Hewlett-Packard 430 User Guide

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1:

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Camera parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Attaching the wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Installing the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Installing a memory card (optional) . . . . . . . . . . 15

Turning on power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Restoring previous settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Choosing the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installing the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Understanding the status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Chapter 2:

Taking pictures and recording video clips . . . .21

Taking still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Recording video clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using live view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using digital zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Using the flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Recording audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Changing capture modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using self-timer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Advanced capture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Changing the image quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

EV compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

White balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

ISO speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Chapter 3:

Reviewing images and video clips . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Using the playback menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Viewing thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Rotating images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Deleting images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Recording and deleting audio clips . . . . . . . . . .41

Magnifying images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Chapter 4:

Using hp instant share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using the share menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Using hp instant share to

print photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Using hp instant share to send images

to destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Adding destinations to the share menu

on the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Selecting hp instant share destinations

for images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

How hp instant share e-mails images . . . . .50

Chapter 5: Unloading, printing, and displaying images . . 51

Unloading to a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Printing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Displaying images on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Chapter 6:

Using the setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Camera sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Date & time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

USB configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

TV configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

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Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Move images to card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Chapter 7:

Troubleshooting and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Problems and solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Error messages on the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Error messages on the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Getting assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

HP accessibility website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

HP photosmart website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Support process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Phone support in the United States . . . . . . . . . . 83

Phone support in Europe, the Middle East,

and Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Other phone support worldwide . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Appendix A:

Batteries and camera accessories . . . . . . . . . . .89

Managing batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Rechargeable batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Extending battery life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Power conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Purchasing camera accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Appendix B:

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

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Chapter 1: Getting started

Congratulations on your purchase of this digital camera! This camera has many features to enhance your picture-taking

experience, including HP Instant Share capability, manual and automatic controls, on-camera Help, and an optional camera dock.

With HP Instant Share, you can easily select pictures on your camera to print or e-mail automatically the next time you connect the camera to your computer or printer. Your friends and family can easily receive and view your pictures in e-mail without being burdened by large file attachments. Or you can use the direct printing capability to any HP Photosmart printer or other select HP printer without ever connecting to your computer. What a great way to keep others close as you capture precious memories!

To further enhance your experience, you may purchase an HP Photosmart 8886 camera dock. The camera dock allows you to easily download images to a computer, send images to a printer or television, and recharge the camera batteries. It also provides a convenient home for your camera.

NOTE A dock insert is included in your

camera box. Please do not discard it, because it enables your camera to use the HP 8886 camera dock. See the manual that comes with the camera dock for instructions on how to attach the dock insert to the camera dock.

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Chapter 1: Getting started 9

Camera parts

NOTE Refer to the pages in parentheses after the part names

for more information about those parts.

# Name Description 1 Optical

Viewfinder (page 21)

2Viewfinder light

Zoom Out

and Zoom In lever (page 24)

4 Wrist strap mount

(page 14)

5Memory/USB

light (page 16)

Allows you to frame the subject of the picture or video clip

z Solid red—camera is recording video z Blinking red—Self-Timer is counting

down, the flash is charging, image is being processed, or there is an error (see Image Display for message)

Controls digital zoom.

Allows you to attach a wrist strap

z Solid green—Camera is on or USB is

connected

z Blinking green—camera is either:

starting up, charging the battery, sending/receiving USB, or reading from or writing to the memory card

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# Name Description 6

arrow buttons and

OK button

(page 29, 37)

7Image Display

(page 23, 35)

z —allows you to move through

menus and images on the Image Display

z OK—allows you to display the Capture,

Playback, and Setup menus and to select

menu options

Allows you to frame pictures and video clips using Live View and review them afterward in Playback, and to view all the menus

button (page 43)

Playback

button (page 35)

Live View

button (page 23)

11 Power adapter

connector

Turns the Share menu on and off on the Image Display

Turns Playback on and off on the Image Display

Turns Live View on and off on the Image Display

Provides connection for optional HP C8912 AC power adapter

(page 93)

