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    ePhoto CL34 User’s Guide a b[...]

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    Trademark s 2 Trademarks AGFA and the Agfa r hom bus are tradem ar ks of Agf a-Gevaert AG . AGFAnet, AGFAnet Pr int Service, PhotoW ise and ePhoto CL34 are regis tered tradem ark s of Agf a- Gevaert N.V. Adobe Acrobat is a tr adem ark of Adobe Systems Incorporated that m ay be registered in c ertain juris dictions. Compac tFlash is a tradem ark of [...]

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    Regulation Com plianc e 3 Regulation Compliance FCC Information Test FCC W arning: This equipment m eets the lim its f or a Class B digital devic e, pursuant to Par t 15 of FCC Rules. Only the power pack and c able supplied with the cam era should be us ed. Operation with other power packs and cables is likely to result in interf erence to radio an[...]

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    Regulation Com plianc e 4 CE Declaration of conformity according to ISO/IES Guide 22 and EN 45014 This equipment c om plies with the requirem ents of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/ECC, 93/68/ECC standards: EN 60950: 1995/A3. This equipment c om plies with the requirem ents of the EMC Directive 89/336/ECC Standards: EN 50081-1-EN55022 class B EN 5[...]

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    W arranty 5 Warranty Agfa warrants this product to be f ree f rom defec ts of m ater ial and workm anship f or one (1) y ear from the date of purchas e. During the warranty period, Agfa will repair or replace, at its option, the product at no char ge to the custom er. T he replac em ent unit may be a re-m anufac tured unit or a unit of equal or gr [...]

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    Safety In formation 6 Safety Information ! To reduc e the risk of elec tric s hock , do not disass em ble the cam era. ! To reduc e the risk of f ire or elec tric shoc k, do not ex pose the cam er a to rain or m oisture. Ref er all servicing to qualif ied ser vice pers onnel. ! Only use the following batteries: AA Alkaline, AA Lithium or AA NiMH ba[...]

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    Care and Maintenance 7 Care and Maintenance ! Avoid leaving the cam era in the sun or in a very w arm location (beac h, car, and s o on) for prolonged periods. ! Do not wrap the cam era in cloth or plas tic while it is on (heat and m oistur e m ay be trapped and damage the c am era). ! Avoid using the cam era in ex cess ively cold (below 0°C/32°F[...]

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    Contents 8 Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................... .................. 10 Chapter 1: Getting to Know Y our Camera .................................................................................... 11 Power Sources .....................................[...]

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    Contents 9 Chapter 3: Working w ith Images in Play Mode ............................................................................ 31 Using Single-Im age View ........................................................................................................ .. 32 Scrolling through the Im ages in Single- Im age View .........................[...]

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    Introduct ion 10 Introduction Your ePhoto CL34 records high photo- quality digital images. You just have to point and clic k to record im ages . Using the Jog Dial wheel you can easily and quick ly change the cam era s ettings. To read m or e on y our Agfa pr oduct, visit: ht tp: // www.ag f a.c om W ith the ePhoto CL34 y ou can: ! Check the cam er[...]

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    Chapter 1: Gett ing to K now Your Camera 11 Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Camera 1 Compac tFlash™ Slot To ins ert an optional Com pactFlas h™ mem or y card. 2 Shutter Button To r ecord an im age or a videoc lip. 3 Built-in Flash To light dark s cenes. 4 Display To s ee the settings on a blac k and white display. 5 Tim er Indic ator A blinking[...]

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    Chapter 1: Gett ing to K now Your Camera 12 1 USB Port ( ) To c onnect your camera with a USB cable to your com puter. 2 Print Button To upload your images via the internet to the AGF Anet Printing Service. 3 Green Action Indic ator A steady green light indicates that the cam era is ready. The green action indicator blinks when the cam era star ts [...]

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    Chapter 1: Gett ing to Know Your Cam era 13 Pow er Sources Your ePhoto CL34 has two possible power sources : ! batteries ! USB power Batteries Inserting batteries Your ePhoto CL34 came ra com es with 4 AA Alk aline batteries. " Note: You can also use AA NiMH or AA Lithium batteries. 1 Open the door of the batter y compartm ent. 2 Insert 4 AA a[...]

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    Chapter 1: Gett ing to K now Your Camera 14 Tips for saving battery life In order to extend batter y life use f ollowing tips: ! Use the optical viewfinder ins tead of the LCD to f ram e im ages. ! W hen recording m ore than one im age, do not switch on and of f the cam er a too often. Af ter 30 seconds of inactivity the LCD automatic ally switches[...]

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    Chapter 1: Gett ing to K now Your Camera 15 3 Insert the Com pactF lash™ card and pus h it all the way into the slot. " Note: The m em ory card is shaped s o that it can only be inserted into the slot in the correc t way . Do not force the car d. " Note: To rem ove a card, switch of f the cam era, pull the Com pactFlas h cover out of th[...]

