5340z 5.0 MEGAPIXELS User’s Guide www.concord-camera.
ENGLISH Table of contents GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................4 PACKAGE CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................... 4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS..................................................................................................................... 5 SAFETY INFORMATION...........................................................
Shooting Mode ................................................................................................................................ 15 Playback Mode................................................................................................................................ 15 INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON THE LCD MONITOR ........................................................................ 16 Shooting Mode ..........................................................................................
SETTING USB MODE............................................................................................................................ 28 FILE NAMES & PRINTING................................................................................................29 ABOUT FILE AND FOLDER NUMBERS ............................................................................................... 29 Folder File Capacity .................................................................................................
GETTING STARTED GETTING STARTED PACKAGE CONTENTS Please contact your dealer immediately if any of the items below are missing or damaged.
GETTING STARTED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows: • PC with processor better than MMX Pentium 300 MHz • Windows XP/2000/ME/98SE • Minimum 128 MB RAM • USB port • CD-ROM drive • 1024 x 768 monitor, 24-bit color (true color) Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. SAFETY INFORMATION • Before using the camera, please ensure that you read and understand the safety precautions described below. Always ensure that the camera is operated correctly.
GETTING STARTED FCC COMPLIANCE AND ADVISORY This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. this device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause unsatisfactory operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B peripheral, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
GETTING STARTED CAMERA COMPONENTS Front Microphone Rear Flash Ready LED AF LED Top 7
GETTING STARTED Bottom Battery/Memory Card door Side USING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES Attaching the Wrist Strap Attach the wrist strap as illustrated. Don’t swing the camera when carrying it by the wrist strap. Using the Soft Case Store the camera in the soft case when it is not in use.
GETTING STARTED OPERATING THE MULTI-CONTROLLER The multi-controller is used to set shooting mode, to move cursor when the camera Menu is shown, and to confirm the selection. Up Button • To enter Quick View mode. • To move the cursor up when MENU screen is shown. Right Button • To set Flash mode in Shooting Mode. • To move the cursor to right when MENU screen is shown • To enter submenu. Down Button • To set Continuous Shot in Shooting Mode. • To set Self-Timer in Shooting Mode and Video Mode.
PREPARING THE CAMERA PREPARING THE CAMERA INSTALLING THE BATTERIES Insert two (2) AA-size batteries (Alkaline or Ni-MH rechargeable). 1. Be sure that the camera power is off. 2. Slide the Battery/Memory Card door in the direction of the arrow, and lift it open. 3. Insert two AA batteries with the positive (+) and negative (-) poles matching the directions indicated inside the battery cover. 4. Close the Battery/Memory Card door.
PREPARING THE CAMERA INSTALLING AN SD CARD The digital camera is equipped with a 16 MB internal memory. If no SD card is inserted in the camera, all pictures/video clips recorded by the camera will be stored in the internal memory. When SD card is inserted in the camera, all pictures and video clips recorded by the camera will be stored on the SD card 1. Turn off the camera. 2. Slide the Battery/Memory Card door in the direction of the arrow to open the door. 3. Insert the SD card as shown in the diagram.
PREPARING THE CAMERA TURNING THE POWER ON / OFF Press the Power button and hold it until the LCD indicator begins flashing green. It takes about 1 second to power on the camera. To turn off the camera Press the Power button to turn off the camera. The camera might be powered off automatically after being idle for some time. The Auto-Off setting can be changed in Set-Up menu. SETTING THE CAMERA MODE Slide the camera mode switch to change the camera mode.
PREPARING THE CAMERA DATE STAMP The camera provides a Date Stamp that can be turned on or off freely. If you want to have Date and Time shown on the pictures, set the Date Stamp to ON mode. 1. Set the camera mode switch to Shooting Mode ( 2. Press the button. 3. Press the or ) to select Date Stamp then press the SET or button to enter its submenu. or 4. Press the to select On or Off. 5. Press the SET button to save the setting. button to close the menu window. 6.
PREPARING THE CAMERA This chart shows the options for each menu settings. Menu Items Selectable with the MENU Button Menu Item Shooting Mode REC Menu Setup Menu Review Mode Playback Menu Video Mode REC Menu Available Setting Scene Auto/Sport/Landscape/Portrait/Night Resolution 2592x1944, 2304 x1728, 1600x1200, 640x480 Quality Fine/ Normal/ Economy Exposure +2/+1.7/+1.3/+1.0/+0.7/+0.3/0.0/-0.3/-0.7/-1.0/-1.3/-1.7/-2.
