Fisher VPC-C40EX manual

VPC-C40EX VPC-C40E VPC-C40 VPC-C40GX INS TRUCTION MANU AL Digital Movie Camera Please read th ese instructions carefully b ef ore using the camer a. Make sure to read and understand the separ ate booklet “ SAFETY MANU AL ”. K eep this manua l in a saf e place f or later refer ence. Important note This manual e xplains how to saf e ly oper ate t[...]

i English W arning T O PREVENT THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE T O RAIN OR MOI STURE FOR AMERICAN USERS The f ollowing advisory is included in accor dance with the la ws of th e State of Calif ornia (USA): W ARNING: This product contains chemicals , in cluding lead, kno wn to the State of Calif ornia to cause cance[...]

English ii FOR CANADIAN USERS i This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. FOR EU USERS Note: i This symbol mark and recycle system apply only to EU countries and do not apply to countries in other areas of the world. Y our SANY O product is designed and manuf a ctured with high quality materials and components which ca n be re[...]

iii English GETTING UP AND R UNNING Install t he car d 1 Insert the card. 2 Connect the AC adaptor to the camera. 1 Open 2 Inser t 3 Close T o power outlet DC IN terminal Supplied A C adaptor Supplied po wer cord[...]

English iv Shooting k Video clip recording 1 Open the monitor unit, and press the ON/OFF button for at least 1 se cond to turn the camera on. 2 Se t the main switch to REC. 3 Pr ess the video cl ip recording button [ ]. h Recording begins . h T o stop recording, press the video clip re cording button again. k Still image photograph y 1 Open the mon[...]

v English Playbac k k Video clip pla ybac k 1 Set the main switch to PLAY. h The display s witches to the Pla ybac k Screen. h T og gle the SET button to the left or right to display the video clip yo u wish to pla y back. h Video clips are indicated by a video clip pattern along the top and bottom of th e screen. 2 Press the SET button. h Pla ybac[...]

1 English QUICK SEARCH BY OPERA TION Y our camera has an abun dance of con venie nt f eatures and functions . F rom creating precisely the ph oto you want, to vie wing images using v arious techniques, y ou can locate the e xact oper ation f or your purposes in the follow ing t able. Basic operation Con venient functions Additional functions Shooti[...]

English 2 Shooting/recording Capture fast-mov ing subjects • “SCENE SELECT” (sports mode) on page 53 Shoot in bright conditions • “Exposure co rrection” on page 36 • “FLASH SETTING” on page 56 • “SCENE SELECT” (night vie w mode/fi rewo rks mode/lamp mode) on page 53 Increase the camera’ s sensitivity • “ISO SENSITIVITY[...]

3 English QUICK SEARCH BY OPERA TION Play back Getting started viewing imag es • “Pla ying bac k a video clip” on page 42 Adjust the speaker vol ume • “PLA YBACK VOLUME” on page 74 Smooth out video clip playbac k • “SMOO TH PLA YBACK ” on page 98 • “VIEWING IMA GES” on page 39 Searc h f or image/ audio data • “9-image d [...]

English 4 CONTENTS QUICK SEARCH BY OPERATION ............... .................. ..................... ..1 CONTENTS .... .................. .................. ................... .................. ...............4 CHECKING THE INCL UDED ACCESSORIES ............. ..................... ....7 GETTING THE MO ST OUT OF YOUR CAM ERA ......... ...........[...]

5 English CONTENTS  PLAYBACK DISPLAYING THE PLAYBACK SETTING SCREENS .................... .... 69 PLAYBAC K MODE .. .................. ................... .................. .................. ... 73 PLAYBAC K VOLUME ........... .................. ................... .................. ........ 74 IMAGE P ROTECT ...... .................. .......[...]

English 6  OTHER DEVICES AND CONNECTIONS CONNECTING TO A TV ........... ..................... .................. ................... 129 DIRECT PRINTING .......... ..................... .................. ................... ........130  APPENDICES COMMONLY A SKED QUESTIONS ...... ..................... .................. ......139 TROUBLESHOO[...]

7 English CHECKING THE INCLU DED A CCESSORIES i Hands trap: 1 i SANY O Softw are Pack (CD-ROM): 2 i Li-ion battery pack: 1 i Dedicated A V in terface cable: 1 i Dedicated USB interface cable: 1 i Lens cap: 1[...]

English 8 i AC adaptor and power cor d: 1 i “SAFETY MANU AL” (safety precautions booklet) Please read this booklet carefully before using the digita l camer a. i Quick Guide[...]

9 English CHECKING THE IN CLUDED A CCESSORIES How to use the accessories k Handstrap k Lens cap Befo re using the lens cap , remo ve the protect ive film.[...]

English 10 Media car ds that can be used with thi s camera The type of card that can b e inserted into and used with t his camera is: i SD Memory Card[...]

11 English GETTING THE MOST OUT OF Y OUR CAMERA Y our movie camera can not only record video clips , you can also take still photos and ma ke audio recordings. F or e xample, you can snap a still image while recording a vide o clip , or make just an audio recording. T win menus f or easy operation (pages 46 and 70) The novice photographer will have[...]

English 12 Capture still sh ots while recor ding a v ideo c lip (pa ge 34) Suppose that while you’ re recording a video c lip, there’ s a scene you’ d like to keep as a still photo . Y our camera makes it possi ble to recor d the still photo without interrupting the video clip recording. Mov able monitor f or an y shooting angle The movab le [...]

13 English GETTING THE MOST OUT OF Y OUR CAM ERA Smooth out the motion during video c lip playba ck: Smoot h pla ybac k (page 98) If a video clip was recording while the camera was moving fast, you might see a distracting video fli cker when it is pla yed bac k. For a playbac k that is comfortably even, y ou can use the “smooth playback function?[...]

English 14 SYSTEM MAP Y ou can connect the camera to various de vices to e xpand its capabilitie s.[...]

15 English SETUP PA R T S N A M E S Camera Front <T o open the monitor uni t> Lens Flash Monitor unit Stereo micropho ne[...]

English 16 Rear Bottom Multi-indicator Still image shooting button [] Video clip recording butt on [] Zoom swit ch MENU button Batter y cover LCD monitor SET b utton Strap holder T r ipod stand hole DC IN terminal • Use only the SANY O-specified AC adaptor . Card cov er Speake r ON/OFF button Main switch USB/A V terminal[...]

17 English INST ALLING THE B A TTER Y P A CK AND CARD The card can be used after it has been f ormatted with the camera (page 123). Make sure that the ba ttery pa ck and the card orie ntation are corr ect. Install the ba ttery pac k 1 Open the battery cover on the side. h Open the battery cov er by lightly pressing it and sliding it to wards the re[...]

English 18 3 Cl ose the battery cover. h Match the [ I ] marks, and slide the cov er tow ards the front to close it. h At the time of purchase the bat tery pack is not ch arged. Be sure to install a f ully charged b attery pack in the camer a (page 20). Install the card 1 Open the monitor unit, and then open the card cover on the bottom of the came[...]

