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Table of Contenti
Chapter 1;
Getting started...........................................................9
Camera parts...........................................................................10
Status LCD .....................................................................14
Attaching the wrist strap...............................................16
Installing the batteries ..................................................16
Installing a memory card (optional).............................17
Turning on power ..........................................................18
Restoring previous settings
Choosing the language ................................................18
Setting the date and time
Installing the software ..................................................20
Windows.................................................................20
Macintosh ..............................................................21
Chapter 2:
Taking pictures and recording video clips .. . .23
Taking still pictures.................................................................23
Using live view
Using the focus brackets
Status screen..................................................................27
Using zoom..............................................................................28
Optical zoom ..................................................................28
Digital zoom
Using the flash
Changing the image quality ..................................................31
Recording audio.....................................................................32
Changing capture modes ......................................................33
Using self-timer mode
Using burst mode ..........................................................36
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25 26
28 30
35
Using macro mode
Advanced capture settings....................................................37
EV compensation...........................................................38
White balance.................................................................39
ISO speed .......................................................................40
AE metering
Saturation ......................................................................43
Sharpness ......................................................................44
Setup
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Chapter 3:
Reviewing images and video clips........................45
Using playback.......................................................................45
Using the playback menu
Viewing thumbnail images ...........................................48
Rotating images.............................................................49
Deleting images Recording and deleting audio clips
Magnifying images.........................................................52
Setup...............................................................................52
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51
Chapter 4:
Using hp instant share ................... 53
Using the share menu ...........................................................54
Using hp instant share to
print pictures .................................................................55
Using hp instant share to send images to destinations
Adding destinations to the share menu
on the camera........................................................56
Selecting hp instant share destinations for images How hp instant share e-mails images
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Chapter 5; Unloading, printing, and displaying images . . .61
Unloading to a computer
Printing images ......................................................................63
Displayinq imaqes on a TV....................................................65
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Chapter 6:
Using the setup menu.............................................67
Camera sounds ......................................................................68
Date & time..............................................................................68
TV configuration
Move images to card
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Chapter 7: Troubleshooting and support
Problems and solutions.........................................................73
Error messages on the camera.............................................82
Getting assistance .................................................................92
HP accessibility website
HP photosmart website.................................................92
Support process Phone support in the United States Phone support in Europe, the Middle East,
and Africa .......................................................................95
Other phone support worldwide
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Appendix A: Batteries and camera accessories
Managing batteries ................................................................99
Extending battery life Rechargeable batteries
Power conservation ...................................................101
Purchasing camera accessories
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Appendix B: Specifications 105
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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^“, direct printing 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.
Chapter 1: Getting started
Camera parts
NOTE Refer to the pages in parentheses after the part names
for more information about those parts.
2 3 4 5 6
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12
11"
Name Description Optical
Viewfinder (page 25)
■O Video
viewfinder light (red)
AF Auto Focus viewfinder light (green)
► ON/OFF
switch (page
Allows you to frame the subject of the picture or video clip
Solid—camera is recording video Blinking—Self-Timer is activated or there
is an error (see Image Display for
message) Solid—camera is ready to take a picture
(focus and exposure are locked) Blinking—camera is unable to focus, long
exposure (hold steady), or there is an error (see Image Display for message)
Turns the camera power on and off
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Name Description
Zoom lever:
#♦ Zoom Out 4 Zoom In
(page 28)
Memory/USB
light (page 18)
Memory card door (page 1 7)
Wrist strap mount
(page 16)
arrow
buttons and
OK button
(page 37, 47)
10Image Display
(page 25)
Zooms out the lens to the wide angle
position, and zooms in the lens to the
telephoto position
Solid orange—USB is connected
Blinking orange—camera is either: starting up, charging the battery, sending/receiving USB, or reading from or writing to the memory card
Allows access to insert or remove the
memory card Allows you to attach a wrist strap
-"Hr—allows you to move through
menus and images on the Image Display
OK—allows you to display the Capture and Playback 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
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HP Instant Share
button (page 54)
12
B Playback
button (page 45)
Is"
o Live View button (page 25)
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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
^4 — 5
—6
# Name
1 Video/Self-Timer
2 Microphone
3 Flash
4 Power adapter
5 USB connector
6 TV connector
7 Speaker Plays camera sounds and audio clips 8 Tripod mount Allows you to mount the camera to
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light (page 35}
(pages 32, 51)
(page 30)
connector (page 102)
(pages 61, 63)
(page 65)
Description Solid red—camera is recording video
Blinking red—Self-Timer is activated Records audio dips
Provides additional light to improve picture-taking
Provides connection for optional HP AC power adapter
Provides connection for USB cable to a computer or printer
Provides connection for optional Audio/ Video cable to a TV
a tripod
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Name Description
Camera dock connector (page 102)
10 Battery door
(page 16)
Provides connection to the optional HP 8886 camera dock
Allows access to insert and remove the batteries
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Name Description
i Flash button
(page 30)
★
button (page 31)
MODE button
(page 33)
Status LCD (page 14)
Selects the flash setting
Changes image quality from Good to Better to Best
Changes the capture mode to Self-Timer, Burst, Macro, or one of five different exposure settings.
