Capture Mode; Capturing Images (Taking Pictures) - Sealife DC1200 Instruction Manual

CAPTURE MODE

Capturing Images (Taking Pictures)

Your camera is equipped with a 3" full color LCD monitor to help you compose
images, playback recorded images/video clips or adjust menu settings.
1. Press the ON/OFF button to turn the power on.
The status LED lights green and the camera is initiated.
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When the power is turned on, the camera will start in the mode that
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was last set.
2. Press the Mode button and set the camera to Capture mode (not Video
mode).
3. Compose your image in the LCD monitor.
Turn the zoom lever right to zoom in on the subject, and enlarge the
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subject on the LCD monitor.
Turn the zoom lever left to zoom out on the subject, and provide a wider
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angle image.
4. Press the shutter button.
Pressing the shutter button down
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halfway automatically focuses
and adjusts the exposure, and
pressing the shutter button down
fully captures the images.
The focus area frame turns green
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when the camera is in focus and
the exposure is calculated.
When the focus or exposure is not
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suitable, the frame of the focus
area turns red.
Avoid using zoom while underwater to take pictures of subjects at far
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away distances. For best underwater pictures, keep your subjects within
2 m / 6 ft shooting distance.
If the focus area frame is red, the light conditions or contrast may be too
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NOTE
low. Try again until focus frame is green, or try focussing on a subject
with higher contrast located at equal distance to the shooting subject.
The Flash icon on the LCD display flashes on and off when the flash is
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charging. When the flash icon is solid, the camera is ready.
a Press down fully
b Press down
fully
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