User manual ACER CE-5430

[. . . ] Contents 3 INTRODUCTION 4 Package Contents 5 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAMERA 5 6 7 8 Front View Rear View Mode Dial LCD Monitor Information 10 PREPARING THE CAMERA 10 Installing the Batteries 11 Using the AC Adapter (Optional Accessory) 12 Inserting and Removing an SD Memory Card (Optional Accessory) 13 GETTING STARTED 13 13 14 15 16 Turning the Power On/Off Choosing the Screen Language Setting the Date and Time Formatting an SD Memory Card or Internal Memory Using the LCD Monitor 17 PHOTOGRAPHY MODE 17 18 19 20 21 Shooting Images Setting Image Resolution and Quality Using the Zoom Function Using the Flash Setting Focus 22 CAPTURE MODE 22 23 24 25 Burst Self-Timer Adjusting the Exposure (EV Compensation) Setting White Balance 26 USING THE MODE DIAL 27 PLAYBACK MODE - THE BASICS 27 Viewing Images 28 Magnifying Images 29 Thumbnail Display EN-1 30 MOVIE MODE 30 Recording Movie Clips 31 Playing Back Movie Clips 32 PLAYBACK MODE - ADVANCED FEATURES 32 Playing Back Still Images/Movie Clips on TV 33 Deleting Images/Movie Clips 34 Connecting to a PictBridge-Compatible Printer 38 TRANSFERRING FILES FROM YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA TO COMPUTER 38 Step 1: Install the USB driver 39 Step 2: Connect the digital camera to your computer 40 Step 3: Download images or movie clips 41 EDITING SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 41 Installing NTI Photo Suite (Optional) 42 USING THE DIGITAL CAMERA AS A PC CAMERA 42 Step 1: Install the PC camera driver 43 Step 2: Connect the digital camera to your computer 43 Step 3: Run your application software (i. e. Windows NetMeeting) 44 MENU OPTIONS 44 49 50 53 Camera Menu Movie Menu Playback Menu Setup Menu 57 SPECIFICATIONS EN-2 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the new digital still camera!Equipped with a 5. 0 Mega pixels CCD sensor, your camera delivers high quality, 2560 x 1920 resolution images. Other features provided by the camera include the following: 5. 0 Mega pixels A high-resolution CCD sensor provides 5. 0 mega pixels for high quality of images. [. . . ] 1. 5X To enlarge the selected image, press the button. To return to the normal image, press the button. The magnification factor is displayed on the LCD monitor screen. To view different portions of the images, press the four-way controller to adjust the display area. The magnification factors range from 1. 5X to 4X (within 6 stages: 1. 5X, 2. 0X, 2. 5X, 3. 0X, 3. 5X and 4. 0X). EN-28 Thumbnail Display This function allows you to view 9 thumbnail images on the LCD monitor screen simultaneously so you may search for a particular image. The last recorded image appears on the LCD monitor screen. Nine thumbnail images are displayed 4 5 simultaneously. For recorded movie clips, the 7 8 movie mode icon will be displayed. For protected images/movie clips, mark will be displayed. Use the four-way controller to move the cursor to select the image to be displayed at regular size. Press the or / button to display the selected image on full screen. 3 6 9 EN-29 MOVIE MODE Recording Movie Clips This mode allows you to record movie clips with sound via built-in microphone. Rotate the mode dial to (Movie Mode) and turn your camera on by pressing the power switch. Mode-dial Help information will be displayed on the LCD monitor. This is a brief guide which disappears in a few seconds. If you wish to refer to this information again, press the button. Compose your subject within the focus frame 4. Press the shutter release button to start recording. To stop recording, press the shutter release button again. 00:49 Select this mode to record video clips. Video The optical zoom function (3X) can be activated before you start recording the movie clips The digital zoom function can be activated before and during the recording. / button switches the LCD monitor screen display mode. Each time you Pressing the / button, the display changes in the following order: Normal Display No press the Icons LCD Off. To enable/disable Mode-dial Help function, set the [Option-Mode-dial Help] to [On]/[Off] in all modes. EN-30 Playing Back Movie Clips You can play back the recorded movie clips on the LCD monitor screen. However, the sound recorded with movie clips can only be played back on a TV or on a computer. Use the four-way controller to go through the images until the movie clip you want to play back is displayed. [. . . ] Louder / Soft / Off This sets the date and the time. Refer to the section in this manual titled "Setting the Date and Time" for further details. d/m/y m/d/y y/m/d Sets the language that is displayed on the LCD monitor screen. Refer to the section in this manual titled "Choosing the Screen Language" for further details. [. . . ]