19 English INST ALLING THE BA TTER Y P A CK AND CAR D 3 Close the card cover. <When removing the card...> h T o remove the car d, press it down , and then release. The card will protrude slightly , and you can then pull it out. CA UTION Do not attempt to for cibly r emove the car d. i Nev er remove the card when t he multi-indicator is fla sh[...]

English 20 PO WER FOR THE CAMERA The supplied A C adaptor is used not only as the camer a’ s A C adaptor , but also to charge the battery installed in t he camera. Using the battery pac k At the time of purchase , the battery pack is not charged. The bat tery pack must be charged bef ore it can be used in the camera. Also , if the battery power b[...]

21 English PO WER FOR THE CAMERA 3 Disconnect the AC adaptor after charging is completed. Using a power outle t When the supplied A C adaptor is connected to the camer a, power can be supplied from a pow er outlet. HINT About the internal backup batt ery i This camera’s interna l batter y serves to maintain the date and t ime settings, as w ell a[...]

English 22 TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF T urning on the camera 1 Se t the main sw itch. T o shoot pictures: Set to REC T o play b ac k image s: Set to PL A Y 2 Open the monitor unit. 3 Pres s the ON/OFF button for about 1 second. h The camera turns on, and an image appears on the LCD monitor . T urning on the camera when the po wer sa ve (sleep) f[...]

23 English TURNING THE CAMERA ON AN D OFF T urning off the camera 1 Press the ON/OFF button for about 2 seconds. h The camera turns off . HINT T o immediately activ ate the power save function i Press the O N/OFF button brief ly to active the power save function. About the standby mode i T o tur n off th e camera only briefly , you can close the mo[...]

English 24 OPERA TION BUTT ONS The procedures to change the camer a settings, choose imag es, etc., ar e perf ormed by using the SET but ton to control the LCD monitor displa y . This operation is used v ery frequently , so it is best to become f amiliar with it right away . VIDEO CL IP MP EG4 640x480 30fps HQ 2288x1712 (4M-S) SCENE SELECT FULL AUT[...]

25 English OPERA TION BUTT ONS <Select the icon to the left or right> T o select the icon to the right, toggle the SET bu tton to the right. T o select the icon to the left, toggle the SET bu tton to the left . <Actuate the selected icon> Press the SET b utton. The selected icon mov es to the left end of the lineup . VIDEO CLIP MPEG4 64[...]

English 26 BASIC OPERA TION BEFORE T AKING PICTURES For best results Hold the camera secur ely , keeping y our elbo ws cl ose to y our body and making sure the camera is stable. Make sure tha t the lens and flash are not blo ck ed b y your fin gers or the str ap . * For shooting v ertically oriented still images, y ou can set the shoo ting orientat[...]

27 English BEFORE T AKING PICTURES Using the autof ocus The autofocus will w ork in almost all situat ions; however , there are certain conditions that may cause the autof ocus function to not work properl y . If the autofocus function is not working properly , set the focus range to capture images (page 62). k Conditions that may cause incorrect f[...]

English 28 The fo llowing e xamples are some of the situations where the aut ofocus function ma y work, b ut not as desired. i When both near and far objects are present Use the focus-loc k function to lock the focus on an object at the sa me distance as the desired subject, then reposition the camera to compose the picture. i Fast-mo ving subjects[...]

29 English BEFORE T AKING PICTURES Hints f or taking pictures Muting the operation sounds i The operation sou nds that are gener ated, f or e xample, when the still image shooting but ton, MENU butt on or SET button i s pressed, as well as the audio guidance when yo u s witch the mode , can be m uted (page 10 6). Where is the image and audio data s[...]

English 30 CAPTURING IMA GES Record ing video c lips 1 Turn on the camera (page 22). 2 Se t the main swit ch to REC. 3 Pr ess the video cl ip recording button [] . h Recording begins . During shooting, it is not necessary to continue pressi ng the video clip recording b utton while shooting. 4 En d the recordi ng. h Press the video clip recording b[...]

31 English CAPTURING I MA GES HINT Adjusting the LCD monitor brightness i While the Shooting Scr een is activ e, Y ou can quic kly access the screen f or adjusting the brightness of the LCD monitor by pressing the MENU button for at least 1 se cond. Focus lock during video clip recording i The autof ocus can be set to a fix ed f ocus dur ing video [...]

English 32 Capturing still images 1 Turn on the camera (page 22). 2 Se t the main swit ch to REC. 3 Pres s the still image shooting button [ ]. 1 Press th e still image shooting button halfway . h The autofocus operat es, and the image is f ocuse d (f ocus lock). 2 Continue to gently press the still image shooting button al l the way . h The shutte[...]

33 English CAPTURING I MA GES HINT What is the camera f ocusi ng on? i A target mark & on the LCD monitor shows the area t he camera is f ocusing on. i The camera automatically deter mines the correct focus b y measuring from 5 different f ocus points within the shooting area. If the target mark is at a positio n that is diff erent from the poi[...]

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35 English B ASIC SHOO TING FUNCTIONS Using the zoom Y our camera has two zoom functions: optical zoom and digital zoom. Y ou can specify whether or not the digital zoom is enabled (pa ge 114). 1 Point the camera lens at th e subject. 2 Press the zoom switch to compose the desired image. [T]: Zoom in on the sub ject. [W]: Zoom out. h When the z oom[...]

English 36 Exposure correc tion When capturing images, y ou can make the image lighter or darker . 1 Se t the main swit ch to REC. h T o exit the Shoo ting Setting Screen, press the MENU but ton . 2 While the Shooting Screen is displayed, toggle the SET button to the right. h The e xposure correction bar appears. 3 Toggle the SET button to the left[...]

37 English MAKE AN A UDIO RECORDING Y our camera can mak e audio recordings. 1 Turn on the camera (page 22), and set the main switch to REC. 2 Press the MENU button. h The menu displa y appears . 3 From the video clip mode menu, select the audio memo icon < , and press the SET button. h The recording mode i s enabl ed. h The menu displa y is can[...]

English 38 4 Pr ess the video cl ip recording button. h Aud io recording begins . During recording, < appears in the LCD monitor. It is not necessary to continue pressing the video clip recording but ton while shooting. h T ake care not to co v er the microphone with y our fi ngers. h When the remaining r ecording time becomes shor t, the time r[...]

39 English VIEWING IMA GES 1 Turn on the camera (page 22), and set the main switch to PLAY. h An image is di splay ed on the LCD monitor . h Video clips are indicated by a video clip pattern along the top and bottom of the screen. 2 Select the image you wish to view. T o display the pre vious image, toggle t he SET but ton to the left. T o display [...]

English 40 9-image disp la y playback 1 Turn on the came ra (page 22), and set the main switch to PLAY. 2 Push the zoom sw itch toward the [W] ([ P ]) side. h The 9-image disp lay appears. 3 Select the imag e to play back. h T oggle the SET button up , down, left or right to mov e the orange frame t o the desired image, and press the SET but ton. I[...]

41 English VIEWING IMA GES Magnifying ( zooming in) the image 1 Display the image that you want to magni fy. h Fo r a video cli p, pause pla y bac k at th e place y ou want to magnify . 2 Push the zoom switc h toward the [T] ([ ] ]) side. h Magnification is enabled. h The image is magnified, and the central portion of image is display ed. h T og gl[...]