BASIC FUNCTIONS BASIC FUNCTIONS SETTING THE LCD DISPLAY MODE Press the DISP button to turn the LCD on or off.
BASIC FUNCTIONS INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON THE LCD MONITOR The LCD can display below information.
BASIC FUNCTIONS USING THE ZOOM FEATURE The camera has a 3x optical zoom lens with an effective zoom range 5.9 mm to 17.17 mm (equivalent to 35 mm to 103 mm in 35 mm film format) as well as 4x digital zoom capability. Telephoto / Wide Angle 1. Press T to zoom in for a telephoto shot. 2. Press W to zoom out for a wide angle shot. USING THE DIGITAL ZOOM 1. Turn the LCD on by pressing the DISP button. 2. Press and hold the T button until the maximum optical is reached. The LCD will show “x1.
TAKING PICTURES/VIDEO CLIPS TAKING PICTURES BASIC STILL IMAGE SHOOTING 1. Set the camera mode switch to . 2. Frame the subject with the LCD or viewfinder. 3. Press the T or W button to zoom in or zoom out the subject. 4. Press the Shutter button halfway down to activate the auto-focus until AF LED stops blinking and the white AF Frame turned into green. • The shutter speed and aperture values will appear on the LCD monitor. 5. Press the Shutter button fully down to capture the image. 1.
TAKING PICTURES/VIDEO CLIPS button to select YES, and then press SET to confirm. 3. Press the button again to return to shooting mode. SETTING THE IMAGE QUALITY AND RESOLUTION You can change the image quality and resolution settings to suit the purpose of the image you are about to shoot. 1. Press the button. 2. Press the or 3. Press the button to select Resolution or Quality, then button. press the SET or or button to select the settings you wish to set then press the SET button. 4.
TAKING PICTURES/VIDEO CLIPS USING THE FLASH Use the flash according to the guidelines below The camera judges if a flash is required. If the environment is too Auto dark, the flash will fire. Red-eye The flash fires automatically as required by the lighting level, and the reduction, Auto flash pre-strobes before shooting to reduce red-eye phenomenon. Force On The flash always fires. Force Off The flash does not fire. 1. Press the button repeatedly to switch between flash modes.
TAKING PICTURES/VIDEO CLIPS 4. Press the or 5. Press the button to close the menu window. to select the settings you wish to set then press the SET button. Light Metering menu will not be shown if “Sport”, “Landscape”, “Portrait” or “ Night” scene is selected. MACRO MODE Use the macro mode to shoot close-up of subjects in the range of 10 cm to 50 cm (3.94 in. to 19.89 in.) 1. Press the DISP button to turn the LCD monitor on. 2. Set the scene to “Auto” mode. (P. 24) 3. Press the button.
TAKING PICTURES/VIDEO CLIPS TAKING CONTINUOUS PICTURES 1. Press the button until the Continuous Shooting icon ( ) is shown on the LCD. 2. Shoot the image. The camera will capture 3 continuous pictures in 1600x1200 or 640x480 resolution. If the resolution is set at 2592 x 1944 or 2304x1728, when continuous shooting is selected, the resolution will be changed to 1600x1200 automatically. until the continuous icon disappears.
TAKING PICTURES/VIDEO CLIPS 4. Shoot the image. ADJUSTING COLOR TONES ---SETTING THE WHITE BALANCE When the white balance mode is set to match the light source, the camera reproduces colors more accurately. Auto Settings are automatically set by the camera Day light For recording outdoors on a bright day Shade For recording under overcast, shady or twilight skies Tungsten For recording under tungsten lighting Fluorescent For recording under fluorescent lighting 1.
TAKING PICTURES/VIDEO CLIPS USING THE SCENE MODE The camera provides 4 preset scenes for you to get the best capture of specific scenes. 1. Press the button. 2. Press the or to select Scene then press the SET or or to select the setting you wish to set then press button. 3. Press the the SET button. Change of Scene setting will disable Macro mode. USING THE PHOTO EFFECT An image can be recorded in a different Photo Effect Mode. Sepia Records images in sepia tone.
