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    DX G - 3 0 8 User’ s Manual[...]

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    1 Chapter 1 Attention 1-1 Safety Prec autions ... ..... ...... ....… .…... ...... ... ...... 2 1-2 Befor e Usi ng Y our Ca mera .... ..... ....… …..….. ..... ..2 1-3 Oper atin g Precau tion s.. .... …...... ... ... ... . ..... ……….. 3 1-4 P ackage Cont ents ..... ......... ............………….. .....3 Chapter 2. Getting to Kn[...]

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    2 Chapter 1 Attention Plea se rea d through this manua l car efully be fore using the came ra and follow the instru ctions to avoid dam age caused by improper operation. 1-1 Saf ety P reca uti o ns ● The software CD-RO M packaged with t he camera is design ed for PC s only . Using thi s CD- ROM on a ster eo or CD play er may cau se damage to it .[...]

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    3 1-3 O p e rati ng Preca utio ns This pr oduct con sists o f intri cate ele ctrical par ts. T o ensur e norm al photog raph y , do not dro p, strike or hi t the cam era. ● Avoid using o r placi ng the camera i n the fo llo wing locati ons: o Damp an d dus ty pl a ces. o Seale d vehicle s or places e xpose d to dir ect sunli ght or places sub jec[...]

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    4 2-1 F eatures Overview Front View Chapter 2 Getting to Know Your Camera (1) Flash (2) Lens Cov er/Pow er Swit ch (3) Lens (4) S hutter B utton (5) Self - Timer LED (6) R ed- Eye Reduction LE D (7) Macro S witch (8) T erminator Cov er (9) TV -OUT Po rt (10) USB P ort (1) Flash (2) Lens Cover / P o wer Switch (3) Lens (4) S hutter B utton (5) Self [...]

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    5 Rear View (1) LCD Mon itor (2) M o de Display Button (3) Mode Dial (4) Statu s LED (5) Macro Mode LED (6) EN TER B utton (7) M ulti-Sel e ct Butto n (8) Str ap Holder (9) Flash Bu tton (10) Batte ry Cover (11) Memory Card Slot (1) LCD Mon itor (2) M o de Display Button (3) Mode Dial (4) Statu s LED (5) Macro Mode LED (6) EN TER B utton (7) M ulti[...]

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    6 2- 2 Sp eci fic a t i ons ● Lens: f=9.61 mm ● Image Sensor: 3.3 megapixe l CMOS ● F ocus: F/3.0 ● Sensit ivit y: ISO 100 ● White B alance: Auto, Sun, T ungste n, F l uoresc ent. ● Shutter : El ectri cal ● Shutte r Sp eed: 1/ 4 sec. ~ 1/2 000 sec. ● Sto rage Medi a: 16 MB Inte rnal Flash M emor y SD Card (MM C c om patible) Slot (s[...]

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    7 3-1 LE D I ndi ca t ors The me anings o f the L ED indi cators located above the LCD mo nitor a re: Standby/ Busy Macro Mode ( R e d L E D ) ( G r e e n L E D ) LED Status Description Red On The red LED t u rn s on when the camera is reco rding or when the batteries are charging the flash. The LED blink s every 1 0 s ec onds in norm al standby mo[...]

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    8 3- 3 P ow e r Su p ply ● Slid e the le ns cov er to the left to tur n on the came ra. ● Sli de the lens cov er towar ds the r ight to turn off the camera. ● Use the le ns cover to turn the camera on and off . A fter turning on t he camera, the re d busy LED bl inks, then t he last recorded image ap pears on the LCD monit o r . ※ Auto P ow[...]

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    9 3- 5 M od e D ial ● Select a wor king mo de by using the M ode Di al: 1. PC Mode 2. Record Mode 3. Play Mo de 4. Movie Mode 5. Setup Mode 3-6 Mu lti-Sele ct Button Y ou c a n perfo r m var io u s operat ions in diff erent modes b y using the Multi -Select button, fo r exam ple, sele ct, confirm, go forwar d and go back. The center butt on funct[...]

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    10 3-9 M acr o S wi t ch ● Use the Macro swi tch on left side of the camera to select either Bas ic (normal lens) or Macro (clo se-u p) mode. Wh en you sel e ct Macro , the gre e n macro LED turns on. ※ In Macro Mode the fl ash is di sable d autom atical ly to avoid ove rex posure . . Basic Macro[...]

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    11 4-1 R ec ord Mode J F or more in forma t ion , please refer to section 3-2 “LCD Moni tor Displ ay , ” page 7. Quick Index of Menus (for Refer ence): Chapter 4 Naviga ting Modes and Menus[...]

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    12 4- 2 Pl ay Mode Index for Quick Menu: 1. Del ete Picture s 2. Slidesh ow 3. DPO F (Di gital Pr int Orde r Format) S ettings. DPOF (Dig ital Print Order Format) allows for taggin g of images on memo ry car ds fo r printing. DPOF allows digital c amera users to de fi ne wh at i ma ges a re to be prin ted on c om patibl e pr in t device s. Basi cal[...]

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    13 4-3 Mo vie Mo d e 4-4 Set up Mo de 1. Image Resolution 2 9 7 6 x 2 2 3 2 2 0 4 8 x 1 5 3 6 1 2 8 0 x 9 6 0 1 6 0 0 x 1 2 0 0 (1) Mov ie Mode (2) Mov ie Leng th (3) R e cord Indicator (4) Battery P ower Leve l (5) Time/Date Page Dow n Page Up[...]

