User manual ARCHOS GMINI 402 CAMCORDER

[. . . ] To stop and save your recording, press the ESC/STOP button. You can press the PLAY button to pause and resume the recording. 2 3 4 The table below explains the different settings. The corresponding screen icons are also shown. 2 3 Video recording settings Resolution Options: VGA or Optimal. Optimal (448 x 336) will give the smoothest image quality, with the smallest file size. [. . . ] From the Main screen, select the Camera icon, then click on ENTER. 2. On this Viewfinder screen, you can adjust the exposure settings by pressing the F2 button (Settings). You can also zoom in and out using the up and down buttons. For more information on the F3 button (Fix), see the section Controlling the image quality. On the Settings screen, use the directional buttons UP and DOWN to select a setting, and LEFT and RIGHT to change it. To change the file name, select the Rename button and press enter. You will be taken to the Virtual Keyboard (see the Using the Virtual Keyboard section in the Browser chapter of the complete Adobe® PDF user manual for more information. ) Press one of the Function buttons (Back) or ESC/STOP to go back the Viewfinder screen. Once you have adjusted the settings, press the ENTER button to take a photo. You might notice that the HDD indicator lights up as the device is saving the image on its hard drive. The name of the next image changes and your GminiTM is now ready to take the next picture. 2 3 4 The table below explains the different settings. The corresponding screen icons are also shown. 5 6 Photo settings English Resolution Options: VGA or 1. 2 Megapixels. 1. 2 Megapixels (1280 x 960) will give the best image quality, but the largest file size. VGA (640 x 480) will give the smallest file size, but the images will not be as sharp. For the best possible image (although it will take up more disk space) set this to Fine (fine dots icon). Between Brighter +2, Normal and Darker -2. This permits you to adjust to bright or dark conditions. Setting it in the negatives, will decrease the amount of picture exposure and make your image darker. Setting it positive will increase the exposure and make your image brighter. If your subject has a bright background, you may want to over expose your image a little bit so that the person's face is more visible, thus you would set it to Brighter +1 or +2. If you are taking a photo where there is a lot of snow or the sun's reflection on water, you may want to reduce the exposure, thus set it to Darker -1 or -2. Options: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent or Tungsten. [. . . ] This is because the bright background makes the camera select an exposure which is not appropriate to capture the person or object in the foreground. One way of correcting this it using the Exposure setting (see the table of parameters for information). Another option is pointing the GminiTM away from the bright light, towards an area where the light conditions are similar to those around the person or object. The exposure settings become fixed and the Exposure-fixed icon will appear on top of the screen. [. . . ]