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Congratulations on your purchase of the new digital camera.
Capturing high-quality digital images is fast and easy with this state-of-the-art smart camera.
In order to get the most out of your camera, your computer must meet the following system requirements:
For Windows:
For Macintosh:
Please check the contents of your camera package. It should contain:
Your camera is equipped with different buttons for ease of use.
Button | Description |
Power | Press the Power button to turn the power on/off. |
Shutter | Press to capture an image. |
Zoom dial | In Photo mode and Recording video, spin the zoom dial to left to zoom out, right to zoom in. In Playback mode, spin to zoom in to magnify image or zoom out to enter thumbnails. |
Menu | Press to enter or exit menu/submenu. |
AE/AF LOCK button/Delete | Press this button on your camera to lock focus and exposure, or delete an image, video or audio clip. See "Using the AE/AF LOCK/Delete Button" to know more about AE/AF LOCK/Delete button. |
Playback | Press to enable Playback mode or return Record mode. |
Movie | Press to start/stop recording video. |
Wi-Fi | Press to enter or exit Wi-Fi menu. See "Using Wi-Fi" to know more about Wi-Fi button. |
The 4-way Navigation Control and the OK button allow you to access the various menus available from the On Screen Display (OSD). You can configure a wide range of settings to ensure maximum results from your images and videos. Further functions of these buttons are as follows:
No. | Description |
1 | EV/Rotate Button |
2 | Macro Button |
3 | Self-timer Button |
4 | Flash Button |
5 | OK Button |
Button | Description | |
OK |
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Flash/Right |
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Focus/Left |
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EV/Rotate/Up |
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Self-timer/Down |
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Wrist strap
Follow these instructions to insert the rechargeable battery into the battery/memory card compartment.
Please read "Battery Information" before inserting/removing batteries.
Internal memory
Your camera is equipped with 64 MB of internal memory. Users can store files up to approximately 24 MB. If there is no memory card inserted in the memory card slot, all images and videos recorded are automatically stored in the internal memory.
External storage
Your camera supports Micro SD cards of up to 4 GB in size. It also supports
Micro SDHC cards with a maximum capacity of 32 GB. Then also supports Micro SDXC cards with a maximum capacity of 64 GB. If there is a storage card inserted in the memory slot, the camera automatically saves all images and videos in the external storage card. The icon indicates the camera is using Micro SD card.
Not all cards may be compatible with your camera. When purchasing a card, please check the card's specifications and take the camera with you.
Expand your camera's storage by using Micro SD, SDHC or SDXC memory cards.
To remove the Micro SD/SDHC/SDXC card
In other way charging the battery, you can use the USB cable to connect the camera with PC or USB adapter.
There are two ways to turn on the camera:
To turn off the camera, press the Power button.
See "Modes" to know more about Record and Playback mode.
When you turn on your camera for the first time, you will be asked to do the initial settings of your camera. First is the setup of language menu. Specify in which language menus and messages are to be displayed on the LCD monitor.
Setting the Language
Setting the Date & Time
Now, you are ready to start taking images and videos.
Holding down or keys to change the values continuously.
Your camera has three modes:
Record Mode
This is the default mode while you turn on the camera every time. You are able to take images in this mode.
Playback mode
Press the Playback button after the camera is turned on to view and edit captured images or playback videos. The recording of voice memo attached to images is available in this mode.
Movie mode
Press the Movie button after the camera is start/stop recording video in this mode.
The LCD monitor shows all important information regarding camera settings as well as the visual image of your image or video. The display on the LCD monitor is called the On Screen Display or OSD.