English 42 VIEWING VIDEO CLIPS Playing bac k a video clip Follow these steps to pla y back a video c lip. T o do this... Do this Normal forward pla yback Press the SET butt on. Stop pla ybac k During pla yback, toggle the SET but ton do wn. P ause During playbac k, press t he SET button or toggle the SET bu tton up . During accelerate pla yback, to[...]

43 English VIEWING VIDEO CLIPS HINT Display the video c lip playback point i During video clip pla ybac k, press the MENU b utton f or at least 1 second to displa y a bar showing the current pla yback poin t in the video clip . i Press the MENU button f or about 1 second to cancel the bar . CA UTION If no audio is heard... i The audio is not pla ye[...]

English 44 PLA YING B A CK A UDIO D A T A Listen to y our audio recordings . 1 Di splay the desired audio data. 2 Pl ay back the record ing. Start forward playbac k: Press the SET button. Pause: While the audio memo is play ing, press th e SET butt on, or toggle the SET b utton up . During fast f o rw ard or f ast rev erse , toggle the SET button u[...]

45 English SHOO TING P AGE 1 (BASI C SETTINGS) DISPLA YING THE SHOO TI NG SETTING SCREENS The Shooting Setting Screens are used to ad just your camera’ s shooting settings. The Shoo ting Setting Screens are organiz ed into tw o displa ys: PA G E 1 and P A GE 2 . The P AGE 1 settings (page 47) cov er the basic shooting settings , and t he PAG E 2 [...]

English 46 SWITCHING THE P A GE Switch from P AGE 1 to P A G E 2, or vice versa, depending on how y ou wish to use yo ur camera. 1 Display a Shooting Setting Screen (page 45). 2 Toggle the SET button to the left. h The Shooting Settin g Screen P AGE changes. h Each time the SET b utton is togg led to the left, the P AG E changes. VIDEO CLIP MPEG4 6[...]

47 English DISPLA YING THE SHOO TING SETTING SCREENS Overview of the Shooting Set ting Screens PA G E 1 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 0 7 VIDEO CLIP MPEG4 640x480 30fps SHQ[...]

English 48 1 Video clip menu (page 51) 2 Still image re solution menu (page 52 ) 3 Scene select me nu (page 53 ) 4 Filter menu (page 55) 5 Flash menu (page 56) 6 Self-timer men u (pa ge 58) 7 Option icon (page 100) h Displays t he Option Screen . 8 P A GE display (page 46) 9 Help display (pa ge 108) 0 Remaining battery power (page 127) i When you s[...]

49 English DISPLA YING THE SHOO TING SETTING SCREENS PA G E 2 87 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 0 IMAGE ST ABILIZER VIDEO VIEW[...]

English 50 1 Image sta bilizer menu (page 60 ) 2 Focus range menu (page 62) 3 Focus mode men u (page 64) 4 Light-measuring mode (EXP MEASURE) menu (page 65) 5 ISO sensitiv ity menu (page 66 ) 6 White balance men u (page 67) 7 Option icon (page 100) h Display the Option Screen. 8 P A GE display (page 46) 9 Help display (pa ge 108) 0 Remaining batter[...]

51 English IMA GE QU ALITY Video clip image quality setting When it comes to video clips, a lar ger number of pixels and a higher frame rate means bett er image quality a nd smoother pla yback. On the other hand, the file size becomes lar ge and uses more memory . Set the image quality to a setting that’ s right for your purpose. 1 Display the PA[...]

English 52 Still image resolution setting By setting the still image resoluti on (pixels) to a higher setting, image detail is enhanced for a smoother , finer picture. However , the file size also becomes large and uses more me mory . Select the resolution setting that suits your purpose. 1 Di splay the PAGE 1 Shoot ing Setting Screen (page 45). 2 [...]

53 English SCENE SELECT Y ou can select from v arious preset settings (ape r ture , shutter speed, etc.) f or specific shooting co nditions. 1 Display the PAG E 1 Shooting Setting Screen (page 45). 2 Select the scene select menu. 3 Select the desired icon from t he scene select m enu, and press the SET button. h This completes the scene select func[...]

English 54 4 Take the picture. Fo r video clip recordi ng, see page 30. For still image shooting, see page 32. T o return to nor mal photog raph y , select = from the scene select menu, and press the SE T button . HINT i When capturing images using the fire works + , lamp Q or night vie w / setting, use a tripod or other method to stabiliz e the ca[...]

55 English FIL TERS The filter f eature change s image characteristics such as color t ones, to app ly unique eff ects t o the photog raphed ima ge. 1 Display the PAG E 1 Shooting Setting Screen (page 45). 2 Select the filter menu. 3 Select the desired icon from t he filter menu, and press the SET button. h This completes th e filter setting . 4 Ta[...]

English 56 FLASH SETTING The flash is used n ot only f or taking pi ctures where there is insuff icient light, but also when the subject is in shade or in bac klight conditions . Y our camera has three modes of operation (au tomatic flash mode , fo rced flash mode, and flash off mode). 1 Di splay the PAGE 1 Shoot ing Setting Screen (page 45). 2 Se [...]

57 English FLASH SETTING 3 Select the desired icon from t he flash menu, and press the SET button. h This completes the flash setting. 4 Take the picture . For still image shooting, see page 32. h T o return to nor mal photo graph y , select k from the flash menu, and press the SET but ton. HINT i Y ou can change the flash setting b y toggling the [...]

English 58 SELF-TIMER 1 Di splay the PAGE 1 Shoot ing Setting Screen (page 45). 2 Se lect the self-timer menu. 3 Se lect the desired icon from the self-timer menu, and press the SET button. h This completes the self-timer setting. 4 Take the picture. Fo r video clip recordi ng, see page 30. For still image shooting, see page 32. N : T ur ns off the[...]

59 English SELF-TIMER HINT T o pause or cancel the self-timer function... i If the video clip recording b utton or still image shooting b utton is pressed again bef ore the shutter is released, the self-timer count down tempora rily stops. Press th e video clip recording b utton or still image shoot ing button one more time to restart the self-time[...]

English 60 P AGE 2 (AD V ANCED SETTINGS) MO TION COMPENSA TION (IMA GE ST ABILIZER) Y our camera can minimiz e a jittery picture b y compensating for unintentional hand motion (video clips only) . 1 Di splay the PAGE 2 Shooting Setting Screen (page 45). 2 Se lect the image s tabilizer menu. 3 Se lect the desired icon from the image stabili zer menu[...]

61 English MO TION COMPENSA TI ON (IMA GE ST ABILIZER) <Concerning the changing f ield of view when motion compensation is enabled> i When the motio n compensation is set to ON, the f ield of vie w during recording standb y diff ers from the recordab le field of vie w as shown b elow . i When set to the moti on compensation q set ting, the vi[...]

