Hitachi HDC-1086E, Instruction Manual

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Page 2: ...llation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined 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 circui...

Page 3: ... that come with your camera may be different from those described in this manual This is due to the fact that different retailers often specify slightly different product inclusions and accessories to suit their market requirements customer demographics and geographical preferences Products very often vary between retailers especially with accessories such as batteries chargers memory cards cables...

Page 4: ...ction ask the store of purchase Do not use the camera in areas near water This might cause fire or electric shock Take special care during rain snow on the beach or near the shore Do not place the camera on inclined or unstable surfaces This might cause the camera to fall or tilt over causing damage Keep the batteries out of the reach of children Swallowing the batteries might cause poisoning If t...

Page 5: ...a precision instrument Do not drop it strike it or use excessive force when handling the camera This might cause damage to the camera Do not use the camera in humid steamy smoky or dusty places This might cause fire or electric shock Do not remove the batteries immediately after long period of continuous use The batteries become hot during use Touching a hot battery might cause burns Do not wrap t...

Page 6: ...e The batteries may feel warm after a long period of continuous use of the camera or the flash This is normal and not a malfunction The camera may feel warm after a long period of continuous use This is normal and not a malfunction If the batteries are not to be used for a long period of time remove them from the camera to prevent leakage or corrosion and store them after no battery power is left ...

Page 7: ...sing Face Detection Technology 13 Setting the Scene Mode 14 VIDEO MODE 16 Recording Video Clips 16 Playing Back Video Clips 16 PLAYBACK MODE 17 Playing Back Still Images 17 Thumbnail Display 17 MENU OPTIONS 18 Capture Menu 18 Video Menu 20 Playback Menu 21 Setup Menu 22 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT 23 USING THE CAMERA AS A PC CAMERA 23 Install the PC camera driver 23 SPECIFICATIONS 24 Connecting to a PictBr...

Page 8: ...l sensor this camera is capable of capturing images with a resolution of up to 3648 x 2736 pixels Package Contents Carefully unpack your camera and ensure that you have the following items Common Product Components Digital Camera Software CD ROM User s Manual USB cable Camera strap Camera pouch 2 x AA size batteries Common Optional Accessories SD SDHC memory card Accessories and components may var...

Page 9: ...EN 8 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAMERA Front View 1 Shutter button 2 Power button 3 Status LED 4 Flash 5 Self timer LED 6 Microphone 7 Lens 1 2 3 5 6 7 4 ...

Page 10: ...e Tele Zoom Wide Tele Zoom 2 Menu Menu Menu 3 Capture Mode Video Mode Playback Mode 4 Focus Auto Focus Auto Rotation Right 5 Flash Z Y X W Next Image 6 Self timer Off 10s 2s 10 2s Self timer Off 10s 2s Delete 7 Compensation Previous Image 8 Set Scene mode Set Set 1 2 5 3 4 7 8 6 ...

Page 11: ... AEB Burst Cont flash Pre Shot Coupl shot 7 Image size resolution 10M 10M 3648 x 2736 pixels 8M 8M 3264 x 2448 pixels 6M 6M 2816 x 2112 pixels 4M 4M 2272 x 1704 pixels 2M 2M 1600 x 1200 pixels 0 3M 0 3M 640 x 480 pixels 8 Image quality Fine Normal Economy 9 Available number of shots 10 Main focus area 11 Date 12 Self timer icon 10s 10 sec 2s 2 sec 10 2s 10 2 sec 13 ISO 14 Backlight correction Expo...

Page 12: ...mage playback 1 Mode icon 2 File number 3 Folder number 4 Protect icon 5 DPOF icon Playback mode x Video playback 1 Total recorded time 2 Video status bar 3 Elapsed time 4 File number 5 Folder number 6 Protect icon 7 Mode icon 8 Play mode 4 2 1 3 5 6 8 7 VGA 03 50 03 50 2008 01 01 9 10 VGA 10s 10s 2008 01 01 1 1 100 0001 100 0001 2 3 4 5 1 100 0001 100 0001 Total Play 00 51 00 25 Total Play 00 51 ...

Page 13: ... 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 power when i...

Page 14: ... the exposure is calculated When the focus or exposure is not suitable the frame of the focus area turns yellow Recording Shots using Face Detection Technology Face Detection Technology can identify and focus on the human faces in the image This advanced function simultaneously detects up to 5 human faces regardless of their position in the scene 1 Set the camera mode to 2 Toggle the m button unti...

Page 15: ...an stand out against a blurred background Portrait Lady Select this mode when you want to capture an image that makes a lady stand out against a blurred background l Landscape Select this mode when you want to capture an image with infinity focus hard sharpness and high saturation l Sports Select this mode when you want to capture fast moving subjects g Night Portrait Select this mode when you wan...

Page 16: ...ter e Flow Water Select this mode when you want to capture the soft flowing water _ Snow Select this mode when you want to capture clear snow scenes without darkened subjects and bluish tint Beach Select this mode when you want to capture bright beach scenes and sunlit water surfaces a Pets Select this mode when you want to capture your pets Shoot from their eye level User Setting This mode allows...