12 USB connector

(pages 51, 53)

13 TV connector

(page 55)

Provides connection for USB cable to a computer or printer

Provides connection for optional Audio/ Video cable to a TV

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3.1

# Name Description 1Video/Self-Timer

light

z Solid red—camera is recording video z Blinking red—Self-Timer is activated

(page 22, 28)

2Flash

(page 25)

3 Lens cover/

power switch

Provides additional light to improve picture-taking

Protects the camera lens from dust, and turns the camera on and off

(page 16)

4Microphone

Records audio clips

(pages 26, 41)

5 Tripod mount Allows you to mount the camera to

a tripod

6 Camera dock

connector

Provides connection to the optional HP 8886 camera dock

(page 93)

7Battery/memory

card door

Allows access to insert and remove the batteries and memory card

(page 14)

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# Name Description

1 Shutter button

(page 21)

Video

button (page 22)

Mode

button (page 27)

Flash button

(page 25)

Takes a picture. Push all the way down to take picture. Hold down after picture is taken to record audio.

Records a video clip; press once to start and press again to stop

Changes the capture mode to Self-Timer,

Action, or Normal settings.

Selects the flash setting

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Setup

Attaching the wrist strap

Attach the wrist strap to the wrist strap mount on the side of the camera as shown.

Installing the batteries

1 Open the battery/memory card door

on the side of the camera.

2 Insert the batteries as indicated inside

the door.

3 Close the battery/memory card door.

NOTE For more information about the

best types of batteries to use, see

Managing batteries on page 89.

NOTE If you have rechargeable

batteries, you can use the optional HP Photosmart 8886 camera dock or the optional HP AC power adapter to recharge the batteries while they are in the camera. For more information about these optional accessories, see Purchasing camera accessories on page 93.

3.1

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Installing a memory card (optional)

Your camera contains 16 MB of internal memory that allows you to store images and video clips in your camera. However, you can also use an optional memory card (purchased separately) instead to store images and video clips. For information on the memory cards that are supported with your camera, see Purchasing camera accessories on page 93.

NOTE If a memory card is installed in the camera, all new

images and video clips will be stored only on the memory card. The camera’s internal memory is not used when a memory card is installed in the camera.

1 Turn the camera off, then

with the camera turned upside down, open the battery/memory card door on the side of the camera.

2 Insert the memory card,

making sure that it clicks into place.

3 Close the battery/memory card door.

To remove a memory card, turn the camera off and open the memory card door, then push the memory card in and it will spring outward from the slot.

3.1

Chapter 1: Getting started 15

Turning on power

Turn the camera on by sliding the lens cover/power switch open so that the camera lens is exposed. The Memory/USB light will blink while the camera is turning on, and the Image Display will turn on to Live View mode when the camera is ready to use.

Restoring previous settings

When you change settings in the camera, some of them remain set and some return to their default value when the camera is turned off. For a complete list of which settings do what, see

Remembered and default camera settings on page 97.

If you want to turn the camera on with all of the settings that were in effect when the camera was last turned off, hold down the OK button when you turn on the camera

Choosing the language

The first time you turn the camera on, the following screen appears and prompts you to choose a language.

1 Scroll to the language that you

want by using the buttons.

2 Press the OK button to select the

highlighted language.

NOTE If you need to go back and

change this setting later, you can do this in the Setup menu. See Chapter 6: Using the setup menu on page 57.

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Setting the date and time

The camera has a clock that records the date and time at which you take each picture. This time stamp does not appear in the image itself, but is recorded in the image properties, which you can see when viewing the image on the computer.

The first time you turn the camera on, the following screen appears after you choose the language.

1 Press the OK button repeatedly

until the preferred date format appears, and then press the button to highlight the date.

2 Press OK to select the first value,

and then use the buttons to change it. Press OK to confirm. Set the remaining values in the same way (M = Month, D = Day, Y = Year).

