Hp M407 User Manual

HP Photosmart M407 digital camera with HP Instant Share

User's Manual

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1:

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Attaching the Wrist Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Installing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Installing a Memory Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 11

Turning on Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Choosing the Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Windows® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

User Manual on the CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Camera Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Back and First Side of the Camera . . . . . . . . . . 16

Front, Second Side, and Bottom of the Camera . 20

Top of the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Camera States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Camera Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using the Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Camera Status Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Restoring Previous Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Chapter 2: Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips . . .27

Taking Still Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Recording Audio with Still Pictures . . . . . . . . . . 28

Recording Video Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using Live View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Focusing the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using Auto Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using Focus Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Optical Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Digital Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Setting the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Using the Shooting Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Using the Self-Timer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Using the Burst Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Using the Capture Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Help for the Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

EV Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

ISO Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Date & Time Imprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Chapter 3:

Reviewing Images and Video Clips . . . . . . . . . 53

Using Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Total Images Summary Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Viewing Thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Magnifying Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Using the Playback Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Record Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Rotate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Chapter 4:

Using HP Instant Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Using the HP Instant Share Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Setting Up Destinations in the

HP Instant Share Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Setting Up Destinations on a

Windows Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Setting Up Destinations on a

Macintosh Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

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Selecting Images for HP Instant Share Destinations . . 69

How HP Instant Share E-mails Images . . . . . . . . 71

Chapter 5:

Transferring and Printing Images . . . . . . . . . . .73

Transferring Images to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Printing Images Directly from the Camera . . . . . . . . . 75

Chapter 6:

Using the Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Display Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Camera Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Live View at Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Date & Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

USB Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

TV Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Move Images to Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Chapter 7:

Troubleshooting and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Resetting the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Using Your Camera without Installing the

HP Image Zone Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Transferring Images to a Computer without

HP Image Zone Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Using a Memory Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . 90

Configuring the Camera as a Disk Drive . . . 93

Cleaning the Camera Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Error Messages on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Error Messages on the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Getting Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

HP Accessibility Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

HP Photosmart Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Support Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Phone Support in the United States

and Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Phone Support in Europe, the Middle East,

and Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Other Phone Support Worldwide . . . . . . . . . . .127

Appendix A:

Managing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Top Points About Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Extending Battery Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Safety Precautions for Using NiMH Batteries . . .131

Performance per Battery Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Power Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Recharging NiMH Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Safety Precautions for Recharging

NiMH Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Sleep Time-out for Power Conservation . . . . . . . . . .137

Appendix B:

Purchasing Camera Accessories . . . . . . . . . . 139

Appendix C:

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Memory Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

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Chapter 1: Getting Started

Congratulations on your purchase of this HP Photosmart digital camera! This camera has many features to enhance your picture-taking experience, including 7 shooting modes,

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 images in your camera to be automatically sent to your favorite destinations (such as e-mail addresses and online albums) the next time you connect the camera to your computer. Your friends and family can easily receive and view your pictures in e-mail without being burdened by large file attachments. And with the direct printing capability, you can easily select images in your camera to be automatically printed the next time you connect the camera to your computer or directly to any HP Photosmart printer or PictBridge-compatible printer without ever connecting to your computer.

To further enhance your experience, you can purchase an HP Photosmart M-series dock. The camera dock allows you to easily transfer images to a computer, send images to a printer or television, and recharge Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries in your camera. The dock also provides a convenient home for your camera.

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Setup

To locate a part on your camera (such as a button or a light) while following the instructions in this section, see Camera

Parts on page 16.

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 by sliding the door down toward the bottom of the camera.

2 Insert the batteries as indicated inside

the door.

3 If you want to install an optional memory

card, leave the Battery/Memory card door open and go on to Installing a

Memory Card (Optional) on page 11.

However, if you do not have an optional memory card to install, close the Battery/ Memory card door by pushing the door down and sliding the door toward the top of the camera until the door latches. Then skip to Turning on Power on page 12.

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NOTE Digital cameras use batteries at a much faster rate than

film cameras. Battery life in digital cameras can be measured in hours and minutes of use rather than the years more typical of film cameras. Battery life may also vary dramatically from one user to another and from one battery type to another, depending on what modes the camera is being used in most frequently. For hints on optimizing battery performance, see Appendix A:

Managing Batteries on page 129.

NOTE You can also use an optional HP AC power adapter to

power the camera. If you use rechargeable NiMH batteries, you can recharge the batteries in the camera using the optional HP AC power adapter or optional HP Photosmart M-series dock, or recharge the batteries separately in the optional HP Photosmart Quick Recharger. For more information, see Appendix B:

Purchasing Camera Accessories on page 139.

Installing a Memory Card (Optional)

If you do not have an optional memory card to install, skip this section and go on to the next section, Turning on Power on page 12.

Your camera contains internal memory that allows you to store images and video clips. However, you can use a memory card (purchased separately) instead to store images and video clips. For more information about supported memory cards, see

Storage on page 145.

When you install a memory card in the camera, all new images and video clips will be stored on the card. The camera’s internal memory is only used when there is no memory card in the camera.

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1 With the Battery/Memory card door

open, insert the memory card in the small slot below the batteries, with the notched side of the card going in first, as shown. The card only fits one way; do not force it. Make sure the memory card snaps into place.

2 Close the Battery/Memory card door

by pushing the door down and sliding the door toward the top of the camera until the door latches.

To remove the memory card from the camera, first turn the camera off. Then open the Battery/ Memory card door, press down on the top edge of the memory card, and it will spring outward from the slot.

Turning on Power

Turn the camera on by sliding the ON/OFF switch to the right and then releasing it.

The lens extends and the Power light to the left of the ON/

OFF

switch turns on solid green. The HP logo also displays on

the Image Display as the camera powers up.

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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 on the Controller .

2 Press the Menu/OK button to select

the highlighted language.

NOTE If you need to change the

language later, you can do this with the Language setting in the Setup menu. See Chapter 6: Using the Setup Menu on page 79.

Setting the Date and Time

The camera has a clock that records the date and time at which you take each picture. This information is recorded in the image properties, which you can see when viewing the image on your computer. You can also choose to have the date and time imprinted on the image (see Date & Time Imprint on page 51).

The first time you turn the camera on, a Date & Time screen appears after you choose the language, prompting you to set the date and time.

1 Adjust the value of the highlighted

selection by using the buttons.

2 Press the buttons to move to

the other selections.

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3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the correct date/time format,

date, and time are set.

4 Press the Menu/OK button when you have entered the

proper values for the date and time. A confirmation screen appears, asking if the correct date and time have been set.

5 If the date and time are correct, press the Menu/OK button

to select Yes.

If the date and time are incorrect, press the button to highlight No, and then press the Menu/OK button. The

Date & Time screen appears again. Repeat steps 1 through

5 to set the correct date and time.

NOTE If you need to change the date and time settings later,

you can do this with the Date & Time setting in the Setup menu. See Chapter 6: Using the Setup Menu on page 79.

Installing the Software

The HP Image Zone software allows you to transfer images from the camera, and then view, edit, print, or e-mail them. It also allows you to configure the HP Instant Share menu on the camera.

NOTE If you do not install the HP Image Zone software, you

can still use the camera, but certain features will be affected. For details, see Using Your Camera without

Installing the HP Image Zone Software on page 89.

Windows®

In order for the HP Image Zone software to install successfully, you must have installed at least Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 on Windows 2000, XP, 98, 98 SE, or Me. (Internet Explorer 6 is recommended.)

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1 Close all programs and temporarily disable any virus

protection software running on your computer.

2 Insert the HP Image Zone software CD into the CD drive of

your computer. Follow the instructions in the installation screen that automatically appears.

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

click Run, type D:\Setup.exe, where D is the letter of your CD drive, then click OK.

NOTE If you have trouble installing or using the HP Image

Zone software, see the HP Customer Support website:

www.hp.com/support for more information.

Macintosh

1 Close all programs and temporarily disable any virus

protection software running on your computer.

2 Insert the HP Image Zone 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 transfer images from the camera to

your Macintosh computer with the HP Image Zone software, or to take advantage of the HP Instant Share functionality, you must first change the USB Configuration setting to Disk Drive on the camera. See Chapter 6: Using

the Setup Menu on page 79.

NOTE If you have trouble installing or using the HP Image

Zone software, see the HP Customer Support website:

www.hp.com/support for more information.

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User Manual on the CD

A copy of this camera User’s Manual in several different languages is located on the HP Image Zone software CD. To view your camera User’s Manual:

1 Insert the HP Image Zone software CD into the CD drive of

your computer.

2 On Windows: Click View User’s Manual on the Main page

of the CD installation screen to view the User’s Manual.

On Macintosh: Look in the readme file in the docs folder of

the HP Image Zone software CD to locate the User’s Manual in your language.

Camera Parts

Refer to the pages in parentheses after the part names in the following tables for more information about those parts.

Back and First Side of the Camera

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# Name Description

1Power light

z Solid—Camera is on. z Blinking rapidly—Camera is shutting

down due to lack of battery power.

z Blinking slowly—Camera is charging

the batteries using the optional HP AC power adapter or the optional HP Photosmart M-series dock.

z Off—Camera is off.

ON/OFF

Turns the camera power on and off.

switch (page 12)

3 Zoom lever

(page 35)

z Zoom Out—While taking still

pictures, zooms out the lens to the wide angle position.

z Thumbnails—While in Playback,

allows you to view still images and the first frames of video clips arranged in a matrix of nine thumbnail images per screen.

z Zoom In—While taking still pictures,

zooms in the lens to the telephoto position.

z Magnify—While in Playback, allows

you to magnify a still image.

4 Wrist strap mount

(page 10)

5Memory light

Allows you to attach a wrist strap to the camera.

z Blinking rapidly—Camera is writing to

either the internal memory or an optional memory card that is installed.

z Off—Camera is not writing to memory.

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# Name Description

6Battery/Memory

card door

Allows access to insert and remove the batteries and an optional memory card.

(pages 10, 11)

7 Menu/OK button

(pages 44, 58)

Allows you to display the Capture and Playback menus and to select menu options and confirm certain actions on the Image Display.

Controller with and

Allows you to scroll through menus and images on the Image Display.

buttons

9 Image Display

(page 30)

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

Instant Share/

Turns the HP Instant Share Menu on and off on the Image Display.

Print button

(page 63)

Timer/Burst

button (pages 41, 43)

MODE button

(page 38)

Flash button

(page 37)

14 Viewfinder

(page 27)

Allows you to select between the

Self-Timer, Self-Timer - 2 Shots, and Burst

settings.

