BenQ DC E53, User Manual

Page 1: ...Welcome DC E53 Digital Camera User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...our camera in the following environmental range temperature below 0 C or above 40 C Do not use or store your camera in the environments listed below Direct sunlight High and dusty places Next to an air conditioner electric heater or other heat sources In a closed car that is in direct sunlight Unstable locations If your camera becomes wet wipe it with a dry cloth as soon as possible Salt or seawat...

Page 3: ... the Power On Off 4 3 Using the DC E53 5 3 1 LCD Monitor Icons 5 3 1 1 Photography Mode 5 3 1 2 Video Mode 5 3 1 3 Video Playback Mode 6 3 1 4 Still Image Playback Mode 6 3 1 5 LCD Monitor Display 6 3 1 6 Setting the Operation Mode 6 3 2 Capturing Pictures 7 3 2 1 Changing Camera Settings 7 3 3 Recording Movies 10 3 4 Deleting Files 10 3 4 1 Erasing in Photography Mode Quick Erase 10 3 4 2 Erasing...

Page 4: ...ideshow Display 12 3 5 7 Protecting Images 13 3 5 8 Setting DPOF 14 3 6 Setup Menus 15 3 6 1 Picture Menu 15 3 6 2 Function Menu 17 3 6 3 Playback Menu 19 3 6 4 Setup Menu 19 4 PC Dependent Features 22 4 1 Installing the Digital Camera Software 22 4 2 Transferring Files with your PC 22 4 3 Viewing Images on TV 23 5 Service information 24 ...

Page 5: ... camera for service 1 2 DC E53 Components 1 2 1 Front View User Manual 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 8 9 10 11 B 1 User manual 2 DC E53 digital cam era 3 USB cable 4 SD card 5 Battery 6 Hand strap 7 DC E53 software CD ROM 8 Camera pouch 9 AV cable 10 Conversion adapter 11 AC adapter 1 Shutter button 2 Power button 3 Built in flash 4 Mode switch Playback Movie Still picture 5 Self timer LED 6 Speaker 7 Lens Lens c...

Page 6: ...ging error Writing to SD card in progress Connected to a PC SD card is inserted Flashing Image not in focus Orange On Flash is charging Flashing Hardware malfunction SD card is not inserted 1 2 3 4 7 8 12 11 10 5 6 13 9 1 Status LED 2 Zoom out Zoom in buttons 3 Strap holder 4 Menu button 5 Erase button 6 Display button 7 Flash Right navigation button 8 Battery SD card compartment 9 Self timer Down...

Page 7: ...hat the camera s power is off and then insert the battery before starting 1 Insert the conversion adapter into the conversion adapter terminal of the camera as shown in the illustration 2 Insert one end of the AC power adapter into the DC IN terminal of the conversion adapter 3 Insert the other end of the AC adapter into a wall outlet The status LED flashes green when charging starts and lights gr...

Page 8: ...cover Press lightly on the edge of the memory card and it will eject Format your SD card before use Refer to 3 6 4 2 Format on page 20 2 4 Turning the Power On Off Insert the battery and an SD card before starting Turning the power on Press the POWER button for two seconds to turn the power on The status LED lights green and the camera is initialized Turning the power off Press the POWER button to...

Page 9: ... 5 Possible recording time elapsed time 6 Quality 7 Recording indicator 8 Self timer 9 Focus 1 Zoom status 2 Voice memo 3 Remaining battery status Full Medium Low Empty 4 Flash 5 Histogram 6 Focus area appears when the shutter button is pressed halfway 7 Capture mode 8 Image size 9 Possible number of shots 10 Quality 11 Date and time 12 Self timer 13 Unsteady hold warning 14 Exposure compensation ...

Page 10: ...Folder number 4 Protect 5 Voice memo 3 1 5 LCD Monitor Display Press the LCD button to select the display format In Still Image or Movie mode preview image with full OSD information is displayed Press it repeatedly to switch between full OSD OSD with histogram display basic display with no OSD information or LCD switched off In movie mode the LCD status cannot be changed 3 1 6 Setting the Operatio...

Page 11: ... can be changed with the five way button 1 SET Enters the menu page and confirms the chosen setting 2 Up Focus Scrolls upwards in menus and enables you to choose the appropriate focus macro setting 3 Right Flash Scrolls right and enables you to choose the appropriate flash setting 4 Down Self timer Scrolls downwards toggles the self timer on and off and selects the desired self timer mode 5 Left E...

Page 12: ...ting enables photographs to be taken with the self timer 10 sec 2 sec 10 2 sec 1 Slide the mode switch to or 2 Toggle the button to select the setting Each press of the button selects one of the self timer options and displays it on the screen 3 Compose the picture press the shutter button down halfway then press it down fully The self timer LED flashes and the photograph is taken after the preset...