English 62 FOCUS RANGE 1 Di splay the PAGE 2 Shooting Setting Screen (page 45). 2 Select the focus ra nge menu. h When shooting a subject at a medium to f ar distance, by setting the fo cus ra nge to * , y ou will find it both easier and f aster to f ocus. h When the f ocus range is set to * , + or - , the corr esponding indication appears on the L[...]

63 English FOCUS RANGE How to use the manual f ocus 1 Select the manual focus i con - from the focus menu, and press the SET button. 2 Press the SET button. h The focus dista nce adjustment bar appears. 3 Toggle the SET button to the left or right to adjust the focus distance, and press the SET button. h The focus distance is set, and you are retur[...]

English 64 FOCUS AREA SETTING Y ou can choose from the f ollowing 2 type s of aut ofocus (stil l image shooting only): 5-point range fi nder f ocus: The distan ce to the subject is detected b y sampling from multiple areas of the entire shooting screen. Spot f ocus: The camera f ocuses on the subject in the center of the LCD monitor . 1 Di splay th[...]

65 English LIGHT -MEASURING MODE SETTING Y ou can select from 3 types of light-measuring modes . Multi-section light- measuring: The exp osure is adjusted after sampling from mult iple areas of the entire shooting screen. Center-weighted l ight-measuring: The exp osure is adjusted after light is measured fro m the entire image, b ut with emphasis o[...]

English 66 ISO SENSITIVITY With the initial se ttings, the ISO sensit ivity is automatically set according to the brightness of the subject. Howe ver , the ISO sensi tivity can be set to a fixed setting. 1 Di splay the PAGE 2 Shooting Setting Screen (page 45). 2 Select the ISO sensitivi ty menu. 3 Se lect the desire d icon from the ISO sensitivi ty[...]

67 English WHITE B ALANCE This camera automaticall y adjusts the white balance und er most lighting conditions. Ho we v er , if y ou want to specify the lighting conditions or ch ange the ov erall tone of the image, the white balan ce can be manually set. 1 Display the PAGE 2 Sh ooting Setting Screen ( page 45). 2 Select the white balance menu. >[...]

English 68 3 Se lect the desired icon from the white bal ance menu, and press the SET button. h Once the white balance sett ing is programmed f or the ] icon, it is retained e v en if another white balance se tting ( > , r , o , p , or q ) is selected. If you changed to ano ther setting, whene v er you select the ] icon and press the S ET button[...]

69 English PLA YBACK P AGE 1 (BASI C SETTINGS) DISPLA YING THE PLA YB A CK SETTING SCREENS The Play back Setting Scree ns are used to adjust you r camera’ s playback settings. The Pla yback Setting Screens are organiz ed into two displa ys: PA G E 1 and P A GE 2 . The P AGE 1 settings (page 71) cov er the basic play back setting s, and the PAG E [...]

English 70 SWITCHING THE P A GE Switch fr om P AGE 1 to P AGE 2, or vice ver sa. 1 Di splay a Playback Setting Screen (pa ge 69). 2 Toggle the SET button to the left. h The Pla ybac k Setting Scre en changes to the other P AGE . h Each time the SET b utton is togg led to the left, the P AG E changes. ROTATE Rotate image PLAYBACK METHOD Set play all[...]

71 English DISPLA YING THE PLA YB A CK SETTING SCREEN S Overvie w of the Pla ybac k Setting Scr eens PA G E 1 1 Playback method setting (page 73) h Select continuous pla yback or single -frame playback. 2 Multi-pla yback (page 40 ) h Displa y images in the 9-frame multi-display f o rmat. 3 Pla yback v olume co ntr ol (page 74) h Adjust the pla ybac[...]

English 72 PA G E 2 1 Rotate image (page 86) h Rotate still images. 2 Resiz e (page 87) h Reduce the resolut ion of a still image. 3 Red-eye corr ection (page 88) h Repair the re d-ey e eff ect to make e y es look more natur al. 4 Extract still i mage (page 90) h Extract a stil l image from a video clip. 5 Video clip edit (p age 91) h Edit video cl[...]

73 English PLA YB A CK MODE Images can be vie wed contin uously (sli deshow pla yback) or you can choose to show single i mages. 1 Display the PAG E 1 Playback Setting Screen (page 69). 2 Select the playback method icon 4 , and press the SET button. h The Play back Mode Screen appears. PLA Y ALL: Pla y bac k images in slideshow f ashion. 1 CLIP: Di[...]

English 74 PLA YB A CK V OLUME Adjust the pla yback v olume f or video clips and audio dat a, as well as the operation sou nds. 1 Di splay the PAGE 1 Playback Setting Screen (page 69). 2 Se lect the playback volume icon Z , and press the SET button. h The v olume control bar appe ars. 3 Toggle the SET button left or right to adjust the volume, and [...]

75 English IMA GE PR O TECT Prev ent accidental erasure of image and audio data. 1 Display the data that you want to protect from accidental erasure, and display the PAGE 1 Playback Setti ng Screen (page 69). 2 Select the protect icon A , and press the SET button. h “LOCK?” appear s. h If the protect mode has alread y been enabled for the data,[...]

English 76 CA UTION i Even if the prot ect mode is set f or certain data files, they will be erased if the card is ref or matted ( page 123). HINT T o select a different image in steps 2 and 3... i T oggle the SET button to the left or right. T o cancel the protect mode f or an image... i Displa y the desired data and repeat steps 1 to 3 . The prot[...]

77 English ERASING D A T A Y ou can erase data that is stored on the card if you no longer ne ed it. Y ou can erase the data one at a ti me, or all at once . 1 Display the PAG E 1 Playback Setting Screen (page 69). 2 Select the erase icon c , and press the SET button. h The Erase Mode Screen appears . ONE ERASE: Er ases one data a t a time. ERASE A[...]

English 78 4 Toggle the SET button up to select “YES”, and press the SET button. <ONE ERASE> h The currently disp la yed image is deleted. h T o erase other data, select the data, and press the SET b utton. <ERASE ALL> h The Erase Confirmation Screen again appears . T o erase the data, select “YES”, a nd press the SET b utton. W[...]

79 English PRINT SETTINGS In addition to using y our printer to print out still images captured with you r camera, as with con v entional fi lm, you can ha v e prints made at shops off ering digital print services. Moreove r , this camera is DPOF-compat ible , so you can use the camera to sp ecify the number of prints , whether or not the date is d[...]

English 80 HINT Printing a single frame fr om a video clip i T o pr int with a printer or ha ve the digital print ser vice shop print out a still image from a video clip , you m ust first sav e it (save frame) as a still image . About the DPOF format i DPOF (Digital Print Order F or mat) is a print ord er f ormat. Y ou can connect your camer a to a[...]

81 English PRINT SETTINGS Specifying date imprinting and pr int quantitie s Y ou can specify print settings for each individual image (EACH IMA GE), or apply the print settings to all the ima ges on the card (ALL IMA GES). 1 Display the Print Setti ng Screen (page 7 9). 2 Select EACH IMAGE or ALL IMAGES. ALL IMA GES: The set print settings are appl[...]