Allows you to select between different shooting modes for taking still pictures.

Allows you to select between the different flash settings.

Allows you to frame the subject of your pictures or video clips.

Normal,

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# Name Description

15 Viewfinder lights

z solid red—Video is recording. z AF solid green—When you press the

Shutter button halfway down, this light

turns on solid when the camera is ready to take a picture (auto exposure and auto focus are locked, and the flash is ready). Or when you press the Shutter button all the way down to take a picture, this light turns on solid to indicate that auto exposure and auto focus were successful.

z AF blinking green—When you press the

Shutter button halfway down or all the

way down, either a focus error occurred, the flash is still charging, or the camera is processing a picture (see the NOTE below).

z Both and AF blinking—An error

has occurred that prevents the camera from taking the picture (see the NOTE below).

NOTE If an error prevents a picture

from being taken, then an error message will appear on the Image Display. See Error Messages on the

Camera on page 109.

Live View

button (page 30)

Playback

button (page 53)

Turns Live View on and off on the Image Display.

Turns Playback on and off on the Image Display.

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Front, Second Side, and Bottom of the Camera

# Name Description 1Microphone

(page 28)

2Self-Timer/Video

light (page 41)

3Flash

(page 37)

Records sound for audio clips that are attached to still images, and for the audio portion of video clips.

Blinks during the count-down before taking a picture or recording video when the camera is set to Self-Timer or Self-Timer -

2shots. Also turns on solid when

recording video. Provides additional light to improve

picture-taking.

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# Name Description 4

6 Tripod mount Allows you to mount the camera on a

7 Camera dock

Power

adapter connector

USB connector (pages 73, 75)

connector (page 140)

Allows you to connect an optional HP AC power adapter to the camera to either operate the camera without batteries, or recharge NiMH rechargeable batteries in the camera.

Allows you to connect a USB cable from the camera to a USB-enabled computer or any HP Photosmart printer or PictBridgecompatible printer.

tripod. Allows you to connect the camera to the

optional HP

Photosmart M-series dock.

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Top of the Camera

# Name Description 1 Shutter button

(pages 27, 28)

Video button

(page 29)

Takes a picture and records audio.

Starts and stops recording a video clip.

Camera States

Your camera has two main states that allow you to complete certain tasks. Each of these states has an associated menu that you can use to adjust camera settings or perform tasks in that state. See the following section, Camera Menus.

Capture—Allows you to take still pictures and record video clips. For information about using Capture, see Chapter 2:

Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips on page 27.

Playback—Allows you to review the still images and video clips that you capture. For information about using Playback, see Chapter 3: Reviewing Images and Video Clips on page 53.

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Camera Menus

Your camera has five menus that, when accessed, appear in the Image Display on the back of the camera. When any menu is displayed, you can then access the other menus by using the menu tabs at the top of the screen. To display another menu,

use the buttons to move to the menu tab for that menu.

To display the Capture Menu , press the Live View button to turn

Live View on, then press the Menu/ OK button. If Live View is already on,

simply press the Menu/OK button. For information about using this menu, see Using the Capture Menu on page 44.

To display the Playback Menu , press the Menu/OK button while you are in Playback. If you are not currently in Playback, press the

Playback button first, then press

the Menu/OK button. For information about using this menu, see Using the Playback Menu on page 58.

To display the HP Instant Share

Menu , press the HP Instant Share/Print

information about using this menu, see Using the HP Instant Share Menu on page 64.

/ button. For

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NOTE To use the HP Instant Share Menu to send images

to destinations other than printers (such as to email addresses or other online services), you must first set up the menu. See Setting Up Destinations in the HP Instant

Share Menu on page 65.

To display the Setup Menu , first access either the Capture, Playback, or HP Instant Share menu, then use

the buttons to move to the menu tab for the Setup Menu . For

information about using the Setup

Menu , see Chapter 6: Using the Setup Menu on page 79.

To display the Help Menu , first access either the Capture, Playback, or HP Instant Share menu, then use

the buttons to move to the menu tab for the Help Menu . For information about using the Help

Menu , see the next section.

Using the Help Menu

The Help Menu provides helpful information and tips for using your camera.

1 Use the buttons to move across the menu tabs to the

Help Menu tab. The Help Menu displays in the

Image Display.

2 Use the

to read.

buttons to highlight the Help topic you want

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3 Press the Menu/OK button to display the Help topic. 4 Use the buttons to scroll through the Help topic to

read it.

5 Press the Menu/OK button to exit the Help topic and return

to the Help Menu .

Camera Status Screen

A status screen appears for a few seconds in the Image Display any time you press the Flash ,

Timer/Burst buttons when Live View is off.

As shown in the example here, a text description of the current setting for the button that was just pressed appears at the top of the screen. Beneath that, icons for the current flash, shooting mode, and timer/burst settings are shown, with the icon for the button that was just pressed highlighted. The bottom portion of the screen shows whether a memory card is installed (indicated by the SD icon),

indicator

Indicators

and the Image Quality setting (indicated in the example by the 4MP).

(such as the low battery level indicator; see Power on page 133), the number of pictures remaining,

MODE, or

power

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Restoring Previous Settings

The flash, shooting mode, and timer/burst settings, as well as some of the Capture Menu settings that you change from their default settings, reset to their default values after you turn the camera off. However, you can restore the non-default settings from the last time the camera was on by holding down the

Menu/OK button while sliding the

the camera on. The icons for the restored settings are then displayed in the Live View screen.

ON/OFF switch to turn

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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. For example, if a menu is currently displayed when you press the

Shutter button, the menu will be canceled, and the camera will

take a picture. To take a still picture:

1 Frame the subject for your picture

in the viewfinder.

2 Hold the camera steady

(especially if using zoom) and press the Shutter button on the top of the camera halfway down. The camera measures and then locks the focus and exposure (the AF viewfinder light turns on solid green when focus is locked - see Using Auto Focus on page 32 for details).

3 Press the Shutter button all the way down to take the

picture. You will hear a shutter click when the camera takes the picture.

After a picture is taken, the image appears for several seconds on the Image Display. This is called Instant Review. You can delete the image during Instant Review by pressing the

Menu/OK button.

You c an use Playback to review the pictures you have taken. See Using Playback on page 53.

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Recording Audio with Still Pictures

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

• Add an audio clip to the picture later, or replace the

audio clip that was captured when the picture was taken. For details on how to do this, see Record Audio on page 61.

• Record the audio while you are taking the picture, as

explained in this section. You will not be able to use this method when using the Self-Timer or Burst settings.

An audio clip can be as long as you like or until the camera runs out of memory, whichever happens first.

1 Press the Shutter button all the way down to take the picture. 2 Continue to hold the Shutter button down to record the

audio clip. A microphone icon and audio counter appear on the Image Display during recording.

3 To stop recording audio, release the Shutter button.

Audio recording stops when you release the Shutter button; otherwise, the audio will continue recording until the camera runs out of memory. After recording has stopped, the image is displayed for several seconds in Instant Review on the Image Display. You can delete the image and the audio clip that is attached to the image during Instant Review by pressing the

Menu/OK button.

To delete or record a new audio clip, use the Record Audio option in the Playback menu. See Record Audio on page 61.

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NOTE To hear audio clips that have been attached to your still

images, you must use a computer or television (TV). If you have an optional HP Photosmart M-series dock, you can review the audio clips by connecting the camera to a TV via the camera dock. To do this, see the dock User’s Manual for instructions.

Recording Video Clips

NOTE Zoom is disabled while recording video clips.

A video clip includes audio.

1 Frame the subject for your video in the viewfinder. 2 To start recording video, press and

release the Video button on the top of the camera. The Video

viewfinder and Self-Timer/ Video lights turn on solid red. If

Live View is on, a video icon, REC, a video counter, and a

message instructing how to end the video appear on the Image Display. (See Using Live View on page 30.)

3 To stop recording video, press and release the Video

button again; otherwise, the video will continue recording until the camera runs out of memory.

NOTE If you have set the camera to Self-Timer or Self-Timer -

2 Shots (see Using the Self-Timer Settings on page 41),

the camera will start recording 10 seconds after you press the Video button. However, with the Self-Timer - 2 Shots setting, the camera only records one video clip.

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After recording has stopped, the last frame of the video clip appears for several seconds on the Image Display. This is called Instant Review. You can delete the video clip during

Instant Review by pressing the Menu/OK button.

You c an use Playback on the camera to review the video clips you have recorded. See Using Playback on page 53.

NOTE To hear the audio portion of your video clips, you must

use a computer or television (TV). If you have an optional HP Photosmart M-series dock, you can review the audio portion of your video clips by connecting the camera to a TV via the camera dock. To do this, see the dock User’s Manual for instructions.

Using Live View

The Image Display allows you to frame pictures and video clips using Live View. To activate Live View from the menus or when the Image Display is off, press the Live View button. To turn off Live View, press the Live View button again.

NOTE Using Live View increases the rate of battery drain. To

conserve battery power, use the viewfinder instead.

The following table describes the information that is displayed in the Live View screen of the Image Display when the camera settings are at their default values and an optional memory card is installed in the camera. If you change other camera settings, icons for those settings will also be displayed in the

Live View screen.

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2 3 4

# Icon Description 1 Indicates that a memory card is installed in the camera

2 Power indicator, such as this low battery level indicator

(see Power Indic ators on page 133)

3 12 Remaining pictures count (actual number depends on

the current Image Quality setting and how much space

remains in memory) 4 4MP Image Quality setting (default is 4MP) 5 Focus brackets (see the following section, Using Auto

Focus)

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Focusing the Camera

Using Auto Focus

The focus brackets in the Live View screen show the focus region for the still picture you are taking or the video clip you are recording. (See Using Live View on page 30.) When you press the Shutter button halfway down to take a still picture, the camera automatically measures and then locks the focus in the focus region. The AF viewfinder light turns on solid green and the focus brackets in the Live View screen turn green when the camera has found and locked the focus.

When you have the camera set to any of the shooting modes other than Macro (see Using the Shooting Modes on page 38), the camera will attempt to auto focus using the normal focus range of 0.5 m (20 in) to infinity. However, when the camera cannot focus in these shooting modes, one of the following will occur:

z The AF viewfinder light will blink green and the focus

brackets in Live View will turn red. If you press the Shutter button all the way down, the camera will still take the picture, but the picture may be out of focus. To focus the picture, release the Shutter button, re-frame the subject for your picture, and then press the Shutter button halfway down again.

