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4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 Me ga pixel Me ga pixel Me ga pixel Me ga pixel Digit al Camer a Owner ’ s Manual(57482/57483) © 2006 Sakar Intern ational, Inc. All rights reserve d. Windows and the W indow s l ogo ar e registered trademarks of Mi crosoft Corporation. All other trademar k s are the property of their respective co mpanies. ...
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2 Table of Contents Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................. 2 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 3 What your camera in cludes: ..... ...
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3 Introduction Thank you for purchasing a 4.1 Megapixel digital camera. Everything you need to take quality di gital photos is included with your cam era. Please read this manual carefully FIRST in order to get the most out of your digital cam er a. Key Feat ures • Digital Video (QVGA) 320 x 240 Pixel • 4.1 mega pi xel cam era with choice of 5 ...
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4 • CD-ROM Drive • Recommended screen resolu tion 1024 X 768 pix els or greater • 256-color or higher display adaptor Computer System Requirements for Macintosh • Power Macintosh G3 500 M Hz or higher • Mac OS X version 10.2.6 or later • 128 MB or more available s yste m RAM (256 MB recommended) ,150 MB free disk spa c e • 800 x 600 o ...
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5 A Quick Look a t Your Camera Front Back ...
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6 The Mode Dial There are 4 modes on your camera. To sele ct a mode, align the icon with the indicator to the right of the mode dial. • Camera Mode: Take still photos • Video Mode: Capture video • Playback Mode: View, print and edit photos and view videos • Setup Mode: Set date and time, exposure, white balance, sharpn ess, photo quality, f ...
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7 B at tery p ow er l ev el Full battery power Medium batter y power L o w b a t t e r y p o w e r Ph ot o qu a lit y Standard quality H i g h q u a l i t y Fl as h Force Flash Auto No Flash Mo de Camera Video Se lf -t im er Self-timer On D at e D ig it al Z oo m 4.00X 4 x Digital Zoom 3.00X 3 x Digital Zoom 2.00X 2 x Digital Zoom 1.00X 1 x Digital ...
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8 Main Buttons Power on/off: Turn your cam era On/Off. Press the button once to turn your cam era on. Pressing it again will turn your camera off. N av iga t io n but t ons The Navigation buttons are used to navigate and select fu nctions. Up/Flash Down/ Self –Timer Left/Date Right/Delete OK/Enter Display Menu Zoom Preparing Your Camera for Us e ...
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9 4. Close battery door. When the Low Battery icon is flashing, you need to replace your camera’s batteri es. If you do no t have an SD m e mory card in the camera, please download any photos you have on the cam era bef ore switch off the camera. WARNING: Unl ess you are using an SD m emory card, openi ng the battery compartment and/or removing t ...
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10 Installing SD Memor y Card Your camera has a mem ory card slot that en ables you to insert any “SD” compatible mem or y card. Add in g a memory card w ill allow you to increase the capacity of your camera before you ha ve to tr ansfer photos/videos to a PC. Photos and videos stored in this manner will not be lost regardless of any change in ...
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11 Starting Your Camera Press and hold the On/Off button for 2 seco nds to start the camera. The LCD screen will light up and the camera will sound a “beep”. This will confirm that your camera is on and ready for use. Camera Mode Set the mode dial to Camera Mode – the icon will appear on your LCD screen. Taking Photos You can compose your sho ...
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12 Flash In low light conditions it is best to use the built-in flash. You can also use the flash t o c ompen s a te for backlight conditions. To set the flash: Press the button. The will appear on the LCD screen. This means the flash f un c tion has been "forced on" (manual f lash). I f the flash is not ready a red LED w ill light up abo ...
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13 Delete (Last Photo) You can delete the la st photo taken from Ca m era m ode. Press the button to select the DE LETE IMAGE menu. Press the button to select DELETE. Press the OK/Enter but ton t o confir m deletion. Press the button and select CAN CEL if you do not wish to delete the image and then pu s h OK/ Ent er. If you do not press any naviga ...
