HP (Hewlett-Packard) 730 manual

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T rad em ark an d copyri ght i nforma tion © Cop yr i ght 2003 Hewl ett-P ack ar d Co mpany All r igh ts ar e r eserv ed. No par t of t his docume nt ma y be pho tocop ied , r epr oduced, or tr ans l ated to another language w ithout t he pr io r wr itten consen t of Hewle tt-P ack ar d Com pany . The inf orma tion cont ained in this documen t is [...]

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Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s Chapter 1: Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Camer a parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Status LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Attachin g the[...]

hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Using macro m ode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Advan ced cap ture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 EV c ompensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 White ba lance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 ISO sp eed . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Chapter 5: Unloading, printing, and displaying image s . . . 61 Unload ing to a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Printing im ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Displayin g image s on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Chapter 6: Using the setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6[...]

hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Appendix B: Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 9 C hapter 1 : Get ti ng started Con gra tulati ons o n yo ur pur chase of this di gital ca mer a! T his camera has man y features t o enhance your pictur e-taki n g e xper ience , including HP In stan t Shar e TM , dir ect pr inting capabilit y , manual a nd a utomat i c controls, on-cam er a Help, and an opt ional ca[...]

10 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Camer a p arts NO TE Refer to the pag es in parentheses after the part na mes fo r mor e in f ormati on about tho se parts . # Name De scr iption 1 Optical Viewfi nder (page 25) All o ws yo u to f r ame the su b jec t o f the pictu re or video clip 2 Vide o view find er l ight (r ed) Solid — ca m e[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 11 5Z o o m l e v e r : Zo om Out Zoom In (page 28) Zooms out the lens to t he wide angle position , and zooms in the lens to the telepho to position 6M e m o r y / U S B light (page 18) Solid or ange — USB is connect ed Blinking or ange — cam era is ei ther: starting up , charging th e battery , sending/r eceiv in[...]

12 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual # Name De s cr ip ti on 1V i d e o / S e l f - T i m e r light (page 35) Solid r e d —camer a is recor ding video Blinking r ed — Self - Timer is activ ated 2M i c r o p h o n e (pages 3 2, 51) Recor ds audio clips 3F l a s h (page 30) Pro vides additional li ght to impr ove pic ture-taking 4P o [...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 13 9 Camera dock conn ect o r (page 10 2) Pro vides connection to the optional HP 8886 camer a dock 10 Battery doo r (page 16) Allo ws access to insert and remo ve the batteries # Name Descr iption 1 Fl as h button (page 30) Selects the fla sh setting 2 Qual ity button (page 31) Changes image quality fr om Good to Bett[...]

14 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Sta tus LCD 5 Shutter button (pag e 2 3 ) T akes a p ic ture . P ush halfwa y down t o lock f oc us and e xpo sur e, th en all the w ay do wn to tak e pictur e. Hold do wn after p ictur e is taken to r e cor d audio. 6 Vide o button (page 2 4) Recor ds a video clip; pr ess once to start and press aga[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 15 4 or Flash On is active or Flash Off is act iv e 5 R ed-e ye R educti on F lash is activ e 6 Number o f still ima ges r emaining or time r emainin g (f or v ideo and au dio c lips) 7 A C adapter is prov iding p o wer 8B a t t e r y c o n d i t i o n 9 Memor y car d is in the camer a 1 0 Au di o i s re co rdi ng 1 1 [...]

16 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Setup Atta ching t he wrist strap Attach th e w rist s tr ap to th e wr ist str ap m oun t on the sid e of t he ca mera as shown. Installin g the ba tteries 1 Open th e battery door on the bot t om of the camera. 2 Inse rt the batte ries as indi cated insi de the d oor . 3 Close the batter y door . N[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 17 Installin g a memory card (optional ) Y our camer a contains 16 MB o f in te rnal mem ory that allo ws you to stor e images and v ideo cl ips in your camera. How ev er , y ou can us e an op tio nal me mory car d (pu r cha se d sepa r atel y) instea d to s tor e images and v ideo clip s. F or inf or mati on on the me[...]

18 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Tu r n i n g o n p o we r T urn the camer a on by slid ing the switch to the r ight a nd then releasing it. The Memory /USB light will blink an d then tur n of f wh en t he camer a is r eady . Restorin g pre vious set tings Some o f the camer a settings do no t re main set when t he c am era is tu rn[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 19 Settin g the d ate and tim e The camera has a clock th at r ecords the date and time at whic h you take each pictur e. This time stamp does not appear i n the image its elf , but is r ecorded in the image p r operti es, w h i ch you can see when vie wing the imag e on t he computer . Th e f irs t time y ou tur n th [...]

