User manual BENQ DC S40

[. . . ] DC S40 Digital Camera User's Manual Welcome Copyright Copyright 2004 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. *Windows, Internet Explorer and Outlook Express are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Back Light: Select this mode when the subject has a strong light source behind it. 3. 1. 9. 6 White Balance The camera determines the white balance by averaging the various kinds of light that actually enters the lens. You may set in advance the white balance when taking photographs under specific lighting conditions. A Auto: Auto white balance (default). Automatically adjusts the white balance. Daylight: Adjusts the white balance for bright daylight conditions. Cloudy: Adjusts the white balance for cloudy, twilight, or shady conditions. Tungsten: Adjusts the white balance for subjects illuminated by tungsten light. Fluorescent: Adjusts the white balance for subjects illuminated by fluorescent light. 3. 1. 9. 7 Effect Effect Enables you to apply a tone or color to your images to create an artistic effect. RGB: Photographs using standard settings. (default) B&W: Pictures include no colors except black, white and shades of gray. This is another easy way to add distinctiveness to your pictures. Sepia: Photographs to create a warmer print tone use sepia toning. The shadows remain black while the mid-tones of the image are adjusted towards brown and orange colors. This produces warm, old-fashioned artistic style photographs. Vivid: Photographs to bring out sharper and more vibrant colors. A Using the DC S40 BenQ DC 5530 User's Manual 3. 1. 9. 8 ISO English Set the photographic sensitivity at which the image is to be recorded. A Auto: Automatically set between ISO 100 to ISO 200. (default) 100 100: Equivalent to color ISO100. Use for outdoor photography in bright sunlight. ISO A 100 200 200 200: High-sensitive photography equivalent to color ISO200. Use for outdoor photography or brightly lit indoor photography. 3. 1. 9. 9 Focusing Focusing A Enables you to change the focus. Select the region of the subject seen in the LCD display that the digital camera focuses on by setting the Auto focus window position. Central: In central auto focus window mode, the camera focuses on the center region of the framed shot. (default) 5 Area: In this mode, the camera displays five focus points. To use this mode, press the shutter button halfway. The green square indicates the recommended focus. Using the DC S40 17 BenQ DC 5530 User's Manual 3. 1. 9. 10 Exposure Value This setting allows you to intentionally lighten or darken the entire image. Use this setting when the optimum brightness (exposure) cannot be obtained, for example, when the brightness between the subject and the background is not balanced or when the subject to photograph occupies only an extremely small part of the screen. [. . . ] The battery/SD card cover is opened when in use. The adapter has not been connected properly. The battery is not used for a long time. The camera is not set at Recording Mode. [. . . ]