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14 NOTE: To increase the number of photos your camera can take and store, use an external SD compati ble memory Car d (not in cluded). SD memory cards come in a var iety of capa cities. Please refer to the “Installing an Optional Memory Car d” section of this manual f or mor e information. To learn how to s et photo qua lity please refer to the ...
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15 You can ta ke 320 x 240 pix el digital video clips with your ca m era. W it hout an S D m emory card, the limited internal memory in your ca m era is provided for test the video li mit ed The maximum available re cording time is displaye d on the top left of the LCD sc reen. Press the shutter bu tt on t o star t re cording. A red LED will light ...
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16 Thumbnails display. When a file is sele ct ed, the number of the file you have selected will be displayed out of a total number of files in memory (e.g. 0018/002 5). Thumbnails Display : 1. Press the Display button till you see your imag es displayed as thumbnails . 2. Use the navigation arrow s to brow se the media files in yo ur camera. A sele ...
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17 2.Using the and navigation but tons, select LEFT to r otate the photo 90 degrees to the left or RIGHT to rotate the photo 90 degrees to the right or CANCEL. 3. Press the OK/En ter button to confirm your selection. Protect : You can protect your pho tos/videos from accidental deletion selecting to “lock” the m. 1. Press the menu bu tton . 2. ...
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18 A lock icon will appear on the LCD screen if you h ave selected to prot ect the f ile. (Note: Formatting a memory card will delete pro tected data too). Delete: Delete unwa nted photos and videos at any time to fre e up memory. You can delete on e im age or video clip at a time or delete all the unp rotected photos and videos that are currently ...
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19 Crop: Crop y our photos to show only a spe cif ic por tion of an i mage or to hi ghlight certain fo c al poin ts. The Cr op feature lets you zoo m in on an i m age and then save that part of the image as a new photo. 1. Press the menu bu tton . 2. Press the and navigation button s until you hav e selected the Cro p menu. 3. Using the and navigat ...
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20 i. Press the navigation buttons , , and to pan across the image. Panning allows you to move around the im age yo u have zoomed in on. ii. Press the OK /En ter button to save a copy o f your sel ection. b. SAVE AS: Thi s function is used to save a copy of an im age after you have cropped it. c. CANCEL: Choose c an c el to ex it the menu without m ...
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21 b. Connect your camer a to a PictBridge co m patible prin ter when you see the camer a LED light off. Caution: Please do not switch the mode dial wh en the camera connect to the prin ter. Data will be lost ! While your camera s ear ches for a printer, a message “Di scovering…” will be displayed. Using the and navigation buttons, sele ct ei ...
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22 To exit the PictBridg e, dis connect your printer. c. CANCEL to ex it the menu without making changes . Press the OK/Enter button t o confir m your selection. Setup Mode Image Settings : This setting allows you to return your camera to i ts default settings. Select “Auto” to restore these settings. 1. Press the Menu button . 2. Press the and ...
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23 2. Press the a nd navigation buttons until you have selected the Im age Sett ings menu. 3. Using the and navi gat i on buttons, select an exposure value. 4. Press the navigation buttons up to increase the EV val ue or down to decrease the EV value. Sel ect a positive value to increase brightness (make photos lighter), or a negative value to d ec ...
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24 4. Press the OK/Enter button to co nfirm your selection. Sharpness : This setting allows you to adjust the sharpness of your im ages, m aki ng edges more or less distinct. Press the Menu button . 1. Press the a nd navigation buttons until you have selected the Sharpness m enu. 2. Using the and navi gat i on buttons, select your level of sharpnes ...
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25 2. Press the a nd navigation buttons until you have selected the Quality menu. 3. Using the and navi gat i on buttons, select your Quality setting: Standard or High 4. Press the OK/Enter button to co nfirm your selection. Frequency : Fluorescent light in g oscillation can af fect the quality of your photos. Set th e camera for the correct fre qu ...