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If the AF viewfinder light continues to blink green and the focus brackets continue to turn red after several tries, there may not be enough contrast or light in the focus region. Try using a technique called Focus Lock to focus on a highercontrast or brighter object about the same distance away, and then, without releasing the Shutter button, point the camera at the subject you were originally trying to photograph (see Using Focus Lock on page 34). You can also simply turn on more light, if that is possible.

z The AF viewfinder light will blink green, the focus brackets

will turn red, and the Macro icon will blink in the Live

View screen. In this case, the camera detects that the focus is

closer than the normal range. The camera will still take the picture, but the picture may be out of focus. To focus the picture, either move farther away from the subject you are trying to photograph, or set the camera to the Macro shooting mode (see Using the Shooting Modes on page 38).

Finally, if the camera is set to the Macro shooting mode but detects that either the focus is closer or farther away than the

Macro range of 0.1 to 0.5 m (4 to 20 in), or there is not

enough contrast or light in the focus region, both viewfinder lights will blink, the focus brackets will turn red, and the

Macro icon will blink in the Live View screen. In these

cases, the camera will not take a picture.

NOTE It is recommended that you not use zoom while in the

Macro shooting mode.

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If the subject for the picture is not within the Macro range, either move farther away from or closer to the subject, or set the camera to a shooting mode other than Macro (see

Using the Shooting Modes on page 38). If there is not enough

contrast or light in the focus region, try using a technique called Focus Lock to focus on a higher-contrast or brighter object about the same distance away, and then, without releasing the Shutter button, point the camera at the subject you were originally trying to photograph (see the next section,

Using Focus Lock). You can also simply turn on more light, if

that is possible.

Using Focus Lock

Focus Lock 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. You can also use Focus Lock to help achieve focus in low light or low contrast situations.

1 Frame the subject for your picture within the focus brackets. 2 Press the Shutter button halfway down to lock the focus and

exposure.

3 Continue to hold the Shutter button halfway down while you

re-frame or adjust your subject for proper positioning.

4 Press the Shutter button all the way down to take the picture.

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Using Zoom

NOTE The more you zoom in on the subject of your picture,

the more that small movements of the camera are magnified (this is called “camera shake”). So, especially at full telephoto zoom (3x), you must hold the camera steady in order to take a picture that is not blurry. If an

icon of a shaking hand ( ) appears in the Live View screen, you should set the camera on a tripod or stable surface; otherwise, the picture will likely be blurry.

Optical Zoom

NOTE Optical zoom is disabled while recording

video clips.

Optical zoom works like the zoom on a traditional film camera, where physical lens elements move inside the camera to make the subject of your picture appear closer.

Press Zoom Out and Zoom In on the

Zoom lever to move the lens between wide

angle (1x) and telephoto (3x) positions.

Digital Zoom

NOTE Digital zoom is disabled while recording

video clips.

Unlike optical zoom, digital zoom uses no moving lens parts. The camera essentially crops the image to give an appearance of the subject of the picture being an additional

1.1x to 6x larger.

1 Press Zoom In on the Zoom lever to optically zoom in to

the maximum level, then release the button.

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2 Press Zoom In again and

continue to press it until you reach the desired size in the Image Display. A yellow frame surrounds the area of the image that will be captured, and the image enlarges in the yellow frame.

The resolution number on the right side of the screen also becomes smaller as you digitally zoom. For example, 3.3MP appears in place of 4MP, indicating that the image is being reduced to a size of 3.3 Megapixels.

3 When the image is at the desired size, press the Shutter

button halfway down to lock focus and exposure, and then press it all the way down to take the picture.

To turn digital zoom off and return to optical zoom, press Zoom

Out on the Zoom lever until digital zooming stops. Release Zoom Out , and then press it again.

NOTE Digital zoom reduces the resolution of an image, so

your picture will tend to be more pixilated than the same image taken with optical zoom. If you just intend to e-mail an image or post it to a website, this loss of resolution will probably not be noticeable; but in situations where the highest quality counts (such as printing), limit the use of digital zoom. It is also recommended that you use a tripod when using digital zoom to avoid camera shake.

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Setting the Flash

The Flash button allows you to cycle through the flash settings on the camera. To change the flash setting, press the Flash button until the desired setting appears on the Image Display. The following table describes each of the flash settings on the camera.

NOTE The flash is disabled with the Burst setting, Fast Shot

shooting mode, and while recording video clips.

Setting Description

Auto Flash

The camera measures the light level and uses the flash if necessary.

Red-Eye

Flash On

Flash Off

Night

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The camera measures the light level and uses the flash with red-eye reduction if necessary (see the following

NOTE for a description of red-eye reduction). The camera always uses flash. If the light is behind

your subject, you can use this setting to increase the light on the front of your subject. This is called “fillflash.”

The camera will not use flash, no matter the lighting conditions. Use this setting to capture poorly lit subjects that are beyond the flash range. Exposure times may be increased when using this setting, so it is recommended that you use a tripod to avoid camera shake.

The camera uses the flash with red-eye reduction if necessary to illuminate objects in the foreground (see the following NOTE for a description of red-eye reduction). The camera then continues to expose as if the flash had not been used, to gather the background.

NOTE The red-eye phenomenon is caused by light from the

flash reflecting off the subjects’ eyes, which sometimes makes a human’s or animal’s eyes appear red in the captured image. When you use a flash setting with redeye reduction, the camera flashes quickly three times to minimize the red-eye in the captured images of humans or animals before the camera uses the main flash. It will take longer to take a picture using red-eye reduction, because the shutter is delayed for the additional flashes. In turn, make sure your subjects wait for the additional flashes.

If the flash setting is anything other than the default Auto Flash setting, the icon for the setting (in the previous table) will appear in the Live View screen. The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again or until the camera is turned off. The flash setting resets to the default Auto Flash setting when you turn the camera off.

NOTE To restore the flash setting to what it was when you last

turned the camera off, hold down the Menu/OK button as you turn the camera back on.

Using the Shooting Modes

Shooting modes are pre-defined camera settings that are optimized for taking still pictures of certain scene types to give you better results. In each shooting mode, the camera selects the best settings, such as the ISO speed, F-number (aperture), and shutter speed, optimizing them for the particular scene or situation.

NOTE The shooting mode does not apply when you are

recording video clips.

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To change the shooting mode, press the MODE button on the back of the camera until the desired shooting mode appears on the Image Display. The following table describes each of the shooting mode settings on the camera.

Setting Description

Auto

Mode

Macro

The camera automatically selects the best F-number (aperture) and shutter speed for the scene. Auto mode works well for most shots in normal situations. This mode is also useful when you need to take a good shot quickly, and do not have time to select a special shooting mode on the camera.

This mode allows you to take close-up pictures of subjects less than 0.5 m (20 in) away. In this mode, auto focus has a distance range of 0.1 to 0.5 m (4 to 20 in), and the camera will not take a picture if it cannot find focus (see Focusing the Camera on page 32).

NOTE It is recommended that you not use zoom

while in the Macro shooting mode.

Fast Shot

Action

Por trait

The camera uses a fixed focus instead of auto focus, allowing you to take pictures very quickly. Use this mode in bright light conditions when the subject is moderate to long distances away.

The camera uses fast shutter speeds and higher ISO speeds to stop motion. Use Action mode to capture sporting events, moving cars, or any scene where you want to stop the action.

The camera combines a smaller F-number to blur the background, with lower sharpness for a more natural effect. Use Portrait mode for pictures that have one or more people as their primary focal point.

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Setting Description

Landscape

Beach &

Snow

The camera combines a higher F-number for better depth of field with higher sharpness for a more vivid effect. Use Landscape mode to capture mountain scenes or any shots with a deep perspective.

This mode allows you to capture bright outdoor scenes and balance out harsh lighting.

If the shooting mode setting is anything other than the default

Auto Mode setting, the icon for the setting (in the previous

table) will appear in the Live View screen. The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again or until the camera is turned off. The shooting mode setting resets to the default Auto setting when you turn the camera off.

NOTE To restore the shooting mode setting to what it was

when you last turned the camera off, hold down the

Menu/OK button as you turn the camera back on.

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Using the Self-Timer Settings

1 Secure the camera to a tripod or set it on a stable surface. 2 Press the Timer/Burst button until Self-Timer or Self-

Timer - 2 Shots appears in the Image Display.

3 Frame the subject in either the viewfinder or in Live View.

(See Using Live View on page 30.)

4 The next steps depend on whether you are capturing one or

two still pictures, or are recording a video clip.

For Still Pictures:

a. Press the Shutter button halfway down to gain Focus Lock (the camera measures and then locks the focus and

exposure). The camera will hold these settings until it takes the picture.

b. Press the Shutter button all the way down. If the Image

Display is on, a 10-second countdown appears on the screen. The Self-Timer/Video light on the front of the camera then blinks for 10 seconds before the camera takes the picture. If you set the camera to Self-Timer -

2 Shots, after the first picture is taken, the Self-Timer/

Video light blinks for a few more seconds until the second picture is taken.

NOTE If you immediately press the Shutter button all the way

down without using Focus Lock, the camera will lock focus and exposure just before the end of the 10-second countdown. This is useful when one or more subjects will be entering the picture during the 10-second countdown period.

NOTE You cannot record audio with a still picture when using

the Self-Timer settings, but you can add an audio clip later (see Record Audio on page 61).

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For Video Clips:

To start recording video, press the Video button and then release it. If the Image Display is on, a 10-second countdown appears on the screen. The Self-Timer/Video light on the front of the camera then blinks for 10 seconds before the camera starts recording the video.

NOTE With either the Self-Timer or the Self-Timer - 2 Shots

setting, only one video clip is recorded after the 10second countdown.

To stop recording the video clip, press the Video button again; otherwise, the video will continue recording until the camera runs out of memory.

The icon for the Self-Timer setting (Self-Timer or Self-Timer -

2 Shots ) will appear in the Live View screen. The Self-Timer

setting resets to the default Normal setting after the picture is taken.

NOTE To restore the Timer/Burst setting to what it was when

you last turned the camera off, hold down the Menu/OK button as you turn the camera back on.