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    Chapter 1: Gett ing to K now Your Camera 16 Camera Controls The PL A Y/OFF /REC A uto Re turn Switch Switching on the camera • Slide the PLAY/OFF/REC auto return s witch towards REC or PLAY. # REC: The c ame ra is switched on. W ait until the Green Ac tion Indicator s tops blink ing before r ecording an im age. # PLAY: The cam era is switched on [...]

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    Chapter 1: Gett ing to K now Your Camera 17 The Status Display The dis play shows the cam era s ettings you selected by m eans of ic ons. Exam ple of dis play information: The dis play gives you inform ation on: ! the number of im ages that still can be rec orded ! the status of the batteries (f ull, half- full, nearly empty) ! the USB connection t[...]

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    Chapter 1: Gett ing to Know Your Cam era 18 The Resolution Button Setting the resolution Depending on the Image r esolution you can record 4 im ages in F ine resolution (1280 x 960), 10 images in High resolution ( 1024 x 768) and up to 36 s till im ages in Low resolution (512 x 384) . ! Note: According to the c om bination of Fine, High and Low res[...]

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    Chapter 1: Gett ing to Know Your Cam era 19 The Selftimer Button Activating the selftim er • Press the Selftime r button to change the selftim er setting. a : Resolution button b : Selftim er button c : Flash button Activating the self tim er option, delays the recording of an image with 10 sec onds after press ing the shutter button. ! Note: In [...]

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    Chapter 1: Gett ing to Know Your Cam era 20 The Flash Button Activating automatic flash • Press the Flash button to change the flash s etting. a : Resolution button b : Selftim er button c : Flash button W hen y ou ac tivated the autom atic flas h, the flashlight will go off if the scene you want to record is too dark . In this c ase the flas h w[...]

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    Chapter 1: Gett ing to Know Your Cam era 21 Jog Dial Wheel Use the Jog Dial wheel to navigate through the m enus and s elect a m enu option: 1 Press the J og Dial wheel to switch on the LCD screen in Rec ord m ode. 2 Press the J og Dial wheel again to display a menu . 3 Use the arrows of the Jog Dial wheel to scr oll from one m enu option to anothe[...]

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    Chapter 2: Rec ording Im ages and Videoc lips in Record Mode 22 Chapter 2: Recording Images and Videoclips in Record Mode Like a c onventional cam era, the ePhoto CL34 has an optic al viewfinder. You can also f ram e the image on the c olor LCD. Bef ore you record im ages or video clips , m ak e sure to inst all the batteries. " Note: To ex te[...]

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    Chapter 2: Rec ording Im ages and Videoc lips in Record Mode 23 " Note: The c amer a autom atically stops recording af ter 3.5 sec onds or when 10 im ages are recorded. T he total proc essing tim e of 10 images tak es about 10 seconds . " Note: Flash options are not available when rec ording in Burs t mode. To reco rd vid eo clips: 1 Slid[...]

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    Chapter 2: Recordi ng Im ages and Videoc lips in Record Mode 24 Changing a Basic Setting 1 Slide the PLAY/OFF/REC auto return switch towards REC. 2 Press the J og Dial wheel. The LCD is s witched on. 3 Press the J og Dial wheel again. The Recor d m enu appears on the color LCD. ! Note: After 5 s econds without pressing any button, the menu switches[...]

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    Chapter 2: Recordi ng Im ages and Videoc lips in Record Mode 25 Digital Zoom The digital zoom feature of the ePhoto CL34 lets you z oom into the c enter of the im age. Setting Description 1x Digital zoom is of f. Keeps the actual size of the im age (def ault). 2x Digital zoom is applied. T his option zoom s into the center of the im age and automat[...]

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    Chapter 2: Recordi ng Im ages and Videoc lips in Record Mode 26 Preview The ePhoto CL34 provides four preview settings: Setting Description Normal Shows the lighting conditions as s een through the lens ( default). Bright preview For viewing dark scenes m ore brightly on the LCD screen (the actual ex posure does not change). Dark preview For dark e[...]

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    Chapter 2: Rec ording Im ages and Videoc lips in Record Mode 27 Changing A dv anced Settings Change advanced settings by using the advanced settings m enu displayed on the color LCD. The advanced settings ar e: ! Quick Review ! Exposure ! W hite Balance ! Sound ! Auto Shut Down ! Language ! Automa tic " Note: For infor m ation on how to change[...]

