User manual POLAROID PDC-1320

[. . . ] 1, June 10, 2002 Welcome to the Polaroid PDC 1320 Camera! Congratulations on purchasing the Polaroid PhotoMAX PDC 1320 Complete Digital Camera Kit. This kit contains everything you need to enter the world of digital imaging. After taking photos, you will find it easy to transfer them to your computer, edit, and correct your images-- even display them on your television!Once the photos are on your computer, you can use the ArcSoft PhotoMAX Image Maker Software to change them in creative ways, include them in email, and print them. [. . . ] The LCD screen gets lighter or darker as you change the settings. The option you select is retained when you turn the camera off. · PLAY MENU · RECORD MENU 52 Questions?www. PolaroidDigital. com Option QUICKVIEW Description and Settings Briefly displays the photo you have just taken on the color LCD. A message appears giving you the option to delete the photo (page 36). Use this option to conserve battery power. The option you select is retained when you turn the camera off. · RECORD MENU RESET TO DEFAULT Restores all camera settings to their factory-default settings. · SETUP MENU Polaroid PhotoMAX PDC 1320 Digital Camera User's Manual 53 Option SLIDE SHOW Description and Settings Displays stored photos as a full-screen slide show on the color LCD. You can specify from 2 to 10 seconds as the delay between photos. To start the slide show, go to the PLAY MENU and accept the default delay setting or select another delay setting. The slide show begins when you press OK. To stop the slide show, press any button on the back of the camera or switch to another camera mode. The option you select is retained when you turn the camera off. · PLAY MENU SOUND Turns on or off a short beep that sounds when you press any camera button. · ON (default) · OFF The option you select is retained when you turn the camera off. · SETUP MENU 54 Questions?www. PolaroidDigital. com Option VIDEO MODE Description and Settings Selects either NTSC (default) or PAL as the type of video output for your television. The setting returns to NTSC when you turn the camera off. Balances lighting so your photos are not tinted with strange colors. For example, photos taken in fluorescent light without white-balance compensation have a green tint. Note: The flash is disabled when you select a white balance setting. · AUTO (default): Appropriate for most situations · TUNGSTEN: Indoors in light-bulb illumination · FLUORESCENT: Indoors in fluorescent illumination · SHADE: Outdoors in shade · SUN: Outdoors in sunlight When you turn the camera off, the setting returns to AUTO. · SETUP MENU WHITE BALANCE · RECORD MENU Polaroid PhotoMAX PDC 1320 Digital Camera User's Manual 55 Installing PhotoMAX Software After you take photos with your Polaroid PDC 1320 camera, you will want to transfer them to your computer. To do this, first install the ArcSoft PhotoMAX Image Maker Software included in your kit. Installing the software also installs the driver for your camera. The software lets you print and email your photos and manipulate them in fun and interesting ways. Before you install the software make sure your computer meets these minimum system requirements: · · · · · · · 200 MHz Pentium processor or equivalent Compatible with Microsoft Windows 98, Me, or 2000 32 MB RAM and 195 MB available hard disk space Available USB port High-color display with 800 x 600 DPI resolution or higher 2x or faster CD-ROM drive Mouse 56 Questions? [. . . ] The flash may be set to always fire (a setting usually called Forced Flash) and the current lighting conditions may not require flash. For best results in most conditions, use the camera's automatic flash setting. A bright object or light may be in the photo. Turn the flash off or try taking the photo from a different angle to move the bright light out of the photo. [. . . ]