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Using the Burst Setting

Burst allows you to take up to 3 still pictures as quickly as possible. The camera then continues taking burst pictures at a slower rate until you release the Shutter button or the camera runs out of memory.

NOTE The Burst setting is disabled while recording video

clips. You also cannot record audio when using the Burst setting, but you can add an audio clip later (see Record

Audio on page 61). Also, the flash is disabled while using

the Burst setting.

1 Press the Timer/Burst

Image Display.

2 Frame the subject and press the Shutter button halfway

down to lock the focus and exposure. Then press the Shutter button all the way down and hold it. The camera takes 3 pictures as quickly as possible and continues taking burst pictures until you release the Shutter button or the camera runs out of memory.

The Image Display remains off during the burst capture. After the burst pictures have been taken, each image appears one at a time on the Image Display.

When Burst is selected, the Burst icon will appear in the Live

View screen. The Burst setting remains in effect until it is

changed again or until the camera is turned off. The camera resets to the default Normal timer/burst setting when you turn the camera off.

NOTE To restore the timer/burst setting to what it was when

you last turned the camera off, hold down the Menu/OK button as you turn the camera back on.

button until Burst appears in the

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Using the Capture Menu

The Capture Menu allows you to adjust various camera settings that affect the characteristics of the images and video clips you capture with your camera.

1 To display the Capture Menu, press the Live View

button, and then press the Menu/OK button. If Live View is already on, simply press Menu/OK.

2 Use the buttons to scroll through the Capture

Menu options.

3 Either press Menu/OK to select a highlighted option

and display its sub-menu, or use the buttons to change the setting for the highlighted option without going to its sub-menu.

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

Menu/OK button to change the setting for the Capture Menu option.

5 Use one of several ways to exit the Capture Menu. If,

immediately after entering the Capture Menu, you decide not to change anything, simply press Menu/OK again to exit the menu. You can also select the EXIT menu option and press Menu/OK. After you have used the Capture

Menu, you can navigate to another menu via the menu tabs

at the top of the Image Display. If you want to switch to another camera state, press the appropriate button on the back of the camera.

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NOTE To restore Capture Menu settings to what they were

when you last turned the camera off, hold down the

Menu/OK button as you turn the camera back on.

Help for the Menu Options

Help... is the last option in each of

the Capture sub-menus. The Help... option provides information about that Capture menu option and its settings. For example, if you press

Menu/OK when Help... is

highlighted in the White Balance sub-menu, the White Balance Help screen is displayed, as shown.

Use the buttons to scroll through the Help screens. To exit the Help and return to the particular Capture sub-menu, press the Menu/OK button.

EV Compensation

In difficult lighting conditions, you can use EV (Exposure Value) Compensation to override the automatic exposure setting that the camera makes.

EV Compensation is useful in scenes that contain many light

objects (like a white house in the snow) or many dark objects (like a black cat on a dark background). Scenes containing many light objects or many dark objects could turn out gray without the use of EV Compensation. For a scene with many light objects, increase the EV Compensation to a positive number to produce a brighter result. For a scene with many dark objects, decrease the EV Compensation to darken the scene to be closer to black.

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1 In the Capture Menu (page 44), select EV Compensation. 2 In the EV Compensation sub-

menu, use the buttons to change the EV setting in 0.5 steps from -2.0 to +2.0. The new setting is applied to the Live View screen behind the menu, so you can see the effect each setting will have on the picture.

3 Press Menu/OK to save the setting and return to the

Capture Menu.

If the setting is anything other than the default setting of 0.0, the number value will appear in the Live View screen next to

icon. The new setting remains in effect until it is changed

the again or until the camera is turned off. The EV Compensation setting resets to the default 0.0 setting when you turn the camera off.

Image Quality

NOTE This setting does not apply when recording video clips.

This setting allows you to set the resolution and JPEG compression of the still images you capture with your camera. The Image Quality sub-menu has four settings.

NOTE The resolution portion of all the Image Quality settings

except for the VGA setting is represented by a number and MP (Megapixels), such as 4MP or 2MP. The higher the number of Megapixels, the higher the resolution. In the case of the VGA setting, the image will be 640 by 480 pixels (0.31 MP), which is the lowest resolution.

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1 In the Capture Menu (page 44), select Image Quality. 2 In the Image Quality sub-menu,

use the

buttons to

highlight a setting.

3 Press Menu/OK to save the

setting and return to the

Capture Menu.

The following table explains the

Image Quality settings in more detail:

Setting Description

4MP Best Images will be full resolution and have the lowest

compression. This setting produces very high quality

images, with greater color accuracy, but uses the most

memory. This setting is recommended if you plan to

print images at a size larger than 18 by 24 cm (8 by

10 in).

4MP Images will be full resolution and have medium

compression. This setting produces high quality

images, but uses less memory than the 4MP Best

setting above. This is the default setting and is

recommended if you plan to print images up to a size

of 13 by18 cm (5 by 7 in).

2MP Images will be half resolution and have medium quality

and compression. This is a memory-efficient setting,

ideal for images that you want to send via e-mail or

post to the Internet.

VGA Images will be 640 by 480 (lowest) resolution and

have medium compression. This is the most memory-

efficient setting, but produces lower quality images.

This setting is good for images you want to send via e-

mail or post to the Internet.

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The Image Quality setting not only affects the quality of the images but, as a result, also the number of images that can be stored either in the internal memory in the camera or on an optional memory card. Higher resolution and lower compression images will take up more space than images with lower resolution and/or higher compression. For example, the

Best setting results in the highest quality images, but

4MP

consumes more storage space in memory than the next lower setting, 4MP. Likewise, many more still images can be stored in memory at the 2MP or VGA settings than at 4MP; however, these settings will result in lower quality images.

The Pictures remaining count at the bottom of the Image

Quality sub-menu screen updates when you highlight each

setting. See Memory Capacity on page 148 for more information about how the Image Quality setting affects the number of images that can be saved in the internal memory in the camera.

The Image Quality setting (in the previous table) will appear in the Live View screen. The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again, even when you turn the camera off.

NOTE When you use digital zoom, the resolution reduces as

you zoom in. See Digital Zoom on page 35.

White Balance

Different kinds of lighting conditions cast different colors. For example, sunlight is more blue, while indoor tungsten light is more yellow. Scenes dominated by a single color may require an adjustment of the white balance setting to help the camera reproduce colors more accurately and ensure that whites appear white in the final image. You can also adjust the white balance to produce creative effects. For example, using the Sun setting can produce a warmer look to the image.

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1 In the Capture Menu (page 44), select White Balance. 2 In the White Balance sub-menu,

use the buttons to highlight a setting. The new setting is applied to the Live View screen behind the menu, so you can see the effect each setting will have on the picture.

3 Press Menu/OK to save the setting and return to the

Capture Menu.

The following table explains the settings in more detail:

Setting Description

Auto The camera automatically identifies and corrects for

scene illuminance. This is the default setting.

Sun The camera balances color assuming the subject is

outdoors under sunny or bright cloudy conditions.

Shade The camera balances color assuming the subject is

outdoors in shade, in dark cloudy conditions, or at dusk.

Tungsten The camera balances color based on incandescent or

halogen lighting (typically found in homes).

Fluorescent The camera balances color based on fluorescent

lighting.

If the setting is anything other than the default Auto setting, the icon for the setting (in the previous table) will appear in the Live

View screen. The new setting remains in effect until it is

changed again or until the camera is turned off. The White

Balance setting resets to the default Auto setting when you turn

the camera off.

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ISO Speed

NOTE This setting does not apply when recording video clips,

or when the shooting mode is set to Action, Portra it,

Landscape, or Fast Shot.

This setting adjusts the sensitivity of the camera to light. When

ISO Speed is set to the default Auto setting, the camera selects

the best ISO speed for the scene.

Lower ISO speeds will capture the best quality images with the least amount of grain (or noise), but result in slower shutter speeds. If taking a picture in low light conditions without a flash at ISO 100, you may want to use a tripod. In contrast, higher ISO numbers allow faster shutter speeds, and can be used when taking pictures in dark areas without a flash, or pictures of fast moving objects. Higher ISO speeds produce pictures with more grain (or noise) and, therefore, can be of lower quality.

1 In the Capture Menu (page 44),

select ISO Speed.

2 In the ISO Speed sub-menu, use

the buttons to highlight a setting.

3 Press Menu/OK to save the

setting and return to the

Capture Menu.

If the setting is anything other than the default Auto setting, the icon for the setting (as shown in the ISO Speed sub-menu) will appear in the Live View screen. The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again or until the camera is turned off. The ISO Speed setting resets to the default Auto setting when you turn the camera off.

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Color

This setting allows you to control the color in which your images will be captured. For example, when you set Color to

Sepia, your images will be captured in brown colors to make

them look aged or old-fashioned.

NOTE After you have taken a picture using either the Black &

White or Sepia setting, the image cannot be adjusted

back to Full Color later.

1 In the Capture Menu (page 44), select Color. 2 In the Color sub-menu, use the

buttons to highlight a setting. The new setting is applied to the Live View screen behind the menu, so you can see the effect each setting will have on the picture.

3 Press Menu/OK to save the setting and return to the

Capture Menu.

The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again or until the camera is turned off. The Color setting resets to the default Full Color setting when you turn the camera off.

Date & Time Imprint

NOTE This setting does not apply when recording video clips.

This setting imprints either the date or the date and time of when the image was captured in the lower left-hand corner of the image. After you select either of the Date & Time Imprint settings, the date or date and time will be imprinted on all subsequent still images that are captured, not to previously captured images.

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NOTE After you have taken a picture using either the Date

Only or Date & Time setting, the date or date and time

that is imprinted on the image cannot be removed later.

NOTE The date or date and time imprint will be visible in

Playback, but it will not be visible in Instant Review.

NOTE If you rotate the image using the Rotate option in the

Playback Menu (page 58), the date or date and time

imprint will likewise rotate with the image.

1 In the Capture Menu (page 44),

select Date & Time Imprint.

2 In the Date & Time Imprint sub-

menu, use the buttons to highlight a setting.

3 Press Menu/OK to save the

setting and return to the

Capture Menu.

The following table explains the settings in more detail:

Setting Description

Off The camera will not imprint a date or date and time

on the image.

Date Only The camera will permanently imprint the date in the

lower left-hand corner of the image.

Date & Time The camera will permanently imprint the date and

time in the lower left-hand corner of the image.