English 82 4 Spec ify whether t he date is displayed on the print, and the number of prints. <Specifying dated prints> 1 T oggle the SET button up or down to select “DA TE”. 2 Press the SET bu tton. h The Print Date Screen appears . 3 T oggle the SET button up or down to select the desired opti on. YES: Print the d ate. NO: Do not print t[...]

83 English PRINT SETTINGS 5 Select “ADD TO PRINT S ETTING” and press the SET button. h The Confirm Print Settings Screen appears. If the print setti ngs are correct: Select “EXIT”, and press the SET but to n. If the print sett ings were change d: Select “MODIFY PRINT SETTING”, and press the SE T button . Index print Printing out many sm[...]

English 84 3 Pres s the SET button. h The Inde x Print Screen appea rs. YES: Specify an inde x print copy . EXIT: Discontinue the setting proced ure, and retur n to the Print Settin g Screen. 4 Se lect “YES”, and press the SET button. h This completes the setting f or the index print. Y ou are returned to the Print Setting Screen. Changing the [...]

85 English PRINT SETTINGS Clearing all the print settin gs Delete the print settings f or all images. 1 Display the Print Setti ng Screen (page 7 9). 2 Select “ALL CLEAR”. 3 Press the SET button. h The Confirm All Clear Screen appears. YES: Clear the print settings f or all images. EXIT : Cancel the clear procedure an d return to the Print Sett[...]

English 86 R O T A TE IMA GE Captured still ima ges can be rota ted to the correct orientation f or vie wing. 1 Di splay the still image you wish t o rotate, and displa y the PAGE 2 Playback Setting Screen (page 69). 2 Se lect the rotate icon L , and press the SET button. h The Rotate Image Screen appear s. 3 Se lect “RIGHT” or “LEFT”, and [...]

87 English CHANGING IMA GE SIZE (RESIZE) The size of a still image that has already been capt ured at a resolution of t or more can be cha nged to 1,6 00 × 1,200 pix els or 640 × 48 0 pix els. The resized image is sa ved as a se parate image . 1 Display the sti ll image whose size you want to change, and display PAGE 2 of the Pl ayback Setting Sc[...]

English 88 RED-EYE CORRECTION If you photogr aph y our subjects at ni ght using the flash, the y ma y appear i n the image with glo wing red ey es (red-ey e phenomenon). Now you can amend the image so that the subjects’ e yes app ear more natural (red-ey e correction). 1 Di splay the image to be modified, and displ ay the PAGE 2 Playback Setting [...]

89 English RED-EYE CORRECTION 4 Press the still image shooting button. h A screen appears f or you t o specify whether or not to sa v e the original image. 5 Select the desired method to save the corrected image, and press the SET button. h The corrected image is sa ved , and you are returned to the Red-Ey e Correction Screen. HINT If the “RED-EY[...]

English 90 EXTRA CTING A STILL IMA GE FROM A VIDEO CLIP Y ou can select one image (scene) from a video clip , cop y it, and sav e it as a still image (the original data remains unchanged). 1 Play back a video clip, and pause at the point you wish to copy and save. 2 Di splay the PAGE 2 Playback Setting Screen (page 69). 3 Se lect the extract sti ll[...]

91 English EDITING VIDEO CLIPS Y ou can delete (“cut”) the first part or the last part of a video clip. Y ou can choose anywher e in the vide o clip as the cutting po int. Y ou can also join two video cl ips together and sa ve the m as one separate clip (“joining”). CA UTION W arning concerning the battery pack remaining char ge i During th[...]

English 92 Proce dure to jo in tw o video c lips CA UTION Caution when editing video clips i When editing video clips , do not mov e the main s witch. If y ou mov e the main switch while editing video c lips, not only will the editing not be properly completed, but the original video clip may also be erased. i By repeating the clipping and joining [...]

93 English EDITING VIDEO CLIPS Deleting part o f a video clip 1 Display the video clip y ou wish to edit. 2 Display the sce ne you wish to delete. h In step 5 you will specify whether y ou wish to delete the portion from the beginning of the video clip up to the select ed scene, or the po r tion from the selected scene to the e nd of the video clip[...]

English 94 4 Se lect the edit video icon k , and press the SET button. h The Edit Video Screen appears . 5 Toggle the SET button up or down to select the portion you wish to delete. DELETE 1ST P ART : Delete the first part of the video clip. DELETE 2ND P ART: Delete the latter part of the video clip. 6 Pres s the SET button. h A screen appears f or[...]

95 English EDITING VIDEO CLIPS 7 Select whether you want the original video clip to be er ased when clipping is executed. YES: The original video clip is sa v ed. NO: The original video clip is not sa ved. 8 Press the SET button. h Editing starts. h If “YES” was selected, the edited video clip is sa ved as a ne w video clip. h If “NO” was s[...]

English 96 Joining tw o video clips CA UTION i Video clips that were phot ographed in dif fere nt modes cannot be joined. 1 Di splay the first video clip. 2 Di splay the PAGE 2 Playback Setting Screen (page 69). 3 Se lect the edit video icon k , and press the SET button. h The Edit Video Screen appears . 4 Select the join icon x . Currently showing[...]

97 English EDITING VIDEO CLIPS 5 Press the SET button. h The 9-image pla yback displa y f or video clips appears . 6 Toggle the SET button to move the orange frame to the video clip that you wish t o join. 7 Press the SET button. 8 Select whether you want the original vid eo clip to be erased when clipping is executed. YES: The original video clips[...]

English 98 SMOO TH PLA YB A CK Suppress the video flic ker that occurs wh en pla y ing bac k video clips that were recorded with camer a moving fa st. 1 Di splay the PAGE 2 Playback Setting Screen (page 69). 2 Se lect the smooth playback O icon, and press the SET button. h The Smooth Pla yback Screen appears. ON: Activ ate smooth pla yback OFF: Dea[...]

99 English DISPLA YING IMA GE PR OPER TIES (INFORMA TION SCREE N) On the Inf or mation Screen you can check what the setti ngs were when an image was capt ured. 1 Display the desi red image. 2 Press the MENU button for about 1 second. h The Inf ormation Screen appears. h If the MENU b utton is pressed again, the Inf ormation Screen is canceled. 1 V[...]

English 100 OPTION SETTI NGS OPTION SETTI NGS DISPLA YING THE OPTION SCREEN The Option Screen is used to adjust v arious camera settings . 1 Turn on the camera, and press the MENU button. h The Shooting or Pla yback Setting Screen appears. 2 Toggle the SET button up or down to select the PAGE indication. 3 Toggle the SET button to the right, and se[...]

101 English DISPLA YING THE OPTION SCREEN Overvie w of the Option Scre en 4 5 6 1 2 3 G A 0 B 8 7 9 C D E F 1/3 CLOCK SET OPERA TION BEEP HELP DISP POST VIEW NOISE REDUCTION WIND NOISE REDUC. IMA GE S ETTINGS FLICKER REDUCT DIGITAL ZOOM LCD BRIGHT NESS LANGUAGE TV SYST EM POW ER SAVE FILE NO. RESET FORMAT RESET SET TINGS[...]

