Argus Camera DC3650 User Manual

User's Manual

SYSTEM REQUIREMETS WINDOWS

• for USB –Windows 98/98 SE/2000 prof./Me

• 32 MB RAM

•110MB free memory capacity

• VGA colour monitor

• CD ROM drive

• USB

SYSTEM REQUIREMETS

IMac,iBook,G3 blue&white series,G4 series

• MacOS 8.6/9/9.0.2/if possible 9.0.4

• 32MB RAM or higher

•110MB free memory capacity

• VGA colour monitor

• CD ROM drive

• USB

Thank you for purchasing the Argus DC3650.

Please take the time to read through this instruction manual so you can enjoy all its features.

This mark on your camera certifies that this camera meets the requirements of the EU (European Union) concerning interference causing equipment regulations. CE stands for Conformité Européenne (European Conformity).

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 recieved, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Do not remove the ferrite cores form the cables.

FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE

Digital Camera

DC3650 Tested To Comply With FCC Standards

Read and understand all warnings and cautions before using this product.

Batteries may become hot or explode due to improper use.

• Use only the batteries specified in this instruction manual.

• Do not install the batteries with the polarity (+/-) reversed.

• Do not subject batteries to fire or high temperatures.

• Do not attempt to recharge, short, or disassemble.

• Do not mix batteries of different types, brands, or ages.

• Follow local regulations for battery disposal. Use caution, accidents may occur when using this product near young chil-dren.Keep batteries or

things that could be swallowed away from young children.Contact a doctor immediately if an object is swallowed.Immediately remove the batteries and discontinue use if...

• the camera is dropped or subjected to an impact in which the interior is exposed.

• the product emits a strange smell, heat, or smoke.

Do not walk while looking at the monitor. Do not disassemble. Electric shock may occur if a high voltage circuit inside the camera is touched. Take your camera to a Argus Service Facility when repairs are required.

WARNING

CAUTION

The heat of the camera rises with extended periods of use. Use caution when handling the camera or

removing the batteries and compact flash card.

FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Check the packing list before you begin. If some parts are missing, contact your

camera dealer or a Argus Service Facility listed on the back cover of this manual.

• Argus DC3650 ZOOM camera (x 1)

• AA-size Alkaline Batteries (x 4)

• Video Cable (x 1)

• Hand Strap (x 1)

• Camera Case (x 1)

• USB Cable (x 1)

• 8MB CompactFlash Card (x 1)

• Software and Documentation on CD-ROM:

USB Driver Software for Windows ® 98/Windows ® 98 SE / Windows ® 2000 / Windows ®XP

and Mac OS 8.6 / 9 / 9.0.2 / 9.0.4

Instruction Manual (PDF) Windows ® /Macintosh

Adobe Photoshop 5.0 LE

• Documentation (Printed)

Warranty Card (x 1)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

BEFORE YOU BEGIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

NAMES OF PARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

CAMERA BODY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

INSIDE THE TERMINAL COVER . . . . . . . . . . .12

BOTTOM OF BODY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

DATA PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

VIEWFINDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

QUICK REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

TAKING PICTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

MONITORING THE CAPTURED IMAGES . . . . . .18

DELETING IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

PREPARATION

ATTACHING THE HAND STRAP . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

INSERTING THE BATTERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

CHECKING THE BATTERY POWER . . . . . . . .25

AUTO POWER OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

USING THE DC

ADAPTER (Sold Separately) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

INSERTING/REMOVING THE COMPACT FLASH (CF)

CARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

INSERTING THE CF CARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

REMOVING THE CF CARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

TAKING PICTURES

BASIC RECORDING PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . .31

THE RECORDING MODE DISPLAY ON THE LCD

MONITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

THE DISPLAY OF THE CAMERA SETTINGS . . . . .34

ADJUSTING THE FOCUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

FOCUS LAMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

FOCUS DISTANCE IN THE AUTOFOCUS MODE

(Minimum Focus Distance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE SUBJECT THAT IS DIFFICULT TO FOCUS