20 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Installin g the sof tware Th e came r a so ftwar e allo ws y ou t o unl oad im ages f r om th e came ra , vi ew t hem , prin t the m, an d e-mail th em. It also allo ws you to configur e the Shar e menu on the camera . See Chapte r 4: Using hp inst ant shar e on page 53 for inform ation ab out con fi[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 21 Y our Windo ws CD may also incl ude bonu s software fr om other manufacturers. T o instal l any bonu s soft w are: 1 Click Star t , c lic k Run , and in the Op en bo x, ty pe X:Bonussetup .ex e (where X is the let ter o f your CD driv e) . 2 Click OK , and then follow th e on-s c reen i nstruct ions to insta ll th[...]

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Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es and recor ding video c lips 2 3 C hapter 2 : T aking p ic tur es an d recordin g vid eo c lips T akin g still pic tures You can ta ke a pictu re almost any time the camera is o n, regard less of what is be ing shown on the Image D isplay. 1 Frame the subject for you r picture in the viewf inder. 2 Hold th e camera ste[...]

2 4 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Recordin g video c lips 1 Fr am e the s ubject for your video in the viewfinder . 2 Press and rele ase the Video button to start r ecor ding v ideo . Both t he r ed vi e wfin der li ght an d the Vi deo/S elf - Time r lig ht w ill tur n on so lid . A v ideo icon an d a Time R emaining count er ap pea[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es and recor ding video c lips 2 5 Usin g liv e vie w Y ou can use the Ima ge Dis pla y as a v iewf inder to see a m or e accurat e v iew of what your picture or video will look like. This is useful for close -up pictures and for instan ces in which fr aming yo ur sub jec t pr ec isel y is impo rtant . NO TE Using t he I[...]

2 6 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual NO TE If you change othe r camera settin gs, icons f or those settings will also be display ed across th e top an d bottom of th e Live View scr een. F or more in forma tion , see Advanced capture settings on page 37 . Using th e fo c us brack ets The two brackets in th e middle of the Live V iew sc[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es and recor ding video c lips 2 7 If the fo cu s br ack ets turn r ed , the AF v ie wfinde r ligh t blinks, and th e Ma cr o icon is b linking on the I mage Dis pla y , either the came r a is set to Macr o focus but d ete cts the focus is fur ther aw ay th an th e mac r o (clo se-up) r ange , or the camer a is set t o N[...]

28 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Usin g zoom NO TE Zoom does not wor k while r e co rd ing vid eo clips . Opti cal z oom Opti cal z oom wor ks like th e zo om on a tr aditi on al film camer a, with phy sical l ens elements moving inside the camera to m ak e the object of y our picture appear closer . Press the Zo o m O ut and Zo om [...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es and recor ding video c lips 2 9 T o t urn digital z oom off and return to optical zoom, pr ess the Zo om Ou t button until digita l z oom ing stops. Release the button, and then press the button aga in . NO TE D ig it al zoo m re du ce s t he res ol ut io n of a n i ma ge, so your picture will te nd to be more pix ila[...]

30 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Usin g the flas h NO TE The flash do es not wor k while r e cording video clips. T o cha nge the flash set ting, pr ess the Fla sh button on the top of t he came ra until the desir ed setting appear s on t he S tatu s LC D. I f Live View is on , the icon also app ears in the Image Displ ay . NO TE Th[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es and recor ding video c lips 31 C hangin g th e imag e qualit y Image quali ty controls the resolution and compression sett ings that will be used to capture images. At higher setti ngs , there will be greater det ail visible i n the images, but th e f ile siz e of an imag e will be lar ger , and th us f ew er pic ture[...]

32 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Re cordi ng audio NO TE This secti on appl ies onl y to still pi ctur es . Aud io is aut omatica lly r ecorded with v ideo clips . The r e are t wo ways t o rec ord a n au dio c li p th at wi ll a tt ach to a stil l p icture . • R ecor d the au dio whil e y ou ar e taking th e pi ct ur e (e xplaine[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es and recor ding video c lips 3 3 Changing capture modes The Mode b utton on the top of th e camer a s ets the camer a t o one of nine different capture modes. Eac h time y ou pr ess the Mode button , the cam er a cha n ges to the next capture mode. The sequence for the different settings i s: No rmal , Self- Timer , Bu[...]

