Product Overview 1. Flash 2. Lens 3. Self-timer LED 4. USB port 5. Viewfinder Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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3. Shutter button 1. Battery compartment 2. Hand strap holder 3. Tripod mount 1. SD slot 2. Microphone Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com POLAROID D I G I T A L C A M E R A Top View...
• Zoom in and out ... 30 • Setting the Image Size and Quality ... 31 • Setting Exposure Compensation ... 33 • Setting the White Balance for Pictures... 34 Table of Contents Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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Memory Card ... 60 8 Installing the Software into a Computer ... 61 • Installing the Software ... 61 • Software included with Your Camera ... 63 • Computer System Requirements ... 64 Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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• Uninstalling the Camera Driver (PC only)... 79 • Camera Default Settings ... 79 • Using Your Batteries ... 80 • Tips, Your Safety & Maintenance... 81 • Regulatory Information ... 81 Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
Thank you for selecting the Polaroid PDC 5070 digital camera. Designed with a powerful 5.1 mega pixels CMOS sensor and a bright color 1.5 inch color LCD for preview and review, the PDC 5070 is the perfect camera for the photographer looking for point & shoot simplicity and sound performance.
1. To open the battery door, slide the button in the direction as shown to release. 2. Insert the batteries as shown, ensuring you follow the + / - signs correctly. 3. Close the battery door. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
1. Turn on the camera. 2. Check the power status level that appears on the camera LCD screen. Battery power is full. Battery power is adequate. Battery power is low. Battery power is exhausted. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
“Exit” to quit. Press the buttons to scroll up and down through menu options. Press the button to enter a submenu or confirm your choice. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com buttons to scroll left and right. Press the OK...
2 Camera Setting Self-timer On Image Resolution 2592 x 1944 2048 x 1536 1600 x 1200 640 x 480 Digital Zoom Status Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide Number of remaining pictures Exposure Compensation Value SD Card Inserted Battery Level Full...
Video Mode White Balance for Video clips Video Mode Recording Indicator Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Auto Daylight Cloudy Tungsten Fluorescent 00:00:03 Video Resolution Recording time counter...
Playback Mode Locked File Picture X1.0 Date 26-09-04 Video Clip 26-09-04 1600 x 1200 Total Number of 1000-0014 Files In the Current Memory / File Number Time 02:10 Video Length Play Pause Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
Playback Mode This mode allows the review or deletion of pictures and video clips from the camera. For more details, please refer to “Review and Managing Pictures and Video Clips” on page 38. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
• Still Image mode is the default capture mode. • This setting is also available in Video mode. MENU Press DRIVE MODE IMAGE SIZE QUALITY EXPOSURE Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com DRIVE MODE STILL VIDEO EXIT Press...
Setup menu can be accessed in both Still Image and Video modes. Here we take Still Image mode for an example. 1. Turn on the camera. 2. Set the camera to Still Image mode. Press Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com MENU Press WHITE BALANCE...
The internal memory will not be formatted with a memory card inserted. • This setting is also available in Video mode. REALLY WANT TO Press FORMAT? FORMAT CANCEL Press the button to select FORMAT or CANCEL. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com FORMATTING... Press...
3. Follow the guidelines in “Setup Menu” on page 17 to access the Setup menu. Setting the date format: SETUP Press FORMAT DATE/TIME AUTO OFF BEEP Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com SETUP Press FORMAT DATE/TIME AUTO OFF BEEP Press...
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This setting is also available in Video mode. SETUP Press FORMAT DATE/TIME AUTO OFF BEEP Press button to adjust the value in the field. Press Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide DATE/TIME DATE FORMAT SETUP Press SETUP DD/MM/YY 00/00/00 00:00:00...
- While the camera’s USB port is connected to a computer or other external devices, or while the camera is being controlled by an external device. • This setting is also available in Video mode. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com SETUP...
3. Follow the guidelines in “Setup Menu” on page 17 to access the Setup menu. SETUP Press FORMAT DATE/TIME AUTO OFF BEEP until NOTE: This setting is also available in Video mode. SETUP Press FORMAT DATE/TIME AUTO OFF BEEP Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com BEEP Press...