Photo Mode Screen Layout
No. | Item | Description |
1 | Record Mode | Indicates the current mode. |
2 | Flash | Indicates flash settings. |
3 | Self-timer | Indicates Self-timer settings. |
4 | Zoom indicator | Displays zoom. |
5 | Shots remaining | Indicates the remaining shots available. |
6 | Battery | Indicates battery level. |
7 | Storage media | Indicates current storage media in use. |
8 | Wind Cut | Reduces wind noise during movie recording. |
9 | Movie size | Indicates movie size. |
10 | Date stamp | Indicates date stamp is enabled. |
11 | Shake warning | Indicates the light is not enough and the camera is shaking, which may cause the captured image blurred. If the shake warning appears, you can still capture images. However, enable Stabilizer, flashlight or use tripod is recommended, these ways will stabilize the camera. |
12 | Stabilizer | Indicates stabilizer function is enabled. |
13 | Histogram | Graphic display of Brightness. |
14 | ISO | Displays ISO settings. |
15 | Shutter speed | Displays shutter speed settings. |
16 | Aperture value | Displays aperture settings. |
17 | Focus area | Indicates focus area. |
18 | AE/AF Lock | Indicates AE/AF Lock is enabled. |
19 | EV Compensation | Displays exposure compensation settings. |
20 | Focus mode | Indicates focus is enabled. |
21 | White balance | Displays white balance settings. |
22 | Face tracking | Indicates face tracking is enabled. |
23 | Tracking AF | Indicates tracking AF is enabled. |
24 | Metering | Displays metering settings. |
25 | Quality | Displays quality settings. |
26 | Photo size | Displays photo size settings. |
27 | AF lamp | Indicates AF lamp is enabled. |
28 | Exposure bracketing | Displays Exposure bracketing settings. |
29 | Stylish | Indicates Stylish function is enabled. |
Movie Mode Screen Layout
Recording Layout
No. | Item | Description |
1 | PIV available | Indicates that you can capture screenshot without stopping movie recording. |
2 | Recording status | Indicates recording status. |
3 | Recorded time | Displays recorded time. |
4 | AE/AF lock | Indicates AE/AF Lock is enabled. |
5 | Key indicator | Displays the commands on 4-way Navigation Control button. |
Playback Mode Screen Layout
The Playback mode display varies depending on the type of image being viewed.
Playback mode display of still images:
No. | Item | Description |
1 | Playback mode | Indicates playback mode. |
2 | Protect | Indicates file is protected. |
3 | Voice memo | Indicates voice memo is attached. |
4 | Button intro | Indicates the button to press on the camera to play a video file. |
5 | File no./Total no. | Indicates the file number over the total number of files in the storage card. |
6 | Battery | Indicates battery level. |
7 | Storage media | Indicates used storage memory. |
8 | Recording information | Displays recording information of the file. |
9 | DPOF | Indicates the file is marked for printing. |
10 | Image Size | Displays the image size settings. |
Playback mode of videos:
No. | Item | Description |
1 | Playback mode | Indicates playback mode. |
2 | Protect | Indicates file is protected. |
3 | Video clip | Indicates the file is a video. |
4 | Button indicator | Displays the button info of Playback mode. |
5 | File no./Total no. | Indicates the file number over the total number of files in the storage card. |
6 | Battery | Indicates battery level. |
7 | Storage media | Indicates used storage memory. |
8 | Recording date & time | Displays the date and time of the video clip. |
9 | Video size | Indicates the size of the video clip. |
10 | Button intro | Indicates the button to press on the camera to adjust the volume. |
11 | Video length | Display the total length of the video clip. |
12 | Played time | Indicates the played time of the video. |
13 | Playing status | Displays playing status. |
14 | Button intro | Indicates the button to press on the camera to play a video file. |
Now that you are familiar with your camera, you are now ready to take your images. Taking images with your camera is very simple.
When the shake warning icon appears, hold the camera steadily, with your arms at your side or use a tripod to stabilize the camera to prevent blurred images.
Using a combination of 12 times optical zoom and 8 times digital zoom permits zoom photography at up to 96 times magnification. While the digital zoom can be a useful feature, the more an image is enlarged (zoomed), the more pixelated (grainier) the image will appear. Please refer to "Setting the Digital Zoom" on how to setup digital zoom.
To adjusts the optical zoom:
Zoom dial
To adjusts the digital zoom:
Images can be captured with the overall scene intentionally made brighter or darker. These settings are used when a suitable brightness (exposure) cannot otherwise be obtained in circumstances where the difference in brightness between the subject and the background (the contrast) is large, or when the subject that you wish to capture is very small within the scene. Available for still images only.
When taking pictures in difficult lighting conditions, use the Flash/Right button to get correct exposure. This function cannot be activated in recording videos or continuous shooting.
To activate Flash:
Your camera is equipped with five flash modes:
Auto Flash. The flash fires automatically whenever extra lighting is needed.
Red-eye reduction. The flash fires twice to reduce the red-eye effect.
Forced on. The flash fires whenever you press the Shutter button regardless of lighting conditions.
Slow sync. The flash fires with a slow shutter speed.
Forced off. The flash is turned off.
The Self-timer allows you to take images after a pre-defined delay. While burst lets you take consecutive shots. This function is only available in recording still images. The Self-timer setting is automatically set to off when you turn off the camera.
To activate Self-timer:
Your camera is equipped with 4 Self-timer modes:
Off. Captures an image without time delay.
10 Sec. Sets a 10-second delay to capture image after pressing the Shutter button.
2 Sec. Sets a 2-second delay to capture image after pressing the Shutter button.
Double. Performs delay and capture twice:
This function allows users to define the type focus when recording a still image. To set the Focus mode
Your camera supports the 4 focus modes:
Auto Focus. With auto focus, the camera will focus on the subject automatically.