34 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Action Camer a biases tow ard faster shutter speeds and higher ISO speeds to stop action. Landscape Ca m era bia se s toward sm al ler ape rt ures and lo wer I SO speeds for better depth of f oc us and q ual ity . Po r t ra i t Cam e ra b iases to war d w ider apertur es to blur the backgr ound and u[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es and recor ding video c lips 3 5 Using self- timer mode 1 Secure the camera to a tripod or set it o n a stabl e surface. 2 Press the Mode button until the Sel f - Timer icon a ppears i n t h e S t a tu s L C D . I f Live View is on , the ic on also appears in th e Imag e Disp la y. 3 Frame the subject in the view finde[...]

36 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Usi ng burst mode Burst is u sed to t ak e mult iple pictures in a ro w as quickly as the camer a can . 1 Press the Mode bu t t on unti l the Burst icon appe ar s on the Status LCD . If Live Vi ew is on, the icon also appe ar s in th e Imag e Disp la y. 2 F rame the subject and press the Shutter butt[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es and recor ding video c lips 3 7 Adv a nced capture settin gs The Captu r e menu allows you to a djust var ious camera sett ings tha t aff ect t he q ualiti es o f the im ages and v i deo cl ips y ou captur e with y our camer a. F r om t his men u you ca n also acces s the Se tu p menu to set a number of pref eren ces [...]

38 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual EV compens ation In difficult lig hting conditions, you can use the EV (Expo sur e Va l u e ) Compens ation setting to override the au tomatic exposure setting that the camera ma kes. EV Compens ation is u sef u l in bac klit scene s in vol ving a pe rson , or in scenes th at contain man y light ob j[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es and recor ding video c lips 3 9 White balance Different kinds o f lighting condi tions cast differen t colors. F o r e xam ple , sunlight is m or e blue , while indoo r tungste n ligh t is mor e y ello w . Scen es d omina ted b y a sin gle co lor ma y r equir e an adj us tmen t of the whit e balan ce setting t o help [...]

40 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual If the s etting is an ything othe r than the d efa ult se tting of Auto , the icon for th e settin g (in the table above) will appe ar at the top o f the Liv e Vi ew scr een. Th e new s etting r emains in effec t until it is c hanged again or until t he cam er a is tur ned o ff . ISO speed The ISO Sp[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es and recor ding video c lips 41 1 In the Capture men u , s elec t IS O Spe e d . 2 In the ISO Spe ed menu, u se the buttons to select a setti ng . 3 Pr ess OK to sav e the settin g and return to the Captu r e menu . If the se tting is anyt hing othe r than the de fa ult setting of Auto , the nu mber v alue f or the set[...]

42 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual The follow ing table h elps e xpl ain the setti ngs in more detail. If the ne w setting is anyt hing other than the def ault setting o f Center - W eighted , the icon for the sett ing (i n the tab le above) will appear at the top of the Liv e View scr een. Th e new s etting r emains in effec t until [...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es and recor ding video c lips 43 Saturatio n This setting allo w s yo u to de ter mine ho w satur ated t he color s will be in your pictur es. 1 In the Capture men u , s elec t Satur ation . 2 In the Saturati on menu , use the butto ns to selec t a settin g. The new setting is a pplied to the Live View screen behind the[...]

44 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Sharpn ess This o ptio n allo w s you to set ho w sh arp th e edges w ill be in your pictur es. 1 In the Capture men u , s elec t Sh arpn ess . 2 In the S harpness menu, use the butto ns to selec t a settin g. The new setting is a pplied to the Live View screen behind the menu, s o you ma y be able t[...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 45 C hapter 3: Re vie win g ima ges an d vi de o c li ps Yo u c a n u s e t h e Pl ayb ac k feature to r ev iew the images and vi deo clips in your camera. In addition, the Pl a yback me nu allows you to del ete images or video clips, r o tate or mag nify stil l images, and a dd , change, or delete[...]

46 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Dur ing Pla yba ck , some i nfor mation about each image or video clip is also d ispla yed . Th e fo llo win g ta ble de sc r ibes th e infor mati on. NO TE Other i cons besi des th e e-mail or pr int ico ns may appea r , d epending on what other destinations hav e been sel ected for that image usi n[...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 4 7 Usin g the playbac k men u The Playb ac k menu allo ws y ou to v ie w add itio nal inf orm ati on abo ut eac h image , ro tate s till imag es, d elete images , ma gnify stil l images, and add, chang e , or delete audio clips. Fr om this menu y ou can als o access t he Setup menu to set a number[...]

48 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Vie wing th umbnail ima ges Thi s P lay back me nu opti on le ts y ou s ee u p to ni ne ima ges a t a time , allow ing yo u to qui ckl y na viga te to a spec ifi c image . 1 In Pl ayba ck mode , press OK to display t he Play bac k m enu , then press OK again to sel ect the View Thu mb na il s option [...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 49 Rotating im ages NO TE This opt ion wor ks on l y with still imag es, not video clips. 1 In Pl ayba ck mode , select the image you w ant, then pr ess OK to display the Playb ac k menu . 2 Select the Ro tate option and press OK . T he ima ge y ou w er e v iew ing in Play ba ck is automatical l y [...]