Page 17: ... back recorded video clips on the camera 1 Set the camera mode to x The last image appears on the screen 2 Select the desired video clip with the e f buttons 3 Press the SCN SET button A press of the f e buttons during playback allows fast forward play fast reverse play To stop video playback press the d button This stops playback and returns to the start of the video clip To pause video playback ...

Page 18: ...con is displayed with the video data Thumbnail Display This function allows you to view thumbnail images on the LCD monitor so you may search for a particular image video clip audio file 1 Set the camera mode to x The last image appears on the screen 2 Press the button 3 thumbnail images are displayed simultaneously Press the c d buttons to select the file to be displayed Press the e f buttons to ...

Page 19: ...48 pixels 6M 6M 2816 x 2112 pixels 4M 4M 2272 x 1704 pixels 2M 2M 1600 x 1200 pixels 0 3M 0 3M 640 x 480 pixels Quality This sets the quality compression at which the image is captured Fine Normal Economy Color This sets the color of the image that will be captured Normal Vivid Sepia B W W Balance This sets the white balance for a variety of lighting conditions and permits images to be cap tured t...

Page 20: ...image at a time Cont Permits continuous capture of up to 3 images AEB Permits 3 consecutive images in the order of standard exposure underexpo sure and overexposure compensation Burst Permits continuous photography while pressing holding the shutter button As long as you hold the shutter button pressed images are captured until thememory capacity is exhausted Cont flash Permits continuous capture ...

Page 21: ...and press the SCN SET button to enter its respective menu 4 Select the desired setting with the c d buttons and press the SCN SET button 5 To exit from the menu press the MENU button Size This sets the size of the video clip that will be captured VGA 640 x 480 QVGA 320 x 240 Color This sets the color of the video clip that will be captured Normal Vivid Sepia B W 640x480 640x480 MENU Exit SET Adj ...

Page 22: ...ry card You can select the images to be printed and how many prints to make with the DPOF menu in the camera and insert the memory card to the card compatible printer When the printer starts printing it will read the embedded information on the memory card and print the specified images Protect Set the data to read only to prevent images from being erased by mistake LCD Bright Select a brightness ...

Page 23: ...urned off This feature is useful for reducing battery usage Light Freq This camera supports different lighting frequencies 50 Hz and 60 Hz When photographing under fluorescent lighting select the correct frequency setting depending in your local area s voltage This function is only effective if you set the White Balance to Fluorescent setting Sys Reset This returns all basic settings to the camera...

Page 24: ...ver The PC camera driver included in the CD ROM is exclusively for Windows The PC camera function is not supported for Mac platforms 1 Insert the enclosed CD ROM into your CD ROM drive 2 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation 3 After the driver installation is completed restart your computer Windows Macintosh Pentium III 800 or equivalent Windows 2000 XP Vista 256MB RAM 512...

Page 25: ...ard up to 4GB optional File format DCF JPEG EXIF 2 2 DPOF Motion JPEG Lens 3x optical zoom lens Aperture range 2 9 W 5 2 T Focal length 5 7mm 17 1mm equivalent to 34mm 102mm on a 35mm camera Focus Range Auto Focus 0 5m to infinity Macro Wide 0 10m to infinity Tele 0 35m to infinity Shutter speed 2 1 1000 sec ISO Sensitivity Auto 80 100 200 400 800 1000 Digital zoom 4x Capture mode 1 4x in 0 5x inc...

Page 26: ...ith date imprint or not Paper Size Select the desired paper size according to the printer type Layout Select the desired printing layout according to the printer type Print After all settings are configured select this item to start printing 2 If you select Images in the previous step the figure shown on the right hand side will appear Select Single All DPOF with the c d buttons and press the SCN ...

Page 27: ...ference For more details on advanced functions you can refer to your user s manual EN 2 Rear View Item Function Capture Mode Video Mode Playback Mode 1 Zoom Wide Tele Zoom Wide Tele Zoom 2 Menu Menu Menu 3 Capture Mode Video Mode Playback Mode 4 Focus Auto Focus Auto Rotation Right 5 Flash Z Y X W Next Image 6 Self timer Off 10s 2s 10 2s Self timer Off 10s 2s Delete 7 Compensation Previous Image 8...

Page 28: ...s the subject on the LCD monitor Pressing the button provides a wider angle image 4 Press the shutter button Pressing the shutter button down halfway automatically focuses and adjusts the exposure and pressing the shutter button down fully captures the images The focus area frame turns blue when the camera is in focus and the exposure is calculated When the focus or exposure is not suitable the fr...

Page 29: ...capture people with an evening or night scene background h Night Scene Select this mode when you want to capture dark scenes such as night views c Candlelight Select this mode when you want to capture photos of candlelit scene without spoiling the ambience d Fireworks Select this mode when you want to capture fireworks clearly with optimal exposure The shutter speed becomes slower so using a tripo...

Page 30: ... the SCN SET button This pauses video playback To cancel pause press the SCN SET button again EN 8 PLAYBACK MODE Playing Back Still Images You can play back the still images on the LCD monitor 1 Set the camera mode to x The last image appears on the screen 2 The images can be displayed in reverse or forward sequence with the e f buttons To view the previous image press the e button To view the nex...

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