Macro/Super Macro. This mode is designed for close-up photography. When Super Macro is set, the focus cannot be adjusted until Super Macro is canceled.
Infinity. When Infinity is set, the camera focuses on distant objects.
Manual Focus. With manual focus, you can adjust the focus distance from 5cm to infinity by press Up/Down button. Press OK button to lock the focus and exit the adjusting screen.
Use the AE/AF LOCK/Delete button on your camera to lock focus and exposure, or delete an image/video clip.
The Delete function allows to remove unwanted files in the internal memory or on the memory card. Protected files cannot be erased, to delete, unprotect the file first. See "Protect".
To delete an image/video clip:
To delete a single file:
To delete attached voice memo:
To delete multiple files:
To delete all files:
You can record videos with the camera, the available recording time depends on the capacity of the memory card. Videos can be recorded until the maximum memory capacity has been reached. However the length of a single video may be limited (the limitation depends on the camera model).
During the movie recording, press shutter button, an icon displays on LCD means that the current screen can be stored as a photo without stopping movie recording by full pressing the shutter button. The PIV feature only applicable to movie size: 720p30 and VGAp30.
See "Using the Movie Menu" for more details.
By simply selecting one of the following 26 modes, you can capture the image with the most appropriate settings.
The table below shows the available scene mode settings.
Icon | Item | Description |
Intelligent Scene | The camera detects the shooting conditions and automatically switches to the appropriate scene mode. See "Using Intelligent Scene" for more details. | |
Program | The camera automatically adjusts suitable shooting settings like shutter speed and aperture values. | |
Portrait | The camera blurs the background to focus on the subject. | |
Landscape | This feature is used to emphasize wide scenic views. | |
Sunset | This feature enhances the red hue for recording sunset images. | |
Backlight | This feature is used to capture the image of a backlight object by changing the metering. | |
Kids | This feature is used to capture still images of moving kids. | |
Night Scene | This feature is used to capture images with night scenery background. | |
Fireworks | This feature slows shutter speed to capture fireworks explosions. | |
Snow | This feature is used for beach and snow scenes. | |
Sports | This feature captures still images in high speed motions. | |
Party | This feature is used for wedding or indoor party settings. | |
Candlelight | This feature is used to capture warm candle light effects. | |
Night Portrait | This feature is used to capture portrait pictures with night or dark background. | |
Soft Skin | This feature enhances skin tone thus facial skin appears smooth. | |
Flowing Water | This feature enhances smooth effects like water or silk. | |
Food | This feature is used to capture food images. The increased saturation in this mode makes the captured image more enticing. | |
Love Portrait | This feature uses face tracking to auto detect faces to capture portraits images without the help of others. When over two faces are detected, AF is automatically activated. The camera starts count down and captures a picture in two seconds. | |
Self Portrait | This feature sets zoom to wide end. When one face is detected, AF automatically activated and plays the sound (Bi) for notice. Then camera starts count down and captures a picture in two seconds. | |
D-Lighting | This feature applies digital processing only to the necessary portion(s) of the image and preserves details in highlights and shadows with natural contrast. | |
Time Lapse | Use this feature to take photos automatically at the specified intervals. See "Using Time Lapse" for more details. | |
Panorama | Use this feature to create a panoramic photo by panning or tilting the camera. | |
Art Effect | This feature applies different art effect on the still images. | |
Burst | Full press and hold the shutter button to take a continuous shooting until release the shutter button or memory card is full. | |
Speedy Burst | Captures 30 images in a shot when the Shutter button is pressed. Auto set Photo Size to 4:3 VGA only. | |
GIF Capture | Use this feature to take a specific number of images in a specific shooting interval. The taken images will be combined into a GIF file and no longer exist individually. See "Using GIF Capture" for more details. |
This feature is most useful for novice users to capture great images even without basic knowledge of photography. Simply frame the shot with the help of Intelligent Scene Mode, the camera automatically recognizes 7 kinds of scenes - Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Backlight, Backlight Portrait, Night Scene and Night Portrait - and selects the ideal settings.
Intelligent scene icon. After the camera detects the shooting conditions, this icon changes to show the detected scene mode.
To activate Intelligent Scene
Tactically, kids are the most difficult to photograph. They tend to be highly animated and can be a real challenge to make them pay attention for more than just a second or two. To capture a great moment for your kids, just keep the camera in kid mode. The mode provides higher shutter speed and always focuses on moving subject.
When you need a series of sports motion images, such as a golf swing, or try to capture the images of a flying hummingbird/butterfly, be sure to switch the scene mode to sports mode.