50 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Deletin g ima ges 1 In Pl ayb ack mode , select the image you want, then press OK to di spla y the Playb ack menu . 2 Select the Delete option and press OK . 3 In the Delet e sub-menu, use the butt ons to hi ghligh t the option you w ant , and t h en press OK . These options include: • Cancel —Re[...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 51 Re cor ding and dele ting au dio clip s NO TE This opt ion wor ks on l y with still imag es , not v ideo cli p s. After tak ing a stil l p icture , you can go back later and add an audio clip to i t . If an image already contain s an audio clip, you can record a new clip or del ete the curr ent [...]

5 2 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Magnify ing images NO TE This opt ion wor ks on l y with still imag es , not v ideo cli p s. Y ou can use this option to see a close-up of the ima ge that is being sh o wn in Playb ac k mode . T his opti on d oes no t per mane ntl y alte r th e imag e in t he came r a . 1 In Pl ayb ack mode , select[...]

Chapt er 4: U sing hp ins tant s har e 5 3 C hapter 4 : Using hp ins tant sh ar e This camer a has an e x c iting featur e called HP I nstant Sha r e . This feat ure l ets y ou se lect ima ges in t he camer a to be automatical l y sent to a var iety o f desti nations th e next time you connect the camer a to y our comput er or t o certain HP p rint[...]

54 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Using t he sh ar e me nu Pr essing t he Share button cau ses the Shar e menu to appear in the Image Di splay . Th e following table describes each of t he Share menu options. # Icon Descr iption 1 Pr int 1 Cop y of c urr ent image when connected to a computer or printer . By def ault, the picture is [...]

Chapt er 4: U sing hp ins tant s har e 5 5 Using hp ins tant share to pri nt pictur es 1 Pr ess t he Pla yba ck but ton to display the images in your camer a , then us e the butto ns to s cr oll to a n imag e you wa nt t o pri nt. NO TE Y ou cannot select video clips for pr inting. 2 Pr ess t he Shar e button to ac tiv at e the Shar e men u , and t[...]

56 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Using hp ins tant share to s end images to de stinat ions Usi ng HP Instant Shar e to send images in your cam er a to var ious destinations in volv es three steps: 1 Add ing des tina tion s (e-mail ad dr es ses , onlin e albums , a photo f in ishing ser v ice, et c.) to the ca mer a’s Share me nu ([...]

Chapt er 4: U sing hp ins tant s har e 5 7 4 F r om the first w indow of the Wi zard on the computer , cl i ck on Ret rieve from Cam era . 5 In the screen called Modify Shar e Men u : • On Mac into sh, cl ick on the Add.. . bu tton. • On Windows, check to se e that HP Ins tan t Shar e E -mail is visi ble abov e t h e A dd ... butt on , then cli[...]

58 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual 8 The names you spe c ified for your newl y adde d e-mail destinat ions or grou p dist r ibution li sts should now appear i n the Modify S har e Men u sc reen (in the Cu r rent S hare M enu section ). T o add add itional e- mail addresses or dis tr ibution list s to the came r a Sha r e menu , repeat[...]

Chapt er 4: U sing hp ins tant s har e 59 Selectin g hp instant share destinations for ima ges Y ou can sel ect an y number o f HP Inst ant S har e des tinati ons f or each s till image in yo ur camer a . F or e x ample , you can sel ect a spec ifi c image t o go to 10 e-mail destinati ons (including gr oup list s), an onli ne album, and to a profe[...]

60 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Ho w hp instant share e-mails imag e s The wa y images are e-ma iled via HP Instan t Share work s differen tly on Windows and M ac intosh computers. Window s Images are not e-mailed as attachments. R ather , a message is sent to e ac h e -mail addr ess that you selected in the Shar e men u. T he mess[...]

Chapt er 5: U nloading , pr inting , and displ ay ing image s 61 C hapter 5: Unloadi ng , printing, and di spla y ing i mage s Once yo u ha v e ta ke n p ic tur es, y o u can unl oad them f ro m y our camer a to a com pute r , pr int them dir ectly to a p rint er , or disp la y them on a television. Unloa ding to a co mputer NO TE If y ou ar e usin[...]

