vide o clips. 1. S lide the mode switch to [ ]. 2. P ress the button, an d select th e [Capture] / [Function] men u with the e / f buttons. 3. Select the des ired option item with the c / d buttons , and pres s the but ton to enter its re spective menu . [...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-31 Playback Menu In the [ ] mode, choose which s ettings are to be used f or playback. 1. Press the button . 2. Press the button. 3. Select the des ired opti on item wit h the c / d buttons, and pres s the button to enter its respec tive menu. 4. Select the desir ed setting wi th the c / d buttons, and pr ess the button. 5. T o exit[...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-32 Qual. Change Changes the qu ality (compr ession) of a re corded imag e. Compresses i mages down to half their s ize or less, and overwrit es old size i mages with ne wly compres sed images. I t is only poss ible to red uce the imag e quality/s ize, never t o increase it . Copy to Card Allows you to copy your files from the camer[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-33 Setup Menu Set your camer a’s operating envir onment. 1. S lide the mode s witch to [ ] or [ ] or press th e button. 2. Press the button, and se lect the [Set up] menu with t he f button. 3. Select the des ired opti on item wit h the c / d buttons, and press th e button to enter its respec tive menu. 4. Select the desir ed sett[...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-34 Fr . No. Reset This create s a new folder . The captured images ar e recorded to the newly cre ated folder from nu mber 0001. * Cancel / Execute Light Freq. This camera su pports d ifferen t lighting fre quencies: 50 H z and 60 Hz. Wh en photograph ing under fluorescen t lighting , select the correct fr equency set ting dependin[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-35 TRANSFERRING FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER System Requirem ent Downloading Your Files 1. Connect one end of the U SB cable to an available USB port on your computer . 2. Connect the othe r end of the US B cable to the USB termin al on the c amera. 3. T ur n on your camera. 4. S elect [PC] usin g the c / d button s and press the button. [...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-36 USING THE CAMERA AS A PC CAMERA Y our camera can act as a PC camera, w hich allows y ou to video conferenc e with bus i- ness associa tes, or have a re al-time conv ersation wit h friends or family . T o use th e cam- era for vide oconferenc ing, your compu ter system must include the items as below:  Microphone  Sound car[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-37 EDITING SOFTWARE INSTALLATION There are 3 typ es of software include d on the CD-ROM: ArcSoft MediaImpression™ - mana ges your media for you, and g ives you to ns of fun and excitin g ways to create and share projects featu ring your phot o, video, and musi c files. Creat e your own movies or photo slide shows , complete with s[...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-38 SPECIFICATIONS * Design and specifications are subject to change without notice. Item Description Image sensor 1/2.33” CCD sen sor (10.0 megap ixels) Image resol ution S till image 3648 x 2736, 281 6 x 21 12, 2272 x 1704, 1600 x 1200 , 640 x 480 Vide o clip 640 x 480 (30 fps), 320 x 240 ( 30 fps) LCD monitor 3.0” full colo r[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-39 APPENDIX Possible Number of Shots Possible number of shots (still image) The table shows t he approxima te number of shots that you can capture in e ach settin g based on the ca pacity of the inter nal memory and the SD/ SDHC memory card. Possible recording time / sec (video clip) * We recommend a memory card of at lea st 10MB/Se[...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-40 Troubleshooting Refer to the symp toms and soluti ons listed below before sendin g the camera for rep airs. If the probl em persists, con tact your local re seller or ser vice cent er . Symptom Caus e Solutions / Corrective Actions The power does not come on. The battery is not inserted. Insert the battery correctly . The batter[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-41 Connecting to a PictBridge Compliant Printer Read this section if the mode l you purchased is include d with the PictBridge functions. If a printer that supports PictBridge is available, images can be printed by connecting the digital still camera directly to the PictBri dge-compatible printer without using a computer . Connectin[...]

OPTI MA 1438m EN-42 3. If you select [Si ngle] in the prev ious step , the figure show n on the right hand side will appear .  Select the image that you want to pri nt with the e / f buttons.  Select the [Print Num.] (up to 99) with the c / d buttons.  After selecting the desired image and printing number , press the butt on to confirm. 4.[...]

OPTIMA 1438m EN-43 Customer care More informa tion on t he complete AgfaPhoto di gital camera p roduct rang e can be fo und at www .plawa.com and www .plawausa.com. Service & Rep air (USA/ Canada): 1-866 475 2605 www .p lawausa.com Support Service (USA/ Canada) support-ap dc@plawa usa.com Service & Rep air Hotline (EU): 00800 752 921 00 (fr[...]