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    14 2. Image Quality: (Fine Quality) (Bas ic Quality ) 3. White Ba lance: ( A u t o ) ( S u n ) ( F l u o r e s c e n t ) ( T u n g s t e n ) 4. EV (Exp osure Va lue) Com pensati on 5. OSD Language[...]

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    15 6 . D a t e / T i m e 7. TV-Out Operation 8. Light Frequency Sele ct the corr ect fre quency ( 50Hz or 60Hz) for your reg ion. (USA=60Hz) 9. Format Media ※ If a memory car d has been inserted, only th e mem ory card is form atted, and n ot the inter nal m emory . 10. De fault Re set to default fac t ory s e ttings 4-5 M od e S e lect io n[...]

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    16 5-1 At t ac hing the St rap ● Insert the thin en d of strap into the strap holder . . ● Pass the other end of strap throug h the loop. ● Stre tch the strap tightly . 5-2 Loa d i n g Batteri es ● T u rn the ca mera off . ● Insert two A A alkali ne batteries o r recharge able batte ries. Please make sure the batte ries are fully charge d[...]

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    17 ● Insert batterie s as indicated on the insi de cover . ● Clo se and lo ck the battery cover . NOTE: Open the cover gently to avoid damagi ng the batte ry compar tment cover . Battery Tip s : ※ If the batte ry powe r indi cator sho ws only o ne black bl ock, the flash is disabl ed. ※ When the batte ry i ndicator turns re d, you can no lo[...]

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    18 2. T o remove t h e memo ry c a rd ● Press the mem ory card do wn gently . ● The memory car d will bounce upw ard. ● Pull the m emory car d out with your finge rs as shown. NOTE: Befor e us ing the camer a, p leas e remembe r to in sert the me mory card in to the s lot . If the memo ry card is full of images or data, you can turn the Mode [...]

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    19 ● LCD monitor wi ll displa y when no memory card is present. ● LCD m onitor w ill displ ay when memory c a r d i s l o a d e d a n d w o r k i n g p r o p e r l y . I n c a s e t h e L C D monit o r still dis plays with the card in serted , conside r the foll owing possibl e cause a nd soluti ons: -Image form at can’ t be reco gnized by c [...]

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    20 6-1 Set up M ode In Setup Mode , yo u can adjust the ca mera’ s basic funct ions, inc ludin g Image Size, I m age Quality , Sel f -timer , Whit e Bal a nce, EV Co mpe nsa tion, O SD Langua ge , Date/ Time, Pres et Settings, Format Media, and TV-Out. T o set the se optio ns: 1. T urn the Mode Dial to Setup Mode . 2. T urn on the ca mera. The re[...]

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    21 ※ If the "M emor y is no t eno ugh!" warning m essa ge appe ars on the LCD M onito r , the m emory ca rd is full. 6-3 P lay Mode In Play Mode , users c an r eview rec orde d stills and movies. To r e v i e w : 1. T urn the Mode Dial to Play Mode . 2. T urn on the cam e ra. The most recently re corded image appears on the LCD monitor [...]

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    22 PC C amer a and Mass Storage option s wil l appear on the LCD M oni tor . 2. Pr ess the a rrow buttons / on the Mult i-Select Button Button to move and sel ect the desire d optio n. Pre ss the or butto n to co nfir m and save the se ttings. 3. Th e mess age wi ll pop up o n the L CD Mo nitor . Connec t the USB cable to the came ra and PC to comp[...]

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    23 7-1 In stallin g the Camera Drive r for PC Y ou can use the PC Camer a and Mass Storage functions of the c amer a via PC. T o install the driv er: 1. Inser t the com panio n CD-ROM supplie d with the came r a into t he CD-RO M driv e. 2. The wel come scre en auto mati cally appe ars a fter a momen t: (No te: If your CD- ROM drive do es no t auto[...]

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    24 7-2 In stallin g Application s for PC Install the Arcsof t Sof tware ( example giv en: Photo Impressio n). 1. Inser t the com panio n CD-ROM supplie d with the came r a into t he CD-RO M driv e. 2. Th e Au t o-run p rog ram ex e c ute and a welco me screen appears: (No te: If your CD- ROM drive do es no t autom atical ly r un the CD in stall pro[...]

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    25 7. Follow the in stallati on Wizard to s elect a destinati on folde r and com ponents. 8. Selec t the progr am folder y ou want to install 9. When the inst allation is complete, the window below will appear . Click Finish to end the i nstal lati on.[...]

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    27 8-1 Ho w to Tr ansfe r Fi les Use the Mass Storage function in t he PC Connection me nu to conne ct and transfe r fil es via USB. N ote: Wi ndows XP and Wi ndows 20 00 us ers do not need to install the camer a driver t o tran sfer files . 1. T urn th e camer a on by slidin g the len s cover . 2. Se t the M ode Di al to PC 3. On the ca mer a’ s[...]

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    28 4. Press t he Ente r Butto n on the Multi-Select Button to select PC Cam era ; a flashi ng USB cable ic on appea rs on the di splay . 5. Connect the US B cable betwe en the cam era and the compute r . 6. Open your web chat software. Cl ick on the appr opriate icon o r menu sele ction to sta rt the cam era and use the web chat softwar e to br oad[...]