6 2 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual NO TE If your computer is r unning Window s XP , when you turn on the camera in the next step , a dialog box may appea r that requests you to Sele ct the program to launch for thi s ac tion . S imply click on Cancel to close th is dial og box. 3 T urn on the cam er a. The HP Im age Unload soft w are[...]

Chapt er 5: U nloading , pr inting , and displ ay ing image s 63 Printin g imag es NO TE If y ou ar e usin g th e HP 8 88 6 came r a doc k t o do t his task, see the HP 88 86 C amer a Dock Use r’ s Manual . T o print imag es that hav e been unlo aded to the computer , you can use the HP Photo & I maging so ft ware that was shipp ed wit h t he[...]

64 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual The Pr int Setup menu displ a ys on th e came r a. If yo u alr eady selected images to pr int from the camer a Share menu, the numb er of im age s sel ected w ill be sho w n , as in t his e x ampl e . Otherw ise , Images: ALL will be di splay ed. 5 Adjust the set tings in th e Pr int Setup menu b y u[...]

Chapt er 5: U nloading , pr inting , and displ ay ing image s 65 Displa y ing images on a TV Imag es in y our camer a can easily be disp la yed a s a s lide sho w on almost any TV (tel e vision) . NO TE If y ou ar e usin g th e HP 8 88 6 came r a doc k t o do t his task, see the HP 88 86 C amer a Dock Use r’ s Manual . 1 T o connect the cam er a [...]

66 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual The cam er a starts a slideshow of each image, playing any attac hed a udio clip or v i deo c lip , and the n fad ing t o the n e xt image. Y ou can al so manually s cr oll thr ough the images b y pressing the buttons. NO TE The Image Disp la y on the camera turns off when the camer a is connected to[...]

Chapte r 6: Us ing the setup menu 6 7 C hapter 6 : Using t he setup m e nu 1 To d i s p l ay t h e Setup menu , open either the Pla yba ck or Capture menu and use the butt ons to highlig ht the Setup men u opti on. The n pr ess th e OK bu tton . (F or information about these other menus, see Usin g the playback menu on page 4 7 and Adv anced captur[...]

68 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Camer a so unds Thi s Setup menu optio n allo ws y ou to set the v olum e le ve l of the came r a s ounds , or tur n c amer a soun ds o ff . Came r a so und s ar e th e so unds th at the camera makes when y ou t ur n it on, pr ess a button, or take a picture . Came r a s oun ds ar e not the audi o so[...]

Chapte r 6: Us ing the setup menu 6 9 USB conf iguration This Setup m enu option determines how the camera appea rs when connected to a computer. z Digi tal Came ra —C auses the computer to recognize the camer a as a digit al camera using the Pict ure Tran sfer Prot ocol (PTP ) standard. This is the default setting on the camera. z Disk Dr i ve ?[...]

7 0 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual TV c onf ig ur at ion Thi s Setup menu option sets th e for mat of the video signal for displaying camera images on a television (T V) that is c onnecte d to the cam er a w it h an opti onal A udi o/ Video cable or HP 8886 camera dock. z NT SC — fo rma t use d pr imar ily in Nor th Ame ri ca an d [...]

Chapte r 6: Us ing the setup menu 71 Mo v e im ages to card Thi s Setup menu opt i on lets you mov e images fr om the camera ’s i n ternal memory t o a memor y card . It appea r s in the Setup menu o nl y if a me mory car d is instal led and inte rnal memory c on tain s at least one image. If ther e is r oom to mo ve all the interna l files to th[...]

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Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 7 3 C hapter 7 : T roubl esho oting and sup port Problems an d solutions NO TE If you stil l cannot solve your pr oblem af ter r ev iew ing the troubleshooting in f ormation pro vided in the following tabl e, y ou can run di agnostic tests on yo ur camera to try to isol ate and solv e the problem yoursel[...]

7 4 hp phot osmart 7 30 series user’s ma nual Pro blem P ossible cau se Solu tion The ca mera does not t ur n on. (con tinued ) The HP A C adapter is not connected to the cam era , o r is not plugged into a power outlet . Ensur e that the HP A C po w er adapter is: z connect ed to the pow er ada pter con nector of the ca mera z plugged i nto a w [...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 75 I replace the camera batteries fre quen tly. (con tinued ) Extended Image D ispla y use for Live View or video re c ord i n g, ex cess i ve f lash use, a nd ex cess i ve zo o mi n g consume a lot of b atter y pow er . Mini mi z e the u se of Liv e Vi ew and vi deo, especi ally if using or dinary alkal[...]

