Epson 3000z User Manual

Quick Reference Guide

This book provides a quick reference to using your
camera. It covers the camera’s basic features and includes
helpful tips for taking pictures in various locations.

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Contents

Installing Batteries 1

Camera Dial Settings 3

Status Display Panel 4

Formatting Your CompactFlash Memory Card 6

Removing a CompactFlash Memory Card 7

Installing a CompactFlash Memory Card 8

Taking Pictures 10

Taking Pictures With the Viewfinder 11

Taking Pictures With the LCD Screen 13

Playing Back Pictures 16

Deleting Pictures 17

Capturing Video Clips 18

Playing Back Video Clips 20

Deleting Video Clips 21

Tips for Getting Great Pictures From Your Camera 21

Using the LCD Setup and View Screens

Installing Batteries

Your camera includes a battery charger and a set of new,
uncharged batteries. See your User’s Guide for battery
charging and safety instructions, then follow these steps
to install the charged batteries:

1

Hold the camera upside-down.

2

Press and hold the battery cover lock down and slide
the cover out to open it.

battery cover
lock

1

3

Insert four batteries into the compartment,

positioning the + and − ends as shown below.

4

Lower the battery cover and slide it in.

2

Camera Dial Settings

To turn on the camera, remove the
lens cap, then press the
button in the center of the dial.
(Press it again to turn the camera
off.)

The following table describes camera dial settings.

Use for video clips to capture motion, for interval mode
to photograph scenes that change over time, and for
continuous shooting mode to capture pictures in rapid
succession.

Take pictures using the LCD screen. You can use the
LCD screen to take panoramic, macro, and digital zoom
pictures.

Take pictures using the viewfinder. This setting uses
less battery power than taking pictures with the LCD
screen.

Play back or delete your photos, sounds, and video
clips, or lock and unlock photos.

Connect your camera to your computer to download or
upload photos, sounds, and video clips. Also use it to
create DPOF files with the PrintMark program. See
your User’s Guide.

POWER

Set up or view camera information and settings.

3

Status Display Panel

These settings appear on the status display panel on the
top of the camera:

image quality

sensitivity

white
balance

low battery
icon

monochrome
indicator

exposure

Status Display Panel Settings

Image Quality Settings

Standard

480 pixels)

×

(640

Fine
(2048

1536 pixels)

×

Super Fine
(2048

1536 pixels)

×

™

HyPict
(2544 × 1904 pixels)

Uncompressed Tiff*

1536 pixels)

(2048

×

flash

timer

pictures
remaining

Flash Setttings

Automatic

Forced Flash

Flash Off

Slow Synchronized**

Red-eye Reduction

4

Status Display Panel Settings (Continued)

Low Battery Icon

Indicates that the camera
batteries are low.

Sensitivity Settings**

Standard (ISO 100)

High (ISO 200)

Super High
(ISO 400)

Exposure Settings**

Changes the automatic
exposure setting from −2.0 to
+2.0 EV in increments of 0.5 in
Program mode and 0.2 in
Manual mode.

Pictures Remaining

Displays the number of pictures you can still take. This number
varies depending on your image quality setting.

* The Uncompressed Tiff setting must be enabled in the Shot

Setup menu. See your User’s Guide for details.

** These settings are only available in the Program and Manual

user modes. See "Using the LCD Setup and View Screens"
for instructions on changing the user mode.

*** The monochrome setting must be enabled in the SETUP menu.

See your User’s Guide for details.

Monochrome Indicator***

Indicates that the camera is set
to monochrome (black and
white) mode.

White Balance Settings**

AUTO Adjusts white

balance automatically.

FIX Locks white balance

at 5200°K.

CUST Lets you customize

white balance.

Tim er

If the timer icon appears, the
timer is on.

5

Formatting Your CompactFlash Memory Card

To take photos, a CompactFlash™ memory card must be
in your camera and formatted. Your camera comes with a
preinstalled 16MB memory card that you must format
before you take pictures. Follow these steps:

1

Press down the
camera and turn the camera dial to

2

If you haven’t set the clock
yet, you see the clock setting
screen with the year
highlighted in red.

3

Press the buttons next to the up, down, right, and
left arrows to change the date and time settings. (For
detailed instructions, see your User’s Guide.)

4

When you’re finished, press the button under
You see the SETUP menu.

5

Press the button under

Memory SETUP

Memory Card Format
menu appears:

POWER

. The

button to turn on the

.

BACK

.

6