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    Chapter 2: Rec ording Im ages and Videoc lips in Record Mode 28 To s elect Q uick Review: 1 Select Quic kR eview in the Advanced m enu. The Q uick Review menu appear s. 2 Select On. 3 Fram e the im age and press the Shutter button. The im age appears on the LCD with the question to Delete or to Share the im age. 4 Scroll by pressing the up/down arr[...]

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    Chapter 2: Rec ording Im ages and Videoc lips in Record Mode 29 White Balan ce The W hite Balance is us ed to calibrate the c olors of your images. T his option lets y ou m anually adjust the color balance of an image s o that the colors appear natural. To s et the W hite Balance manually: 1 Select W hite Balance in the Advanced m enu. The W hite B[...]

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    Chapter 2: Rec ording Im ages and Videoc lips in Record Mode 30 A uto Shut Dow n You can manually increase or dec rease the tim e af ter which your camer a (when no button is pressed) autom atically shuts down. To s et Auto Shut Down time m anually: 1 Select Auto Shut Down in the Advanced m enu. The Auto Shut Down scr een appears dis play ing 5 opt[...]

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    Chapter 3: W orking with Images in Play Mode 31 Chapter 3: Working w ith Images in Play Mode You can use the ePhoto CL34 PLAY mode to view and work with rec orded im ages/videoclips in single-im age view and m ulti-im age view. Setting De script ion Single-Image View Use single-im age view to preview one im age or videoclip at the tim e. Mu lti-Ima[...]

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    Chapter 3: W orking with Images in Play Mode 32 Using Single-Image View Scrolli ng through the Images i n Single-I mage View To s croll through r ecorded im ages : " Note: Recorded videoclips are m ark ed with a video-icon. W hen refer ring to im ages in Single- Image view this inc ludes videoclips , unless s pecif ied otherwise. 1 Slide the P[...]

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    Chapter 3: W orking with Images in Play Mode 33 Zooming in on an Im age in Single-I mage View The c ame ra’s digital 2x zoom allows you to select a part of an im age and to zoom in on it. To zoom in on an im age: 1 Slide the PLAY/OFF/REC auto return s witch to PLAY. The c olor LCD shows the last r ecorded im age, in s ingle-im age view. 2 Scroll [...]

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    Chapter 3: W orking with Images in Play Mode 34 Display ing Information in Single-Image View You can display the image counters and the r esolution setting in s ingle-im age view. To dis play inform ation f or eac h im age: 1 Slide the PLAY/OFF/REC auto return switch to PLAY. The c olor LCD shows the last r ecorded im age, in s ingle-im age view. 2[...]

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    Chapter 3: W orking with Images in Play Mode 35 Using Multi-Image View View ing Images in M ulti-Image View To view m ultiple im ages at a tim e: 1 Slide the PLAY/OFF/REC auto return s witch towards PLAY. The c olor LCD shows the last im age r ecorded, in s ingle-im age view. 2 Press the Enter button or the up/down arrow of the Jog Dial wheel. The [...]

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    Chapter 3: W orking with Images in Play Mode 36 7 Select one of the f ollowing options: ! Reform at: T o delete all im ages that are s tored on the m em ory card and refor mat the c ard. ! Current : T o delete the selected thum bnail one by one. ! All: To delete all im ages . ! Exit: T he PLAY menu re-appear s without deleting an im age. " Not[...]

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    Chapter 4: Transf erring Im ages t o Your PC 37 Chapter 4: Transferring Images to Your PC Installing the Re quired Softw are " Note: Make s ure to install the requir ed soft ware before connec ting your ePhoto CL34 camera to y our PC. 1 Insert the ePhoto CL34 CD in the CD-RO M drive. " Note: If the Installation does not start autom atic a[...]

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    Chapter 4: Transf erring Im ages t o Your PC 38 Connecting the Came ra to Your PC 1 Open the USB com partm ent door. 2 Plug one end of the USB cable into your cam era’s USB por t. 3 Plug the other end of the USB c able into y our com puter’s USB port. The USB port on your PC is labeled with the USB icon as shown in the picture below. 4 Slide th[...]

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    Chapter 4: Transf erring Im ages t o Your PC 39 View ing and Sav ing Images on Your PC Using the A gfaCam Mounter W ith the AgfaCam Mounter y ou can retrieve and view im ages f rom your camer a. As an alternative method to c opy images to your computer and manage them in an ef fic ient way , use PhotoW ise. For more information, refer to Chapter 5:[...]

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    Chapter 5: Organizi ng Im ages Using P hotoW i se 40 Chapter 5: Organizing Images Using PhotoWise W ith PhotoW ise you can download images from your cam era and organize them in rolls of film . 1 Connect the cam era to your com puter as desc ribed in Connecting the Cam er a to Your PC . The Agf aCam Mounter appears. 2 Open PhotoW ise by click ing t[...]