7 6 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual The ca mera batteries w ill not charge . (con tinued ) Battery voltage is too lo w for cha r gi ng to start . The camer a will not attem pt to char ge batteri es that ma y be damaged or ov er -discharged. R emo ve t he batt er ies f r om t he camera and charge them in an e xternal battery charger , [...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 77 The wrong date and/or time is shown . The batter ies died or we r e re mo ve d fro m the cam era for too long. The date and time will be maintained for about 10 minu tes withou t batter ies install ed. R eset the date and time b y using t he Date & Time optio n in the Setu p men u . (S ee page 68,[...]

7 8 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual A lon g delay occurs betw een pressing t he Shutter butt on and t he camera taking a pict ure. The cam er a needs time to lock f ocus and exp osu r e. Use F ocus Lock . (See page 23.) The cam er a is taki ng a lo ng exp osu r e. Use a tripod or the flash . The cam er a is set to Red -eye Red uction [...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 7 9 The ca mera does not take a pi ctur e when I press the Shutter button. (con tinued ) The cam er a is still sav ing the last pi cture y ou took . W ait a fe w se con ds f or t he camera to f inish processing the image, and then press the Shutter button . Ima ges in the memory (inte rnal or card) ma y [...]

80 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual My image is too bright. The flash pr ov ided too much light. Us e the Fla s h O f f set ting (see Usi ng t he fl ash on page 30). Yo u w e r e t o o close to the subject to us e the flash. Mov e back fr om the subject o r set the flash to Fla sh O ff and take the pic ture again. A natur al or artific[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 8 1 My image is too dark. There was not enough light. Wait for natural lig hting conditions to improve, add indire ct lightin g, or a djust the Exposur e Compensa tion (see page 38). The flash was on, but the subject wa s too far aw ay. Make sure y our subject is within the flash working dista nce (see A[...]

82 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Error m ess ag es on th e cam era Message P ossible cause Solution BA T TER IE S DEPLE TED Camera is shutting do wn Batte ry powe r is too lo w to continue operati o n . Replace or r echarge batteries, o r use an optional HP AC adapter . Batteries ar e too low for Live Vie w Batte ry powe r is too lo[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 8 3 Unsupported card Th e car d in th e memory slot is not a mem ory card or is not a supported memory card . Ensur e that the memo ry ca rd i s t he prope r t ype for your ca mera. (S ee Appendi x B: Specif ications on page 105. ) Car d is wr ong form at The c ard is a n unsupported fo rmat , such a s F[...]

84 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Th e car d is loc ked The locki ng tab on the sid e of the memory card is in the lock ed position . Sw itch th e locking tab to th e unl oc ked po siti o n or insert a new card . Ins ufficient mem ory o n t he card Not enough r oom to copy any fi le s f rom i nt ern a l memory to the card . Unload im[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 8 5 Unsupported image file Y ou tri ed to magnify , rot ate , to pr int an image tha t was ta k en with an oth er camera . Press OK to clear the message. Y ou cannot do those oper ations on files that w ere n ot cr e at ed by your ca mera. Insuffic ient space in memory (on ca r d) to co mplete re qu e st[...]

86 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual No images in memory or No imag es on card Th er e are n o images or v ideo clips in the camera and you are tryin g to rev ie w t h em . Ta ke so m e pi c tu re s o r vide o cl ips. Cannot di splay image P ossibly comes from c opying im ages to the memory card from a com pute r , or a c orrupted image[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 8 7 F o c us too c lose The f ocus distance is closer tha n the ca mera can foc us . Set the camera to Macr o fo cu s, or if se t t o Mac r o focus , move fu rth er away fr om the subject . See Using macr o mode on page 3 6. Un known U SB dev ice The c amera i s connected to a USB dev ice that it does no[...]

88 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Unsupported prin ter The p rin ter is an unsupported dev ice . Connect the camera to a supported print er , such as an H P Photosma rt printer or another HP pr inter wit h fron t p ane l U SB por ts. Or connect the camer a to a computer and print f r om th er e ins tead . Disengage photo tr ay , or s[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 8 9 Printing canceled The print job has been c anceled. Press the OK button on the camera . Compl ete the prin t r equest again. Any error co de num bers th at ap pear The camer a may have a hardwar e or firmware pr oblem. T u r n the camera off and then on again. If the pr oblem per sists, ca ll HP Supp[...]

90 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Err or me ssages o n the comput er Message P ossible cause Solution Connecti on betw een t he imaging devi ce and computer fa ile d The came r a might be connected to a computer through a USB hub. Try connecting the camera directly to the computer, or disconnect other devices attached to the USB hu b[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 9 1 Compute r cannot fin d th e connected camera (conti nued) The came r a is set to the Digital Camera setting in the USB Configurati on sub-menu of the Setup menu . But the computer cannot rec ognize t he camera as a digital camera . Change the USB Configuration setting to Disk Dri ve in the Set u p me[...]