Let the Party mode on! It can be difficult to get everyone on a party. While you have the whole gang together, take a group or family portrait. Party mode features on Red-eye reduction flash and face tracking. You'll miss fewer shots, and have more time to focus on enjoying the party.
How to share your dining experiences and comments of interesting widgets on your blog by close-up images? Just get the camera and set the scene with food mode. This mode features on macro focus and auto flash designed for close-up photography.
Want to take a good image when there are just two of you? All you have to do is hold the camera and show your smiles together.
If over two faces had been recognized, the camera performs 2-second countdown with a beep notice then take a shot without pressing the Shutter button.
When you are the one taking the picture for yourself, then self portrait mode is necessary besides the tripod. With your long arm's help, the camera begin face tracking in self portrait mode. If a face had been recognized, the camera performs 2-second countdown with a beep notice then take a shot without pressing the Shutter button.
Tips to make a great shape by self portrait photography:
Use this feature to take photos automatically at the specified intervals. The photo size will be 16:9 (2M). In Time Lapse mode, press Down button to launch the Time Lapse menu, and then press Up/Down button to select the options.
Available options are 30 sec. (Default), 1 min., 5 min., 10 min., 30 min., 60 min. Press OK button to apply the setting and close the menu.
You can full press the Shutter button to start recording, and full press the Shutter button again to stop recording. The Time Lapse photos will be merged into a Time Lapse movie at 10 fps.
Photos taken from Time Lapse will be combined into a movie and will NOT exist individually in photo.
Use this feature to create a panoramic photo from multiple shots. You can combine several shots into one single image quickly and easily.
To stitch the still image
Effect that cannot be presented on Preview does not apply to movie recording and continuous shooting.
Press or keys to select between the following settings:
Icon | Item | Description |
Stylish | This feature is used to capture images with over-saturated colors, off-kilter exposure or blurring. | |
Soft Focus | Produces halo around the photographed object to achieve the effect of soft focus. | |
Light Tone | Reduces contrast to create a smooth and relaxed atmosphere. | |
Vivid | The camera captures the image with more contrast and saturation emphasizing on the bold colors. | |
Miniature Effect | Blur the parts of photo to make the scene looks like a miniature scale model. It is recommended to capture from a high angle to simulate the miniature effect. | |
Fisheye Lens | This feature captures images with fisheye lens effects. | |
Astral | Image is applied with starburst. | |
Poster | This feature captures images with old poster or illustration effects. | |
Impressive Art | This feature captures images with dramatic contrast. | |
B&W | Images are captured in black and white. | |
Sepia | Images are captured in sepia tones. | |
Color Accent (Red) | Retains red tone while the rest of the scene becomes black and white. | |
Color Accent (Orange) | Retains orange tone while the rest of the scene becomes black and white. | |
Color Accent (Yellow) | Retains yellow tone while the rest of the scene becomes black and white. | |
Color Accent (Green) | Retains green tone while the rest of the scene becomes black and white. | |
Color Accent (Blue) | Retains blue tone while the rest of the scene becomes black and white. | |
Color Accent (Purple) | Retains purple tone while the rest of the scene becomes black and white. |
Burst and Speedy Burst allow you to easily capture fast-moving targets, for example children playing, running dogs or exciting sport events.
Icon | Item | Description |
Burst | Full press and hold the shutter button to take a continuous shooting until release the shutter button or memory card is full. | |
Speedy Burst | Captures 30 images in a shot when the Shutter button is pressed. Auto set Photo Size to 4:3 VGA only. |
Use this feature to take a specific number of images in a specific shooting interval. The taken images will be combined into a GIF file and no longer exist individually.
Press OK button in Preview could launch the GIF Setting. Use Up/Down button can adjust the shooting interval. Available options are 1 sec, 2 sec and 3 sec.
Use Left/Right button can adjust the number of shot. Available options are 5 pic and 10 pic.
A Pie Progress will be displayed on lower right of screen during GIF Capture. If all shots have been taken, these JPGs will be combined into a GIF and will be played in loop immediately, then a confirm box shows up. Select Save to save the file or select Cancel to erase the generated GIF.
The taken images will be combined into a GIF file and no longer exist individually.
If you are in Photo Mode, you can access the Record menu simply by pressing the MENU button on your camera.
When the menu is displayed, use the 4-way navigation control and the OK button to move through menu selections and apply your desired settings. To close the menu anytime, press the menu button again.
Record Menu
The Record menu allows you to change modes, and setup other capture settings.
To go to Record Menu:
Turn on the camera by pressing Power button.
Press to launch the Record Menu.
Use the or keys to move through the menu
To select an item, press or OK button.
Change the submenu settings using the 4-way navigation control.
Press the OK button to save and apply settings.