3 Press the button to highlight the time format, and then

press OK if you want to change it.

4 Press the button to highlight the time. Set the time values

in the same way you set the date values in step 2.

5 When finished setting the date and time, press the

button to highlight Exit, and then press OK.

NOTE If you need to go back and change this setting later,

you can do this in the Setup menu. See Chapter 6: Using

the setup menu on page 57.

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Installing the software

The camera software allows you to unload images from the camera, view them, print them, and e-mail them. It also allows you to configure the Share menu on the camera.

See Chapter 4: Using hp instant share on page 43 for information about configuring the Share menu on the camera, and Chapter 5: Unloading, printing, and displaying images on page 51 for information about connecting the camera to a computer or printer.

NOTE A copy of this User’s Manual is located on the

HP Photo & Imaging software CD. Look in the

\docs\Readme file on the CD to see where the manual in

your language is located.

Windows

NOTE For the HP Instant Share component of the HP Photo &

Imaging software to function properly on your Windows computer, you must have installed at least Internet Explorer

5.01 on Windows 2000 or XP, or Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 2 on Windows 98, 98 SE, or Me.

1 Close all programs and temporarily disable any virus

protection software running on your computer.

2 Insert the HP Photo & Imaging software CD into the CD

drive of your computer. The installation window automatically appears.

NOTE If the installation window does not appear, click Start,

and then click Run. Type X:\Setup.exe, where X is the letter of your CD drive.

3 Click Next, and then follow the on-screen instructions to

install the software.

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Your Windows CD may also include bonus software from other manufacturers. To install any bonus software:

1 Click Start, click Run, and in the Open box, type

X:\Bonus\setup.exe (where X is the letter of your CD drive).

2 Click OK, and then follow the on-screen instructions to

install the bonus software.

Macintosh

1 Close all programs and temporarily disable any virus

protection software running on your computer.

2 Insert the HP Photo & Imaging software CD into the CD

drive of your computer.

3 Double-click the CD icon on the computer desktop. 4 Double-click the installer icon, and then follow the on-screen

instructions to install the software.

NOTE Before you can unload images from the camera to a

Macintosh computer, you must first change the USB

Configuration setting to Disk Drive in the Setup menu on

the camera. See Chapter 6: Using the setup menu on page 57, and then see USB configuration on page 59.

Your Macintosh CD may also include bonus software from other manufacturers. To install any bonus software:

1 Double-click the Bonus folder icon. 2 Double-click the installer icon for the bonus software. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software.

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Understanding the status screen

The status screen appears for several seconds any time you press the Flash button or the Mode button. See Using

the flash on page 25 and Changing capture modes on

page 27.

The main part of the status screen shows the current Image Quality setting, pictures remaining, battery level (or AC adapter), flash setting, and the current capture mode setting (Self-Timer, Action, or Normal).

Here is the list of icons you might see on the status screen and what they mean.

Icon Indicates

Image quality selection

Auto flash is active

Red-eye Reduction Flash is active

Flash On is active

Flash Off is active

Night flash setting is active

Number of still images remaining

AC adapter is providing power

Battery level

Action mode is active

Self timer setting is active

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Chapter 2: Taking pictures and recording video clips

Taking still pictures

You can take a picture almost any time the camera is on, regardless of what is being shown on the Image Display.

1 Frame the subject for your

picture in the viewfinder.

2 Press the Shutter button all the

way down to take the picture. The captured image appears for several seconds on the Image Display for instant review. During this time, the image is saved to memory, unless you choose to delete it by pressing the OK button.

In Step 2 above, the Viewfinder light may start blinking. For an explanation of this, see the description for the Viewfinder light on page 10.

NOTE The Memory/USB light will blink while the camera is

saving pictures to internal memory or the memory card, and the camera may not respond to button presses during this time. Do not remove the memory card while this light is blinking, because it might corrupt the card.

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Recording video clips

1 Frame the subject for your

video in the viewfinder.