TAKING PICTURES/VIDEO CLIPS TAKING VIDEO CLIPS The digital camera can shoot video clips with audio. ). 1. Set the camera mode switch to Video Mode ( • The LCD monitor displays the maximum recording time. 2. Press the shutter button all the way down to start record movie clip. 3. Press the shutter button again to stop recording. Otherwise the camera will keep recording until memory is full. Be careful not to touch the microphone while shooting. 1.
REPLAYING PHOTO & VIDEO CLIPS REPLAYING PHOTO & VIDEO CLIPS REPLAYING PICTURES/VIDEO CLIPS You can view the recorded images and video clips on the LCD monitor. 1. Set the camera mode switch to . • The last recorded image or video clip appears on the LCD monitor. 2. Press the button to move to the previous file and press the button to move to the next file. 3. When video clip icon is shown, press SET to start playing the video. Press SET again to pause or resume playing.
REPLAYING PHOTO & VIDEO CLIPS ERASING FILES FROM MEMORY Erase files that you don’t want to keep to make more memory space available. You can erase individual files or all files when the camera is in playback mode. Erasing files Individually 1. In the Review mode, press the or to find out the file to be deleted. 2. Press . 3. Press or to select YES or NO. 4. Press SET to confirm the choice. Note: Do not press SET repeatedly. Otherwise you may have other files deleted. 5.
REPLAYING PHOTO & VIDEO CLIPS PLAYING A SLIDE SHOW (AUTO PLAY) In slide show mode, all images can be displayed one-by-one in an automated slide show. 1. Set the camera to the Review 2. Press mode. button. to select SLIDE SHOW then press the SET or 3. Press the button. 4. Press the or to select OFF, 5 sec or 10 sec and then press SET. The slide show begins automatically, starting from the current display image. For Video clips, only the first frame will be shown. 5.
FILE NAMES & PRINTING FILE NAMES & PRINTING ABOUT FILE AND FOLDER NUMBERS Images or video clips are assigned file numbers from 0001 to 9999, and folders are assigned folder numbers from 100 to 999 9998 9999 9998 9999 9998 9999 998 9998 9999 999 Folder File Capacity Each folder usually contains up to 9999 images.
FILE NAMES & PRINTING 1. Press the 2. Press the button. to select the Setup. 3. Press the or to select File NO. Reset then press the SET or or to select On or Off and then press the SET button. 4. Press the button. 1. Setting the File No. Reset to OFF is useful for avoiding file name duplication when images are downloaded to a computer. 2. If the File No.
FILE NAMES & PRINTING PRINTING PICTURES DIRECTLY There are two ways to print the stored pictures without the help of computer: Printing Pictures by Using SD Card 1. Transfer the stored pictures from internal memory to SD card. (If necessary) (p. 28) 2. Set the printing order (p. 30). 3. Insert the SD card into the SD card slot of the direct printing compatible printer. 4. Refer to the instruction manual of the printer to print the pictures.
FILE NAMES & PRINTING 7. Press the or to select Print then press the button. 8. Press the or to select Custom then press the 9. Press the or to select Start then press the SET button. The button. images will be printed. Before proceeding to print, you can set paper size by pressing the or to select Custom, then press to enter custom submenu, and then select Size by pressing the 32 or again.
MAKING CONNECTIONS MAKING CONNECTIONS DOWNLOADING FILES TO A COMPUTER Download files taken with the camera to a computer in one of the following ways: 1. Directly from the SD card reader. 2. Connect the camera to a computer with the USB cable. Note for Win 98 SE users: You must install the camera driver bundled on the Software Installation CD-ROM before connecting the camera to the computer. Downloading Directly from an SD Card 1.
MAKING CONNECTIONS Downloading Pictures with a USB Cable Note for Win 98 SE users: You must install the camera driver bundled on the Digital Camera software installation CD-ROM before connecting the camera to the computer. Connect the supplied USB interface cable to the computer’s USB port and the camera’s DIGITAL terminal. 1. You do not need to turn off the computer or camera when making this connection. 2. Please refer to your computer manual for information regarding the location of the USB port.
MAKING CONNECTIONS Downloading files 1. Double-click on My Computer. 2. For WINDOWS 98 SE/2000/ME: Double-click “Removable Disk”. For WINDOWS XP: Double-click “Internal”. 3. Double-click “DCIM”. 4. Double-click the folder that contains the desired files. • The file names of the pictures (JPG) and video clips (MPEG4) stored in the memory card will be displayed. 5. Drag or copy the files onto your computer.