The Photo Size function is used to set the resolution before you capture the image. Changing the Photo Size affects the number of images that can be stored in your memory card. The higher the resolution, the more memory space is required.
The table below shows the Photo Size values for still images.
Icon | Pixel Size | Printing Size Suggestion |
5152 x 3864 | A2 Size | |
3264 x 2448 | A3 Size | |
2592 x 1944 | A4 Size | |
2048 x 1536 | 4" x 6" | |
640 x 480 | ||
5152 x 3435 | Standard print paper | |
5152 x 2898 | HDTV | |
1920 x 1080 | HDTV | |
2992 x 2992 | Square Composition |
The Quality sets the quality (compression) at which the image is captured. The quality determines the amount of compression applied to your images. Fine quality would give you the best images with sharper details and less compression. However, the higher the quality, the more memory space is required in your memory card.
Icon | Item | Description |
Superfine | 5x compression rate. | |
Fine | 8x compression rate. | |
Normal | 12x compression rate. |
This sets the white balance for a variety of lighting conditions and permits images to be captured that approach the conditions that are seen by the human eye.
Icon | Item | Description |
Auto White Balance | The camera automatically adjusts the white balance. | |
Daylight | Ideally used for bright sunny conditions. | |
Cloudy | Ideally used for cloudy conditions. | |
Tungsten | Ideally used for indoor images with tungsten or halogen lighting without a flash. | |
Fluorescent 1 | Ideally used for indoor images with bluish fluorescent lighting conditions. | |
Fluorescent 2 | Ideally used for indoor images with reddish fluorescent lighting conditions. | |
Custom | Used when light source cannot be specified. Press for the camera to automatically adjust the appropriate white balance setting according to the environment. |
This sets the sensitivity for capturing images. When the sensitivity is raised (and the ISO figure is increased), photography will become possible even in dark locations, but the more pixelated (grainier) the image will appear.
This feature allows the camera to adjust the ISO Auto from ISO 100 to the value set in Maximum sensitivity, according to light conditions. Available options are 200, 400, 800 (Default).
This sets the metering method for calculating the exposure.
Icon | Item | Description |
Multi | The entire area of the screen is measured, and the exposure is calculated. | |
Center | Averages the light metered from the entire frame, but gives greater weight to the subject matter at the center. | |
Spot | A very small portion of the center of the screen is measured, and the exposure is calculated. |
Use this feature to take photos with different exposure compensation. Bracketing records 3 continuous images in the following order: Standard exposure, Underexposure and Overexposure.
Available settings are: Off, ±0.3, ±0.7 and ±1.0.
AF stands for Automatic Focus. This feature determines the area on which the caera focuses.
To set AF Area
The table below shows the available AF area settings.
Icon | Item | Description |
Face Tracking | This feature auto detects faces and tracks continuously. | |
Wide | The camera automatically selects focus area within the wide frame. | |
Center | The focus area is fixed on the center. | |
Tracking AF | The camera will focus the subject as it moves and keep it continually in focus automatically. |
The AF Lamp function allows you to record images even low light conditions.
If AF Lamp is set to Auto, the AF lamp located in the front of the camera, see "Front View", emits an red light by half pressing the Shutter button allowing the camera to focus easily.
To set AF Lamp
This feature allows locking exposure or focus or both of them by pressing AE/AF LOCK button. You can define the AE/AF LOCK button to be one of the following functions:
Press the AE/AF LOCK button to unlock it.
To lock AE/AF, press the AE/AF LOCK button during movie recording or half press the shutter button then press the AE/AF LOCK button in Photo mode.
Show this function only when use Program mode.
This feature controls the digital zoom mode of your camera.
Your camera enlarges an image using the optical zoom first. When the zoom scale exceeds 12x, the camera uses digital zoom.
To set Digital Zoom
The table below shows the available Digital Zoom settings.
Icon | Item | Description |
On | Enlarges all image sizes, but the image quality deteriorates. | |
Off | Uses the optical zoom only. |
Digital Zoom is not available in Face Tracking on.
The date of recording can be printed directly on the still images. This function must be activated before the image is captured. Once date and time are stamped on an image, they can no longer be edited or deleted.
Limitations of Date Stamp functions are as follows:
To set Date Stamp
The Auto Review function lets you view the captured image right after shooting it.
If Auto review is On, the camera will display the captured image for 1 second on the LCD monitor.
To set Auto Review
Nothing ruins a great picture more than having your subjects' eyes closed. Blink Detection provides you with extra assurance when capturing once-in-a-lifetime moments like holding a trophy with teammates after winning a basketball game.
If closed eyes are detected, a saving confirmation menu appears on the screen, allowing you to re-take the shot before your subject or subjects move on.