2 Press and release the Video

button to start recording video. Both the red viewfinder light and the Video/Self-Timer light will turn on solid. A video icon and a Time Remaining counter appear at the top of the Image Display.

NOTE If you have the Self-Timer mode on (see Using self-timer

mode on page 28), the camera will start recording 10

seconds after you press the button.

3 To stop recording, press the button again.

The length of a video clip is limited only by the amount of available memory. The camera calculates the time remaining (mm:ss) counter based on the amount of available memory (internal or memory card). The video ends when time remaining reaches zero or the button is pressed again.

After recording has stopped, the last frame of the video clip remains on the Image Display for instant review. During this time, the video clip is saved to memory unless you choose to delete it by pressing the OK button.

NOTE Audio is automatically recorded with video clips.

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Using live view

You can use the Image Display as a viewfinder to see a more accurate view of what your picture or video will look like. This is useful for close-up pictures and for instances in which framing your subject precisely is important.

NOTE Using Live View consumes a lot of battery power. To

preserve batteries, use the viewfinder instead.

To turn on Live View, press the Live View button. The following table describes the information that is displayed in the Live View screen when the camera settings are at their default values.

# Icon Description

1 Current image quality setting. If you press the Video

button, the video icon ( ) appears in this location.

3 Auto flash icon will blink when the flash is charging.

Remaining pictures count (depends on space

remaining in memory). If you press the Video button, the time remaining for a

video clip appears here.

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z Battery level (actual icon shown depends on the state

of your camera batteries).

z Camera is using AC power from the optional HP 8886

camera dock or AC power adapter.

NOTE If you change other camera settings, icons for those

settings will also be displayed across the top and bottom of the Live View screen. For more information, see

Advanced capture settings on page 29.

Using digital zoom

NOTE Digital zoom does not work while recording video

clips.

With digital zoom, the camera essentially crops the image, then enlarges the image to give the appearance of the object in the picture being closer.

NOTE The HP 433 camera has 3x digital zoom, and the

HP 435 camera has 5x digital zoom.

1 Press the Zoom in button and

hold it until you reach the desired size on the Image Display. The picture enlarges on the Image Display. The amount of digital zoom appears at the bottom of the Image Display.

2 Press the Shutter button to take the picture.

NOTE Digital zoom reduces the resolution of an image, so

your picture will tend to be more pixilated (grainy) than the same image taken without digital zoom. If you just intend to e-mail an image or post it to a website, this loss of resolution will not be noticeable, but in situations where the highest quality counts (such as printing), skip the digital zoom and try to get physically closer to the subject of your picture.

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Using the flash

NOTE The flash does not work while recording video clips.

To change the flash setting, press the Flash button on the top of the camera until the desired setting appears on the Image Display. The camera remains in the current flash setting until you change it or turn off the camera.

Icon Setting Description

Auto The camera measures the available light

and fires the flash if necessary. This is the default setting.

Red-eye

Reduction Flash On The camera always fires the flash. If the

Flash Off The camera will not fire the flash. Use this

Night The camera fires the flash to illuminate

The camera measures light and fires the flash with red-eye reduction if necessary.

light is behind your subject, use this setting to increase the light on the front of your subject. This is called “fill-flash”.

setting when you do not want a flash (such as with distant objects). This may result in long exposures that will require using a tripod.

objects in the foreground. It then continues to expose as if the flash had not fired to gather the background. This setting only works when taking pictures of still objects. Hold the camera steady to prevent blurry images. For best results, use a tripod.

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Recording audio

NOTE This section applies only to still pictures. Audio is

automatically recorded with video clips.

There are two ways to attach an audio clip to a still picture.

• Record the audio while you are taking the picture

(explained in this section).

• Add an audio annotation to the picture later (or change

the audio that was captured when the picture was taken). For details on how to do this, see Recording and deleting

audio clips on page 41.

1 Press the Shutter button down to take the picture (audio

starts recording automatically).