If the new setting is anything other than the default Off setting, the icon for the setting (in the previous table) will appear in the

Live View screen. The new setting remains in effect until it is

changed again, even when you turn the camera off.

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Chapter 3: Reviewing Images and Video Clips

You c an use Playback to review the images and video clips stored in your camera. When reviewing images in Playback, you can use the Zoom lever to view thumbnails of images, or to magnify images so you can take a closer look at them on the camera. See Viewing Thumbnails on page 56 and Magnifying

Images on page 57. In addition, the Playback Menu allows

you to delete images or video clips, record audio to attach to still images, and rotate images. See Using the Playback Menu on page 58.

Using Playback

1 There are two ways to activate Playback.

• With the camera turned on, press the Playback

button.

• With the camera turned off, hold down the Playback

button while also sliding the the camera on. This allows you to activate Playback without the camera lens extending.

The most recently taken or reviewed image or video clip appears on the Image Display.

2 Use the buttons to scroll through your images and video

clips. Press and hold either of the buttons to scroll faster.

ON/OFF switch to turn

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NOTE Video clips play automatically after the first frame of

the video clip displays for 2 seconds.

3 To turn off the Image Display after reviewing your images

and video clips, press the Playback button again.

NOTE To hear audio clips that are attached to still images or

to hear the audio portion of video clips, you must use a computer or television (TV). If you have an optional HP Photosmart M-series dock, you can review the audio by connecting the camera to a TV via the camera dock. To do this, see the dock User’s Manual for instructions.

During Playback, the Image Display also indicates additional information about each image or video clip. The following table describes this information.

4 5

# Icon Description

1 Displays only when an optional memory card is

installed in the camera.

2 Power indicator, such as this low battery level

indicator (see Power Indicators on page 133).

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# Icon Description

3 Displays for the first few seconds when you enter

Playback or move to a new image to indicate that

you can scroll through the images or video clips using the buttons.

Indicates this image has been selected to be sent to

3 destinations using HP Instant Share (see

4: Using HP Instant Share

Indicates this image has been selected for printing 2

copies using HP Instant Share (see

Using HP Instant Share

on page 63).

Chapter 4:

on page 63).

Chapter

6 8 of 43 Shows the number of this image or video clip out of

the total number of images and video clips that are stored in memory.

7 0:29

z Shows the recorded length of this audio or

video clip.

z Indicates this image has an audio clip attached.

z Indicates this is a video clip.

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Total Images Summary Screen

When you press the button while viewing the last image, a screen appears showing the number of pictures taken, and the number of pictures remaining. Counters indicating the total number of images

selected for HP Instant Share for printing are shown in the upper left-hand corner of the

screen. In addition, icons are shown in the upper right-hand corner of the screen for an optional memory card if installed (indicated by the SD icon) and the power indicator (such as the

low battery level indicator; see Power I n dicators on page 133).

and

Viewing Thumbnails

Thumbnail view allows you to view the still images you have

taken and the first frames of the video clips you have recorded arranged in a matrix of nine thumbnail images and video clip frames per screen.

1 While in Playback (page 53),

press Thumbnails (same as

Zoom Out ) on the Zoom lever.

A Thumbnail view of up to nine images and video clip frames appears on the Image Display. A yellow border surrounds the current image or video clip frame.

2 Use the buttons to scroll horizontally to the previous or

next thumbnail.

3 Press the

directly above or below the current thumbnail.

buttons to scroll vertically to the thumbnail

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4 Press the Menu/OK button to exit Thumbnail view and

return to Playback. The current image or video clip (that was in the yellow border in Thumbnail view) is displayed in full view on the Image Display again.

At the bottom of each thumbnail, an HP Instant Share icon signifies that the still image is selected for one or more

HP Instant Share destinations, a printer

icon signifies that it

is selected for printing, a video icon signifies that this is a video clip, and an audio icon signifies that an audio clip is

attached to this still image.

Magnifying Images

NOTE This feature is only available for still images; video clips

cannot be magnified. Also, this feature is for viewing purposes only; it does not permanently alter the image.

1 While in Playback (page 53),

press Magnify

In ) on the Zoom lever. The

currently displayed image is automatically magnified 2x. The center portion of the magnified image is displayed along with four arrows, which indicate that you can pan around the magnified image.

2 Use the and buttons to pan around the

magnified image.

3 Use Zoom In and Zoom Out to increase or decrease

the magnification.

4 Press the Menu/OK button to exit Magnify view and return

to Playback. The current image is displayed in full view on the Image Display again.

(same as Zoom

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Using the Playback Menu

The Playback Menu allows you to delete still images or video clips, undelete images, and format the camera's internal memory or optional memory card. Additionally, you can attach audio clips to still images and manipulate still images by rotating them.

1 To display the Playback Menu, press the Menu/OK button

while you are in Playback. If you are not currently in

Playback, press the Playback button first, then press the Menu/OK button.

2 Use the

option that you want to use on the left side of the Image Display. The Playback Menu options are explained later in this section.

3 Move to the image or video clip you want to use by pressing

the buttons. This makes it easy to perform the same action on several images or video clips, such as deleting multiple images or video clips.

4 Select the highlighted Playback Menu option by pressing the

Menu/OK button.

5 Use one of several ways to exit the Playback Menu. If,

immediately after entering the Playback Menu, you decide not to change anything, simply press Menu/OK again to exit the menu. You can also select the EXIT option and press Menu/OK. After you have used the Playback Menu, you can navigate to another menu via the menu tabs at the top of the Image Display. If you want to return to Playback, or switch to another camera state, press the appropriate button on the back of the camera.

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The following table summarizes each of the Playback Menu options and describes the information in the bottom right corner of each image or video clip while the Playback Menu is displayed.

Still Image Screen: Video Clip Screen:

8 9

# Icon Description

1 Delete - Presents a sub-menu where you can

delete this image or video clip, delete all images and video clips, format the internal memory or an optional memory card, and undelete the last deleted image. (See Delete on page 60.)

2 Record Audio - Records a new audio clip to

attach to this still image, or deletes an existing audio clip. (See Record Audio on page 61.)

3 Rotate - Rotates the currently displayed still image

90 degrees clockwise. (See Rotate on page 62.)

4 EXIT - Exits the Playback Menu.

5 4MP Shows the Image Quality setting used to capture

this image.

6 0:29

Visible if this image has an audio clip attached to it, with the length of the audio clip displayed to the left of the icon.

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# Icon Description

7 8 of 43 Shows the number of this image or video clip out

of the total number of images and video clips in internal memory or on an optional memory card.

Indicates this image has been selected to be

sent to 3 destinations using HP Instant Share. (See

Chapter 4: Using HP Instant Share on

page 63.) Indicates this image has been selected for

printing 2 copies using HP Instant Share (see

Chapter 4: Using HP Instant Share on

page 63).

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11 0:37 Visible if this is a video clip, with the length of the

Shows the date that this image was captured or this video clip was recorded.

video clip displayed to the left of the icon.

Delete

In the Playback Menu (page 58), when you select Delete, the Delete sub-menu displays. The Delete submenu provides the following options:

z Cancel—Returns you to the

Playback Menu without deleting

the currently displayed image or video clip.

z This Image—Deletes the currently displayed image or

video clip.

z All Images (in Memory/on Card)—Deletes all of the images

and video clips either in internal memory, or on an optional memory card that is installed in the camera.

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z Format (Memory/Card)—Deletes all of the images, video

clips, and files in internal memory or on an optional memory card, and then formats the internal memory or memory card.

NOTE To help prevent corrupted cards and images, it is

recommended that you format optional memory cards before you use them for the first time, and when you want to delete all of the images and video clips stored on them.

z Undelete Last—Recovers the most recently deleted image or

images, depending on whether This Image or All Images (in

Memory/on Card) was selected from the Delete sub-menu.

(This option is only displayed after a Delete operation has been performed.)

NOTE With the Undelete Last option, you can recover only the

most recent delete operation. When you proceed to another operation, for example, powering off the camera or taking another picture, the last delete operation you performed becomes permanent, and the camera can no longer recover the image or images you last deleted.

Use the

buttons to highlight an option, and then press

the Menu/OK button to select it.

Record Audio

NOTE This menu option is not available for video clips.

To record an audio clip for a still image that does not already have an audio clip attached to it:

1 In the Playback Menu (page 58), select Record Audio.

Audio recording starts immediately after you select this menu option. A microphone icon and an elapsed time counter are displayed during recording.

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2 To stop recording, press Menu/OK; otherwise the audio

continues to record until the camera runs out of memory. When recording stops, the display returns to the

Playback Menu.

If the currently displayed image already has an audio clip attached to it, when you select Record Audio, the Record Audio sub-menu is displayed instead. The Record Audio sub-menu lists several options:

z Keep Current Clip—Retains the current audio clip and

returns to the Playback Menu.

z Record New Clip—Begins to record audio, replacing the

previous audio clip.

z Delete Clip—Deletes the current audio clip and returns to

the Playback Menu.

NOTE To hear audio clips that are attached to still images,

you must use a computer or television (TV). If you have an optional HP Photosmart M-series dock, you can review the audio clips by connecting the camera to a TV via the camera dock. To do this, see the dock User’s Manual for instructions.

Rotate

NOTE This menu option is not available for video clips.

In the Playback Menu (page 58), when you select Rotate, the currently displayed image is automatically rotated 90 degrees clockwise. The image is displayed in its new orientation. You can then press Menu/OK to rotate the image again as many times as needed to gain the orientation of the image you want. When you exit the Rotate menu option, the image will be saved in its new orientation.

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Chapter 4: Using HP Instant Share

This camera has an exciting feature called HP Instant Share. This feature allows you to easily select still images in your camera to be automatically sent to a variety of destinations the next time you connect the camera to your computer or printer. For example, you can select images that you want to have printed, then connect the camera to your computer or printer, and the selected images will be printed automatically. As another example, you can select images in your camera to be automatically sent to e-mail addresses (including group distribution lists), online albums, or other online services the next time you connect the camera to your computer.

NOTE Available online services vary by region. Visit

www.hp.com/go/instantshare to see HP Instant Share in action.

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Using the HP Instant Share Menu

When you press the HP Instant Share/Print / button on the back of the camera, the most recently taken or viewed image appears on the Image Display, with the HP Instant

Share Menu overlaid on top. The following table describes

each of the default HP Instant Share Menu options as shown in the following example HP Instant Share screen.

