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BENQ Digital Camera 1300
Electronic User's Manual
Introduction to Benq Digital Camera 1300 1
Touring Your Camera 2
Preparing the Camera for Using 5
Installing batteries and strap 5
Installing Digital Camera Software 6
Using Your Camera 8
The digital camera mode 8
Taking pictures 8
Managing photos in camera 11
The continuous shooting mode 13
The video camera mode 14
The sound recording mode 15
The PC camera mode 16
Options 18
Troubleshooting Tips 25
Service Information 26

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  • Page 1 BENQ Digital Camera 1300 Electronic User’s Manual Introduction to Benq Digital Camera 1300 1 Touring Your Camera 2 Preparing the Camera for Using 5 Installing batteries and strap 5 Installing Digital Camera Software 6 Using Your Camera 8 The digital camera mode 8...

  • Page 2: Taking Care Of Your Camera

    Disclaimer Benq makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Benq assumes no responsibility for any error that may appear in this document. Benq makes no commitment to update nor to keep current the information contained in this document.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4.3. The video camera mode ...14 4.4. The sound recording mode ...15 4.5. The PC camera mode ...16 4.5.1. Using Digital Camera as a PC camera ... 16 4.5.2. The function of the DC 1300 monitor frame ... 17 4.6. Options ...18...
  • Page 4 5. Troubleshooting Tips ...25 6. Service Information ...26...

  • Page 5: Introduction To Benq Digital Camera 1300

    1. Introduction to Benq Digital Camera 1300 Benq Digital Camera 1300 is equipped with the following features: • Small size for easy carriage and convenience of use • High resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels in digital camera mode • Onboard 16 MB memory •...

  • Page 6: Front View

    2. Touring Your Camera Front View Shutter Flash light Lens Rear View Viewfinder Busy indicator Status display Flash/ Enter button 2. Touring Your Camera Viewfinder Macro switch Self-timer activation indicator USB connection port Strap Eyelet Power/ Mode button White Balance Mode/ + button Pixel Selection/ button...

  • Page 7: The Status Display

    Bottom View Battery compartment cover The status display Flash Mode Daylight Mode Tungsten Light Mode Auto mode (White Balance) Compression Selection Mode (Fine/ Normal) Resolution Selection Mode (1280 X 1024) (1024 X 768) (640 X 480) 2. Touring Your Camera Tripod set Overcast Mode Fluorescent Mode...

  • Page 8: Preparing The Camera For Using

    3. Preparing the Camera for Using 3. Preparing the Camera for Using 3.1. Installing batteries and strap Open the battery compartment cover and insert two AAA alkaline batteries into the compartment. Note the polarity of the batteries when you install. Refer to the illustration below to install the strap.

  • Page 9: Installing Digital Camera Software

    3.2. Installing Digital Camera Software The CD that accompanies your camera contains the digital camera driver bundled with valuable image-editing software. To install digital camera software: Insert the utility CD into the CD-ROM drive. The software installation menu will appear automatically. 1.
  • Page 10 Click “Camera Driver” on the menu. Follow the on-line instructions to complete the driver intallation. Click to install digital camera driver Click to install Video Impression Click to browse User’s Manual Click to install DirectX You may be prompted to restart the computer at this point. Do not restart your computer until all the software has been installed.
  • Page 11 Click on other items on the menu to install the bundled application software. Software DirectX 8.1 DirectX gives developers the tools to create amazing games for the Windows operating system and allows users the multimedia power to run the latest cutting-edge games. Acrobat Reader Install this software program to open document files in .pdf format.

  • Page 12: Using Your Camera

    4. Using Your Camera Benq Digital Camera 1300 provides 5 different operation modes: Digital camera mode, Continuous shooting mode, video camera mode, Sound recording mode, PC camera mode. With these modes, you can not only use Digital Camera 1300 to take photos, but capture and show images in various ways by connecting to your PC.
  • Page 13 : Indicates the battery status. If the battery power becomes low, the battery icon will become empty. : This icon indicates the DC 1300 is in digital camera mode. You can change the mode setting by pressing the Power/ Mode button.
  • Page 14 Press the shutter. The image will be taken with a beep sound and the BUSY indicator will flash, indicating that the camera is saving the image to memory. When the indicator becomes off, you are ready to take the next photo. Note: Do not press the POWER button when the BUSY indicator flashes.

