User manual BENQ C1060

[. . . ] DC C1060/C850 Digital Camera User Manual Welcome Copyright Copyright 2008 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. All other logos, products, or company names mentioned in this manual 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. [. . . ] Your camera will detect the subject's brightness and use the flash only when required. Flash fires every time you take a photo, regardless of lighting conditions. Fires the flash for proper exposure of the subject, and uses a slow shutter speed to capture ambient light for proper exposure of the background. Useful for capturing night scenes with still subjects (such as portraits). The flash never fires even in dark situation. Force off 3. 3. 6 Using the drive mode Use the self-timer to set a delay from the time the shutter button is pressed to the time the image is shot. Press [ ]/[ submenu. ] to select Drive Mode and then press [ Using the Camera - Off 2 sec. Captures a single image. Release the shutter button to stop shooting. 2 10 sec. 10 Double Burst 3. 3. 7 Using the zoom function 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 close the menu, and then press the shutter button to take pictures. Icon Drive mode Description to 3. 4 Menu options English 10 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 In the playback mode, press to switch to the playback mode. / to switch to the capture mode. 3. 4. 1. 2 Selecting the scene mode 1. Press and to confirm the setting. to turn the scene mode description on and off. Scene mode Icon Mode Program Movie Smile Catch Shake-Free (C850 only) Landscape Backlight Night Scene Building Kids High ISO Portrait Description The camera makes settings suitable for the shooting conditions. Makes people stand out with the background out-of-focus even in a dark environment. In this mode, a higher ISO value is used. Using the Camera Scene mode Food Text Snow Fireworks Sunset Voice REC Higher saturation makes food more appetizing. Captures audio. 3. 4. 2 Using the menus When a menu is displayed, the four-way control and are used to make the desired settings. Press ]/[ ] to select a menu item and then press [ ] to select an option and press to apply the setting. to close the menu. 3. 4. 2. 1 Menu item Resolution Capture menu list (still image) Available settings C1060: 10 C850: / / / / / / / / / / / (Normal) (Spot) (Cloudy) / (Custom) (Tungsten) / / Quality Metering White Balance (Super Fine) / (Center) / (Auto) / (Fluor_H) / (Fine) / (Multi) / (Daylight) / (Fluor_L) / Using the Camera 11 English Icon Mode Description Menu item ISO Available settings / / / / / / 1600 / 3200 (ISO 3200 is for images at 3 megapixels or lower. ) -2. 0 EV ~ +2. 0 EV Off / Off (highlighted in the rectangular area surrounded by the four corners) (highlighted in the portrait area) (highlighted in the horizontal portrait area) 2 (2 sec. ) / Off / On 10 (10 sec. ) / English 12 EV compensation (Exposure) Drive Mode AEB Highlight (Double) / (Burst) Sharpness Effect Date Stamp S. S. F. [. . . ] The LCD screen turns off when the connection to the computer has been successfully completed. 24 PC Dependent Features 4. 2. 2 Step 2: Download images or video clips 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. Select the desired still images or video clips, and then choose Copy from the Edit menu. [. . . ]