BenQ AE250, User Manual

Page 1: ...AE250 Digital Camera User Manual Downloaded From camera usermanual com BenQ Manuals ...

Page 2: ...orporate life cycle design in the aspects of material selection manufacturing packaging transportation using and disposal of the products BenQ ecoFACTS label lists key eco friendly design highlights of each product hoping to ensure that consumers make informed green choices at purchase Check out BenQ s CSR Website at http csr BenQ com for more details on BenQ s environmental commitments and achiev...

Page 3: ...ny names mentioned in this manual may be the registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used for informational purposes only Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and or Battery by users in private households in the European Union This symbol on the product or on the packaging indicates that this can not be disposed of as household waste You must disp...

Page 4: ...able protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interf...

Page 5: ...ercise care in handling any batteries particularly when placing it inside your pocket purse or other container with metal objects Do not dispose of batteries in fire as they may explode To prevent electric shock do not attempt to disassemble or repair your camera by yourself Some camera models accept non rechargeable batteries When using these batteries do not charge them Otherwise dangers such as...

Page 6: ...e lens cannot retract into the camera please replace the batteries first usually this is because of drained batteries Then the lens should retract automatically If the lens still cannot retract please contact your dealer Under no circumstances should you push the lens back manually as this may damage the camera All original accessories are designed only for use with this camera model you purchased...

Page 7: ...that less than 0 01 of the pixels on the LCD display may have some light spots or show unusual colors This is normal and does not indicate display malfunction nor will this affect the pictures you take with the camera The LCD monitor looks darker in strong sunlight or bright light This is not a malfunction To prevent your images from being blurred while pressing the shutter button always hold the ...

Page 8: ...power ASAP When the camera is not in use always turn the power off and make sure the lens has retracted successfully before storing the camera in its case If you do not intend to use the camera for a long time please remove the battery from the camera and store the battery carefully Keep your camera away from sharp objects and avoid collision When the camera is not in use please place it in a stea...

Page 9: ...cene Mode 20 Taking Images with Intelligent Scene mode 22 Taking Images When the Smile Feature Is On 22 Taking a Panoramic Picture 23 Setting the Lomo 23 Find Blur Function 24 Recording Shots using Face Detection Technology 24 Self portrait Function 25 Taking images with Interval Capture mode 25 VIDEO MODE 26 Recording Video Clips 26 Playing Back Video Clips 26 PLAYBACK MODE 27 Playing Back Still ...

Page 10: ...o Menu 36 Playback Menu 37 Setup Menu 39 TRANSFERRING FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER 41 Downloading Your Files 41 EDITING SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 42 TROUBLE SHOOTING AND SERVICE INFORMATION 43 Technical support 44 SPECIFICATIONS 45 Downloaded From camera usermanual com BenQ Manuals ...

Page 11: ...s with a resolution of up to 4608 x 3456 pixels Package Contents Carefully unpack your camera and ensure that you have the following items Common Product Components Digital Camera Quick Start Guide Software CD ROM Camera strap Rechargeable lithium ion battery USB cable USB AC adapter Common Optional Accessories SD SDHC memory card Accessories and components may vary by retailer Camera pouch SD mem...

Page 12: ...Focus Focus Next 10th image 6 Compensation Adjust Av Tv value Previous Image 7 Flash Next Image 8 Self timer Self timer Previous 10th image 9 If any scene mode is set switches to scene mode selection screen Still image to display image Records voice memo if Voice Memo is Record Video clip to play video clip 10 Capture menu Video menu Playback menu 11 Delete 1 Shutter button 2 Flash 3 ON OFF Power ...

Page 13: ...SCN hint icon 12 Main focus area 13 Date and time 14 Capture mode icon Single T Continuous U AEB Auto Exposure Bracketing Album Shot Burst Cont flash Pre shot Burst 30fps Interval capture 15 White balance Auto Incand Fluoresc 1 Fluoresc 2 Daylight Cloudy Manual WB 16 Image quality Fine Standard Economy 17 ISO Auto ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO 6400 18 Slow shutter warning 1...

Page 14: ...ue 13 Image quality 14 ISO 15 Mode icon Playback mode Video playback 1 Protect icon 2 Folder File number 3 Storage media 4 Battery condition 5 Volume mode 6 Total recorded time 7 Video status bar 8 Video condition icon 9 Elapsed time 10 Set key Play Pause hint icon 11 Down key Stop hint icon 12 Mode icon 13 12 9 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 11 00 00 00 02 28 49 00 00 00 02 28 49 13 15 13 15 2012 03 01 2012 ...

Page 15: ...tial usage 5 Close the battery memory card cover and make sure it is locked securely To prevent valuable data from being accidentally erased from an SD SDHC memory card you can slide the write protect tab on the side of the SD SDHC memory card to LOCK To save edit or erase data on an SD SDHC memory card you must unlock the card To prevent damaging of an SD SDHC memory card be sure to turn off the ...