To activate Blink Detection
Blink Detection appears in Record menu only when Face Tracking is turned on
The Grid Line function will show a framing grid on preview for taking pictures. Available settings are: On, Off.
The configuration of Grid Line will be changed with different aspect ratio.
This function allows you to prevent blurred images caused by shaking.
You can access the Movie menu simply by pressing the MENU button on your camera.
When the menu is displayed, use the 4-way navigation control and the OK button to move through menu selections and apply your desired settings. To close the menu anytime, press the menu button again.
Setting Movie Mode
Use this function to adjust the resolution and quality of movie clips.
You can catch the first three seconds of action you would have potentially missed. Once enable this function, the camera starts recording video automatically before pressing Movie button. As soon as the Movie button is hit, the most recent three seconds of video is added to the beginning of the clip.
Display the icon in red while turning Prerecord on.
Prerecord will be canceled in the following situation:
Prerecord function will be disabled in the following situations:
This feature reduces wind noise during movie recording.
This function allows you to record video with auto focus method.
You can playback the still images, video clips on the LCD monitor.
The Single navigation mode displays the image one by one on the LCD monitor. To view images/video clips, follow the steps below.
When playing videos under playback mode, lens will retract after 15 seconds, but the video playback will still continue.
This function allows you to view 9 or 36 thumbnail images on the LCD monitor at the same time. Searching numerous of images is much easier then single view navigation.
To set 9-images or 36-images mode
Scroll bar.
If scroll bars appear, it indicates that the screen can be scrolled. It can be displayed 9 images (3x3) or 36 images (6x6) at one time in Thumbnail Screen. Use the 4-way navigation control to select the file and press the OK button to display the selected file in Single Navigation.
Thumbnail 3x3
Thumbnail 6x6
Thumbnail icons:
When you view the thumbnails, some images may contain icons. These icons indicate the type of file or recording.
Icon | Type | Description |
File Error | Indicates an error file. | |
Video | Displays a indicate videos by roll film pattern. |
The zoom view function works with still images only.
Voice memo is separately recorded and attached to a captured image. See "Voice Memo" on how to record voice memo.
Volume cannot be adjusted when you pause the voice memo.
The Playback menu allows you to edit images, record voice memo, and setup playback settings.
To go to Playback Menu:
The slide show function enables you to playback your photos, videos and error files according to naming order.
To view Slide Show:
To change slide show settings:
Set the data to read-only to prevent images from being erased by mistake.
A protected file has a lock icon when viewed on Playback mode.
To protect files:
Available select settings:
To protect/unprotect a single file:
To protect/unprotect multiple files:
To protect all files:
To unlock all files:
A maximum of 30 seconds of audio can be recorded as a memo for captured still images.
To record voice memo:
When you record voice memo to an image with an existing voice memo, the old recording file would be replaced by the new one.
Filter Effects function is only applicable to aspect ratio 4:3 photos with different artistic effect. Edited images in this function are saved as new files.
To activate Filter Effects:
The succeeding table shows the available settings.
Item | Description |
Soft | Image is applied with soft effect. |
Color Emphasis | Retains the color tone you choose while the rest of the scene becomes black and white. |
Vivid | Image is applied with more contrast and saturation emphasizing on the bold colors. |
Miniature Effect | The parts of image will be blurred and make the scene looks like a miniature scale model. It is recommended to apply the image that captured from a high angle to simulate the miniature effect. |
Astral | Image is applied with starburst. |
Impressive Art | Image is applied with dramatic contrast. |
Painting | Image is applied with watercolor effect. Please note that if one image is applied with Painting function already, it cannot be applied with Astral again. |
Negative | Image appears to be the opposite of the original image. |
B&W | Image is applied with black and white. |
Mosaic | Image is applied with mosaic tiles. |
Sepia | Image is applied with sepia tones. |
The Trim function allows you to trim an image to another image size. This function is only available for still images.
To trim an image:
No. | Description |
1 | Enlarged image |
2 | 4-way indicator |
3 | Trimmed size |
4 | The approx. location of the trimmed area |
5 | Image area |
Resizes a previously saved image to create a small copy photo and only resizing to a smaller size is available.
To resize an image:
You can specify the startup image from the captured images for camera.
The startup image will still be displayed startup even if the selected image was deleted.
DPOF is the abbreviation for Digital Print Order Format, which allows you to embed printing information on your memory card. You can select the images to be printed and how many prints to make with the DPOF menu in the camera and insert the memory card to the card compatible printer. When the printer starts printing, it will read the embedded information on the memory card and print the specified images.
To set DPOF:
Available settings are as follows:
To set DPOF on images:
To reset DPOF:
Use this feature to copy images between internal memory and memory card.