IN THE AUTOFOCUS MODE . . . . . . . . . . . .36

WHEN THE SUBJECT IS NOT IN THE CENTER OF

THE FRAME

(Focus Lock Function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

ADJUSTING THE FOCUS MANUALLY

(Manual Focus Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

FLASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Flash Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..40

SELECTING THE FLASH MODE . . . . . . . . . . .41

Flash Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

ADVANCED OPERATIONS

BURST IMAGE CAPTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

SELF-TIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

DIGITAL ZOOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

CLOSE-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

EXPOSURE COMPENSATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE LCD MONI-

TOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

SPECIFYING THE RECORDING MODE

SPECIFYING THE RECORDING MODE . . . . . . . .59

THE RECORDING

MODE MENU DISPLAY (LCD Monitor) . . . . .59

THE RECORDING MODE MENU ITEMS . . . .59

SPECIFYING THE IMAGE QUALITY MODE . . . . .63

SPECIFYING THE IMAGE SIZE MODE . . . . . . . .65

SPECIFYING THE WHITE BALANCE MODE . . . ..68

SPECIFYING THE SHARPNESS MODE . . . . . . . .70

RESETING TO THE RECORDING MODE DEFAULT SETTINGS

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

PLAYBACK MODE

SINGLE-FRAME PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

THE PLAYBACK MODE DISPLAY

ON THE LCD MONITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

THE IMAGE INFORMATION DISPLAY

IN THE PLAYBACK MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

INDEX PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

ZOOM PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

TABLE OF CONTENTS - CONT'D

THE PLAYBACK MODE MENU ITEMS AND EACH

SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

SPECIFYING THE PRINT SETTINGS WITH THE DPOF

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

SPECIFYING THE IMAGE AND THE

NUMBER TO BE PRINTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

FOLDER NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

GIVE FOLDER A NEW NAME . . . . . . . . . . .109

On DCF (Design rule for Camera File system)

SETUP

THE SETUP MODE MENU DISPLAY . . . . . . . . .111

THE SETUP MODE MENU DISPLAY . . . . . . .111

SPECIFYING THE TIME FOR THE AUTO POWER

OFF FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

FORMATTING THE CF CARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

SETTING THE DATE / TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

SETTING THE BEEP SOUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

SWITCHING THE VIDEO SIGNAL

SLIDE SHOW

TO START THE SLIDE SHOW . . . . . . . . . . . .82

TO STOP THE SLIDE SHOW . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

THE SETTING IN THE SLIDE SHOW MODE MENU

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

DELETING IMAGES

DELETING SELECTED IMAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

DELETING ALL

IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

DELETING

DELETING FOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

LCD

ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE LCD MONI-

TOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

SPECIFYING THE PLAYBACK MODE

THE PLAYBACK MODE MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

THE PLAYBACK MODE MENU

(LCD Monitor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

TABLE OF CONTENTS - CONT'D

FROM THE VIDEO OUTPUT TERMINAL . . . .122

SWITCHING THE LANGUAGE

DISPLAYED ON THE LCD MONITOR . . . . . . . .124

RESETTING TO THE

DEFAULT SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

CONNECTING TO THE PERSONAL COMPUER CONNECTING TO THE PERSONAL

COMPUTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

CAUTIONS WHEN CONNECTING TO THE PERSON-

AL COMPUTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

INSTALLING Adobe PhotoDeluxe . . . . . . . . . .132

APPENDIX

WATCHING THE CAPTURED

IMAGES ON TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

NOTES ON THE HANDLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

CARE AND STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

TECHNICAL DETAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

NAMES OF PARTS

CAMERA BODY

* Do not touch.

NAMES OF PARTS

NAMES OF PARTS - CONT'D

INSIDE THE TERMINAL COVER

BOTTOM OF BOD

USB connector

Video-out terminal

DC terminal

Battery-chamber door

Tripod socket

NAMES OF PARTS - CONT'D

* Refer to the number of recordable remaining frame as a guide.

The number changes depending on the scene or subject you record.

