BenQ S1410, User Manual

Page 1: ...Welcome S1410 Digital Camera User Manual ...

Page 2: ...d for informational purposes only Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment 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 dispose of your waste equipment by handing it over to the applicable take back scheme for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipmen...

Page 3: ...etermined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV te...

Page 4: ...de factors such as collision fire flood dirt sewage earthquake and other force majeure events as well as incorrect usage of electricity or use of non original accessories It is the sole responsibility of the user if problems such as data loss and system failure occurred due to non factory installed software parts and or non original accessories Do not change the camera Any changes to the camera in...

Page 5: ...rating temperature is between 0 and 40 degrees Celsius It is normal for the operating time to be shortened when the temperature is low The capacity of your camera batteries will reduce each time it is charged emptied Storage at too high or low temperatures will also result in a gradual capacity loss As a result the operating time of your camera may be considerably reduced It is normal for the came...

Page 6: ...sert a battery with full 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 ...

Page 7: ...yout 20 Find Blur Function 21 Recording Shots using Face Detection Technology 21 Self portrait Function 22 VIDEO MODE 22 Recording Video Clips 22 Playing Back Video Clips 23 PLAYBACK MODE 23 Playing Back Still Images 23 Thumbnail Display 24 Removing Red eye 24 Dynamic Lighting Feature 25 Attaching Voice Memos 26 Protecting Images 27 DPOF Settings 28 Erasing Images 29 MENU OPTIONS 29 Capture Menu 3...

Page 8: ...ring images with a resolution of up to 4288 x 3216 pixels Package Contents Carefully unpack your camera and ensure that you have the following items Common Product Components Digital Camera Quick Guide Bundled CD ROM Application Software and INSTRUCTION MANUAL Camera strap Camera pouch Rechargeable lithium ion battery AV cable USB cable USB AC adapter Common Optional Accessories SD SDHC memory car...

Page 9: ... Adjust AV TV value Previous Image 6 Flash Next Image 7 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 8 Self timer Self timer 9 Playback mode Playback mode Still image to capture mode Video clip to capture mode 10 Capture menu Video menu Playback menu 1 3 4 6 8 9 5 7 10 2 A B C ...

Page 10: ...am 11 Image size resolution 4288 x 3216 3264 x 2448 2304 x 1728 1600 x 1200 640 x 480 12 Set key SCN hint icon 13 Main focus area 14 Date and time 15 Quick shot 16 Capture mode icon Single T Continuous U AEB Auto Exposure Bracketing Album Shot Burst Cont flash Pre shot Coupl shot Burst 30fps 17 White balance Auto Incand Fluoresc 1 Fluoresc 2 Daylight Cloudy Manual WB 18 Image quality Fine Standard...

Page 11: ...e value Shutter speed 12 Exposure value 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 ...

Page 12: ...mory card you must unlock the card To prevent damaging of an SD SDHC memory card be sure to turn off the power when inserting or removing the SD SDHC memory card If inserting or removing the SD SDHC memory card with the power on the camera will automatically turn off Charging the Battery The battery is not fully charged at the time of purchase Fully charge the battery and discharge it for at least...

Page 13: ...tter button or press the MENU button will enter capture mode without 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 7 button 2 Press the MENU button 3 Select the Setup at the end of the Menu with the c d buttons...

Page 14: ...will be stored 6 To exit from 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 7 button 2 Press the MENU button 3 Select the Setup at the end of the Menu with the c d buttons and press the SET button 4 Sel...

Page 15: ...ing the shutter button down 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 e f buttons Press the S...

Page 16: ...stments Tv Select this mode when you want to capture fast moving subjects in fast shutter speed or capture still subjects in slow shutter speed Av Select this mode when you want to capture images with the priority given to aperture Intelligent Scene Select this mode when you want the camera to select an ideal shooting mode according to environment automatically Smile Detection Select this mode to ...

Page 17: ...cene without spoiling the ambience Fireworks Select this mode when you want to capture fireworks clearly with optimal exposure The shutter speed becomes slower so using a tripod is recommended Text Select this mode when you want to capture an image that contains black and white subjects like printed documents Sunset Select this mode when you want to capture a sunset This mode helps keep the deep h...

Page 18: ...tects 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 e f c d buttons and press the SET button 3 Compose the image and press the shutter button down fully 4 Once the camera detects a smile it will automatically capture 3 images by default the flash mode setting is set to d If the C...

Page 19: ...ect of the first image and press the shutter button to capture the next image 6 Follow the same steps to capture subsequent images in the sequence 7 After the third picture is taken the pictures are automatically combined Set to Panorama PanCapture image size will be 2M Mode of Skin Soften and De blemish In order to make face taken look better and younger mode of Skin Soften is added to reduce art...

Page 20: ...e camera returns to normal preview display by pressing the d button Press the d button again to switch back to album shot preview display This shot can only be recorded if there are 3 shots recorded in each of the available frames Find Blur Function With the camera s new Find Blur function this camera finds the blurry photo when capture under Continuous 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera m...

Page 21: ...lasses or face is covered with hat or hair b A person turns sideways Self portrait Function Use this function to take pictures of yourself or include yourself in pictures 1 Press the MODE button and set the camera mode to 2 Press the e button and select icon with the e f buttons Press the SET button 3 Press the shutter button down fully to activate this function 4 The camera identifies main face w...

Page 22: ...uality lower than the current one Playing Back Video Clips You can play back recorded video clips on the camera You can also play back sound if recorded with the video 1 Press the 7 button The last image appears on the screen 2 Select the desired video clip with the e f buttons 3 Press the SET button A press of the f e buttons during playback allows fast forward play fast reverse play To stop vide...