Displays camera settings and operating status
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# Name 5 Shulfsr button Takes a picture. Push halfway down to lock
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(page 23) focus and exposure, then all the way down
■O Video
button (page 24)
Description
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
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Status LCD
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17 16 15 14 13 12
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# : Icon ¡Indicates .
1 dmage quality selection
2 L Night mode flash setting is active
I Auto flash is active
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# Icon
4
V or
Indicates Flash On is active
or Flash Off is active
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16 17
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Red-eye Reduction Flash is active
Number of still images remaining or time remaining (for video and audio clips)
AC adapter is providing power Battery condition Memory card is in the camera
Audio is recording
Video is recording
F-stop is set to 2.6 or 4.9 Portrait mode is active
Landscape mode is active Action mode is active Macro setting is active Burst setting is active
Self timer setting is active
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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 door on
the bottom of the camera.
2 Insert the batteries as
indicated inside the door.
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3 Close the battery door. NOTE For more information [
about batteries, see
Managing batteries on
page 99.
NOTE If you have rechargeable batteries, you can use the
optional ftp Photosmart 8886 camera dock or the optional HP AC power adapter to recharge batteries in the camera. For more information about these optional accessories, see Purchasing camera accessories on page 102.
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Your camera contains 16 MB of internal memory that allows you to store images and video clips in your camera. However, you can 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 102.
a memory card is installed in the camera, all new images and video dips will be stored only on the memory card. The internal memory and its file system are not available when a memory card is installed in the camera.
1 With the camera turned off and the
back of the camera facing you, open the memory card door by sliding the door to the right.
2 Insert the memory card, making
sure that it clicks into place.
3 Close the 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.
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Iwriiing on power
Turn the camera on by sliding the |
► ON/OFF switch to the right and then
releasing it. The Memory/USB light will blink and then turn off when the camera is ready. |
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Restoring prewious settings
Some of the camera settings do not remain set when the camera is turned off. To restore all camera 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 A ^ 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 67.
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Setting the date and time
The camera has a dock 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 A. 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 ''P' button to highlight the time format, and then
press OK if you want to change it.
4 Press the 'W' 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 "V
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 67.
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fnstoliing 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 53 for information about configuring the Share menu on the camera, and diopter 5: Unloading, printing, and displaying images on page 61 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 Ron. 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:\Bonys\sefyp,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
1Close all programs and temporarily disable any virus
protection software running on your computer. Insert the HP Photo & Imaging software CD into the CD
drive of your computer.
Double-click the CD icon on the computer desktop. 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 Chopter 6. Using the setup menu on page 67, and then see USB configuration on page 69.
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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Chapter 2: Taking pictures and
recording wide© clips
Taklnq 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 Hold the camera steady and press
the Shutter button halfway down. The camera measures and then
locks the focus and exposure. This Focus Lock feature allows
you to focus on a subject that is not in the center of the
picture, or to capture action shots more quickly by pre
focusing in the area where the action will occur.
3 Press the Shutter button all the way down to take the picture.
The 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, one (or both) of the Viewfinder lights may start blinking. For an explanation of this, see the description for Viewfinder lights on page 10.
NOTE To achieve best focus in low light conditions, secure the
camera to a tripod and make sure the focus area has sufficient contrast.
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Recording dips
1 Frame the subject for your video
in the viewfinder.
2 Press and release the Video
O button to start recording
video. Both the red viewfinder light and the Video/Self-Timer light will turn on solid. A video “EJi icon and a Time Remaining counter appear in the Status LCD and at the top of the Image Display (if it is on).
NOTE If you have the Self-Timer mode on (see Using self timer
mode on page 35), the camera will start recording 10 seconds after you press the Qi button.
3 To stop recording, press the tJ 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 O 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 liwe wiew
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 the Image Display consumes a lot of battery
power. To preserve batteries, use the viewfinder instead.
To turn on Live View, press the Live Vie button. The following table describes the information that is displayed
in the Live View screen when the camera settings are at their default values.
2^ .
I Description.
iCurrent image quality setting (1, 2, or 3 stars). If iyou press the Video button, the video icon ( EJ )
I appears in this location. I Remaining pictures count (depends on how much
(space remains in memory). If you press the Video I button, the time remaining for a video dip appears
I here. I Auto flash icon will blink when the flash is charging.
