AgfaPhoto DC5100, User Manual

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Page 2: ... camera overview 7 Main icons on the LCD 8 Prepare yourcamera for use 10 Lithium battery installation 10 Lithium battery charging 10 Install a SD memory card 11 Start yourdigital camera 12 Camera Mode 13 Video Mode 23 Recording Mode 24 Playback Mode 25 Download photos and videos to your computer 29 Appendix A technical specifications 30 Appendix B common problems and solution 31 2 ...

Page 3: ...solutions 1280x720 HD 640x480 VGA 320x240 QVGA 18 megapixel camera with choice of 10 digital camera resolutions 18M 4896x3672 14M 4416x3312 12M 4000x3000 10M 3648x2736 8M 3264x2448 7M HD 3648x2048 5M 2592x1944 3M 2048x1536 2M HD 1920x1080 VGA 640x480 2 7 TFT LCD 8X digital zoom Anti Shake function Face detection Smile capture Continue shot SD memory card slot accepts SD compatible memory card up t...

Page 4: ...re 16 bit color or higher display adaptor Computer system requirements for Windows Vista If you want to transfer photos and videos to a Windows Vista computer the computer must be set up as follows Windows Vista processor 800 MHz processor and 512 MB RAM 20 GB hard disk with at least 15 GB of available space Support for Super VGA graphics Compatible USB interface CD ROM Drive Computer system requi...

Page 5: ...56 MB recommended with at least 150 MB of available disk space 800 x 600 pixels or higher resolution screen displaying millions of colors Note This hardware is plug and play compatible when used on a Mac however the included software can be used on Windows operating systems only ...

Page 6: ...6 Digital camera overview ...

Page 7: ...Main icons on the LCD 7 ...

Page 8: ... Manual Flash Red Eye Reduction Auto No Flash Modes Photo Playback Video Recording Self timer Self timer on 10 seconds Self timer on 5 seconds Self timer on 2 seconds Self timer off Digital zoom 1 00X 8 00X Protect Protect Anti Shake Anti Shake on Anti Shake off Scenes Auto Portrait Night Portrait Scenery Night Scenery Beach High sensitivity ...

Page 9: ...battery compartment Install lithium battery 2 Insert the lithium battery in the correct polarity direction 3 Then close the battery cover and slide it to lock it Note Please remove the battery if you are not going to use the camera for a while Lithium battery charging To recharge the lithium battery simply connect the camera without removing the battery to your computer using the USB cable provide...

Page 10: ...be lost when you turn off your camera or remove away the battery It is necessary to insert a SD card into the camera before using it Make sure that the SD card is inserted correctly by gently sliding it into the slot until it clicks into place to confirm that it is locked To remove the card simply press it firmly and the card will eject itself from the slot Please refer to the below diagram for co...

Page 11: ...hotos You can shoot video file with Video mode or make records with Recording Mode And you can view photos or videos you shot or listen your records delete rotate protect crop and printing your photos in Playback mode Power on Press Power key once to turn on your camera The LCD screen will light up and it will sound beep indicating you that your camera is turned on and ready to use Power off Press...

Page 12: ...mory is full the LCD screen will display Memory full insert a SD memory card to take more photos if you press Shutter key to take photo To continue photo shooting you need to transfer all data of the memory card on your computer or delete them to get more memory Alternatively you can insert a new empty SD memory card Digital zoom You can enlarge the object up to 8 times with the digital zoom Press...

Page 13: ... Flash off press Flash key repeatedly until the icon to turn it off Note Please move the Macro Far switch to Far mode otherwise you will be reminded Macro Mode No Flash indicating that Flash can only be used in Far shooting mode Scene Your camera supplies scenes for you to take photos in any environment Auto Scenery Portrait Night Portrait Night Scenery High Sensitivity Beach Press Power key to tu...

Page 14: ...x3672 18M 4416x3312 14M 4000x3000 12M 3648x2736 10M 3268X2448 8M 3648x2048 7M HD 2592x1944 5M 2048x1536 3M 1920x1080 2M HD 640x480 VGA 4 Press OK key to confirm and return to camera mode 5 The selected resolution will appear as an icon on the LCD screen Anti Shake This setting allows you to stabilize shooting to avoid taking blurry pictures To set as follows 1 Press MENU key 2 Press Left Right key...

Page 15: ...faces of the people you are photographing 1 Press MENU key 2 Press Left Right keys to select the icon 3 Press Up Down keys to select On Off 4 Press OK key to confirm and return to camera mode Continuous shooting With this setting you can take up to 6 pictures continuously VGA image size only after pressing Shutter key once 1 Press MENU key 2 Press Left Right keys to select the icon 3 Press Up Down...

Page 16: ... group shots we recommend you to use a tripod or to place the camera on a stable surface if you wish to use the self timer 1 Press MENU key 2 Press Left Right keys to select the icon 3 Press Up Down keys to select a duration or turning self timer off 2 sec 5 sec 10 sec Off 4 Press OK key to confirm and return to camera mode 5 The icon corresponding to the selected self timer time will then be disp...

