User manual HP PHOTOSMART C500

[. . . ] HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide Trademark and Copyright Information © Copyright 2000 Hewlett-Packard Company All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett-Packard Company. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. [. . . ] If the Hand Held setting is on, the camera allows you to take photos with a slowest shutter speed of 1/8 second. If you turn the Hand Held setting off, the camera allows you take photos with a shutter speed as slow as 2 seconds. It is recommended that you use the camera with a tripod, or place the camera on a firm, stable surface if you need to use a slow shutter speed. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide 62 Adjusting the Camera Settings To turn Hand Held on or off: 1. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to the Preferences menu, then scroll down to Capture Capture. Press the Exit button (right soft key) twice to save the settings and exit the menus. Setting the Counter Reset Counter Reset allows you to choose how you want to number your photos on the memory card. If you want to start numbering photos from 1 each time you delete all the photos from the memory card, turn Counter Reset on. If you want to continue numbering photos, even after erasing all the photos from the memory card, so that you know the total number of photos you have taken since you bought the camera, turn Counter Reset off. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to the Preferences menu, then scroll down to Capture Capture. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide 63 Adjusting the Camera Settings 4. Press the Exit button (right soft key) twice to save the settings and exit the menus. Setting Auto Shutoff Your HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera has an automatic shutoff, which is designed to help conserve battery life during periods of inactivity. It is recommended that you turn Auto Shutoff off when you are downloading photos to your computer. Auto Shutoff turns off camera functions after the following periods of inactivity: Power source Battery power Camera mode Rec, Rev, Play PC AC power adapter · · Rec, Rev, Play, PC Sleep 30 seconds 4 minutes Power off 10 minutes 10 minutes 30 minutes If the camera is in sleep mode, press any button to "wake up" the camera. If the camera has turned itself off, press the on/off button to turn it back on. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide 64 Adjusting the Camera Settings To turn Auto Shutoff on or off: 1. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to the Preferences menu, then scroll down to General General. Press the Exit button (right soft key) to save the settings and exit the menus. Setting the Beep The camera uses a beep to communicate that an event has taken place. For example, when you take a photo, the camera beeps to let you know that it has finished capturing the image. The camera beeps: · · · · Twice after a photo has been taken. Once at the beginning of a Burst series, and then twice at the end of the series. When you turn the camera on, if the memory card is damaged or unformatted. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide 65 Adjusting the Camera Settings · · When you press the Shutter button, if the memory card is full. If the camera is on and you insert a full memory card. To turn the Beep on or off: 1. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to the Preferences menu, then scroll down to General General. Press the Exit button (right soft key) twice to save the settings and exit the menus. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide 66 Chapter 4 - Viewing Photos Overview After you have taken some photos with your HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera, you can view them on the camera's color LCD or on a television screen. Depending on the camera mode you use (Review or Play), you can: · · · · view thumbnails of your photos view one photo at a time using the entire screen play back Burst, Timelapse, and grouped photo sequences create a slideshow HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide 67 Overview See the table below for the features available in each mode. [. . . ] The HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera contains several menus that organize options by function. The on/off button used to display or hide the camera menus on the color LCD. JetSend LCD Lens Macro Main batteries Memory card Menu Menu button HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide 138 Mode The selected state of the camera that determines what types of activities you can currently perform and which menus you can access on the color LCD. The HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera has four modes: Record, Review, Play, and PC. A video format generally used in countries such as USA, Canada, and Japan (standard developed by the National Television Standards Committee). [. . . ]