User manual POLAROID PDC 3050

[. . . ] PDC 3050 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com Product Overview 1. Hand strap holder Flash Lens Microphone Self-timer LED Viewfinder 1 6 2 5 4 3 Front View 1. Power button 1 12 11 10 2 3 4 5 9 8 6 7 Rear View 2 Polaroid PDC 3050 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com 1. 4. Shutter button Mode selector Tripod mount Battery door/SD card slot Top View 1 2 3 4 Bottom View Polaroid PDC 3050 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com 3 Table of Contents 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Press the Shutter button to take a picture, the Self-timer LED will flash in red and start to countdown. The self-timer turns off automatically after recording a picture. NOTE: The Self-timer feature is not available in continuous pictures mode. · Zoom in and out Your camera is designed with a 3X digital zoom option. This feature lets you "zoom" in on the central area of a photo and photograph only the enlarged portion of the picture. Press Up/Down button to zoom in/out the subject before taking a picture. Polaroid PDC 3050 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com 23 · Setting Exposure Compensation You can adjust the exposure compensation value (EV) within the range of -2EV to +2EV in order to compensate for current lighting conditions. This setting can be used to obtain better result when shooting with backlighting, indirect indoor lighting, a dark background, etc. Press Menu button, and then use the Right or Left button to select "EXPOSURE". Press Press Press 4. After the above operation, press the Menu button to exit. NOTE: · A higher EV value is best used for light-coloured subjects and backlit subjects. A lower EV value is best for dark-coloured subjects and for shooting outdoors on a clear day. · When shooting under very dark or very bright conditions, you may not be able to obtain satisfactory results even after performing exposure compensation. · Exposure compensation returns to its standard default setting (AUTO) once you turn off the camera. · Exposure compensation setting is only available in and modes. 24 Polaroid PDC 3050 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com · Setting White Balance Selecting the right type of white balance can help to make the colours of a subject appear more natural under the type of lighting that is available. Press Menu button, and then use the Right or Left button to select "WHITE BALANCE". Press Press Press 4. White balance returns to its default setting (AUTO) once you turn off the camera. When shooting under these conditions: Normal conditions (Camera adjusts white balance automatically. ) Outdoor daylight Shade Indoors, illuminated by light bulbs Indoors, illuminated by fluorescent lighting Converts pictures to black and white Select this setting AUTO DAYLIGHT SHADE TUNGSTEN FLUORESCENT BLACK&WHITE Icons shown on LCD No Icon shown on LCD Polaroid PDC 3050 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com 25 4 Recording Video Clips · Recording Video Clips In Video mode, you can record the video clip with sound. Please note that there is no zoom in and zoom out functions in Video Record mode. You can record video clip for up to approximately 3 minutes by using the internal memory. Using an optional SD (Secure Digital) card increases the video recording time. Press Shutter button to start recording video clips, if you want to stop, press the Shutter button again. Blinking When recording video clip, the video counter (in seconds) begins to count indicating the length of video clip. The operation LED and the red spot blinks. 26 Polaroid PDC 3050 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com 5 Playback Pictures and Video Clips · Playback the pictures Reviewing the pictures 1. Zooming the displayed picture When viewing a single picture in Playback Mode, you can zoom the picture you selected. Zoom the picture up to the desired scale of zoom by using the Up button. Reviewing the pictures in Thumbnail You can view up to 9 pictures at a time by using the Thumbnail function. Press the Display button again, the thumbnail pictures will be shown on the LCD screen and the latest picture reviewed will be highlighted. Polaroid PDC 3050 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com 27 Running a Slide Show You can view all the pictures one by one on the LCD screen by using the Slide Show feature. [. . . ] Support DPOF, PIM · Video Clip - AVI format Image Deletion · Single image; all images in memory (with image protection); Format Lens Module · 5 elements glass lens (with IR filter) · f=6. 21 mm F/3. 3, F/8 (equivalent to 48mm lens for 35mm film) Zoom · Capture Mode: ~ X3 continuous 0. 2X/step · Playback Mode: ~ X4 continuous, 0. 2X/step Focusing · Fixed focus Focus Range · Normal focus: 11. 8 inches to (30 cm to ) · Macro focus: 5. 9 inches to 11. 8 inches (15 cm to 30 cm) Built-in Flash · Flash Modes:- AUTO, OFF, ON, Red-eye reduction · Flash Range: 3 feet ~ 6 feet (0. 9 m ~ 1. 8 m) Video Out · NTSC/PAL Low Battery indicator · 3 levels, Full / Low and Exhausted Weight · Approximately 165g (5. 8 oz) excluding batteries External Connector: USB, SD card slot Polaroid PDC 3050 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com · Auto Power Off: 1 minutes after power saving · Power Saving: User setting, in Capture/Playback mode with battery power in (OFF/1 minute/3 minutes) · Monitor · 1. 5" TFT colour panel with LED back light · Input/Output Terminal · USB port (Mini-B port), AC adaptor connector, Video Out (NTSC/PAL) · Power Supply · USB Port · 2 x AA Alkaline batteries (included) · +3. 3V DC Adaptor (not included) · Operating System: · For Windows® Users: Microsoft® Windows® 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP · For Macintosh® Users: Mac® OS Version 9. 0~9. 1. Polaroid PDC 3050 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com 53 · Capacity of SD Card SD 2272 X 1704 Normal quality Economy quality Fine quality pictures pictures can be taken pictures can be taken can be taken 4 7 10 45 9 12 20 111 19 25 39 210 40 50 79 422 80 101 150 870 159 201 300 1750 6 8 16 63 15 19 31 143 30 39 62 270 59 80 122 543 108 159 245 1118 210 320 500 2302 10 13 20 82 22 26 41 200 45 52 80 379 89 100 160 760 170 201 321 1566 350 405 650 3100 8M 2048 X 1536 1600 X 1200 640 X 480 2272 X 1704 2048 X 1536 1600 X 1200 640 X 480 2272 X 1704 2048 X 1536 1600 X 1200 640 X 480 2272 X 1704 2048 X 1536 1600 X 1200 640 X 480 2272 X 1704 2048 X 1536 1600 X 1200 640 X 480 2272 X 1704 2048 X 1536 1600 X 1200 640 X 480 16M 32M 64M 128M 256M 54 Polaroid PDC 3050 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com NOTE: · Scene complexity affects a picture's file size. For example, a picture of trees in autumn has a larger file size than a picture of blue sky at the same resolution and quality setting. · The 2272X1704 resolution is interpolated by firmware. · Using Your Batteries WARNINGS!· Do not mix different types of batteries or new and used batteries. [. . . ]