Page 17: ...ivate this setting if the shooting brightness is low and flash using is not possible 1 Press Up Down keys to select ISO in Setup menu 2 Press OK key to enter the ISO submenu 3 Press the Up Down keys to select an ISO value Auto 100 200 400 4 Press OK key again to confirm and return to camera mode 5 The ISO icon will then be displayed on the LCD screen White balance This setting allows the camera to...

Page 18: ...n take The Super Fine quality means you can take fewer photos but they will be better quality 1 Press Up Down keys to select Quality in Setup menu 2 Press OK key to enter the Quality submenu 3 Press Up Down keys to select Super Fine Fine Normal 4 Press OK key again to confirm and return to camera mode 5 The icon corresponding to the selected quality will then be displayed on the LCD screen Effect ...

Page 19: ... Press Left Right keys to select value and then press Up Down keys to set the date time and their format Press MENU key again to confirm and return to camera mode Auto power off The default setting for camera auto power off is 3 minutes to change it simply follow the steps below 1 Press Up Down keys to select Auto power off in Setup menu 2 Press OK key to enter the Auto Power Off submenu 3 Press U...

Page 20: ...age You can select the language that suits you 1 Press Up Down keys to select Language in Setup menu 2 Press OK key to enter the Language submenu 3 Press Up Down keys to select the language you want 4 Press OK key again to confirm and return to camera mode Frequency 1 Press Up Down keys to select Frequency in Setup menu 2 Press OK key to enter the Frequency submenu 3 Press Up Down keys to select 5...

Page 21: ...ation is finished Note Please be careful with formatting Once the memory card is formatted all files stored on it will be permanently deleted It is highly recommended that you transfer all your photos and movies or other important files to your computer before formatting Default Setting This setting allows you to reset your camera settings back to the factory defaults values 1 Press Up Down keys t...

Page 22: ...ner The flashing red dot will also appear on the screen to indicate that video recording is in progress 2 Press Shutter key to stop shooting Note 1 You can play all AVI file you shot in playback mode or via Quick time and Windows Media Player on your computer 2 Each video file is saved in AVI format 3 When the camera s memory is full the Card Full message will appear on the LCD screen when you att...

Page 23: ...nd then press Shutter key to start recording A red spot will be flashing on the LCD screen 2 Press Shutter key again to stop recording the elapsed time will be shown on the LCD screen Note 1 The file you recorded will be saved as WAV format 2 You cannot listen to WAV files you recorded in playback mode but you can play them with Quick time or Windows Media Player on your computer ...

Page 24: ...on the LCD screen if there are no photos videos stored on the memory card Press MODE key to return to camera mode 2 Please switch to camera mode for setting video parameters for shooting videos such as video size white balance and so on Thumbnail display and slide show 1 When the camera is in playback mode press Down key will take you to the thumbnail display 2 Select a JPEG file and press OK key ...

Page 25: ...icon will show on the LCD you can rotate protect delete crop or print Rotate 1 Press MENU key in playback mode 2 Press Left Right keys to select the icon 3 Press Up Down keys to select 90 180 270 Cancel 4 Press OK key again to save current photo and return to playbackmode Note Saving will show on the LCD after you pressed OK key to confirm Protect You can protect your photos videos from accidental...

Page 26: ... Press Left Right keys to select the icon 3 Press Up Down keys to select This image This Video depends on your file selection All to delete all unprotect photos Format to format SD card Cancel 4 Press OK key to enter Delete submenu 5 Press Up Down keys to select Yes or No 6 Press OK key again to confirm deletion Crop Image Crop your photos to show only a specific portion of an image or to highligh...

Page 27: ...elect the photo you want to print 2 Press MENU key 3 Press Left Right keys to select the icon 4 Press Up Down keys to select Pictbridge to print photo Cancel to exitmenu 5 Press OK key again to enter Pictbridge mode and the LCD will show Please connect to device 6 Connect your camera to compatible printer with USB cable correctly forprinting Operation for AVI file 1 Select an AVI file you want to ...

Page 28: ...n the REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE to view all photo and video stored in the subfolder called DCIM 6 You can now copy and paste the images to any directory you choose Appendix A technicalspecifications Image Sensor CMOS Sensor 18M 4896x3672 14M 4416x3312 12M 4000x3000 10M Image Resolution 3648x2736 8M 3264x2448 7M HD 3648x2048 5M 2592x1944 3M 2048x1536 2M HD 1920x1080 VGA 640x480 Video Resolution 1280...

Page 29: ... Scenery Night Portrait Night Scenery Beach High sensitivity ISO Auto 100 200 400 Self timer Off 2s 5s 10s File Format JPEG photo AVI video Anti shake YES Flash Auto Force Red eye reduction Off PictBridge YES Face Detection YES Smile Capture YES Continuous Shot YES VGA 6PCS Microphone YES Optical Viewfinder N A TV out N A USB slot 2 0 System Requirements Windows XP VISTA 7 MAC ...

Page 30: ...our computer USB port Also check that your computer has the minimum requirements as indicated at the beginning of this instruction manual Q The USB cable needs to be inserted in a free USB slot on your computer A Thirdly give your computer time to recognize that the device is inserted If need be refresh the device options list until you see the removable device appearing If the computer does not r...

Page 31: ...ect the environment and human health by handing over your used device to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment For more information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling please contact your local city office your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product After sales service aftersale...