User manual BENQ DC C1220

[. . . ] DC C1220 Digital Camera User Manual Copyright Copyright 2009 by BenQ Corporation. No part of this document 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 document 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. All other logos, products, or company names mentioned in this document may be the registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used for informational purposes only. Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment by users in private households in the European Union. This symbol on the product or on the packaging indicates that this can not be disposed of as household waste. [. . . ] · To prevent your images from being blurred while pressing the shutter button, always hold the camera steady. This is especially important when you are shooting under low lighting conditions, under which your camera may reduce the shutter speed to ensure your images are properly exposed. 3. 3. 4 Using the focus mode Icon Focus mode Auto focus Macro Pan Focus Infinity Adjusts focus automatically. Press [ ] to toggle between different focus modes. Using the Camera 3. 3. 5 Flash mode Icon Flash mode Auto flash Auto Anti Red-eye Description The flash fires automatically based on the photographic conditions. Reduces the red-eye phenomenon when capturing natural-looking images of people and animals in low-light conditions. Be sure to ask the subject to look at the camera lens or get as close to the camera as possible. The flash always fires regardless of the surrounding lighting conditions. Select this mode when capturing images with high contrast (backlighting) and deep shadows. Fires the flash immediately at the beginning of exposure with a longer shutter speed, so balanced ambient lighting of the foreground subject and background scene can be reached in a low-light environment. Select this mode when flash photography is prohibited, or when the distance to the subject is beyond the effective range of the flash. to toggle among different flash modes and select a desired option. Force On Slow Sync Force Off 1. Press close the menu, and then press the shutter button to take pictures. Icon Off Drive mode Standard Self-timer Takes one picture at a time. Description Automatically takes a picture after 2 or 10 second delay. This mode is useful when you want to be part of the picture. 2 10 Double Performs delay and capture twice: 1. The flash is always off in this mode. Burst Using the Camera 9 English The flash offers an additional light source (usually used in a low-light environment). You can capture an image using one of the following flash modes. 3. 3. 7 Using the zoom function English 10 Your camera has a combination of optical and digital zoom functions that allows you to zoom in on far away subjects or zoom out for a wide angle shot. The optical zoom is achieved by mechanically adjusting the lens of the camera. The digital zoom enlarges or shrinks the image using a software process. When the zoom button is pressed, the zoom bar appears on the LCD monitor. When the optical zoom factor is at maximum, zooming stops temporarily. Press again, the camera switches to the digital zoom automatically and zooming continues. To turn digital zoom on or off: · · · Press , and then press [ ]/[ ] to select the capture menu. ] to select Digital Zoom and then press [ · · Press [ ] / [ ] to select On or Off and press to close the menu. to apply the setting. Press 3. 4 Menu options 3. 4. 1 Changing the mode You can capture images and voices in the capture mode, and use the playback mode to replay, delete, or edit images on the LCD monitor. 3. 4. 1. 1 · · Switching between capture and playback modes In the capture mode, press to switch to the playback mode. [. . . ] Connect the supplied USB cable to the computer USB port and turn on the camera. The LCD screen turns off when the connection to the computer has been successfully completed. PC Dependent Features 27 English 4. 2. 2 Step 2: Download images or video clips English 28 When the digital camera is turned on and connected to your computer, it is considered to be a disk drive, just like a floppy disk or CD. You can download (transfer) images by copying them from Removable Disk to your computer hard drive. Windows Open the Removable Disk and double-click on the DCIM folder to find more folders. [. . . ]