1 2

3 4

# Icon Description 1 Print 1 copy of the currently displayed image when

connected to a computer or printer. By default, the picture is printed at 10 by 15 cm (4 by 6 in).

2 Print 2 copies of the currently displayed image.

3 HP Instant Share Setup... allows you to add more

e-mail and other

Instant Share Menu. (See Setting Up

the HP

Destinations in the HP Instant Share Menu on

page 65.)

—Exits the HP Instant Share Menu.

EXIT

HP Instant Share destinations to

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With the default HP Instant Share Menu, you can now select images in your camera so they will print automatically the next time you connect your camera to your computer or printer. You do this by selecting either or both the Print 1 copy and the

Print 2 copies menu options for each image you want to

print. See Selecting Images for HP Instant Share Destinations on page 69 for instructions on how to do this.

You can also set up the HP Instant Share Menu with other

HP Instant Share destinations, such as e-mail addresses

(including group distribution lists), online albums, or other online services, where your images will automatically be sent the next time you connect your camera to your computer. You do this by selecting the HP Instant Share Setup... option, as explained in the following section.

Setting Up Destinations in the HP Instant Share Menu

NOTE You will need an Internet connection to complete this

procedure on a Windows computer. Macintosh users, however, will not need an Internet connection.

NOTE If you have an optional memory card installed in your

camera, make sure that the memory card in your camera is not locked and has some free space on it.

1 Make sure that the HP Image Zone software is installed on

your computer (see page 14).

2 Turn on the camera, and then press the HP Instant Share/

/ button on the back of the camera. The

Print HP Instant Share Menu appears on the Image Display.

3 Use the button to highlight HP Instant Share

Setup... , and press the Menu/OK button.

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When you select HP Instant Share Setup... , a message appears on the Image Display asking you to connect the camera to your computer.

NOTE If your computer is running Windows XP, when you

connect the camera to your computer in the next step, a dialog box may display that requests you to Select the

program to launch for this action. Simply click Cancel to

close this dialog box.

4 Connect the camera to your computer either by using the

special USB cable that came with your camera for connecting the camera to a computer, or by using the optional HP Photosmart M-series dock:

• Connect the camera to the

computer with the USB cable by connecting the larger end of the cable to the computer, and connecting the small end of the cable to the USB connector behind the rubber door on the side of the camera.

• Connect the camera to the computer with an optional

HP Photosmart M-series dock by putting the camera in the dock and pressing the Save/Print button on the dock.

Connecting the camera to the computer with the USB cable or the dock activates the camera HP Instant Share Menu setup wizard on your computer. See Setting Up Destinations

on a Windows Computer on page 67 or Setting Up Destinations on a Macintosh Computer on page 68 for

instructions for your computer.

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Setting Up Destinations on a Windows Computer

1 At the Welcome screen, click Start. 2 The Set Up Your HP Instant Share Destinations screen

appears. Any HP Instant Share destinations you have already set up will be listed here. Click Create to add a new destination to your camera HP Instant Share Menu.

3 The Go Online screen appears, prompting you to connect to

your Internet service provider. Connect to the Internet, if not already online, and click Next.

4 Sign-in to HP Instant Share:

• If this is your first time using HP Instant Share, the Region

and Terms of Use screen appears. Select your region,

read and agree to the Terms of Use, and click Next to continue. Then follow the instructions to register for a secure HP Passport account.

• If you have used HP Instant Share before, sign-in with

your HP Passport.

Click Next to continue.

5 Choose an HP Instant Share Service for your destination.

Click Next, and follow the instructions to set up the service to be used when you select this destination.

6 When you finish setting up the service for this destination,

you are returned to the Set Up Your HP Instant Share

Destinations screen, and the name of your new destination

appears in the list of destinations.

NOTE You can configure a maximum of 32 HP Instant Share

destinations (such as individual e-mail addresses or group distribution lists) that can be listed in the HP Instant Share

Menu on your camera.

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7 Click Create to add another destination (repeating steps 5

and 6 above), or select a destination and do one of the following:

• Click Edit to modify the destination.

• Click Remove to delete the destination.

8 When you have finished adding HP Instant Share

destinations, click Save to my camera. The new destinations are then saved to the camera’s HP Instant Share Menu. When the computer confirms they have been saved to your camera, disconnect the camera from the computer.

Setting Up Destinations on a Macintosh Computer

1 At the Modify Share Menu screen, any HP Instant Share

destinations you have already set up will be listed. Click

Add to add a new destination to your camera’s HP Instant Share Menu.

2 The New Share Menu Item screen appears. Enter a name

for the destination in the Menu Item Name field, and do either of the following:

• Select Use my local e-mail application to send images

directly to the e-mail address(s) you specify below in this screen without using HP Instant Share.

• Select Use HP Instant Share e-mail and services to create

an HP Instant Share destination.

3 Click OK to add the new destination to the camera’s

HP Instant Share Menu. You are returned to the Modify Share Menu screen, and the name of your new destination

appears in the list of destinations.

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NOTE You can configure a maximum of 32 HP Instant Share

destinations (such as individual e-mail addresses or group distribution lists) that can be listed in the HP Instant Share

Menu on your camera.

4 Click Add to add another destination (repeating steps 2

and 3 above), or select a destination and do one of the following:

• Click Edit to modify the destination.

• Click Remove to delete the destination.

5 When you have finished adding destinations, click Update

Camera. The new destinations are then saved to the

camera's HP Instant Share Menu. When the computer confirms they have been saved to your camera, disconnect the camera from the computer.

Selecting Images for HP Instant Share Destinations

NOTE You can select any number of HP Instant Share

destinations for each still image. However, you cannot select HP Instant Share destinations for video clips, because video clips are not currently supported by

HP Instant Share.

1 Turn on the camera, and then press the HP Instant Share/

/ button.

2 Use the buttons to highlight the first destination in

the HP Instant Share Menu that you want to select, such as an e-mail destination.

3 Use the buttons to scroll to a still image for which you

want to select this HP Instant Share destination.

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4 Press the Menu/OK button to select the destination, and a

appears over that destination in the HP Instant Share

Menu. To deselect the destination, press the Menu/OK

button again.

5 Select any other HP Instant Share destinations that you want

for this image by using the buttons to highlight each destination in the HP Instant Share Menu, and pressing the

Menu/OK button to select the destination.

6 Scroll to other images by using the buttons, and select

HP Instant Share destinations for each of the other images

in the same manner. You can also use the buttons to scroll to other images to simply review their destinations.

7 When you are finished selecting all of the HP Instant Share

destinations for your images, select the EXIT menu option and press Menu/OK.

8 Connect the camera to your computer and transfer the

images as explained in Transferring Images to a Computer on page 73. After the images are transferred to your computer, they will be automatically sent to their respective

HP Instant Share destinations. Macintosh users will need to

add addressing information for their HP Instant Share destinations before the images and messages can be sent.

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How HP Instant Share E-mails Images

The way images are e-mailed via HP Instant Share works much the same on Windows and Macintosh computers.

Images are not e-mailed as attachments. Rather, a message is sent to each e-mail address that you selected in the HP Instant

Share Menu. The message contains thumbnail images of the

pictures you selected for that address, as well as a link to a web page where the recipient can view the images. From that web page, the recipient can do things like reply to you, print the images, save images to their computer, forward images, and more. This makes it easy for people who use different e-mail programs to be able to see your images without the difficulty of dealing with e-mail attachments.

On Windows, the process of e-mailing images via HP Instant

Share is fully automated. After you have selected your

destinations, messages will be sent to each of your recipients and the images will be posted on the web page when you transfer the images from the camera to the computer.

On Macintosh, the process of e-mailing images is not automatic. After images marked with HP Instant Share destinations are transferred to your Macintosh, they will be displayed in the HP Instant Share application. Simply follow the instructions in the HP Instant Share application to send your messages and post your images on the web page.

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Chapter 5: Transferring and Printing Images

Transferring Images to a Computer

NOTE You can also use the optional HP Photosmart M-series

dock to do this task. See the dock User’s Manual for instructions.

1 Confirm the following:

• The HP Image Zone software is installed on your

computer (see Installing the Software on page 14). To transfer images to a computer that does not have the HP Image Zone software installed on it, see Using Your

Camera without Installing the HP Image Zone Software

on page 89.

• If you are using a Macintosh computer, the camera’s

USB Configuration is set to Disk Drive in the Setup Menu

(see USB Configuration on page 83.)

• If images on the camera are selected for printing or

selected for HP Instant Share destinations, make sure the computer is connected to a printer and/or the internet.

2 Turn off the ca mera.

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3 Your camera came with a

special USB cable for connecting the camera to a computer. Connect the larger end of that USB cable to the computer.

4 Open the rubber door on the

side of the camera and connect the small end of the USB cable to the USB connector on the camera.

5 Turn on the camera. The HP Image Transfer software will

launch on your computer. If you have set the software to automatically transfer the images in the camera, the images will automatically transfer to the computer. Otherwise, in the

Transfer Images from Camera/Card screen, click Start Transfer. The images are transferred to the computer, and

then if there are any still images that were previously selected for HP Instant Share destinations (page 63), those actions are started.

6 When the Image Action Summary screen appears

on the computer, you can disconnect the camera from the computer.

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Printing Images Directly from the Camera

NOTE You can also use the optional HP Photosmart M-series

dock to do this task. See the dock User’s Manual for instructions.

You can connect the camera directly to any HP Photosmart printer or PictBridge-compatible printer to print images. You can then print either all images in the camera, or just those images you have selected using the HP Instant Share Menu on the camera (see Selecting Images for HP Instant Share

Destinations on page 69).

NOTE HP does not support printers from other manufacturers.

If your printer will not print, contact the manufacturer of your printer.

NOTE You can only print still images; video clips cannot

be printed.

1 Check that the printer is turned on. There should be no

blinking lights on the printer or error messages displayed about the printer. Load paper into the printer, if needed.

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2 Connect your camera to the

printer.

• If you are printing directly

to an HP Photosmart printer

not

that does

display the PictBridge logo (see logo below), use the special USB cable for connecting the camera directly to an HP Photosmart printer. Connect the square end of that USB cable to the HP Photosmart printer.

• If you are connecting the camera to a printer

displaying the PictBridge logo (see logo on right) from HP or another manufacturer, do the following:

a. Make sure the camera’s USB Configuration setting is

set to Digital Camera (see USB Configuration on page 83).

b. Using the USB cable that you would normally connect

between the camera and the computer, connect the larger, flat end of the USB cable to the corresponding connector on the PictBridge printer.