Page 23: ... displayed with images which have an audio memo recorded Thumbnail 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 7 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 e f c d b...

Page 24: ... this replaces the original image with the corrected image Dynamic Lighting Feature This feature compensates for the unfavorable lighting conditions by brightening underexposed areas and balancing overexposed areas 1 Press the 7 button The last image appears on the screen 2 Select the image that you want to edit with the e f buttons 3 Press the MENU button 4 Select HDR with the c d buttons and pre...

Page 25: ...CE RECORDING is displayed on the screen and recording starts 6 To stop recording a voice memo as it is being recorded press the SET button again VOICE RECORD END will be displayed momentarily and the recording will end An icon is displayed with images that have been recorded with a voice memo RE REC mode can only be used for the recorded and selected file and it can record voice memo repeatedly to...

Page 26: ... has been selected is displayed with all the images Canceling the Protection To cancel protection for only one image display the image on which you want to remove the image protection 1 Press the 7 button The last image appears on the screen 2 Select the image that you want to cancel protection with the e f buttons 3 Press the MENU button 4 Select Protect with the c d buttons and press the SET but...

Page 27: ...ns and press the SET button Single Sets DPOF for each individual image All Sets DPOF for all images at once 6 Select Print Num with the c d buttons and press the SET button This displays the number of prints setting screen 7 Set the number of prints with the e f buttons and press the SET button 8 Select Date Print with the c d buttons and press the SET button The date setting screen appears 9 Sele...

Page 28: ...last image All Erases all of the images except for the protected images 6 Select Execute with the e f 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 Deleting an image will not affect sequential image numbering For example if you delete image number 240 the next captured image will be numbered 241 even though 240 no...

Page 29: ...that will be captured 14M 8M 4M 2M VGA 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 Set to ISO 3200 image size will be 2M Auto ISO100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 Quality This sets the quality compression at ...

Page 30: ...time Continuous Permits continuous capture of up to 3 images AEB Permits 3 consecutive images in the order of standard exposure underexposure and overexposure compensation Album Shot Creates an album like layout to combine 3 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...

Page 31: ...section in this manual titled Find Blur for further details On Off Preview 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 ...

Page 32: ...enu press the MENU button Size This sets the size of the video clip that will be captured VGA QVGA HD 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 Sepia B W Blue Red Green Yellow Purple Audio This sets whether or not to record audio at the time of video recording On Off D...

Page 33: ...tled Removing Red eye for further details HDR Refer to the section in this manual titled Dynamic Lighting Feature 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 details Protect Refer to the section in this manual titled Pro...

Page 34: ...e 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 card from the internal memory Execute Cancel Setup Refer to the section in this manual titled S...

Page 35: ...ton 6 To exit from the menu 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 b...

Page 36: ...hotographing under fluorescent 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 Standard Bright 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 Sy...

Page 37: ...es 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 Double click the untitled or unlabeled disk drive icon on your desktop iPhoto may automatically launch Black screen appears when camara is conneted with PC without battery inside Windows Macintosh Pentium III 1GHz or equivalent Windows 7 XP Vista 512MB...

Page 38: ...e the designs with your own digital pictures and text based on professionally designed templates and layouts Projects can be printed at home or saved as image files for sharing with family and friends by email or the web 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 instr...

Page 39: ...reworks 2 sec Night Scene 1 2000 2 sec White Balance Auto Incand Fluoresc 1 Fluoresc 2 Daylight Cloudy Manual WB Exposure V2 0 2 0 EV 1 3 EV step ISO Auto 100 200 400 800 1600 3200 2M or lower Flash Auto On Off Red eye Slow Sync Pre flash Power Source 650mAh Rechargeable Li ion Battery CIPA approx 160 base on bundle Li ion battery Storage Type Built in Approx 23MB 4GB SD compatible 32GB SDHC card ...

Page 40: ...3 1069 2139 4294 8612 16790 3264 x 2448 Fine 4 215 431 864 1735 3481 6787 Standard 9 405 812 1626 3263 6545 12760 Economy 18 780 1562 3127 6276 12587 24539 2304 x 1728 Fine 8 362 725 1451 2913 5843 11393 Standard 15 676 1354 2710 5439 10909 21267 Economy 29 1268 2539 5083 10200 20455 39877 1600 x 1200 Fine 14 634 1269 2541 5099 10227 19938 Standard 28 1194 2390 4784 9600 19251 37531 Economy 51 215...

Page 41: ...t the item you want to configure with the c d buttons and press the SET button Images Select whether you want to print specific image or all images You may also select the printing number for a specific image Date Print According to the printer type select whether you want to print the image with date imprint or not Paper Size Select the desired paper size according to the printer type Layout Sele...

Page 42: ... Print with the c d buttons and press the SET button to start printing 6 The printing starts and the figure shown on the right hand side appears COMPLETE will be displayed temporarily reminding you that the printing procedure is finished If an error is detected during the connection i e a printer hardware problem between camera and printer PRINT ERROR will be displayed If an error is detected duri...

Page 43: ...low Many shots are being captured in dark places requiring a flash The battery or camera is warm The camera or flash was used continuously over a long period of time The flash does not fire or recharge The camera 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 effect...

Page 44: ...even when pressing the shutter button The battery is running low Replace the battery The camera is not in the Capture mode Switch to the Capture mode The shutter button was not pressed all the way down Press the shutter button all the 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 status LED s...