  • Page 15: Managing Photos In Camera

    4. Using Your Camera 4.1.3. Managing photos in camera 4.1.3.1. Deleting the last photo taken Press the “Power/ Mode” button 4 times. The icon will appear on the status display. It indicates the camera is in Erase mode. Press the “Flash/ Enter” button, the camera will beep once and the BUSY indicator will flash, then the last photo taken will be deleted.
  • Page 16 4. Using Your Camera After choosing to delete all the photos saved in camera memory, press the “Flash/ Enter” button. The camera will beep once and the Busy indicator will flash, then all photos saved in camera memory will be deleted. 4.1.3.3.

  • Page 17: The Continuous Shooting Mode

    4. Using Your Camera 4.2. The continuous shooting mode In continuous shooting mode, you can take 3 photos a time by simply pressing the shutter button once. Taking pictures Press the POWER button for 3 seconds to turn on the power of the camera. The camera beeps once and enters camera mode.

  • Page 18: The Video Camera Mode

    4. Using Your Camera 4.3. The video camera mode In video camera mode, you can shoot video by pressing the shutter button. Shoot videos Press the POWER button for 3 seconds to turn on the power of the camera. The camera beeps once and enters camera mode.

  • Page 19: The Sound Recording Mode

    4. Using Your Camera 4.4. The sound recording mode In sound recording mode, you can record sounds by pressing the shutter button. Record sounds Press the POWER button for 3 seconds to turn on the power of the camera. The camera beeps once and enters camera mode.

  • Page 20: The Pc Camera Mode

    Windows Taskbar and select “QuickSnap” in the submenu which appears, then you will see a DC 1300 frame appear on the screen. Wait several seconds and the frame will turn to be a DC 1300 monitor frame as follow shows.

  • Page 21: The Function Of The Dc 1300 Monitor Frame

    Motion Images Captured Motion Image Display 4.5.2. The function of the DC 1300 monitor frame There are 5 buttons on the buttom of the DC 1300 monitor frame. The fuctions of these 5 buttons are listed below: Tool Box Help...

  • Page 22: Options

    4. Using Your Camera 4.6. Options 4.6.1. Using the flash light Your camera is equipped with a flash light. It is recommended that you use the flash within the best working range as illustrated below. 4.6.1.1. Turning on/off the flash light Turn on the camera power and the default flash icon appears on the status display.
  • Page 23 Press the Flash/ Enter button, the camera will beep as the flash icon changes in the sequence as follow illustrated: Flash light OFF Now you are ready to take pictures. Note: If the macro function is turned on, the flash light will be disabled. It takes about 11 seconds for the flash light to recharge for the next shot.
  • Page 24 4.6.2. Using the macro function If you need to shoot objects at a very close distance (from 8 inches to 2 feet), turn on the macro function before shooting. To turn on, slide the Macro switch to the “macro on” To turn off the macro function, slide the switch to the position marked 4.
  • Page 25 Tungsten light White Balance Settings: Auto: The DC 1300 selects a white balance mode automatically. Tungsten light: Select this mode if you are taking photos under tungsten light bulb. Daylight: Select this mode if you are taking photos under direct daylight.
  • Page 26 4.6.4. Enabling self-timer The self-timer function allows you to let the camera take pictures 10 seconds after the shutter is pressed. To enable self-timer: Press the Power/ Mode button 5 times. The self-timer icon Press the shutter and the camera will start generating beep sound. The self-timer activation indicator on the front panel and the busy indicator on the rear panel will both blinks simultaneously.
  • Page 27 4. Using Your Camera 4.6.5. Pixel Setting The pixel setting function allows you to let the camera take pictures in different compression and resolution. To adjust the pixel settings: Turn on the power. The default pixel setting icon will appear on the status display as illustrated below. Press the Pix/ button, the camera will beep as the pixel icon changes in the sequence as follow illustrates: Pixel Settings:...
  • Page 28 4. Using Your Camera 2. Resolution: 1280 X 1024 Resolution: Image with 1280 X 1024 resolution. 1024 X 768 Resolution: Image with 1024 X 768 resolution. 640 X 480 Resolution: Image with 640 X 480 resolution. Now you are ready to take photos in different compression and resolution.

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting Tips

    Check if the camera power is turned on. If not, turn it on and then connect the camera to the computer again. 5. In Windows 2000, when I unplug the camera from my computer while running Benq Dgitial Camera 1300 driver, the computer freezes.

  • Page 30: Service Information

    Europe: support@benq-eu.com Taiwan: service-tw@benq.com China: service@benq.com.cn Asia and other countries: IMGservice@benq.com For free driver program updates, product information and news release, please visit the following web address: http://www.benq.com.tw/global/ For questions about the bundled application, please consult the following web addresses: http://www.adobe.com (Adobe Active Share)

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