User manual ACER CP-8531

[. . . ] User's Manual >> CONTENTS 3 INTRODUCTION 3 Overview 3 Package Contents GETTING TO KNOW THE CAMERA 4 Front View 5 Rear View 7 Mode dial 8 Status LED Indicator 9 LCD Monitor Icons 4 1 2 GETTING STARTED 12 Inserting and Removing the Battery (Optional Accessory) 13 Charging the Battery 14 Using an AC Power Adapter (Optional Accessory) 14 Inserting and Removing an SD Card (Optional Accessory) 15 Setting the Date and Time 16 Choosing the Display Language 17 Formatting an SD Memory Card 18 Setting Image Resolution and Quality 1 9 PHOTOGRAPHY MODE 19 [ ] Auto Mode 21 Using the Digital Zoom 22 Setting the Flash 23 Setting the Focus 24 Setting the Self-timer 25 Exposure Compensation/Backlight Correction 26 [P] Program (Automatic Exposure) Photography Mode 27 [Tv] Shutter Speed Priority Photography Mode 28 [Av] Aperture Priority Photography Mode 29 [M] Manual Mode 30 Setting the Scene Mode 31 Setting the Panorama Mode 32 [ ] Movie Mode EN-1 Digital Camera >> EN-2 3 3 PLAYBACK MODE 33 Playing Back Still Images 34 Playing Back Video Clips 34 Attaching Voice Memos 35 Thumbnail Display 36 Zoom Playback 37 Slideshow Display 38 Protecting Images 40 [ ] Deleting Images 42 DPOF Settings 43 Resizing an Image (Resize) 44 Compressing an Image (Quality Change) 4 5 MENU OPTIONS 45 Photography Menu (Capture tab) 47 Photography Menu (Function tab) 49 Video Menu (Capture tab) 50 Video Menu (Function tab) 51 Playback Menu 52 Setup Menu (Basic tab) 53 Setup Menu (Custom tab) 5 4 EDITING SOFTWARE NSTALLATION 54 Installing NTI Photo Suite 5 5 CAMERA SPECIFICATIONS User's Manual >> INTRODUCTION Overview Congratulations on your purchase of the new digital camera. Capturing high-quality digital images is fast and easy with this state-of-the-art smart camera. Equipped with a 8. 28 Mega pixels CCD, this camera is capable of capturing images with a resolution of up to 3296 x 2472 pixels. Package Contents Carefully unpack your kit box and ensure that you have the following items: Digital Camera A/V cable USB cable User's manual Camera strap Optional Accessories: SD memory card AC power adapter Rechargeable lithium-ion battery Software CD-ROM Camera pouch Accessories may vary by retailer. EN-3 Digital Camera >> EN-4 GETTING TO KNOW THE CAMERA Front View 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 10 Description Sets the camera mode Focuses and locks both focus & exposure when 2 Shutter button pressed halfway down. Captures the image when pressed all the way down. [. . . ] Select [Panorama] with the / buttons, and press the SET button. The next image appears beside the previous image. Orient the camera so that the second frame overlaps a small portion of the photographic subject of the first image and press the shutter button to capture the next image. Follow the same steps to capture subsequent images in the sequence. Finish the sequence by pressing the MENU button or switch to another mode after the last image has been recorded. EN-31 EN-32 Digital Camera >> [ ] Movie Mode This mode allows you to record video clips at a resolution of 320 x 240 / 640 x 480 pixels. Slide the mode switch to [ ] and set the mode dial to [ ]. The recording of the video clip will start. Pressing the shutter button again will end the recording and save the video on the SD card. The recording time depends on the storage size and the subject of the image to be recorded. Zoom function can be used during video recording without audio. You can record video clips with Audio freely, but no zoom function at this condition. When recording video clips, the flash cannot be used. While the image is being recorded into the SD card, do not open the battery/SD card cover, nor remove the battery or SD card. Doing so might damage the SD card or destroy the data. User's Manual >> [ ] PLAYBACK MODE Playing Back Still Images You can play back the still images on the LCD monitor. Insert the SD card into the camera and turn on the power before starting. The images can be fed in reverse or fed forward with the / buttons. Image Display Information You can switch the state of the information button when display by pressing the playing back images. Each press of the button switches the information display state in the following order: 01/01/2005 10:10 1853KB Pressing the / buttons during image playback will rotate the image 90 degrees. The button rotates the image clockwise, whereas the button rotates the image counterclockwise. A press of the button opposite to the direction in which the image was rotated will return the image to the normal display. A [ ] icon is displayed with the video data. A [ ] icon is displayed with images which have an audio memo recorded. Press the SET button to play back voice memos. In zoom playback, the display is switched between normal and non-display. EN-33 EN-34 Digital Camera >> Playing Back Video Clips You can play back video clips recorded on the camera. [. . . ] The [Custom] tab of the set-up menu is displayed. Select the desired [Custom] option item with the / buttons, and press the SET button to enter its respective menu. Select the desired setting with the / buttons, and press the SET button. To exit from the set-up menu, change the mode dial setting. Date/Time This sets the date and the time. [. . . ]