2 Continue to hold the Shutter button down to record the

audio clip. If you let up on the Shutter button within two seconds of taking the picture, then the audio clip is discarded. If you keep holding the Shutter button down, the audio will continue recording as long as there is enough memory available. A microphone icon ( ) and an elapsed time counter appear in the middle of the Image Display during recording.

3 To stop recording, release the Shutter button.

To record a new audio clip, or to delete an audio clip, use the

Record Audio section in the Playback menu See Using the playback menu on page 37.

NOTE To listen to audio clips, you must download the images

from the camera to your computer, then use the HP Photo & Imaging software. You can also display images from the camera to a TV as a slideshow. See Chapter 5:

Unloading, printing, and displaying images on page 51.

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Changing capture modes

The Mode button on the top of the camera sets the camera to one of three different capture modes. Each time you press this button, the camera changes to the next capture mode. The sequence for the different settings is: Self-Timer,

Action, Normal, and then repeat.

NOTE These settings do not have any effect on recording

video clips unless specifically noted otherwise.

Each time you change the capture mode, an icon representing that capture mode appears on the Image Display. The

following table describes these different icons.

Icon Setting Description

Self-Timer Camera waits 10 seconds after the Video

button or Shutter button is pressed to take a video clip or a picture. See Using self-timer

mode on page 28.

Action Camera biases toward faster shutter speeds

and higher ISO speeds to stop action.

None Normal Camera automatically selects aperture and

shutter speed. This is the default setting when the camera is first turned on.

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Using self-timer mode

1 Secure the camera to a tripod or set it on a stable surface. 2 Press the Mode button on the top of the camera until

the Self-Timer icon appears on the Image Display.

3 Frame the subject in the viewfinder. 4 The next steps depend on whether you are capturing a still

picture or a video clip.

When capturing:

Still picture

Video clip

NOTE The Video/Self-Timer light on the front of the camera

Procedure

1 Press the Shutter button down. A 10-second

countdown appears on the Image Display.

You cannot record audio when using the Self-Timer, but you can add an audio clip to the image later (see

Recording and deleting audio clips on page 41).

1 To start recording, press the Video button and

then release it. A 10-second countdown appears on the Image Display.

2 To stop recording the video clip, press the

Video button again.

blinks before the camera takes the picture or video clip.

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Advanced capture settings

The Capture menu allows you to adjust various camera settings that affect the qualities of the images and video clips you capture with your camera. From this menu you can also access the Setup menu to set a number of preferences on the camera.

To display the Capture menu:

1 Press the Live View button to turn

on Live View, then press the OK button.

2 Use the buttons to scroll

through the Capture menu options.

3 Press the OK button to select a

highlighted option and display its sub-menu.

4 Within a sub-menu, use the buttons and the OK

button to change the setting for the Capture menu option.

5 To exit the Capture menu, highlight the EXIT CAPTURE

MENU option and press the OK button.

Each of the Capture menu settings is explained in detail on the following pages.

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Changing the image quality

Image quality controls the resolution and compression settings that will be used to capture images. At higher settings, there will be greater detail visible in the images, but the file size of an image will be larger, and thus fewer pictures will fit in the internal memory or on the memory card.

1 In the Capture menu, select Image Quality. 2 In the Image Quality menu, use

the buttons to highlight one of the quality settings. At the bottom of the Image Display is a

Pictures Remaining count which

shows how the number of remaining pictures is affected by each quality setting.

3 Press OK to save the setting and return to Live View.

The following table describes the different quality settings:

Setting Icon Description and capacity

Good This is the most memory-efficient setting, ideal

for images you want to e-mail or post to the Internet.

Better This setting produces high-quality images and

requires less memory than Best setting. This is recommended for printing images up to 20 by 25 cm (8 by 10 inches). This is the default quality setting.

Best This setting produces the highest-quality images

and uses the most memory. This is recommended if you plan to enlarge images, or print images to a size larger than 20 by 25 cm (8 by 10 inches).

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