User manual CONCORD 2133Z

[. . . ] Eye-Q 2133z User Manual 020810 About this manual This manual makes using the Eye-Q 2133z as easy as possible. Information in this document has been carefully checked for accuracy; however, no guarantee is given to the correctness of the contents. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. Copyright © Copyright 2002 This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. Trademarks All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. [. . . ] The camera will take a picture ten seconds after pressing the Shutter button. Frame the Shot To prevent the camera from taking blurry pictures, hold it steady. Use either the Viewfinder or the LCD display to frame the picture, according to the needs of your shooting conditions. Turning off the LCD display and taking pictures with just the Viewfinder will result in longer battery life. However, in some conditions it may be more convenient to use the LCD display. 22 Zoom and Shoot Zoom in on a particular object or Zoom Out buttons You can use the Zoom In to narrow or widen the lens' field of view. Automatic Image Processing Pressing the Shutter button half way down initiates the camera's internal image processing function. The camera will adjust the photo to compensate for ambient lighting, and, if in auto-flash mode, detect whether or not the flash is required. Shoot the picture When you are happy with the preview, slowly press the Shutter button. (Take care not to press the Shutter button to rapidly or forcefully, otherwise you might shake the camera and get a blurry picture as a result. ) 23 Eye-Q 2133z User's Manual About the Optical and Digital Zoom Function The camera features both optical and digital zoom, giving you more precision when framing your subject. Components in the lens move, reducing the field of view and making the object appear closer. With digital zoom, the camera uses interpolation with a small section of an image (the 'zoomed' portion) to artificially restore the file to its original size. When using the zoom function, a red and white bar appears on the LCD screen to the left. The bottom section displays the optical zoom level, while the top section displays the digital zoom level. A white square moves up and down the red and white bar to indicate the current zoom level. Digital zoom region Optical zoom region In Snapshot Mode, optical zoom options are from x1 to x3 in 0. 25 increments. Digital zoom options are from x1. 0 to x3. 0 in . 2 increments. 24 Turn off the Camera When you are finished taking pictures, press the power button to turn it off. This conserves battery power and prevents unnecessary wear and tear on the internal electronic parts. 25 Eye-Q 2133z User's Manual Chapter 3 ­ Reviewing Your Pictures One benefit of the Eye-Q 2133z is that you can immediately check whether or not you like the picture you just took. After you take a picture you can see what it looks like and then retake it if you are not happy. Switch to Playback Mode To view the pictures that you have stored in internal memory or on the SD/MMC Card, rotate the Mode Dial and turn the camera on. If the LCD is not turned on, press the Display button You can cycle through these modes (Full-Screen Review and Thumbnail Review ) by repeatedly pressing the button. Zoom Out Full-Screen Review The default Playback method is to show each individual picture one at a time at full-screen size. For the FullScreen Review method, press the Up and Down buttons / to cycle through the pictures you've taken. 26 You can also use the Zoom buttons / to see more detail on a particular picture. The default zoom to increase the zoom setting is "x1"; Press Zoom In ratios as follows: x1. 0, x1. 5, x2. 0, x2. 5, x3. 0, x3. 5, x4. 0. Press the Zoom Out button to decrease zoom ratios (from x4. 0 down to x1. ) Thumbnail Review If you press the Zoom Out button when the zoom ratio is at x1 (default), the camera switches over to Thumbnail Review method. In Thumbnail Review, four pictures are shown on the LCD simultaneously. [. . . ] In Video Mode, zoom options are: x1. 0, x1. 25, x1. 5, x1. 75, x2. 0, x2. 25, x2. 5, x2. 75, x3. 0; digital zoom options are x1. 0, x1. 2, x1. 4, x1. 6, x1. 8, x2. 0. Zoom In Snapshot Mode, optical zoom options are: x1. 0, x1. 25, x1. 5, x1. 75, x2. 0, x2. 25, x2. 5, x2. 75, x3. 0; digital zoom options are: x1. 0, x1. 2, x1. 4, x1. 6, x1. 8, x2. 0, x2. 2, x2. 4, x2. 6, x2. 8, x3. 0. In Playback Mode, zoom options are: x1. 0, x1. 5, x2. 0, x2. 5, x3. 0, x3. 5, x4. 0. Use this setting when taking pictures in bright daylight, to Daylight reduce the effect of "whitewashed" pictures. [. . . ]