To copy images between internal memory and memory card:
To copy selected images:
To copy all images:
If no memory card or a locked card is inserted, this option would be gray.
Use this feature to combine two videos with the same specification (movie size and fps) into one video. To combine two videos:
This function is only applicable to still images that captured with Face Tracking.
When enter the Face Retouch menu, locate the cursor on the picture if it has over two faces, or locate the cursor on function at the right side of the menu if only one face on the picture.
Only one face can be retouched each time. All function will be reset to 0 when exit from Face Retouch menu, no matter save the picture or cancel the setting.
Pictures that have been performed Face Retouch will be saved as a new image and can be performed this function again.
Icon | Available Settings | Description |
Smoothing | 0-3 | The Smoothing level are 0-3. |
Brighten | 0-3 | The Brighten level are 0-3. |
Enlarge Eyes | 0-3 | The Enlarge Eyes level are 0-3. |
Save | N/A | Save the image. |
You can access the Setup menu whether you are in Record or Playback mode.
The Setup menu allows to configure general camera settings.
To go to Setup Menu:
Use the Sound menu functions to control the sounds produced by the camera.
Icon | Available Settings | Description |
Startup | Sound 1, Sound 2, Sound 3, Off | Selects the startup sound when camera is turned on. |
Shutter | On, Off | Enables or disables shutter sound when Shutter button is pressed. Shutter sound is not available when recording videos. |
Beep volume | 0-4 | Adjusts volume. |
The Power Save function allows you to set an idle time after which the camera automatically sets to sleep mode to save power. After a minute of being in sleep mode, the camera eventually turns off power.
This function is not available in the following instances:
Use the Date & Time function to set the date and time of your camera. This function is useful in attaching date stamps on captured images. Your camera uses a 24-hour time format.
Specify in which language menus and messages are to be displayed on the LCD monitor.
This function controls the icon display on LCD monitor for both Record mode and Playback mode.
Available settings are: On, Detailed Info, Off.
If set Display Mode to Off, the mode icon and remaining shots will display for 2 seconds in following situations:
Select a brightness level for the LCD monitor.
Available settings are:
This utility formats current used memory (Internal memory or Memory card) and erases all stored images and data.
If a locked card has been inserted, the option would be gray.
Use this function to reset the camera to its factory settings. However, the following settings are exceptions and not affected by Reset.
The Wi-Fi Settings contains Camera Name and Password. You can use the 4-way navigation control to move the cursor and press OK button to enter the selected letter or numbers.
The default Camera Name is "Wi-Fi Camera", you can change it with 1~32 alphanumeric characters (case-sensitive).
The default Password is "12345678", you can change it with 8~16 alphanumeric characters (case-sensitive).
To switch the keyboard:
For making sure your experience of using Wi-Fi function is good, it's recommended to change your Camera Name and Password at first.
With Wi-Fi function, you can immediately transfer photos and videos in this camera to other smart devices and even share them to social networking sites when it is connected. In addition, those smart devices are also used as remote controls. Except video recording, photo capturing or file downloading from the camera may be operated directly via the smart devices.
You can launch the Wi-Fi menu by pressing the Wi-Fi button only in Preview or Single Navigation mode.
Item | Description |
Remote Control | Except video recording, you can use the smart device to control the camera remotely for taking pictures or download files from camera. See"Remote Control" for more details. |
Geotag Recording | Synchronize the time of smart device to the camera. |
Download GPS Data | Download GPS data from smart device to geotag photos stored in camera. See "Geotag Recording" for more details. |
Send to App | Upload photos or movies from camera to a smart device. See "Send to App" for more details. |
If you would like to perform "Remote Control" or "Download GPS Data" function on the smart device, please make the Wi-Fi connection between camera and smart device. First of all, set a Wi-Fi option on camera and make sure the smart device is within Wi-Fi range. Then select the Camera Name from Network List of smart device. The connection will be asked to enter password if it is the first connection with this camera.
Remote Control
Please refer to the following steps to launch Remote Control function:
Use together with the "Download GPS Data" feature to display the location information in the property of the photo.
Please refer to the following steps to launch Download GPS Data function:
Since the GPS data is recorded once per minute, the data will be imported to the photo with the same recording time.
Non-corresponding data will not be imported to any photo.
Please refer to the following steps to launch Send to App function:
You can connect your camera to: Computer or a printer.
You can transfer images and video files to your PC.
You can print your images directly using a PictBridge compatible printer.
For details on the following page "Setting the Print Mode Menu".
Print Mode menu appears on the screen after the connection between a printer and your camera is established.
Print Mode includes three major settings:
To set Print Select
To set Print All and Print DPOF
Repeat the same steps 1 to 2, then enter printer settings.