English 102 1 Date and time setting (page 103) h Set the camera’ s internal clock. 2 Operation sounds setting (page 106) h Select the opera tion sounds that are produced when the camera’ s buttons are pressed, and adjust the operat ion sound volu me. 3 Help display set ting (page 108) h T ur n the help displa y on or off . 4 P ost-vie w (page 1[...]

103 English D A TE AND TIME SETTING The camera will record the date and ti me an image or audio recording is taken so that y ou can displa y them during pla ybac k. Theref ore, bef ore capturing images, mak e sure the correct date and time are set. Example: T o set the clock to 7:30 p .m. on December 24, 2005 1 Display the Opti on Screen (page 100)[...]

English 104 3 Set the date. 1 Select “D A TE”. 2 Press the SET bu tton. h The Set Date Screen appears . 3 Set the date to “2005/ 12/24”. h The date is set in the f ollowing order: Set the year → Set the month → Set the day . h T ogg le the SET button left or right to select year , month or day . T oggle the SET b utton up or down to inc[...]

105 English D A TE AND TIME SETTING 6 Select “EXIT”, and press the SET button. h The date and time setting is completed, and y ou are returned to the Option Screen. h T o return to the Shooting Screen, press the MENU b utton. HINT i Under normal conditions, while the batt ery pack is being replaced, an internal battery will maintain the date an[...]

English 106 OPERA TION SOUNDS Use this menu to set the confirming audio signa ls when the camer a is turned on/off or when t he operati on but tons (still image shooting b utton, SET b utton, MENU butto n, etc.) are pressed, to adju st the operat ion sound v olume , and to enable/ disable the audio gui de. 1 Di splay the Option Scr een (page 100). [...]

107 English OPERA TION SOUNDS 3 Select “CHANGE SETTINGS”, and press the SET button. h The screen to change the settings appears. 4 Toggle the SET button up or down to select the desired setting, and press the SET button. h The screen to select operat ion sounds appears . <If “TURN ON/OFF” or “A UDIO GUIDE” is s elected> h The resp[...]

English 108 HELP DISPLA Y Y ou can set whether or not the help messages sho wn on the LCD monitor . 1 Di splay the Option Scr een (page 100). 2 Se lect the help display icon r and press the SET button. h The Help Setting S creen appears . ON: The HELP messages a re enab led. OFF: The HELP messages a re disabl ed. 3 Toggle the SET button up or down [...]

109 English POST -VIEW SETTING Specify the duratio n that the captured image appear s on the LCD monitor (post-view ) after the still image shooting b utton is pressed. 1 Display the Opti on Screen (page 100). 2 Select the post-view icon o , and press the SET button. h The P ost-view Scree n appears. 1 SEC: The post-view image is displa yed for 1 s[...]

English 110 WIND NOISE REDUCTION This f eature reduces t he ambient sound of the wind when y ou are reco rding a video clip or making an audio recording in a str ong wind environ ment. Set the function to on or off . 1 Di splay the Option Scr een (page 100). 2 Se lect the wind noise reduction icon ` , and press the SET button. h The Wind Noise Redu[...]

111 English NOISE-REDUCTION FUNCTION Use this setting to minimize noise in sti ll images and produce a clear image . 1 Display the Opti on Screen (page 100). 2 Select the noise-reduction ic on ^ , and press the SET butt on. h The Noise Reduction Screen appears. 3 Select the desired setting, and press the SET button. h This completes the noise-reduc[...]

English 112 ADJUST THE IMA GE QU ALITY The camera can adjust the image quali ty as the image is captured. 1 Di splay the Option Scr een (page 100). 2 Se lect the image qual ity icon P , and press the SET button. h The Imag e Settings Scre en appears. 3 Se lect the desired setting, and press the SET button. h This completes the image qualit y settin[...]

113 English FLICKER-REDUCTION The flick er-reduction setting reduces the fli ck er that results when f ilming video clips under fluorescent lights and the like where the bac kground lig hting pulsates at the frequency of th e power supply . The flick er-reduction setting is set to a frequency of 50 Hz. 1 Display the Opti on Screen (page 100). 2 Sel[...]

English 114 DIGIT AL ZOOM SETTING This setting allo ws you to specify whet her or not the digital z oom is enabled during zoom shoo ting. 1 Di splay the Option Scr een (page 100). 2 Se lect the digital zoom icon Q , and press the SET button. h The Digital Zoom Scre en appears . ON: Digital zoom can be used. OFF: Digital zoom cannot be used. 3 Se le[...]

115 English LCD MONIT OR BRIGHTNESS Adjust the brightness of the camera’ s LCD monitor displa y . Use this adjustment when the monitor image is di fficult to vie w because of ambient lighting. 1 Display the Opti on Screen (page 100). 2 Select the LCD brightness icon , , and press the SET button. h The brightness control displa y appears. 3 Toggle[...]

English 116 SCREEN LANGU A GE Y ou can set the LCD monitor of your ca mera to displa y the messages in any one of se ver al languages. 1 Di splay the Option Scr een (page 100). 2 Se lect the language icon z , and press the SET button. h The Language Scree n appears. DEUTSCH: German ENGLISH: English ESP AÑOL: Spanish FRANCAIS: Fr en c h IT ALIANO: [...]

117 English TV SYSTEM SETTING Specify the type of image signal that is output from y our camera’ s USB/A V ter minal. 1 Display the Opti on Screen (page 100). 2 Select the TV system icon j , and press the SET button. h The TV System Screen appears . NTSC: Outputs NTSC video signals . PA L : Outputs P AL video signals . 3 Select the desired settin[...]

English 118 PO WER SA VE FUNCTION Y our camera has a “pow er sav e” function whereb y the powe r automatically turns off after a specified period of inactivity . The power sav e function wo rks to conserve the ba ttery pack pow er when the camer a is not being used , or to prev ent the battery pack from dying if the camera has accident ally bee[...]

119 English PO WER SA VE FUNCTION 3 Select the desired option, and press the SET button. h The Set Standb y Time Screen appears. 4 Toggle the SET button up or down to set the standby time. Up: Increases the standb y time . Down: Decreases the stan dby time . 5 Press the SET button. h The standby t ime is set, and you are returned to th e P ower Sav[...]

English 120 FILE NO . RESET FUNCTION If a ne wly f ormatted card is used, the file na me (image n umber) of the captured image automatical ly begins from 0001. If the card is su bsequently ref ormatted, or if a differe nt ref ormatted card is used, the file names again begin from 0001. This is beca use the file numbe r reset function is set to “O[...]

121 English FILE NO . RESET FUNCTION i If Card B a lready has image da ta in it when it replaces Card A, file names are assigned as f ollows . When the highest image number on Card B (bef ore replacing) is lower than the highest image n umber on Card A: the file name of the next record ed image continues from last file name recorde d on Card A. Whe[...]

English 122 1 Di splay the Option Scr een (page 100). 2 Se lect the file number reset icon i . 3 Pres s the SET button. h The File Number Reset Screen appears. ON: The file number reset function is “ON”. OFF: The file number reset fu nction is “OFF”. 4 Se lect “OFF”, and press the SET button. h The file number reset fun ction is deactiv[...]