Setup menu. SETUP Press FORMAT DATE/TIME AUTO OFF BEEP until NOTE: This setting is also available in Video mode. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com SETUP Press FREQUENCY LANGUAGE DATE STAMP DEFAULT SETTING FREQUENCY 50 HZ 60 HZ...
SETUP Press FORMAT DATE/TIME AUTO OFF BEEP until NOTE: This setting is also available in Video mode. SETUP Press FREQUENCY LANGUAGE DATE STAMP DEFAULT SETTING Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com LANGUAGE ENGLISH DEUTSCH FRANÇAIS ESPAÑOL Press...
3. Follow the guidelines in “Setup Menu” on page 17 to access the Setup menu. SETUP Press FORMAT DATE/TIME AUTO OFF until BEEP NOTE: This setting is also available in Video mode. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com SETUP Press FREQUENCY LANGUAGE DATE STAMP DEFAULT SETTING DATE STAMP Press...
BEEP until NOTE: This setting is also available in Video mode. SETUP Press FREQUENCY LANGUAGE DATE STAMP DEFAULT SETTING Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com RETURN TO DEFAULT SETTING? Press the button to select YES or NO. Press...
Hold the camera steady until the conclusion of the beep. The end of the beep indicates the picture has been taken. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com 3 Taking Pictures POLAROID D I G I T A L...
• Never touch or block the flash with your fingers. Doing so can soil these components and interfere with the correct flash operation. POLAROID D I G I T A L C A M E R A Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
Please see “Taking a Picture” on page 27. NOTE: Place the camera on a flat surface or use a tripod when using the self-timer function. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com button POLAROID D I G I T A L...
• Zoom in and out The PDC 5070 camera is designed with a 4X digital zoom feature. This feature lets you zoom in the central area of an image and photograph only the enlarged portion of the picture. 1. Turn on the camera.
1. Turn on the camera. 2. Set the camera to Still Image mode. Press NOTE: It is recommended to use the 2592 x 1944 resolution for printing. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com MENU Press DRIVE MODE IMAGE SIZE...
2. Set the camera to Still Image mode. Press MENU Press DRIVE MODE IMAGE SIZE QUALITY until EXPOSURE 2048X1536 0020 Press Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com MENU DRIVE MODE IMAGE SIZE QUALITY EXPOSURE Press QUALITY HIGH NORMAL EXIT...
• Exposure compensation returns to its standard default setting (AUTO) after you turn off and turn on the camera again. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com MENU Press...
Indoors, illuminated by tungsten lighting Indoors, illuminated by fluorescent lighting MENU Press DRIVE MODE IMAGE SIZE QUALITY EXPOSURE until Press Select this setting Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com MENU WHITE BALANCE SETUP EXIT Press WHITE BALANCE AUTO DAYLIGHT CLOUDY...
4. Press the Shutter button completely down to start recording. 5. Press the Shutter button again to stop recording, or recording stops when the current memory is full. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com icon will blink while...
2. Set the camera to Video mode. Press MENU Press DRIVE MODE IMAGE SIZE WHITE BALANCE SETUP Press Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com MENU DRIVE MODE IMAGE SIZE WHITE BALANCE SETUP Press IMAGE SIZE 640 x 480...
2. Set the camera to Video mode. Press When shooting under these conditions: Automatic adjustment Outdoor daylight Cloudy Indoors, illuminated by tungsten lighting Indoors, illuminated by fluorescent lighting Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com MENU Press DRIVE MODE IMAGE SIZE WHITE BALANCE SETUP...
The currently displayed picture can be magnified up to 4 times using the Zoom In button. Press the Zoom Out button to view the picture in the original size. button to view the pictures taken. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
LCD screen at a time. The latest viewed file will be highlighted. 4. Use the thumbnail file and view it in full screen by pressing the Zoom In button. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com buttons to select a...
Press the up or down button to choose the direction in which the camera will automatically run, and then press the OK button to confirm your choice. AUTO PLAY Press SETUP EXIT AUTO PLAY Press SETUP EXIT Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com SETUP DIRECTION INTERVAL EXIT Press DIRECTION FORWARD BACKWARD...