Page 13: ...igital Zoom Using a combination of 3 times optical zoom and 4 times digital zoom permits zoom photography of up to 12 times to suit the subject and the distance Refer to 3 6 2 4 Digital Zoom on page 18 to enable the digital zoom Once enabled press repeatedly until the zoom slider moves into the red portion of the zoom bar 3 2 1 6 Recording Voice Memos A voice memo can be recorded for up to 30 seco...

Page 14: ...ase the image 3 4 2 Erasing in Playback Mode To erase a single image selected images or all images 1 Slide the mode switch to The last image is displayed on the screen 2 Select the image you want to erase with the buttons 3 Press the button The deletion menu is displayed 4 Select one of the following options with the buttons and press the SET button Single Erases the selected image or the last ima...

Page 15: ...e clip 5 Press the button to stop playback and return to the start of the video clip 6 Press the SET button to pause video playback Press the SET button again to restart playback 3 5 3 Attaching Voice Memos A maximum of 30 seconds of audio can be recorded along with still images The voice memo can be recorded only once 1 Slide the mode switch to The last image appears on the screen 2 Select the im...

Page 16: ...ons of the image to check for small details 1 Slide the mode switch to The last image appears on the screen 2 Press the buttons to select the image you want to view or select the required image from the thumbnail display 3 Press the button to enlarge the image The image is enlarged Two rectangular frames are displayed on the LCD monitor The outer frame represents the entire image while the inner f...

Page 17: ...otects all the images on the SD card Select Protects the selected images 5 If you selected Single or All choose Set with the buttons and press the SET button The required images are protected 6 If you selected Select all the images are displayed in the thumbnail display Select the images you want to protect with the buttons and press the button The protect icon is displayed with protected images S...

Page 18: ... button 5 Choose Single or All with the buttons 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 buttons and press the SET button 7 Set the number of prints with the buttons and press the SET button You can set up to 9 prints for each image 8 Select Date with the buttons and press the SET button 9 Select date to ON...

Page 19: ...hange a setting 4 Select the desired setting with the buttons and press the SET button To exit from the picture menu press the MENU button 3 6 1 1 Size The size option sets the size of the image that will be photographed 3 6 1 2 Quality The quality menu sets the quality compression rate at which the image is captured Still picture mode Video mode Icon Size Description 2560 x 1920 2560 x 1920 pixel...

Page 20: ... lighting conditions This permits photographs to be taken that closely approach the conditions that are seen by the human eye 3 6 1 7 Manual White Balance This menu manually sets the white balance and saves the setting Use of this is convenient when the white balance menu options do not offer a good match to the actual conditions Before selecting Execute focus the camera on the subject such as a w...

Page 21: ...to adjust camera settings 3 6 2 1 Capture Mode This menu sets the recording method for capturing still images Icon Metering Description Blank Multi The entire area of the screen is measured and the exposure is cal culated for optimum picture quality Spot A very small portion of the center of the screen is measured and the exposure is calculated from the light in this area Still picture mode Video ...

Page 22: ...uring still images or movie clips ON Enables digital zoom OFF Disables digital zoom 3 6 2 5 Preview This option enables display of the photographed image on the screen immediately after the picture is taken ON Enables preview OFF Disables preview 3 6 2 6 Date Print The date of recording can be printed directly on the still images This function must be activated before the image is taken ON Imprint...

Page 23: ...tible printer Refer to 3 5 8 Setting DPOF on page 14 for further details 3 6 3 3 Protect This menu item enables you to protect images to prevent them from being erased accidentally Refer to 3 5 7 Protecting Images on page 13 for further details 3 6 3 4 LCD Bright This menu enables you to adjust the brightness of the LCD monitor Refer to ON Enables voice memo on page 18 in Still Image Menu for furt...

Page 24: ...der year month day hour minute The time is displayed in 24 hour format 3 Press the SET button The setting is stored and the screen returns to the set up menu 3 6 4 5 Auto Off If no operation is performed for a specific period of time the camera is automatically turned off This feature is useful to reduce battery wear 1 Min Turns the power off after 1 minute of inactivity 2 Min Turns the power off ...

Page 25: ...ty of the SD card along with the free space available on it 3 6 4 9 System Info This option displays the firmware version of the camera 3 6 4 10 Video Output This sets the video output system of the camera to that of the video equipment to which you will connect the camera NTSC NTSC system PAL PAL system ...

Page 26: ...ation button to install the software and follow the on screen instruc tions To browse the content of this CD and install other software manually click the Browse CD button and install the software needed 4 2 Transferring Files with your PC This section explains how to transfer images and movie files to your PC 1 Turn on the PC 2 Switch on the camera 3 Connect the camera to the PC using the USB cab...

Page 27: ...Viewing Images on TV 1 Connect the camera to the TV with the AV cable as shown 2 Turn on the TV 3 Switch on the camera 4 Switch your TV to video mode Refer to your TV s user manual 5 View images or movies as described in 3 5 Using Playback Mode on page 11 Audio L R ...

Page 28: ...ON Technical Support If you encountered problems using DC E53 and the camera driver program please visit the following web address http support BenQ com For free driver program updates product information and news release please visit the following web address http www BenQ com ...