INSTALLING SOFTWARE INSTALLING SOFTWARE The functions of the software that were bundled with the supplied CD-ROM are listed as below: Camera Driver Ulead Photo Explorer 8.0 SE Ulead VideoStudio 7 SE Enable Win 98 SE users to download files from the camera to a computer. Enable Windows 98 SE/2000/ME/XP users to view the pictures and or video clips recorded with the camera, and to edit or manage pictures.
INSTALLING SOFTWARE Computer and find the CD-ROM drive, then double-it. 2. Click Drivers on the model selection screen. Choose a language from the menu and click OK. The “InstallShield Wizard” screen appears. Note: The computer may remind you to disconnect the camera with the computer and to prepare the system CD, please click OK to continue the installation. 3. Click Next. The USB driver installation starts. When the installation is completed, the screen informs you of completion. 4.
INSTALLING SOFTWARE 2. Click Ulead Photo Explorer 8 SE Basic on the model selection screen. (Fig. 1.1) Choose a language from the menu and click Next. (Fig. 1.2) Fig. 1.3 Fig. 1.4 3. When the welcome window appears, click Next to continue with the installation. (Fig. 1.3) 4. When the Software License Agreement window appears, click Yes to accept the license and to continue. If you disagree with the terms of the license, click No to exit the installation. (Fig. 1.4) 5.
INSTALLING SOFTWARE 10.When the Setup Options window appears, Click Next to continue. (Fig. 2.0) Fig. 1.9 Fig. 2.0 11. Now the installation starts. Please wait while the installing is in process. (Fig. 2.1) 12.When the File association window appears, select the option you want and then click Next to continue. (Fig. 2.2) Fig. 2.1 Fig. 2.2 13.When installation is completed, Click Finish and restart your computer.
INSTALLING SOFTWARE USING THE ULEAD PHOTO EXPLORER 8 SE BASIC - FOR WINDOWS 98SE/2000/ ME/XP Photo Explorer is a handy Web-enabled program for quickly viewing any multimedia file (such as image, animated GIF, video, or sound) in your computer. Operating very much like the Windows Explorer, Photo Explorer displays all your folders and files in a tree-like structure. Selecting a folder from this tree structure displays the image and graphics files in visual thumbnails.
INSTALLING SOFTWARE INSTALLING OTHER UTINITIES The utilities include QuickTime, Indeo, Windows media format, Microsoft DirectX and Acrobat reader. The former three software can be used to play video clips in MOV format, in ASF format, in Indeo format or in Windows media video format. Acrobat Reader is used to read the PDF format documents. 1. Click Utilities on the splash screen, the names of the software are shown. 2.
APPENDIX APPENDIX TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Cause Solution Battery is inserted in the wrong direction Reload battery in the correct direction. Batteries are dead Replace or recharge batteries The battery compartment door is open Make sure the battery compartment door is securely closed. The flash is charging Wait for the flash to charge. Memory is full Insert a new SD card SD card is not formatted correctly The card may be defective, use a new card.
APPENDIX SPECIFICATIONS Sensor 5.36 Mega Pixels CCD Size : 1/2.5 inch Lens Focal length: f 5.9 ~ f 17.17 mm, 3× zoom lens View Finder Optical with real image Color LCD Display 2” TFT LCD Panel Focus Range Normal Mode: 50 cm (1.64 ft.) ~ infinity, Macro Wide Mode: 10 cm ~ 50 (cm) (0.33 ft - 1.64 ft.) Macro Tele Mode: 30 cm ~ 50 cm (0.98 ft - 1.64 ft.) ISO/ASA Sensitivity 70 Still Image Resolution 2592 × 1944, 2304 × 1728, 1600 × 1200, 640 × 480 Video Resolution MPEG4 , (320 X 240, max.
APPENDIX GETTING HELP Troubleshooting Section in this User’s Guide Please refer to the Troubleshooting section (p.42) first, as it contains some of the most common problems that users encounter. Website Customer Support/FAQ For problems that are not listed in the Troubleshooting section, please visit our customer support website at www.concord-camera.com to view the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) by clicking the appropriate camera model picture in the “Camera Support” Section.
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