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Set Auto Play Interval AUTO PLAY AUTO PLAY SETUP Press Press DIRECTION SETUP SETUP INTERVAL EXIT EXIT EXIT Press AUTO PLAY INTERVAL 1 SEC Press Press SETUP 10 SEC EXIT Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
4. Press the Shutter button to start playing a video clip. Press it again to stop. icon is shown on LCD screen when a video clip is selected. Press button to select the video Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
To unprotect the protected picture or video clip, please repeat the above operation and choose “UNLOCK THIS”. The the LCD screen. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com button to select the picture or video clip you MENU...
“UNLOCK ALL”. The from the LCD screen. MENU Press ERASE PROTECT AUTO PLAY COPY TO CARD icon will disappear Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com PROTECT LOCK THIS UNLOCK THIS LOCK ALL UNLOCK ALL Press...
Press You can cancel the deletion by choosing “NO”. NOTE: Protected file can not be deleted. Remove protection before deleting. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com button to select the picture or video clip you want MENU ERASE...
• All deleted picture and video clips can not be recovered. MENU ERASE Press PROTECT AUTO PLAY COPY TO CARD Press FILE NOT FOUND Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com ERASE ERASE THIS ERASE ALL EXIT Press ERASE ALL Press the button to select YES or NO.
4. Select print settings. Use the camera's function and navigation buttons to select the print settings. Refer to page 50 for details. 5. Printing Press the OK button to start printing. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com 6 Print Settings...
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2. Set the camera to the Playback mode. Press NOTE: To print a single image, select the image before enabling PictBridge mode. MENU Press PICTBRIDGE DPOF EXIT Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com PROGRESS 001/002 PRINTED 000 CANCEL CONTINUE ERRORS CANCEL CONTINUE...
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Camera / Printer Connection Connecting with the USB Cable. USB port Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com To Printer...
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“ALL IMAGES” or “ALL INDEX” option. • Not all printers will support all these print options. Please refer to the printer user guide for options available. button to designate Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com PICTBRIDGE THIS IMAGE ALL IMAGES...
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“01” is the default setting. Selecting Print Layout 1. Press the number of printed images on one page. 2. Press the OK button to start printing. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com SIZE Number of Copies 4 x 6...
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2. Press the OK button to start printing. DEFAULT Print settings differ according to the printer model. button to select button to select button to select the Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide FILE NAME DEFAULT SELECT DATE STAMPING...
Print settings are configured for images only. Make sure there are no video clips or other file besides images in the memory before printing, otherwise, an error will occur if trying to print using the “ALL IMAGES” option. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com button to select the...
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Press the Menu button to exit. MENU Press PICTBRIDGE DPOF EXIT Press button to select the picture Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com DPOF THIS IMAGE ALL IMAGES EXIT Press NO. OF COPY...
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5. Remove the memory card from the camera and insert it into the printer’s card slot (as illustrated). Location of the card slot may vary from printer to printer model. 6. Press the Print button on the printer to start printing. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
Remember to format a memory card if it was used in another digital camera or other devices. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide...
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• Files contained in the SD card recorded by other cameras may conflict with the PDC 5070 camera, and valuable data in your existing SD card may be distorted or lost when the card is inserted in the PDC 5070 camera. We strongly recommend the user to use a NEW or formatted SD card for the PDC 5070 camera.
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• Never remove a card from the camera while the camera is powered on. Doing so can cause the picture or video recording operation to fail, and even damage the memory card. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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• SD cards formatted in another camera, computer or other devices may not work properly. It is recommended to format SD cards with your PDC 5070 camera. • Note that data deleted by a format operation cannot be recovered. Make sure you do not have any useful data currently stored on a memory card before you format it.
• The “NO CARD” indicator appears on the LCD screen when no memory card is inserted into the camera. MENU Press ERASE PROTECT AUTO PLAY COPY TO CARD Press Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com COPY TO CARD COPY CANCEL EXIT Press PROCESSING...
• Please restart the computer after installing the software. IMPORTANT! (For Windows® 98SE) Windows® 98SE needs to install the PDC 5070 Camera Driver for Mass Storage function. After the installation, please restart the Windows before connecting the camera to the PC.
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1. Before you begin, close all other software applications opened on your computer. 2. Insert the CD supplied into the computer CD-ROM Drive. 3. Double click the CD-ROM icon “Polaroid”. 4. Install the software included. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Open & Close...