123 English FORMA TTING A CARD A card must be f orm atted with this came ra: i After purchasing, when used f or the first time, or i If it was f ormatted using a personal computer or another digital camera. The card cannot be f ormatted if the lock s witch is set to the “LOCK” position. Proceed with the f ormat procedure after setting the loc k[...]

English 124 3 Se lect the desired format option, and press the SET button. h A confirmation screen appears . 4 Se lect “YES”, and press the SET button. h F ormatting begins. h During formatting, “FORMA TTING” and “DO NO T PO WER OFF” are shown on the LCD monitor . CA UTION Caution during formatting i Do not turn off the pow er to the ca[...]

125 English RESETTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS Reset the camera to the factory-preset settings. 1 Display the Opti on Screen (page 100). 2 Select the reset settings icon 2 , and press the SET button. h The Reset Settings Scre en appears. YES: Reset to the f actory-preset settings. NO: Do not change the setting s, and return to the Option Screen. 3 Selec[...]

English 126 CHECKING THE REMAINING C ARD MEMOR Y Y ou can check ho w many images can be captured and ho w much recording time is av ailab le on the card. F or a table showing the maximum nu mber of images and recording time f or specific cards , please see “P ossible No . of Images/P ossible Shooting Time/P ossible Recording Time” on page 158. [...]

127 English CHECKING TH E REMAINING B A TTER Y P A CK CHARGE When using the battery pack, t he remaining battery pack charge can be check ed on the LCD monitor . Make sure to chec k this indicator bef ore capturing an image. F or an indication of th e possible length of time f or battery pack oper ation, see page 157. 1 Display a Shooting or Playba[...]

English 128 HINT i If any data is present , yo u can also che ck t he remaining bat tery pack charge on the Inf ormation Screen. i Battery life ma y diff er e v en among battery packs of the same type . i Depending on the usage of the camera (such as the n umber of times the flash is used, the use of th e LCD monitor , etc.) or the ambient temperat[...]

129 English O THER DEVICES AND CONNECTIONS CONNECTING T O A TV Connect the su pplied A V interf ace cab le from the USB/A V terminal on the digital camera to the A UDIO and VIDEO input terminals on the TV . Playbac k i After connecting th e digital camer a to the tele vision, set the TV input s witch to VIDEO input. i When an A V interface ca ble i[...]

English 130 DIRECT PRINTING Y our camera supports the PictBridge function. By connect ing the camera directly to a PictBr idge-enabled pr inter , the cam era’ s L CD monitor c an be used to select images and initiate printing (PictBridge printing). Print preparat ions 1 I nsert the card containing the images you wish to print in the camera. 2 Tur[...]

131 English DIRECT PRINTING 3 Select “PictBridge”, and press the SET button. h The Print Settings Screen appears. CA UTION Insert and pull out the cable carefully i When connecting the ca bles , mak e sure that the cab le plugs are correctly oriented and that the y match the shapes of the terminal sock ets on the devices . Push the plugs in str[...]

English 132 T o select one image and prin t it (one image) Procedure to select one still image and print it. 1 Compl ete the printing setup (page 130). 2 Se lect the one image icon Y , and press the SET button. h The screen to select images f or printing appears . 3 Toggle the SET button to the left or right to display the image you wish to print. [...]

133 English DIRECT PRINTING 4 Specify the number of prints. 1 Select “COPIES”, and press the SET button. 2 T oggle the SET b utton up or down to specify the n umber of prints . 3 Press the SET b utton. h “PRINT” is selected. 5 Press the SET button. h Printing begins. HINT T o cancel printing 1 During printing, toggle the SET butt on down. h[...]

English 134 T o print all the images (all images) Print all of the images on the card. 1 Compl ete the printing setup (page 130). 2 Se lect the all images icon u , and press the SET button. h The Print All Images Screen appears. 3 Se lect “PRINT”, and press the SET button. h Printing begins . CA UTION Printing is not possible i f there are more[...]

135 English DIRECT PRINTING Thumbnail prints ( index) Make an index print of all the ima ges on the card. 1 Complete the prin ting setup (page 130). 2 Select the index print icon [ , and press the SET button. h The Inde x Print Screen appears. 3 Select “PRINT”, and press the SET button. h Printing begins. INDEX PRINT EXIT[...]

English 136 T o pr int the images that are set to prin t (print reser ved images) Procedure to print all the images that are set to print. 1 Mak e the print settings (page 79), and complete the printing setup (page 130). 2 Se lect the DPOF icon w , and press the SET button. h The Print Scheduled Images Screen appears . 3 Se lect “PRINT”, and pr[...]

137 English DIRECT PRINTING T o change the printer se ttings and p rint images (change printer settings) Images are printed accordi ng to settings specified by the came ra, such as paper type, size, layout, printing quality , etc. 1 Complete the prin ting setup (page 130). 2 Select the printer se ttings icon v , and press the SET button. h The Prin[...]

English 138 3 Ad just the pr inter settin gs. 1 T oggle the SET button up or do wn to select a printer setting parameter , and press the SET button. h The screen to set the selected paramet er appears. 2 T oggle the SET button up or do wn to adjust the setting, and press the SET button. h The selected paramet er is set, and you are returned to the [...]

139 English APPENDICES COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS If you ha ve a question about th e camera oper ation, y ou might find th e ans wer in this compilation of commonly aske d questions . Question A nswer Action Pow e r Why do esn’t the power turn on? Due to cold temperatu res, the battery pack temporarily lost its power . Place the camera in your poc[...]

English 140 Shooting Are the settings retained e v en after the camera is turned off? — All settings e xcept the self-timer and the e xposure correction are retained e v en after the camera is turned off . Which reso lution setting should I use? — Select the resolut ion setting according to the intended use: L : Appropr iate for printing letter[...]

141 English COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS Shooting How can I get the distant vie w into focus? — Set the scene select function to the landscape + mode when photograp hing. Or , se t the f ocus range setting to manual focus - , and set the distance to ∞ . The video clip I shot outdoors is completely white. — S et t he f licker - reduction setting [...]

English 142 Viewing images Why is the image too bright? The subject was too bright. When capt uring an image, de vise a wa y to compensate f or a bright subject, f or ex ample, b y changing the shooting angle . Why is the image out of f ocus? The focus is not lock ed properly . Hold the camera correctly and slowly press the still image shooting but[...]

143 English COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS Viewi ng images Why isn’t the magnified image clear? Due to the characteristics of the camera, magnified images appear less clear . Not a malfunction. Why isn’t the captured image clear? The image was captured using the digital zoom. Not a malfunction. Can I play bac k image and sound data that I edited usi[...]

English 144 Misc. The “CANNO T EDIT VIDEO” message appears. Y ou hav e attempted t o join video clips ha ving diff erent resolutions or frame rates. Select video clips that ha ve the same resolution or fr ame rates. Why is a noise heard from a nearby TV or radio during battery recharging? Electromagnetic wav es are emitted from the A C adaptor [...]

