User manual POLAROID PDC 3150

[. . . ] PDC 3150 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com Product Overview 1. Flash Self-timer LED Lens Exposure Sensor Microphone Viewfinder 6 1 PO L 5 AR O ID DIGITAL C A M 2 4 ER A 3 1. Power button 1 12 11 10 9 2 3 4 5 8 6 7 2 Polaroid PDC 3150 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com 1. 4. Shutter button Mode selector Tripod mount Battery/SD card door 1 4 2 3 Polaroid PDC 3150 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com 3 Table of Contents 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Press the Self-timer button to cycle through the Self-timer settings until the one you want is shown on the LCD screen. 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 to have 3X digital Zoom. 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 3150 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 and use the Right button to select "EXPOSURE". Press Press Press 4. After the above operation, press 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. 24 Polaroid PDC 3150 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 and use the Right button to select "WHITE BALANCE (WB)". 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 3150 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 5 minutes by using the internal memory. 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. Operation LED and the red spot blinks. 26 Polaroid PDC 3150 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 3150 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. Press Menu button and use Right button to select "SLIDE SHOW". [. . . ] Therefore, the number of pictures you can store on a card may vary. 52 Polaroid PDC 3150 Digital Camera User Guide www. polaroid-digital. com · Using Your Batteries WARNINGS!· Do not mix different types of batteries or new and used batteries. These instructions should be retained for future reference. · Tips, Your Safety & Maintenance Your Camera should only be operated within the following environmental conditions; · 41 - 104º Fahrenheit; 5 - 40º Celsius · 20% - 85% relative humidity, non condensing Battery life or image quality may be affected outside these conditions Camera Cautions · NEVER immerse any part of the Camera or its accessories into any fluid or liquid. · ALWAYS disconnect the Camera from your PC or TV before cleaning it. [. . . ]