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document format (PDF) files on all major computer platforms, as well as fill in and submit Adobe PDF forms online. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Plug & Play removable disk Picture Editing Software .PDF File Reading Software...
• 96MB RAM (128MB recommended) • 400MB Free disk space • Color monitor with high color (16-bit) graphic capability or higher • CD-ROM drive • Standard mouse and keyboard • Stereo speakers Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
IMPORTANT! BEFORE YOU CONNECT YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA TO THE COMPUTER, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE INSTALLED THE SOFTWARE FROM THE ENCLOSED CD. PLEASE REFER TO “8 Installing the Software Onto a Computer”. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
4. Turn on the camera and an interface “New Hardware Found” will show on the computer desktop. 5. A removable disk drive will be installed onto your computer automatically. of the USB cable into the socket marked Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
4. Double click the folder “untitled” to enter sub-folder “DCIM”. 5. Double click the folder “DCIM” to enter sub-folder “100MEDIA”. 6. You can copy the pictures and video clips from this folder “100MEDIA” and paste to the hard disk. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
When connect the camera to the computer, PhotoImpression 5.0 will launch on your desktop automatically. PhotoImpression 5.0 will detect any new photos in the camera. Click “OK” button to start the copying new photos to the computer. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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Click the “folder” icon - >Browse for folder - > Click the “OK” button to confirm. Click “OK” to start copying. The photos have been copied to the computer successfully. You can start to use the PhotoImpression 5.0 to edit the photos. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
If physical dimensions problem still exist, please visit meeting the international http://www.polaroid-digital.com standard. As a for customer service. consequence, these cards will not be recognized by your camera Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide Solution www.polaroid-digital.com...
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1.5” LCD screen will go blank. My image quality is grainy. My CD installation wizard does not work. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Problem The SD card is not Make sure the SD card is inserted...
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Please refer to the printer’s user guide for the solutions. Make it sure that there is no video clips or other file format in the current memory before printing. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Solution...
ArcSoft Japan Support Center (Tokyo) Tel.: +81-3-5795-1392 Fax: +81-3-5795-1397 E-mail: support@arcsoft.jp Web: http://www.arcsoft.jp Visit http:// www.arcsoft.com for technical support and frequently asked questions (FAQ’s). Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com 11 Getting Help For Latin America E-mail:latinsupport@arcsoftsupport.com For China...
- Normal Focus: 3.2 ft to infinity (1 m to infinity) (The focusing range is the distance from the lens surface to the subject.) - Flash Off, Auto Flash, Red-eye Reduction, Forced On Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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• Weight: Approximately 135g excluding batteries or card Operating System • For Windows® Users: Microsoft® Windows® 98SE, • For Macintosh Users: Mac OS 9.2~X Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com 32MB (27MB for data storage) Nand Flash included) - EXIF 2.2 compatible format (JPEG compression)
2048 x 1536 Normal High 1600 x 1200 Normal High 640 x 480 Normal 16MB Internal 32MB Internal Memory Memory (11MB for data (27MB for data storage) storage) Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide Units: Images 32MB 64MB www.polaroid-digital.com...
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2592 x 1944 Normal High 2048 x 1536 Normal High 1600 x 1200 Normal High 640 x 480 Normal Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com 128MB SD 256MB SD 1632 1256 2512 1816 3632 512MB SD 1GB SD...
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320 x 240 640 x 480 320 x 240 19.2 640 x 480 320 x 240 38.4 640 x 480 320 x 240 76.8 640 x 480 320 x 240 153.6 Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Units: Minute...
1. Unplug the camera from the computer. 2. Go to Start -> Setting -> Control Panel. 3. Double click Add / Remove Programs. 4. In Add / Remove Programs, select “Polaroid Digital Cam” and click the Remove button. 5. Restart the computer.
Do not short the supply terminals. • Do not dispose the batteries in fire. • Remove batteries from the camera when not in use. These instructions should be retained for future reference. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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Shielded cable must be used with this unit to ensure compliance with the Class B FCC limits. Under the environment with electrostatic discharge, the product may malfunction and require user to reset the product. Polaroid PDC 5070 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...