User manual SAMSUNG PL210

[. . . ] This user manual includes detailed usage instructions for your camera. Please read this manual thoroughly. Click a topic Basic troubleshooting User Manual PL210/PL211 Quick reference Contents Basic functions Extended functions Shooting options Playback/Editing Settings Appendixes Index Health and safety information Always comply with the following precautions and usage tips to avoid dangerous situations and ensure peak performance of your camera. Warning--situations that could cause injury to yourself or others Keep your camera away from small children and pets. Keep your camera and all accessories out of the reach of small children and animals. Small parts may cause choking or serious injury if swallowed. [. . . ] · The maximum number of photos depends on the capacity of your memory card. Motion Capture: · While you are pressing [Shutter], the camera takes VGA photos (6 photos per second; maximum of 30 photos). AEB: · Take 3 photos with different exposures: normal, underexposed, and overexposed. · Use a tripod to prevent blurry photos. The options may differ depending on the shooting mode. Shooting options 56 Improving your photos Learn how to improve your photos by applying smart filter effects, or make some adjustments. Applying smart filter effects Apply various filter effects to your photos to create unique images. Available filters in Program mode Option Description Normal: No effect. Miniature: Apply a tilt-shift effect to make the subject appear in miniature. Vignetting: Apply the retro-looking colors, high contrast, and strong vignette effect of Lomo cameras. Miniature Vignetting Half Tone Dot: Apply a halftone effect. Fish-eye: Blacken the edges of the frame and distort objects to imitate the visual effect of a fisheye lens. Fish Eye Sketch Classic: Apply a black and white effect. 1 2 3 In Shooting mode, press [ ]. Retro: Apply a sepia tone effect. Custom RGB: Customize a color value. Select Shooting or Movie Smart Filter. Select an effect. Shooting options 57 Improving your photos Available filters in Movie mode Option Description Normal: No effect. Palette Effect 1: Create a vivid look with sharp contrast and red color. Palette Effect 2: Making scenes clean and clear by applying a soft blue tone. Palette Effect 3: Apply a soft brown tone. Palette Effect 4: Create a cold and monotone effect. Miniature: Apply a tilt-shift effect to make the subject appear in miniature. Vignetting: Apply the retro-looking colors, high contrast, and strong vignette effect of Lomo cameras. Fish-eye: Distort close objects to imitate the visual effect of a fisheye lens. Classic: Apply a black and white effect. Custom RGB: Customize a color value. · If you select Miniature when you are recording a video, the speed of the video playing time will increase. · If you select Miniature when you are recording a video, the camera will not record sound. · If you select Miniature, Vignetting, Fish-eye or Defog while recording a video, the recording speed will be set to and the recording resolution will be set to less than . [. . . ] Noise usually occurs when photos are shot with a high sensitivity or when a sensitivity is automatically set in a dark place. Vignetting A reduction of an image's brightness or saturation at the periphery (outer edges) compared to the center of the image. Vignetting can draw interest to subjects positioned in the center of an image. Optical zoom This is a general zoom which can enlarge images with a lens and does not deteriorate quality of images. White balance (color balance) An adjustment of the intensities of colors (typically the primary colors red, green, and blue), in an image. The goal of adjusting the white balance, or color balance, is to correctly render the colors in an image. Quality An expression of the rate of compression used in a digital image. Higher quality images have a lower rate of compression, which usually results in a larger file size. Resolution The number of pixels present in a digital image. [. . . ]