To set Printer Settings
Start Printing
Your camera automatically creates specific directory of folder in the internal memory cards to organize captured image and video files.
File Naming
File names begin with "DSCI" and followed by a 4-digit number that increases in sequence. File numbering starts from 0001 when a new folder is created.
The highest file number is 9999, if exceeds 9999, the camera will start over the file number from 0001.
Do not change the folder and file names in the memory card using your PC. It may be unable to playback the data using the camera.
Problem | Cause and/or Action |
Camera does not turn on. | The batteries may be exhausted. Charge or replace the batteries. |
Camera turns off automatically. |
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Empty battery icon is displayed on the LCD, then the camera turns off. | Batteries are exhausted, please replace or recharge. |
LCD monitor displays "Not available for this file". | Function is only available for specific file types. File format is not supported. |
LCD monitor displays "Memory full". | Memory card is full. Replace the memory card with a new one or delete unnecessary images. |
LCD monitor displays "File locked". | This file is locked. Unlock the file. See "Protect". |
LCD monitor displays "Card locked". | The memory card is protected. Remove the card and slide the write-protect switch to its unlock position. |
LCD monitor displays "Card error". | Memory card may be format is not supported by the camera. Please go to Setup menu to format the card. |
LCD monitor displays "Memory card is damaged". | The card may be damaged. You can either change the card or wipe to clean the connected points. |
LCD monitor displays "Copy error". | The memory card is protected. Remove the card and slide the write-protect switch to its unlock position. The memory card is full. Replace card or delete unnecessary files. |
The lens got stuck up. | Do not force the lens to go back. The type of the battery used may be incorrect or the battery power level is too low. Change the battery or charge the battery before using the camera. |
Sensor | 20M Pixels |
Lens | Focal Length: 24 mm ~ 288 mm 12x optical zoom, 8x digital zoom |
LCD monitor | 2.7" Color LCD |
Focusing Range | Normal: Macro: Super Macro: |
Aperture | Wide: F3.1; Tele: F6.3 |
Shutter | Shutter Speed: Auto: 1 - 1/2,000 sec. Night: 1/4 - 1/2,000 sec. Fireworks: 4 sec. |
File Format | Still Image: EXIF 2.3 compatible format (JPEG compression) AVI (Video: MJPEG, Audio: mono) Audio: WAV |
Resolution (Photo) | Aspect ratio 4:3 Aspect ratio 3:2 Aspect ratio 16:9 Aspect ratio 1:1 |
Resolution (Movie) |
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Scene Mode | Intelligent Scene, Program, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Backlight, Kids, Night Scene, Fireworks, Snow, Sports, Party, Candlelight, Night Portrait, Soft Skin, Flowing Water, Food, Love Portrait, Self Portrait, D-Lighting, Time Lapse, Panorama, Art Effect, Burst, Speedy Burst, GIF Capture |
ISO Equivalent | Auto, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1600, ISO 3200, ISO 6400 |
Maximum ISO Auto | ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800 |
White Balance | Auto White Balance, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent 1, Fluorescent 2, Custom |
Exposure Control | +2.0EV / +1.7EV / +1.3EV / +1.0EV / +0.7EV / +0.3EV / 0EV / -0.3EV / -0.7EV/ -1.0EV / -1.3EV / -1.7EV / -2.0EV |
Metering | Multi, Center, Spot |
Self-timer | Off, 10 sec., 2 sec., Double |
Flash | Auto Flash, Red-eye Reduction, Forced On, Slow Sync, Forced Off |
Storage | Internal memory: 64MB flash memory External memory: Micro SD (up to 4GB), Micro SDHC card (up to 32GB guaranteed), Micro SDXC card (up to 64GB guaranteed) |
OSD Language | |
Interface | USB/AV OUT |
Battery | Li-ion battery: NP45 (3.7V, 700mAh) |
Battery Level | Full-Half (65% ± 15%) Half-Low (25% ± 15%) Low-Exhausted (10% ± 10%) |
USB adapter | Rated input voltage: AC 100V-240V (160mA, 50/60Hz) Rated output voltage: DC 5V/1A Operating temperature: 0ºC - 40ºC |
Operating | 0ºC - 40ºC |
Temperature | |
Operating Humidity | 0% - 90% |
Microphone | Built-in |
Speaker | Built-in |
Dimensions | 100.9 x 61.1 x 26.7 mm (L / H / D) |
Weight | 127 g (no battery) |
Symbols used in this manual are explained below:
This indicates useful information when using your camera. | |
This indicates important message that should be read before using the function. |
Here you can download full pdf version of manual, it may contain additional safety instructions, warranty information, FCC rules, etc.
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