92 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Getting ass ista n ce This sectio n contains s u pport inform ation for y our digital camer a , inclu ding suppo rt websit e inf or mati on , an e xplanati on of the support process, and support phone numbers. HP acces sibilit y w ebsite Cu stom ers w ith disab ilitie s can get h elp b y visiting ww [...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 9 3 Supp ort is av ailable in t he fo llow ing languages: Du tch , E ngl i sh, Frenc h, G er ma n, I ta lia n, P o rt ug ue se, Sp an is h, S w edish, T r aditional C hinese , Simplif ied C hinese , Ja panese , K o r ean. (Dan ish , F innish , and Norwegi an sup port infor mation is a vail able in Englis[...]

9 4 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual • The ve rsion of the digital camera soft w are (located on the camera ’s CD label) • Messag es displayed at the t ime the sit uation occurred The applicable con ditions for HP phone s u pport ar e subject to chang e wit hout no tice . T elep hone support is free fr om t he date of purc hase f[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 9 5 Phone su pport in E ur ope, th e Middl e Ea st, and Africa HP Consum e r S u pport ph one numbers and policies may cha nge . Vi sit th e fol low ing we bsite to che ck the det ails an d conditions o f phone support in y our country/re gion: www .hp .co m/ su pp o rt . Algeria +213 (0)61 56 45 4 3 Aus[...]

9 6 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Nethe rlands 0 900 2020 165 (E uro 0.10/minute) Norwa y +4 7 815 6 2 0 7 0 Po l a n d +48 22 86 5 98 00 Po r t u g a l 808 201 49 2 Ro ma n ia +40 1 315 44 4 2 Ru ss ia n F e de ra ti on +7 095 7 9 7 35 20 (Moscow) +7 812 346 7 99 7 (St P etersburg) Saudi Ar abia +9 66 800 8 9 7 144 40 Slov akia +42[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr oubles hootin g and suppo rt 97 Ot her ph one suppor t w orldwide HP Consum e r S u pport ph one numbers and policies may cha nge . Vi sit th e fol low ing we bsite to che ck the det ails an d conditions o f phone support in y our country/re gion: www .hp .co m/ su pp o rt . Argentina +54 0 810 55 5 5 5 20 Aust ralia +61 (3 ) 88 77 [...]

98 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user ’s m anual Mex ico +5 2 58 99 22 (Mex ico C ity ) +5 2 01 800 4 72 6684 (o utside Mexi co City) Ne w Ze aland +64 (9) 35 6 6640 Pe r u +51 0 800 10111 Philippines +6 3 (2) 86 7 35 51 Pu er t o R ic o +1 8 77 23 20 58 9 Singapore + 65 6 272 53 0 0 Ta i wa n +886 0 800 010055 Thai land +66 ( 2) 661 4000 Unit ed S[...]

Append ix A: Batter ies and camer a accesso ri es 99 Append ix A: Batterie s a nd ca mer a acce ssorie s Managing bat t erie s When the bat ter ies are r emov ed from the camera , the da te and time settings are preserved for appro ximately 1 0 minutes. If the camer a is witho ut batte ri es f or longer t han 10 minute s, t he clo ck is s et to the[...]

100 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user’s manua l Extending b atter y life z Minim i ze the use o f Live View and video, especially when using al k a line bat t eries. z Use the v ie wfinder t o fr ame pictures inste ad of the Image Display . Leave the Ima ge Display off whenev er possibl e . z Use zoom only when ne cessary . z Use t he Au to fl ash[...]

Append ix A: Batter ies and camer a accesso ri es 101 Recharg eabl e bat teries Ni c ke l Metal Hy dr ide (N iMH) ba tter ies can be r ec har ged b y using a battery c har ger . NiMH ba tter ie s can also be re char ged in the cam er a whe n the camer a is connec ted to a n opti onal HP AC adapter or HP 8886 cam e ra dock. Batteries are f ully rech[...]

102 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user’s manua l Pu rc hasin g came ra accessories Y ou can pur chase additi onal access or ies f or y our camer a f r om your loca l r etailer or online at w ww .h pshopping.com . S ome access or ies f or t his digit al camer a ar e listed belo w: z HP Photo smart 8 886 came ra dock (in cludes a camera dock, r emote[...]

Append ix A: Batter ies and camer a accesso ri es 103 z HP Photosma rt 3.3V AC power adapter (HP supports only HP A C power adapters and other ac cessories e xpressly appro ved b y HP): • United States and Canada—C8912 #A2L • K or ea , Austr alia , and New Ze aland—C8912 #UUF • Eur ope—C8912 #UUS z Memory card—Secu re dig ital (SD) or[...]