3 Open the rubber door on the side of the camera and

connect the small end of the USB cable to the USB connector on the camera.

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4 When the camera is connected to

the printer, a Print Setup menu displays on the camera. If you already selected images to print using the camera HP Instant

Share Menu, the number of

images selected is shown. Otherwise, Images: ALL is displayed.

NOTE There is a print preview in the lower right-hand corner

of the Print Setup screen showing the page layout that will be used for printing images. This print preview updates as you change the settings for the Print Size and Paper Size.

For PictBridge printers only: If default is displayed for the Print Size or Paper Size, then no print preview is shown.

The printer will automatically determine the page layout that will be used for printing images.

5 If all the settings in the Print Setup menu look correct, press

Menu/OK on the camera to begin printing. Or you can

change the settings in the Print Setup menu using the arrow keys on the camera, and then follow the instructions on the screen to begin printing.

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Chapter 6: Using the Setup Menu

The Setup Menu allows you to adjust a number of camera settings, such as the camera sounds, date and time, and the configuration of the USB or TV connection.

1 To display the Setup Menu, first display any other menu (see

Camera Menus on page 23) and then use the buttons

to move to the menu tab for the Setup Menu .

2 Use the buttons to scroll through the Setup

Menu options.

3 Either press the Menu/OK button to select a highlighted

option and display its sub-menu, or use the buttons to change the setting for the highlighted option without going to its sub-menu.

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

Menu/OK button to change the setting for the Setup Menu option.

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5 Use one of several ways to exit the Setup Menu. You can

select the EXIT menu option and press Menu/OK. After you have used the Setup Menu, you can also navigate to another menu via the menu tabs at the top of the Image Display. If you want to switch to another camera state, press the appropriate button on the back of the camera.

Display Brightness

This setting allows you to adjust the brightness of the Image Display for the viewing conditions. You can use this setting to increase the brightness for harsh lighting environments, or reduce the brightness to extend battery life.

The default Display Brightness setting is Medium.

1 In the Setup Menu (page 79), select Display Brightness. 2 In the Display Brightness sub-

menu, highlight the brightness level you prefer for the Image Display. The new setting is applied to the Live View screen behind the menu so you can see the effect the setting will have on the display brightness.

3 Press Menu/OK to save the setting and return to the

Setup Menu.

The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again, even when you turn the camera off.

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Camera Sounds

Camera sounds are the sounds that the camera makes when you turn it on, press a button, or take a picture. Camera sounds are not the audio sounds recorded with images or video clips.

The default Camera Sounds setting is On.

1 In the Setup Menu (page 79), select Camera Sounds. 2 In the Camera Sounds sub-menu,

highlight Off or On.

3 Press Menu/OK to save the setting

and return to the Setup Menu.

The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again, even when you turn the camera off.

Live View at Power On

This setting allows you to have the camera automatically display Live View every time you turn the camera on, or to have the Image Display turned off every time.

The default Live View at Power On setting is Live View On.

NOTE Setting Live View at Power On to Off can save

battery power.

1 In the Setup Menu (page 79), select Live View Setup. 2 In the Live View at Power On sub-

menu, highlight Live View On or

Live View Off.

3 Press Menu/OK to save the setting

and return to the Setup Menu.

The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again, even when you turn the camera off.

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Date & Time

This setting allows you to set the date/time format, as well as the current date and time for the camera. This is usually done when you first set up the camera; however, you may need to re-set the date and time when you are travelling to different time zones, after the camera has been without power for an extended time, or if the date or time is incorrect.

NOTE The date/time format chosen will be used to display the

date information in Playback. Also, the format chosen in this setting is what is used in the Date & Time Imprint feature (see Date & Time Imprint on page 51).

1 In the Setup Menu (page 79), select Date & Time. 2 In the Date & Time sub-menu,

adjust the value of the highlighted selection by using the buttons.

3 Press the buttons to move to

the other selections.

4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the

correct date/time format, date, and time are set.

5 Press Menu/OK to save the setting and return to the

Setup Menu.

The date/time format setting remains in effect until it is changed again, even when you turn the camera off. The date and time settings also remain current as long as the camera batteries that are installed have a charge, or, if the batteries are removed, it is for less than 10 minutes, or the camera is connected to an optional HP AC power adapter.

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USB Configuration

This setting determines how the camera is recognized when connected to a computer.

1 In the Setup Menu (page 79),

select USB.

2 In the USB Configuration

sub-menu, highlight one of these two choices:

• Digital Camera—Causes the

computer to recognize the camera as a digital camera using the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) standard. This is the default setting on the camera.

• Disk Drive—Causes the computer to recognize the

camera as a disk drive using the Mass Storage Device Class (MSDC) standard. Use this setting to transfer images to a computer that does not have the HP Image Zone software installed on it (see Transferring Images to

a Computer without HP Image Zone Software on

page 90). You may be unable to use this setting with a Windows 98 computer that does not have the HP Image Zone software installed on it.

3 Press Menu/OK to save the setting and return to the

Setup Menu.

The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again, even when you turn the camera off.

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TV Configuration

This setting allows you to set the format of the video signal for displaying camera images on a television (TV) that is connected to the camera with an optional HP Photosmart M-series camera dock.

The default TV Configuration setting depends on the language that you selected when you turned on the camera for the first time.

1 In the Setup Menu (page 79),

select TV Configuration.

2 In the TV Configuration sub-menu,

highlight one of these two choices:

• NTSC—This format is used

primarily in North America and Japan.

• PAL —This format is used primarily in Europe.

3 Press Menu/OK to save the setting and return to the Setup

Menu.

The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again, even when you turn the camera off.

For more information on connecting the camera to a TV, see the dock User’s Manual.

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Language

This setting allows you to set the language used in the camera interface, such as the text in menus.

1 In the Setup Menu (page 79),

select .

2 In the Language sub-menu,

highlight the language you want to use.

3 Press Menu/OK to save the

setting and return to the

Setup Menu.

The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again, even when you turn the camera off.

Move Images to Card

The Move Images to Card... option is available in the Setup

Menu if an optional memory card is installed in the camera

and the internal memory contains at least one image.

In the Setup Menu (page 79), if you press Menu/OK when the

Move Images to Card... option is highlighted and there is room

on the memory card, a confirmation screen appears explaining that there is enough room to move all internal files to the memory card. If only some of the images will fit, then a confirmation screen appears explaining how many images in internal memory can be moved to the memory card. If no images can be moved to the memory card, then the screen displays CARD FULL.

During the move, a progress bar is shown. All of the images that are successfully moved to the memory card are then deleted from the camera's internal memory. When the move is complete, you return to the Setup Menu.

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Chapter 7: Troubleshooting and Support

This chapter contains information on the following topics:

z Resetting the camera (page 88) z Using the camera without installing the HP Image Zone

software (page 89)

z Cleaning the camera lens (page 94) z Possible problems, causes, and solutions (page 95) z Error messages on the camera (page 109) z Error messages on the computer (page 119) z How to get assistance from HP (page 122)

NOTE For more information about solutions to problems

mentioned here, as well as any other issues you might have with your camera or the HP Image Zone software, see the HP Customer Support website: www.hp.com/

support

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Resetting the Camera

If your camera does not respond when you press any buttons, try resetting the camera as follows:

1 Turn off the ca mera. 2 If you have an optional memory card installed, remove it.

(Although removing an optional memory card is not necessary for performing the reset, it eliminates the memory card as a possible cause of the problem.)

3 Reset the camera by removing power from it as follows:

• If you are powering the camera with only batteries, open

the Battery/Memory card door and remove both batteries for approximately 5 seconds.

• If you are using only an optional HP AC power adapter

to power the camera, disconnect it from the camera for at least 5 seconds.

• If you are using both batteries and the HP AC power

adapter, remove both for at least 5 seconds.

4 Reinsert the batteries and close the Battery/Memory card

door, and/or reconnect the HP AC power adapter to the camera.

5 After verifying that the camera works without an optional

memory card, reinsert the card if you have one.

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Using Your Camera without Installing the HP Image Zone Software

If you do not, or cannot, install the HP Image Zone software on your computer for some reason (such as there is not enough RAM in your computer, or your computer is not running a supported operating system), you can still use your camera to take pictures and video clips. However, some of the things you can do with the camera will be affected:

z The HP Instant Share feature depends on the HP Image

Zone software, so if the software is not installed on your computer, you will not be able to use the HP Instant Share feature on the camera.

z Images you have marked for printing using the HP Instant

Share Menu on the camera will not automatically print out

when the camera is connected to the computer. However, this feature will still work in the following scenarios:

• When you connect the camera directly to a printer.

• If your printer has a memory card slot in it, and if you are

using a memory card in your camera, you can simply remove the memory card from the camera and insert it in the memory card slot in the printer.

z The process for transferring images and video clips from the

camera to your computer will be different, since normally the HP Image Zone software handles this task. See the following section for details.

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Transferring Images to a Computer without HP Image Zone Software

NOTE If you have a Windows Me, 2000, or XP system, or a

Mac OS X system, you do not need to read this section. Simply connect the camera to your computer with the USB cable, and the operating system will launch a program to help you transfer images.

If you do not, or cannot, install HP Image Zone on your computer, there are two ways to transfer images from your camera to the computer: using a memory card reader, or configuring the camera as a disk drive.

Using a Memory Card Reader

If you are using a memory card in your camera, you can simply remove it from the camera and put it in a memory card reader (purchased separately). The memory card reader acts just like a floppy disk drive or CD-ROM drive. In addition, some computers and HP Photosmart printers have memory card slots built into them, and you can use these memory card slots as you would use a regular memory card reader to save images to the computer.

Transferring Images to a Windows Computer

1 Remove the memory card from your camera and insert it

into the memory card reader (or the memory card slot in your computer or printer).

2 Right-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop, then

select Explore from the menu.

3 A screen appears that shows a list of disk drives under My

Computer. The memory card shows up as a removable disk

drive. Click on the + sign just to the left of the removable disk.

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4 Two directories (folders) appear under the removable disk.

Click on the + sign next to the folder called DCIM, and a subdirectory should appear. When you click on the subdirectory under DCIM, the list of your images should appear on the right side of the Explorer screen.