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    Chapter 5: Organizi ng Im ages Using P hotoW i se 41 4 Select ‘AgfaCam Mounter ’ as sourc e (if needed) . 5 Select ‘Create a new roll of film ’ to download the im ages to the new roll of film . PhotoW ise proposes the actual date as default nam e f or the new roll of f ilm and for the destination folder . ! Note: You can change the proposed[...]

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    Chapter 5: Organizi ng Im ages Using P hotoW i se 42 9 Click ‘Select All’ or s elect m anually the images you which to transfer to y our hard disk . ! Note: To s elect m ultiple im ages hold down the Ctrl k ey w hile selecting the desir ed im ages. 10 Click the ‘Download’ button. If you have selected ‘Alway s ask for each input’ in the [...]

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    Chapter 5: Organizi ng Im ages Using P hotoW i se 43 ! Note: To c onsult and add additional infor m ation about an im age, click the icon underneath the image. ! Note: For m ore inf orm ation, ref er to the PhotoW ise online help system. You can acc ess the online help system by pressing ‘F1’ or by moving your cursor to the top of the window an[...]

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    Chapter 6: Ordering P rints Over t he Internet Using AGFA net Print Servic e 44 Chapter 6: Ordering Prints Over the Internet Using AGFAnet Print Service After ins talling the CL34 soft ware from the ePhoto CL34 CD, you can easily upload y our im ages from your cam era to the internet f or printing. T here are two way s to upload your images to the [...]

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    Chapter 6: Ordering P rints Over t he Internet Using AGFA net Print Servic e 45 5 Click Configure Connec tion to set up your connection. 6 Click Next to go through each s tep of the wizard. " Note: For m ore inf orm ation about the wizard, click the Help button. After c om pleting the wiz ard, the uploaded im ages will be printed and sent to y[...]

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    Chapter 6: Ordering P rints Over t he Internet Using AGFA net Print Servic e 46 6 Click Configure Connec tion to set up your connection. 7 Click Next to go through each s tep of the wizard. " Note: For m ore inf orm ation about the wizard, click the Help button. After c om pleting the wiz ard, the uploaded im ages will be printed and sent to y[...]

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    Chapter 7: Us ing the ePhot o CL34 for Video A pplicat ions 47 Chapter 7: Using the ePhoto CL34 for Video Applications Videoconfer encing w ith MS NetMeeting Videoconferencing over the I nternet To us e NetMeeting® 3.0 (or higher) over the internet you need a modem for inter net connection and Internet Explorer ® 4.01 (or higher) . Visit ht tp: /[...]

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    Chapter 7: Us ing the ePhot o CL34 for Video A pplicat ions 48 Capturing Vid eo Images w ith VideoImp ression 1 Connect the ePhoto CL34 to your computer with the USB cable. 2 Switch on the cam era. 3 Choose Start > Progr am s > Arc Soft Video > Arc Soft VideoIm pres sion to launch VideoImp ression. 4 Click the New button to capture video. [...]

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    Chapter 7: Us ing the ePhot o CL34 for Video A pplicat ions 49 Opening and mana ging v ideoclips w ith VideoImpressio n You can play , edit and save recor ded videoclips on your com puter using VideoIm pres sion. 1 Connect your camera to the PC as descr ibed in Connecting the Cam era to Your PC . The Agf a Cam era window appears. 2 Drag the desired[...]

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    Appendix A: Troubleshoot ing and Support 50 Appendix A: Troubleshooting and Support Troubleshooting The camera d oes not st art up ! The c amer a is switched of f. Slide the PLAY/OFF /REC auto return switch towards REC or PLAY. ! The c am era is autom atically switched off because of 5 m inutes of inactivity. Slide the PLAY/OFF/REC auto return swit[...]

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    Appendix A: Troubleshoot ing and Support 51 Support For more information and support on your Agfa ePhoto CL34: Visit http://support.agf a.com and ht tp: // www.ag f a.c o m The m ost eff ective way to find an answer to your problem is to execute the s ucces sive steps described below. 1. Create an A gfa e-Service A ccount You need to create an Agfa[...]

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    Appendix A: Troubleshoot ing and Support 52 For more information and support on MS NetMeeting: Consult the help system or visit http://www.m ic rosof t.c om /windows/netm eeting and htt p:/ /www. net m ee t. net For more information and support on VideoImpression: Consult the help system or visit htt p: //www. ar cs of t .c om For more information [...]

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    Appendix B: Cam era Specif icat ions 53 Appendix B: Camera Specifications Parameter Specif ications Image Res olutions 1280 x 960 pixel res olution (Fine) ; 1024 x 768 pixel r esolution (High); 512 x 384 pixel resolution ( Low) LCD Display Black and white status display 1.8” color LCD Color 24-bit (m illions of color s) Memor y 2 Mb internal m em[...]