Page 16: ...y charge the battery and use it until it is discharged before you recharge it again This maximize the performance and lifetime of the battery 1 Connect camera to USB AC adapter with USB cable 2 Insert the plug into a wall outlet 3 Press the SET button to select PC and then charging will start The included USB AC adapter differs depending on the region where you purchased the camera User can also c...

Page 17: ... will enter capture mode with saving the settings Setting the Date and Time When the date and time information is not displayed on the LCD monitor follow these steps to set the correct date and time 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to or or press the button 2 Press the MENU button 3 Select the Setup at the end of the Menu with the S T buttons and press the SET button 4 Select Date T...

Page 18: ...om the Setup menu press the MENU button Formatting the Memory Card or internal memory This utility formats the memory card or internal memory and erases all stored images and data 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to or or press the button 2 Press the MENU button 3 Select the Setup at the end of the Menu with the S T buttons and press the SET button 4 Select Format with the S T butto...

Page 19: ... fully captures the image The focus area frame turns green when the camera is in focus and the exposure is calculated When the focus is not suitable the frame of the focus area turns red AF Tracking Mode Use this option to take pictures of moving subject 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to 2 Press the button and select icon with the W X buttons Press the SET button 3 To lock the des...

Page 20: ...ing subjects in fast shutter speed or capture still subjects in slow shutter speed Smile Detection Select this mode to automatically capture an image when a smiling face is detected Anti shake Select this mode when you want to minimize the influences of hand shaking when capturing an image Panorama Video Select this mode when you want the camera to combine pictures in the camera automatically Lomo...

Page 21: ...ant to capture an image with infinity focus hard sharpness and high saturation Natural Green Select this mode when you want to capture the green scenery background such as forest This mode helps to brighten the colors Flow Water Select this mode when you want to capture the soft flowing water Splash Water Select this mode when you want to capture photos of splashing water Sunset Select this mode w...

Page 22: ...With the camera s new smile detection function this camera detects smiles so you do not miss those special moments in life 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to and press the SET button 2 Select Smile Detection with the W X S T buttons and press the SET button 3 Once the camera detects a smile it will automatically capture 3 images by default the flash mode setting is set to Off If th...

Page 23: ...ually you must wait for the status bar to reach at least 40 percent of the whole progress in order to get a successful panoramic picture Panoramic pictures shooting may not be available in the following situations a When shooting has not finished after a certain period of time b When the camera movement speed is too fast c When the camera is not straight relative to the panorama direction Setting ...

Page 24: ...n the image 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to 2 Press the button and select icon with the W X buttons Press the SET button With Face Detection turned on the camera identifies main face white frame and subsidiary faces gray frames If the camera cannot detect and track any faces there will be no frame shown on the screen 3 Press the shutter button halfway down to lock the focus When...

Page 25: ...a mode to 2 Press the MENU button and select Capture Md with the S T buttons and press the SET button 3 Select Interval capture with the W X buttons and press the SET button 4 Press the MENU button to exit from the Capture menu 5 Press the T button and select the desired option item with the W X buttons and press the SET button Self timer is disable in interval capture mode You can select desired ...

Page 26: ...s You can play back recorded video clips on the camera You can also play back sound if recorded with the video 1 Press the button The last image appears on the screen 2 Select the desired video clip with the W X buttons 3 Press the SET button A press of the W X buttons during playback allows fast forward play fast reverse play To stop video playback press the T button This stops playback and retur...

Page 27: ...o recorded Playback Display This function allows you to view 9 thumbnail images on the LCD monitor at the same time which can let you quickly search for the image that you want 1 Press the button The last image appears on the screen 2 Press the button The images are displayed in the thumbnail display Images that have been selected with the W X S T buttons will be indicated by a yellow frame When t...

Page 28: ...d image Attaching Voice Memos A maximum of 30 seconds of audio can be recorded as a memo for captured still images 1 Press the button The last image appears on the screen 2 Select the image to which you want to attach the voice memo with the W X buttons 3 Press the MENU button 4 Select Voice Memo with the S T buttons and press the SET button 5 Press the SET button is displayed on the screen and re...

Page 29: ...g back voice memo A press of the SET button displays and plays back the voice memo Voice memo is only available for still images 110 0201 110 0201 110 0201 SET Downloaded From camera usermanual com BenQ Manuals ...

Page 30: ...celing the Protection To cancel protection for only one image display the image on which you want to remove the image protection 1 Press the button The last image appears on the screen 2 Select the image that you want to cancel protection with the W X buttons 3 Press the MENU button 4 Select Protect with the S T buttons and press the SET button 5 Select Single or All with the W X buttons and press...

Page 31: ...tton Single Sets DPOF for each individual image All Sets DPOF for all images at once 6 Select Print Num with the S Tbuttons and press the SET button This displays the number of prints setting screen 7 Set the number of prints with the W X buttons and press the SET button 8 Select Date Print with the S T buttons and press the SET button The date setting screen appears 9 Select date to On or Off wit...

