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. [. . . ] www. PolaroidDigital. com Option EV COMPENSATION Description and Settings Sets the exposure-value (EV) brightness, which controls how much light enters the camera. If a photo comes out too dark or too light, use this setting to lighten or darken the next photo. · 0. 0 (default): no compensation · -0. 3 to -1. 8: Makes photos progressively darker · +0. 3 to +1. 8: Makes photos progressively lighter When you turn the camera off, the setting returns to 0. 0. · RECORD MENU FORMAT MEDIA Allows you to format or reformat either the internal camera memory or a CompactFlash memory card, if one is inserted. A message tells you when the formatting is complete. · SETUP MENU Polaroid PhotoMAX PDC 1320 Digital Camera User's Manual 51 Option LANGUAGE Description and Settings Sets the language to appear in all the menus. · ENGLISH (default) · FRENCH · GERMAN · SPANISH · PORTUGESE · JAPANESE · TRADITIONAL CHINESE Press OK and the menus appear in the language you have chosen. The option you select is retained when you turn the camera off. · SETUP MENU LCD BRIGHTNESS Adjusts the brightness of the color LCD from -5 to +5. 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). 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. To start the slide show, go to the PLAY MENU and accept the default delay setting or select another delay setting. 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. For example, photos taken in fluorescent light without white-balance compensation have a green tint. · 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. 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?www. PolaroidDigital. com Now follow these easy steps to install the software: 1 2 Turn your computer on. If the installation program does not start automatically: a Select Run from the Windows Start menu. [. . . ] If the camera has a macro (close-up) function, you may have left it on when taking a non-macro photo. Follow the recommended camerato-subject distances specified in the User Manual. · · · The photo looks too dark: Note: Some digital cameras do not have a flash. · There may not have been enough available light for the photo. If your camera offers exposure-value brightness compensation, set it to a higher numerical value. Retake the photo with the light source behind your back or to your side. [. . . ]