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Appendi x B: Spec ificati ons 105 Append ix B: Spec ifi cations Fe at ure Descrip tion Reso luti on Still Pictures: z 3.34 MP (2140 by 1560 total pix el cou nt) z 3.2 4 MP (2088 by 15 50 effective pix e l co unt) Video clips: z 32 0 x 240 t ota l pixe l co un t Sensor Diagonal 6 .6 7 X mm (1/2 .7 -inch, 4: 3 for m at) CCD Color depth 30- bit (10 bi[...]

106 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user’s manua l Zo om 3x optical, 5x digita l zoom z Wid e— 38 m m z T el ephot o—114 mm Fo cus TTL au to f ocu s. Focus set tin gs: z Normal (default)— auto f ocus range of 0.4 m (15.7 5 in ) to infinity z Ma cr o— auto fo cus ran ge of 0.1 to 0.5 m (4 to 19 .7 in) , z o om range of 1x to 5x Shutter s peed [...]

Appendi x B: Spec ificati ons 10 7 Image capture modes z Stil l (default) z Self- Timer —10 second de lay s tandar d ( bo th still and vi deo) z Burst—0.9 f r ames per second , maxi mum of 6 images z Vi deo—19 fr ames per secon d str eaming to memory , maxim um length limite d only b y av ailabl e memory Audio captur e z Still pictur es —Au[...]

108 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user’s manua l Pla yback mag nific ation Y es, appr oximat ely 3x and 6x Compr ession form at z JPE G (EXIF) f or still image s z AV I f o r v i d e o c l i p s Int erf ace s z USB to a c omput er or HP Photosmart , some HP DeskJet , and some HP All-in-One multi-f unctio n pr inter s z Audi o/Vi deo out to TV z DC [...]

Appendi x B: Spec ificati ons 109 Po w e r The camer a has a maxim um steady stat e power consumpti on of 2 .64 W atts (800mA @ 3. 3Vd c). P ower so urces include: z 2 AA batte ri es ( 2 non-r echarg eabl e AA batter ies inc luded). Acceptabl e batteri es include photo-lit hium, “ ultra ” or “ pr emium ” grad e high energ y alkaline, or rec[...]

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Ind e x 111 Index A AA batteries 99 AC power adapter connector on camera 12 HP part number 109 purchasing 103 acce ssories f or camer a 102 action exposure mode 34 AE Meter ing, setting 41 AF vi ewfin der l ight 10 alkaline batteries 99 Aperture Priority (Av) setting 34 Arrow b uttons 11 audio clips record 12, 32, 51 audio/video (TV) cable 103 conn[...]

112 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user’s manua l consumer support 92 D darkening an image 38 Date & Time se tti ng 19 , 68 delete audio clips 51 from m emory card 50 images during instant review 23 video clips during instant revie w 24 diagnostic tests f or camera 73 Digital Print Order F ormat 55 digital zoom 28 disk drive, camera as 69 displa[...]

113 Index I icons AE metering s ettings 42 battery levels 99 capture mode settings 33 EV co mpensat ion 38 flas h setti ngs 30 image quality settings 3 1 in Live Vie w screen 25 ISO s peed se ttings 41 on Status LCD 14 saturation settings 43 Share me nu 54 sharpness settings 44 white balance settings 39 Image Displ ay description 11 status screen 2[...]

114 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user’s manua l memory card delete files 50 door 11 install 17 moving images from internal memory 71 pictures remaining 25 purchasing 103 Memory /USB light 1 1 menus Capture 37 Playback 47 Share 5 4 messages on camera 82 on computer 90 microphone 12 MODE button 13 N NiMH batteries 9 9 number of pictures remaining in[...]

115 Index R range Expo sure Com pensati on 107 flash 10 6 F-num ber 105 focus 1 06 rechargeable batteries 101 record audio clips 12, 32, 51 vide o clips 24 Red-eye Reduction, setting 30 remaining pictures count 25 restoring previous settings 1 8 review , instant 23, 2 4 reviewing images and video clips 45 rotate images 4 9 S Saturation setting 4 3 [...]

116 hp ph otosmar t 7 30 series user’s manua l V Video button 14 vide o clips instant review 24 record 24 Video mode use 24 Video viewfinder light 10 view finder 10 view finder lig hts 10 viewing images and video clips 45 W web site s for HP 92 White Balance, setting 39 Windows computer bonu s software 21 connect to 61 install softwar e 20 wrist [...]