145 English COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS Misc. Can I use my camera abroad? — When the camera is connected to a TV , you can s witch the camera’ s video output to NTSC or P AL. If you hav e questions about using the A C adaptor and power cord abroad, please consult with a dealer near you f or advice. Why do es the “SYSTEM ERROR” message appear?[...]

English 146 TR OUBLESHOO TING Bef ore taking your ca mera to the repair shop , check the follo wing tabl e f or a possible solution to the prob lem. CAMERA Problem Cause Action Reference page Pow e r No power . The battery pack is dead. Recharge the battery pack, or replace with a new batte ry pack. Or connect the AC adaptor (supplied). 17, 20 The [...]

147 English TROUBLESHOO TING Shooting An image is not captured when the still image shooting button or video clip rec ording button is pressed. The maximum number o f images that can be captured or the maximum video clip recording time has been reache d. Install a new card. 18 Erase the images that are not necessary . 77 The fl ash does not operate[...]

English 148 Shooting When zoomin g in or out, the zoom mov ement stops momentarily . The optical zoom has mov ed to the maximum magnification position. Not a malfunction. Release the zoom s witch, and press it again. 35 There is noise in the captured image. The ISO sensitivity setting is too high. Set the ISO sensitivity to a lower set ting. 66 LCD[...]

149 English TROUBLESHOO TING Viewing images The video clip picture is flick ering. The video clip was filmed under fluores- cent lighting. Set the flic ker- reduction setting to on. 113 The image is too br ight. The forced flash mode is selected. Select a diff erent flash mode. 56 The subject was too bright. Use the ex po- sure correction function.[...]

English 150 Viewing images The colors of the images captured indoors are not correct. This is due to ambient lighting. Capture the image using the forced flash mode. 56 The white balance setting is incorrect. Set the white balance se tting correctly . 67 A part of the image is missing. The strap or a finger was bloc king the lens. Hold the cam- era[...]

151 English TROUBLESHOO TING Image editing Y ou cannot edit or rota te an image. The protect mode is set. Cancel th e protect mode. 75 Misc. The “NO CARD” message appears. No card is insert ed. T ur n off the power and inser t a card. 18 The “PRO TECTED” message appears and the data cann ot be erased. Y ou hav e attempted to erase data th a[...]

English 152 Notes regarding the Scene Select feature and filter s Scene Select Filter About the scene select function and f ocus range settings i The scene select fu nction changes to = when the focus r ange is set to + . i Even if you set the focus range to * , + or - , it changes t o - when the scene select functio n is set to anythi ng other tha[...]

153 English SPECIFICA TIONS Camera T ype Digital movie (recording and pla yback) Recorded image file f ormat Still images : JPEG format (DCF , DPOF , Exif 2.2 compliant) Note: Designed mainly by the J apan Electronics and Inf ormation T echnology Industries Association (JEIT A), DCF (Design rules for Camera File system) is standar d for digit al st[...]

English 154 Video clip shoot ing mode (recording resolution, frame rate, bit rate ) b : 640 × 480 pix els, 30 fps 3 Mbps a : 640 × 480 pix els, 30 fps 2 Mbps c : 320 × 240 pix els, 30 fps 640 kbps d : 320 × 240 pix els, 15 fps 384 kbps e : 176 × 144 pix els, 15 fps 256 kbps * The 30 fps frame rate of this camera is 29.97 fps, and the 15 fps fr[...]

155 English SPECIFICA TIONS Sensitivity Still image shooting mode: Au to (equiv alent to ISO50 to 200)/equiv alent to ISO50, ISO100, ISO20 0, and ISO400 (s witchab le from Shooting Sett ing Screen) (Maximum ISO se nsitivity up to 1,600 v ariation: when scene select functi on is set to lamp Q ) Video clip shootin g mode: Au to (equiv alent to ISO200[...]

English 156 Dimensions (e xcluding protrusions) 69 (W) × 108 ( H) × 34 (D) mm 2.72 (W) × 4.25 (H) × 1.3 4 (D) in. (Maximum dimensions) V olume: Appro x. 152 cc Wei ght Appro x. 152 g (5.4 oz.) (Only the camera [without bat tery pack and card])[...]

157 English SPECIFICA TIONS Camera connector s Battery lif e i Until battery pack runs out when using a fully charged battery pack at a 25°C (77°F) ambient temper ature . i The operation time ma y vary depending on the conditions of the batt ery pack and the conditions of use. Especially when used at tempe ratures below 10°C (50°F), the battery[...]

English 158 P ossible No. of Images/P ossible Shooting Time/ P ossible Recording Time The table shows the poss ible number of captured images and the possible reco rding time f or a commer cially a vail able SD Memory Car d (128MB, 512MB, 1GB). i The maximum co ntinuous shoo ting time at the c setting is 5 hours 30 minutes. The maxim um continuous [...]

159 English SPECIFICA TIONS Concerning the m ulti-indicator The camera’ s multi-indicator will lig ht, flash, or be off, depending on the different camera ope rations. Color Multi-indicator status Camera status Green Lit Connected to computer or printer (USB) Flashing P ower sa ve mode activ e Red Lit Charging Flashing Slow Battery charge error ([...]

English 160 Supplied A C adaptor i When using the supplied A C adaptor abroad, the po wer cord ma y need to be replaced in accordance with local requiremen ts. Pl ease contact y our local dealer f or details. Supplied Li -ion battery pa c k Part num ber V AR- G8 P ower source AC 100 to 240 V , 50 to 60 Hz Rated output DC 5 V , 2.0 A Ambient environ[...]

161 English SPECIFICA TIONS Other s Apple, Macintosh and QuickTime are tradema rks or registered trademarks of Apple Computer I nc. Windows and Windows NT are register ed trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Softwa re Red Ey e b y F otoNation TM 2003-2005 is a tr ademark of F otoNation ® Inc. Red Eye softw are © 2003-2005 F otoNation In Camera Re[...]

English 162 HINTS FOR T AKING PICTURES T aking great pictures i n difficult su rro undings is easier t han you might think. By keeping a f ew points in mind and choosing the correct settings , you can create photos t hat you’ll be proud t o displa y and share . If images a re blurred even when the autofocus is used Y our camera emplo ys an autof [...]

163 English HINTS FOR T AKING PIC TURES Photographing a mo ving subject Situation: Y ou would like to snap an action shot of a mo ving child or pet. The autof ocus is activ ated, b ut because t he su bject is moving, the image ma y be blurre d. In particular , when th e distance betw een the camera and the subject is changing, it is difficult to lo[...]

English 164 Shooting portraits (portrait mode > ) Po in ts : i Choose a backgr ound that doesn’t detract from your subject. i Mov e in close to your su bject. i P ay atten tion to lighting and ho w it aff ects your subj ect. NO TE i If the background is distr acting, it will not show y our subject to his best advantage . Mov e in closer to y o[...]

165 English HINTS FOR T AKING PIC TURES Night pho tography (night vi ew mode / ) Po in t s: i A void camera sh ake . i Increase the ISO sensitivity . NO TE i Camera shutt er speed during night phot ograph y is considerable slo wer , so there is a much gre ater chance that y our photogr aphed images will be blurry . Use a tripod whene v er possibl e[...]

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