User manual BENQ DC E41

[. . . ] DC E41 Digital Camera User's Manual Welcome Copyright Copyright 2004 by BenQ Corporation. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company. Disclaimer BenQ Corporation makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, BenQ Corporation reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation of this company to notify any person of such revision or changes. *Windows, Internet Explorer and Outlook Express are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Make sure the camera is in Manual mode that Scene mode is set to Auto A . M Metering A DISP EV , and A YMD 2. The menu screen appears with the Metering icon you chose. Icon Metering Mode Center Average Center Spot Average +1. 3 Description The camera metering is set for the average brightness of objects in the center region of the frame. The camera metering is set for the brightness of the object at the center of the frame. The camera metering is set for the average brightness of all objects in the frame. Taking Photos 21 BenQ DC 5530 User's Manual 3. 18 Date Imprint English You can automatically print the current date on the bottom right corner of photos you take. The menu screen appears with the setting you chose. Note For instructions on changing the date format, see page 46. 3. 19 Macro and Normal Modes A switch on the side of the DC E41 enables you to change between Macro and Normal modes. Use Macro for close-up shots of people or objects within 40 cm (15 inches) of the camera lens. Normal mode should be used for all photos of subjects more than 120 cm (48 inches) from the lens. Macro Normal Note · · After taking a photo in Macro mode , remember to switch back to Normal mode to avoid taking photos that are not in focus. Scene Mode is not available in Macro Mode Mode is automatically set to Auto Scene Mode . If you switch to Macro Mode A , Scene . 22 Taking Photos BenQ DC 5530 User's Manual 3. 20 Quick Review and Erase After taking a photo you can review it on the LCD screen. If you don't want to keep the photo, you can delete it in order to make more memory available. Take a photo and wait a few moments for the camera to finish processing it. Tap Yes to delete the photo, or press No to cancel. English A Quick Review DISP Erase Button B Note · · · Deleting unwanted photos makes more memory available for storing additional photos. You can also delete photos at any time by using the Erase function in Playback mode. See "Erasing Single Files" on page 41 and "Erasing All Files" on page 41. Taking Photos 23 BenQ DC 5530 User's Manual 4 RECORDING MOVIE CLIPS Switching the camera to Recording mode allows you to record movie clips. The length of the recording depends on the amount of memory remaining on the installed SD memory card, or in the camera's built-in internal memory. English 4. 1 Movie Recording Mode Recording mode Follow these steps to record a movie clip. Set the Mode switch to Recording mode recording screen appears. Camera setting icons Remaining battery power DISP A and choose "Movie". The movie clip 00:00:11 Total length of movie clips that can be stored in memory. REC. Record button (press to start recording a movie clip) REC. Frame the subject in the LCD screen and tap the record button recording the movie clip. You can also press OK (push the Navigation button) or the shutter button to start recording. The elapsed recording time appears in red at the top right corner of the LCD screen. The camera takes a few moments to process the movie clip. Note · · In Movie Recording mode , the flash is automatically set to Off . . Zoom is disabled in Movie Recording mode 24 Recording Movie Clips BenQ DC 5530 User's Manual 4. 1. 1 Manual and Automatic Movie Recording Modes While in Movie Recording mode, setting the camera to Manual enables you to adjust white balance, EV bias, and metering. [. . . ] Photos, movie clips, and sound clips stored on your camera are displayed in the preview screen at center. English 7. The buttons at the left of the screen allow you to view a slide show, e-mail selected photos, print selected photos, edit photos, change program settings, and exit the program. Refer to the built-in QLink help for more information on all of QLink's features. Note · SD memory cards in the following sizes are supported: 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, and 512MB. The DC E41 is compatible with SD memory cards manufactured by Panasonic, Toshiba, and Sandisk. [. . . ]