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26 2. Using the and navi gat i on buttons, select your Frequency setting: 60Hz or 50Hz. 3. Press the OK/Enter button to co nfirm your selection. Date and Time : The PhoTags Express software makes it possible for you to kee p track of the dates of your photos. The date you shot the image is recorded by the camera and will appear automatically on the ...
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27 i. Press the OK/Enter button . ii. Use the and but tons to select: Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minutes or Seconds. iii. Use the and buttons to adjust these values. iv. Press the OK/Enter button to confirm your selection. Auto Off: The Auto Shut-Off is a special battery-saving feature which a ll ows the cam er a to turn itself off when not in use . Y ...
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28 2. Using the a nd navigation buttons, select the time period the camera will remain idle before automaticall y shutting off. 3. Press the OK/Enter button to co nfirm your selection. Format Memory Card : This function refor mats the m emory card and w ill erase all files in m emory including files that hav e bee n protecte d Press the Menu button ...
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29 Installing PhoTags Express S oft w are Insert the Software CD that came with your camera into the CD-ROM drive. Make sure that your camera is NOT connected to the computer. In a few seconds the “Install your camera software” screen will ap pear. Select your camera model from the drop do wn list and click the “Install” button to install P ...
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30 Let the “PhoTags Express” installer create the folder where the program will be installed, and then click “Install”. Click “Finish” to let the “PhoTags Express” installer finish the installation program. Once the program has finished installing please re start your com puter . Congratulations!! You have successfully installed the ...
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31 Everything you need to get the most from your photos and MORE Download photos instantly from your digital camera, media cards, CDs and storage devices to your computer. Manage your photos by creating countless unique photo collections without duplicating any photos. Burn CDs of any folders for backup and storage. Enhance your photos ; Auto Enhan ...
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32 Transferring Images to y our PC Transfer Images Using PhoTags Express: 1. Set your cam er a to PLAYBACK mode. 2. Connect your cam er a to your computer using the USB cable provided. 3. Make sure that your camera is connected and is turned ON. 4. The “Camera/Removable Media Auto De te ct” windo w w il l automatically appear. 5. The number of ...
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33 9. All of the pictures you have imported will appear in the “Select Photos” main window. Manual Photo Download: Get photos manually using “PhoTags Express” Use the “PhoTags Express” program to import the ph otos from your cam era . 1. Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB slot on your camera. 2. Plug the other end of the USB cab ...
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34 Click on the “Get Photos” button on the Main Menu. The “Device Selection” mode will appear. Both your camera and the m emory card w i ll each appear in the “Active Devi ces” list as a “Removable Disk”. Toggle between the two devi ces to select your pictures. Custom Copy: This m ode is us ed to manually select the photos you w i s ...
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35 Add Active Captions to your pictures. W ith this feature, you ca n add a date, keywords and categories. Click “Nex t” to continue. On the next scre en, choose where you wish to pl ace your ph otos on your computer. Click on “Finish” to copy the photos to the location you selected. All of the pictures you imported will appear in the “Se ...
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36 Viewing Videos on Your Computer To view a video clip double click on a video file, this will open W indows M edi a Player. Maintenance of Your Digital Camera Your camera is a delicate instrument- plea se handle it with care. Technical Support For technical support is sues please v is it ou r web si te at www .s akarhelp.com. You can find manuals ...
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37 A p pendix B: Troubleshooting Q: I have taken pho tos, but my computer says "No photos in camera." W hat do I do? First, ensure that you hav e taken photos with you r camera. Press the shutter button a few times to take so m e sample photos and try again. If you still get a no photo s error , this indicates that the softw are was not i ...
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38 If the ca mera is installed correctly, there will be a category listed for "Imaging Devices" and c licking on the "+" nex t to it should reveal your camera. If not, you will lik ely see "Digital St ill Camera" under "Other Devices" with a brightly colored marking nex t to it indicating it is not fun ct ion ...
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