DATA PANEL

The following diagram shows all items displayed to aid the explanation.

Battery-condition indicator

Self-timer indicator

Number display of recordable remaining frame/

No-card indicator

Image-size indicators

Flash-mode indicators

NAMES OF PARTS - CONT'D

Close-framing guide

When you shoot a subject which is closer than 1m through the viewfinder, only the part under the

close-framing guide is recorded. So, use the LCD monitor to check the image composition when you

shoot a subject which is closer than 1m.

VIEWFINDER

Focus Iamp

(green)

Flash Iamp

(orange)

Close-framing guide

NAMES OF PARTS - CONT'D

Focus Lamp (Green)

Lights.

The focus is determined and locked.

Blinks quickly (about 8 times in a second).

The focus is not determined. (The subject contrast is too low, the subject is too dark or too close. Or the subject is too far in the close up mode.)

Blinks slowly (about 2 times in a second).

The image is being recorded in the CF (Compact Flash) card. The camera reads out the image from the CF card.

Focus Area (as a Guide)

Flash Lamp (Orange)

In the autofocus mode,

the focus is adjusted at

the gray part as shown

in the figure.

Lights.

The flash ready for fires.

Blinks quickly when the shutter-release button is pressed all-the-way down (about 8 times in a second).

(When the flash function is cancelled) Blinks slowly (about 2 times in a second).

The flash is being charged. The shutter-release button is not released.

The shutter speed becomes slow. Taking a picture in this mode may cause an image blurred.

QUICK REFERENCES

GETTING STARTED

TAKING PICTURES – See page 31 for details.

Insert the batteries (see page 23).

Insert the CF card (see page 27).

Rotate the function dial to .

Slide the power switch to turn on the camera.

QUICK REFERENCES - CONT'D

Determine the image composition while looking into LCD

monitor or viewfinder.

Press the shutter-release button part-way down.

• When the image is focused, the focus lamp (green) lights up.

Adjust the image range and size with the four-way keys

( / ).

• When the key is pressed, the image size becomes tele.

• When the key is pressed, the image range becomes wide.

Press the shutter-release button all-the-way down to take the picture.

• The captured image is displayed on the LCD monitor.

• While the captured image is recorded in the CF card, the focus lamp (green) blinks slowly (about 2 times in a second).

QUICK REFERENCES - CONT'D

MONITORING THE CAPTURED IMAGES – See page 77 for details.

Rotate the function dial to .

Slide the power switch to turn on the camera.

• The latest image (which was recorded last) is displayed on the LCD monitor.

When the or key is pressed, the image changes to the

next or previous one respectively.

After confirming that [DELETE IMAGE] is highlighted, press

the key.

QUICK REFERENCES - CONT'D

DELETING IMAGES – See page 88 for details.

Display the image to be deleted on the LCD monitor by per-

forming from steps 11to 33of "MONITORING THE CAP-

TURED IMAGES" described on the previous page.

Press the MENU button.

• The playback mode menu is displayed on the LCD monitor.

Continued on Next Page

After confirming the selection is highlighted, press the

ENTER button.

To complete the operation of deleting an image, after con-

firming that [NO] is highlighted in the display to confirm,

press the key.

• The LCD monitor display returns to the playback mode menu.

Press the key so that [YES] is highlighted and press

the key.

• The image displayed on the LCD monitor in step 1 is deleted.

• The image to be deleted is displayed on the LCD monitor and the display to

conform whether you delete the image or not appears as shown in the figure.

QUICK REFERENCES - CONT'D

Press the MENU button.

• The LCD monitor display returns to the playback mode.

PREPARATION

ATTACHING THE HAND STRAP

Insert the smaller loop of the hand strap through the strap

eyelet.

Insert the other end of the hand strap through the small

loop.

INSERTING THE BATTERIES

This camera uses four AA-size alkaline or Ni-MH batteries.

* When using AA-size Ni-MH batteries, fully recharge them with a vendor-endorsed battery charger.

When replacing the batteries, slide the power switch to turn

off the camera.