5 Select all the images (in the Edit pull-down menu click on

Select All), then copy them (in the Edit menu click on Copy).

6 Click on the Local Disk under My Computer. You are now

working in your computer's hard disk drive.

7 Create a new folder under Local Disk (go to the File pull-

down menu and click on New, then click on Folder. A folder called New Folder appears in the right side of the Explorer screen). While the text of this new folder is highlighted, you can type in a new name (for example, Pictures). To change the name of the folder later, you can simply right-click on the folder name, choose Rename from the menu that appears, then type in the new name.

8 Click on the new folder you just created, then go to the Edit

pull-down menu and click on Paste.

9 The images you copied in step 5 are pasted into this new

folder on your computer's hard drive. To verify that the images were successfully transferred from the memory card, click on the new folder. You should see the same list of files in that folder that you saw when you looked at them on the memory card (step 4).

10When you have verified that the images were successfully

transferred from the memory card to your computer, put the card back in your camera. To free up space on the card, you can either delete the images or format the card (under the Delete option in the Playback Menu in the camera).

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NOTE It is recommended that you format the card rather than

delete the images because it will help prevent corrupted images or cards.

Transferring Images to a Macintosh Computer

1 Remove the memory card from your camera and insert it

into the memory card reader (or the memory card slot in your computer or printer).

2 Depending on the configuration and/or version of the Mac

OS X operating system you are running, either an application called Image Capture or one called iPhoto will launch automatically and guide you through the process of transferring images from your camera to your computer.

• If the Image Capture application is launched, click on

either the Download Some or Download All button to transfer the images to your computer. By default, the images will be put in the Pictures or Movies folder (depending on which kind of file they are).

• If the iPhoto application is launched, click on the Import

button to transfer the images to your computer. The images will be stored in the iPhoto application. So to access the images later, simply run iPhoto.

• If no application launches automatically or if you want to

copy the images manually, look on the desktop for a disk drive icon which represents the memory card, then copy the images from there to your local hard drive. For more information about how to copy files, visit Mac help, the help system included with your computer.

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Configuring the Camera as a Disk Drive

This method sets up your camera to function as a disk drive when it is connected to your computer.

NOTE You may be unable to use this method with

Windows 98 computers.

1 Set your camera to Disk Drive mode (you only need to do

this step once):

a. Turn the camera on, then press the Menu/OK button to

display the Capture Menu.

b. Use the button to navigate to the Setup Menu .

c. Use the button to highlight the USB menu option, and

then press Menu/OK.

d. Use the button to select Disk Drive, and then press Menu/OK.

e. Use the button to highlight EXIT, and then press Menu/OK.

2 When you have set your camera to Disk Drive mode,

connect the camera to your computer using the USB cable.

3 At this point, the process for transferring images is the same

as described in the section Using a Memory Card Reader on page 90. On Windows computers, the camera will appear as a removable disk in the Windows Explorer screen. On Macintosh computers, either the Image Capture or iPhoto application will launch automatically.

4 When you have finished transferring images from the

camera to the computer, simply disconnect the camera from the computer. If your computer is running Windows 2000 or XP, you may get an “Unsafe Removal” warning upon disconnecting the camera. You can disregard this warning.

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NOTE On Macintosh computers, if either Image Capture or

iPhoto do not launch automatically, look on the desktop for a disk drive icon with the label HP_M407. For more information about how to copy files, visit Mac help, the help system included with your computer.

Cleaning the Camera Lens

Do the following to remove any lubricant that has seeped from the lens wink mechanism onto the camera lens, as well as fingerprints, dust, and so forth that have accumulated on the lens. To clean the lens, you will need standard lens cleaning paper commonly available at photo-specialty stores, as well as a cotton swab.

1 Turn the camera on to open the lens wink mechanism and

to extend the lens.

2 Wrap the lens cleaning paper around the end of the

cotton swab.

3 Using the cotton swab with the lens paper, wipe the lens

clean using a circular motion.

When handling the camera after cleaning the lens, use care not to press on the wink mechanism cover when the lens is in the retracted position because this may cause lubricant to seep from the wink mechanism onto the lens.

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Problems and Solutions

Problem Possible cause Solution The camera

does not turn on.

The batteries either are functioning incorrectly, are dead, are installed incorrectly, are missing, or are the wrong type.

If you are using an optional HP AC power adapter, it is not connected to the camera, or is not plugged into a power outlet.

The optional HP AC power adapter is not functioning correctly.

z The charge in the batteries could

be low or completely drained. Try installing new or recharged batteries.

z Ensure that the batteries are

installed correctly (see page 10).

z Do not use ordinary alkaline

batteries. For best results, use Energizer Lithium AA or rechargeable NiMH AA batteries.

Ensure that the HP AC power adapter is connected to the camera and is plugged into a working electrical outlet.

Ensure that the HP AC power adapter is not damaged and is plugged into a working electrical outlet.

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Problem Possible cause Solution The camera

does not turn on (continued).

The Power light is on but my camera seems “stuck” and won’t operate properly.

The optional memory card is not a supported card or is corrupted.

The camera has stopped operating.

While the camera was running, the power was cut off then reapplied quickly.

Ensure that the memory card is the proper type for your camera (see Storage on page 145). If the card is the proper type, remove the memory card and see if you can turn on the camera. If you can turn on the camera with the memory card removed, then the card is probably corrupted. Replace the memory card.

Reset the camera (see Resetting

the Camera on page 88).

Reset the camera

the Camera on page 88).

(see Resetting

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Problem Possible cause Solution I have to

replace or recharge the batteries frequently.

Extended Image Display use for Live

View or video

recording, excessive flash use, and excessive zooming increase the rate of battery drain.

The NiMH batteries you are using were recharged incorrectly, or have drained on their own because they have not been used lately.

Battery type is inappropriate for the way the camera is being used.

See Extending Battery Life on page 130.

NiMH batteries are not fully charged when new, and they discharge over time whether or not they are installed in a camera. Batteries that are new or have not been charged recently must be recharged to reach full capacity (see

Batteries

See Performance per Battery Type on page 132.

Recharging NiMH

on page 134).

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Problem Possible cause Solution The camera

batteries will not charge.

Rechargeable batteries are not inserted.

Batteries are already charged.

The wrong AC power adapter is being used.

Install NiMH batteries. Lithium batteries cannot be recharged.

Battery charging will not start if the NiMH batteries were recently charged. Try charging them again after they have drained awhile.

Use only the HP AC power adapter approved for use with this camera (see

Purchasing Camera Accessories

on page 139).

Battery voltage is too low for charging to start.

The camera will not attempt to charge NiMH batteries that may be damaged or over-discharged. Remove the batteries from the camera and charge them in the optional HP Photosmart Quick Recharger for M-series cameras (purchased separately), then try them in the camera again. If this does not work, it is likely that one or both of the batteries are bad. Purchase new NiMH batteries and try again.

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Problem Possible cause Solution The camera

batteries will not charge (continued).

The camera does not respond when I press a button.

The batteries are damaged or bad.

Batteries are not inserted correctly.

The camera is turned off or has shut down.

The camera is connected to a computer.

The batteries are drained.

The optional memory card is not a supported card or is corrupted.

NiMH batteries degrade over time and can fail. If the camera detects a problem with the batteries, it will not start charging or will stop charging prematurely. Purchase new batteries.

Ensure that the batteries are inserted correctly (see

Turn on the camera, or turn it off and then on again.

Most of the camera buttons do not respond when the camera is connected to a computer. If they respond, it is only to turn the Image Display on if it is off, or, in some cases, turn the Image Display off if it is on.

Replace or recharge the batteries.

Ensure that the memory card is the proper type for your camera (see Storage on page 145). If the card is the proper type, turn off the camera, remove the memory card, turn on the camera, and see if the camera responds when you press a button. If so, then the card is probably corrupted. Replace the memory card.

page 10).

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Problem Possible cause Solution The camera

does not respond

The camera has stopped operating.

Reset the camera (see

the Camera on page 88).

when I press a button (continued).

A long delay occurs between pressing the Shutter button and the camera taking a picture.

The camera needs time to lock focus and exposure.

The scene is dark and the camera is taking a long exposure.

The camera is using a flash setting with red-eye reduction.

Use Focus Lock (see page 34).

z Use the flash. z If using flash is not possible, then

use a tripod to keep the camera steady during the long exposure time.

It will take longer to take a picture with red-eye reduction. The shutter is delayed because of the additional flashes. In turn, make sure your subjects wait for the additional flashes.

Resetting

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Hp M407 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Legal Notices

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Setup

Attaching the Wrist Strap

Installing the Batteries

Installing a Memory Card (Optional)

Turning on Power

Choosing the Language

Setting the Date and Time

Installing the Software

Windows®

Macintosh

User Manual on the CD

Camera Parts

Back and First Side of the Camera

Front, Second Side, and Bottom of the Camera

Top of the Camera

Camera States

Camera Menus

Using the Help Menu

Camera Status Screen

Restoring Previous Settings

Chapter 2: Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips

Taking Still Pictures

Recording Audio with Still Pictures

Recording Video Clips

Using Live View

Focusing the Camera

Using Auto Focus

Using Focus Lock

Using Zoom

Optical Zoom

Digital Zoom

Setting the Flash

Using the Shooting Modes

Using the Self-Timer Settings

Using the Burst Setting

Using the Capture Menu

Help for the Menu Options

EV Compensation

Image Quality

White Balance

ISO Speed

Color

Date & Time Imprint

Chapter 3: Reviewing Images and Video Clips

Using Playback

Total Images Summary Screen

Viewing Thumbnails

Magnifying Images

Using the Playback Menu

Delete

Record Audio

Rotate

Chapter 4: Using HP Instant Share

Using the HP Instant Share Menu

Setting Up Destinations in the HP Instant Share Menu

Setting Up Destinations on a Windows Computer

Setting Up Destinations on a Macintosh Computer

Selecting Images for HP Instant Share Destinations

How HP Instant Share E-mails Images

Chapter 5: Transferring and Printing Images

Transferring Images to a Computer

Printing Images Directly from the Camera

Chapter 6: Using the Setup Menu

Display Brightness

Camera Sounds

Live View at Power On

Date & Time

USB Configuration

TV Configuration

Language

Move Images to Card

Chapter 7: Troubleshooting and Support

Resetting the Camera

Using Your Camera without Installing the HP Image Zone Software