Page 32: ... and press the SET button 5 Select Single or All with the W X buttons and press the SET button Single Erases the selected image or the last image All Erases all of the images except for the protected images 6 Select Execute with the W X buttons and press the SET button To not erase select Cancel and press the SET button 7 To exit from the menu press the MENU button MENU SET MENU SET Downloaded Fro...

Page 33: ...tured 16M 12M 8M 2M VGA 16 9 ISO 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 Auto ISO100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO 6400 Quality This sets the quality compression at which the image is captured Fine Standa...

Page 34: ...ges in the order of standard exposure underexposure and overexposure compensation Album Shot Creates an album like layout to combine 4 shots into a single image Burst Permits continuous photography while pressing and holding the shutter button As long as you hold the shutter button pressed images are captured until the memory capacity is exhausted Cont flash Permits continuous capture of up to 3 i...

Page 35: ...view This sets whether or not to display the captured image on the screen immediately after the image is captured On Off Date Print The date of recording can be printed directly on the still images This function must be activated before the image is captured On Off Setup Refer to the section in this manual titled Setup Menu for further details Downloaded From camera usermanual com BenQ Manuals ...

Page 36: ...ze of the video clip that will be captured HD VGA QVGA Quality This sets the quality compression at which the video clip is captured Fine Standard Color This sets the color of the video clip that will be captured Standard Vivid Color Accent Red Color Accent Green Color Accent Blue Sepia B W Red Green Blue Audio This sets whether or not to record audio at the time of video recording On Off Digi Zoo...

Page 37: ...the MENU button Delete Refer to the section in this manual titled Erasing Images for further details Fix Red Eyes Refer to the section in this manual titled Removing Red eye for further details Slide Show This function enables you to play back your still images automatically in order one image at a time 3 Sec 5 Sec 10 Sec DPOF Refer to the section in this manual titled DPOF Settings for further de...

Page 38: ...ld size images with newly compressed images It is only possible to reduce the image quality size never to increase it Copy to Card Allows you to copy your files from the camera s internal memory to an SD SDHC memory card Of course you can only do this if you have a memory card installed and some files in internal memory All files remain in the internal memory even after copy to the SD SDHC memory ...

Page 39: ...press the MENU button Date Time Refer to the section in this manual titled Setting the Date and Time for further details Language Refer to the section in this manual titled Choosing the Language for further details Auto Off If no operation is performed for a specific period of time the power to the camera is automatically turned off This feature is useful for reducing battery usage Off 1 Min 2 Min...

Page 40: ...ent lighting select the correct frequency setting depending in your local area s voltage 50 Hz 60 Hz LCD Bright Select a brightness level for the LCD monitor Auto Normal High Format Refer to section in this manual titled Formatting the Memory Card or Internal Memory for further details Media Info This displays the free capacity of the internal memory or the memory card Sys Info This displays the f...

Page 41: ...ded images and video clips will be inside the folders of DCIM folder Copy Paste or Drag N Drop image and video files to a folder on your computer Mac users If you double click the untitled or unlabeled disk drive icon on your desktop iPhoto may automatically launch Windows Macintosh Pentium III 1GHz or equivalent Windows 7 XP Vista 512MB RAM 150MB available hard disk space CD ROM drive Available U...

Page 42: ... video sharing websites To install software 1 Insert the CD ROM that came with the camera into your CD ROM drive The welcome screen appears 2 Click the respective software name Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation For more information about the operation of the software refer to its respective help documentation For Windows 7 XP Vista users please make sure to install and...

Page 43: ...mera flash is turned off Set the flash to Auto Flash The light source is sufficient Even though the flash fired the image is dark The distance to the subject is greater than the flash s effective range Get closer to the subject and shoot The image is too bright or too dark The exposure is excessive or inadequate Reset exposure compensation I cannot format a memory card The memory card is write pro...

Page 44: ...way down The internal memory or memory card does not have any free space Load a new card or delete unwanted files The flash is recharging Wait until the flash mode icon indicated on the screen stops flashing The camera does not recognize the memory card Format the memory card before the initial use or before using with another camera I cannot print images with PictBridge compli ant printers The ca...

Page 45: ...Balance Auto Incandescent Fluorescent 1 Fluorescent 2 Day Light Cloudy Manual Exposure 2 2 EV 0 3EV step ISO Auto 64 100 200 400 800 1600 3200 6400 Flash Auto On Off Red eye Slow Sync Drive mode 10 sec 2 sec 10 2 sec self portrait Power Source CIPA approximately 200 based on bundled Li ion battery Storage Type Built in approx 23 MB SD up to 4GB SDHC up to 32GB File Format Still Image JPEG EXIF 2 2...

Page 46: ...ange without prior notice Accessories USB Cable Software User Manual CD Quick Guide AC adapter Li ion Battery Pouch optional Available accessories depend on the actual items shipped and may vary from the list above Downloaded From camera usermanual com BenQ Manuals ...