• You may skip this step when inserting the batteries for the first time after a

purchase.

Slide the battery-chamber door slightly in the 1 direction

and open it in the 2 direction.

Insert the batteries by following the +/- diagram indicated in

front of the battery-chamber door.

INSERTING THE BATTERIES - CONT'D

Close the battery-chamber door in the direction of the arrow

1 and slide it until it clicks 2 .

• After replacing the batteries, check that the built-in clock (date and time) works correctly (See page

119).

If neither DC adapter nor batteries are used more than 5 minutes, the built-in clock may delay or be

reset to the default setting. In this case, set the date and time again by following the procedure

described on page 119.

• Do not place the camera with the battery-chamber door facing down when the battery-chamber

door is open. Doing so may damage the battery-chamber door.

• As the batteries become hot right after the camera is operated, be careful when replacing the bat-

teries.

INSERTING THE BATTERIES - CONT'D

CHECKING THE BATTERY POWER

When the batteries are installed in the camera, the camera checks the battery power automatically

and shows the result on the data panel.

Lights - Prepare the new batteries. Even in this status, the recording

or playback can be performed.

All indicators go out and after that, blinks for 5 seconds and then, all indica tors go out again.

- Perform the following either operation.

• Replace all batteries with new ones.

• Remove all batteries and use the DC adapter (sold separately ) (see page 26).

Taking a picture or playing back cannot be excuted.

lights - The battery power is sufficient.

* When nothing is displayed on the data panel, check that the batteries are installed with a correct

polarity (+/-). When nothing is displayed even though the batteries are installed correctly, replace

the batteries with new ones.

INSERTING THE BATTERIES - CONT'D

AUTO POWER OFF

To save the battery power, This camera will turned off automatically if it is not operated more than 3 minutes. (Auto Power Off function) To operate the camera, slide the power switch to turn on the camera again.

• When using the batteries, the time for the auto power off function can be changed to a minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes or 30 minutes. See page 115 for details.

• When using the DC adapter (sold separately), this camera will turn off automatically if it is not operated more than 30 minutes. The time for the auto power off function is fixed in 30 minutes.

USING THE DC ADAPTER (Sold Separately)

We recommend you to use the AC adapter (sold separately) when using the camera indoor where the AC outlet supplies the power to the camera or when connecting the camera to the personal computer for editing the images.

Be sure to turn off the power of the camera when changing the power supply from the batteries to the

DC adapter or vice versa. Do not change it when the power of the camera is turned on.

Connect the mini plug of the DC adapter to the DC terminal

of the camera.

• The Shape of the mini plug may vary depending on the DC adapter.

Connect the power plug of the DC adapter to an AC outlet.

INSERTING/REMOVING THE COMPACT FLASH(CF) CARD

Be sure to turn off the power of the camera when inserting or removing the CF card into or from

the camera. Otherwise, the data in the card may be lost or the card may be damaged.

If you insert or remove the CF card when the camera is turned on, re-format the CF card after trans-

ferring the data from the card to your computer if the data is safe.

INSERTING THE CF CARD

Open the card-slot door as shown in the figure.

Insert the CF card into the card slot.

• Position the flat edge side of the card towards the camera lens and insert the card with the signal part facing down until the card stops.

• Insert the card straight. Do not insert it on the angle.

• If the card stops halfway, check the direction of the card. Forcing the card into the slot may damage the card or the camera.

Fold the card-release lever down as shown in the figure.

• Be sure to fold the lever. Otherwise, the card-slot door cannot be closed.

Close the card-slot door until it clicks.

Confirm that the power of the camera is turned off.

Open the card-slot door as shown in the figure.

REMOVING THE CF CARD

INSERTING/REMOVING THE COMPACT FLASH(CF) CARD

Lift the card-release lever up as shown in the figure.

4 Push in the card-release lever straight.

• As the CF card ejects slightly from the camera, pull out the card.

• Be careful with the card because it may be hot.

• Keep the CF card in the protection bag supplied with the card.

Close the card-slot door until it clicks.

TAKING PICTURES

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