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# Icon I Description
4
^ i Battery level (actual icon shown depends on the
[i
¡state of your camera batteries; see Managing
\m .\m t‘s on page 99).
j— ^ i Focus brackets (see the next section, Using the focus
brocks.I )
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 capiijfe sc-tiicigs on page 37.
Using the focws brackets
The two brackets in the middle of the Live View screen show the focus region for the picture you ore taking. When you press the Shuier button halfway down, the camera uses this focus region to measure and then lock the focus using this region. This is called Focus Lock.
The focus brackets turn green in the Live View screen and the AF viewfinder light turns on solid green when the image is in focus and the camera can lock the focus. However, the focus brackets turn red and the AF viewfinder light blinks green when the camera is unable to focus.
If the focus brackets turn red and the AF viewfinder light blinks, release the Shutter button, re-frame the subject for your picture, and then press the Shutter button halfway down again. It the camera still cannot focus after several tries, the lighting may be too low, or there may not be enough contrast in the focus region. Try using Focus Lock to focus on an object about the same distance away but in a higher-contrast region, then point the camera at the object you were originally trying to photograph.
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If the focus brackets turn red, the AF viewfinder light blinks, and the Macro ® icon is blinking on the Image Display, either
the camera is set to Macro focus but detects the focus is further away than the macro (close-up) range, or the camera is set to Normal focus but detects the focus is closer than the normal range. For more information on the focus settings and their respective distance ranges, see Using macro mode on page 36.
NOTE When set to Macro ft focus, the camera will not take a
picture if it cannot find focus. However, when set to Normal focus (the default), the camera will still take a picture if it cannot find focus.
Status screen
When Live View is turned on and you change the flash, quality, or mode settings, a status screen will appear briefly on the Image Display, showing current camera settings, battery level, and the number of pictures remaining.
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Using zoom
NOTE Zoom does not work while recording video dips.
Optical zoom
Optical zoom works like the zoom on a traditional film camera, with physical lens elements moving inside the camera to make the object of your picture appear closer.
Press the Zoom Oyf and Zoom in 4 buttons to move the lens
between wide angle and telephoto positions (lx to 3x).
Digital zoom
Unlike optical zoom, digital zoom uses no moving lens parts. The camera essentially crops the image, then uses interpolation to enlarge the image to give the appearance of the object in the picture being from lx to 5x closer.
1 Press the Zoom in 4 button to optically zoom in to the
maximum level, then release the button.
2 Press the Zoom in I button again
and hold it until you reach the desired size in the Image Display. The picture enlarges in the Image
Display (as do the focus brackets). The amount of digital zoom appears at the bottom of the
Image Display.
3 Press the Shutter button to take the picture.
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To turn digital zoom off and return to optical zoom, press the Zoom Out ♦# button until digital zooming stops. Release the
button, and then press the button again.
Digital zoom reduces the resolution of an image, so your picture will tend to be more pixilated than the same image taken with an optical 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 use the cropping tools in your image editing software to zero in on your subject.
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Using Hfish
NOTE The flash does not work while recording video clips.
To change the flash setting, press the Flash i button on the top of the camera until the desired setting appears on the Status LCD. If Live View is on, the icon also appears in the Image Display.
Icon Setting Description
Aule 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
dV
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.
NOTE The camera remains in the current flash setting until you
change it or turn oft the camera.
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Clianqinq ftie imaqe qualify
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.
To change the image quality setting, press the Quality button until the desired setting appears on the Status LCD. If Live View is on, the icon also appears in the Image Display.
Setting i Icon I Description and capacity
Good i ^ ¡This is the most memory-efficient setting, ideal for
! images you want to e-mail or post to the Internet, i At this setting, internal camera memory holds I about 125 images, and a 16 MB memory card ¡holds about 117 images.
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 qualify setting. At this setting, internal camera memory holds about 19 images, and a 16 MB memory card holds about 18 images.
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). At this setting, infernal camera memory and a 16 MB memory card holds about 12 images.
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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 record an audio clip that will attach 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 ond deleting
oudio dips on page 51.
1 Press the Shutter button all the way down to take the picture
(audio starts recording automatically).
2 Continue to hold the Shutter button down to record the
audio dip. 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.
3 Audio recording stops either when you release the Shutter
button, or the memory card is full, whichever comes first.
To review an audio clip, press the Playback B button on the camera and use the arrow buttons to navigate to the image containing the clip you want to hear.
To record a new audio clip, or to delete an audio dip, use the
Record Audio section in the Playback menu See Using the playback menu on page 47.
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