Polaroid PhotoMAX FUN!, PhotoMAX FUN! 320 User Manual

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Rev. 1, June 10, 2002

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Contents

Welcome to Polaroid PhotoMAX

The Polaroid PhotoMAX

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Digital 320 Creative Kit . . . . . . . . . 2

Kit components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Polaroid Digital 320 Camera features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Getting the camera ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

To take a picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Tips for great photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Using the self-timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Putting photos on your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Connecting the digital camera to your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Opening a photo in the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Working with photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Need Help? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Product Limited Warranties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Welcome to Polaroid PhotoMAX

Thank you for purchasing the Polaroid PhotoMAX

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Digital 320

Creative Kit. This kit contains everything you need to enter the world

of digital imaging. Just follow the simple instructions in this

Quickstart and you’ll be working with digital images quickly and

easily.

Our goal at Polaroid is to make digital imaging easy and fun — right

from the moment you open the box.

If you get stuck or need help please visit our Help site on the Web at:

www.polaroid.com

or call us at 1-800-897-0356.

Polaroid PhotoMAX

Please read this booklet
to learn how fun and easy
it is to use Polaroid
PhotoMAX

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The Polaroid PhotoMAX

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Digital 320 Creative Kit

Your Polaroid PhotoMAX

everything you need to take digital photographs and save them to your

computer. Using the software in your kit you can correct, edit and play

with your digital photos.

You can use your Polaroid PhotoMAX Image Maker Software with

other digital cameras and scanners if they are TWAIN-compliant.

Check the instructions that came with your device to see if it is

TWAIN-compliant.

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Kit components

Make sure that your kit contains the following:

• Polaroid Digital 320 Camera

• Serial interface cable

• 9-volt battery

• Polaroid PhotoMAX SE 2.1 Image Maker Software CD-ROM

Note:

Your computer needs a RS-232C serial port to use

your digital camera.

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Polaroid Digital 320 Camera features

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a

Self-timer button

b

Shutter button

c

Battery door

d

Tripod mount

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Viewfinder

f

Picture counter/status panel

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Serial connector port

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ON/OFF switch

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Power indicator light

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Getting the camera ready

Your kit includes one 9-volt battery to use with your Polaroid Digital

320 Camera.

1. Open the battery door
as shown.

2. Insert one 9-volt battery
into the compartment.
Make sure that the battery
terminal (+ and -) are
properly positioned as
shown.

3. Close the battery door.

You are now ready to
take pictures!

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To take a picture

1. Turn on the camera.
The green power light
on the back of the
camera is lit.

If the green power
light is not lit, check
to make sure the
battery is properly
loaded.

2. Look through the
camera viewfinder.

Hold the camera
steady and press the
shutter button. Keep
holding the camera
steady until you hear
a beep.

When you hear the
beep, a picture has
been taken.

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The picture counter on the back
of the camera shows you how
many pictures you have stored in
your camera.

Your camera can store up to 18
images.

Note:

Your camera automatically shuts off after a few
minutes if you don’t take a picture. This helps to save your
battery power.

The camera beeps to let you know that it is in power saving mode.
When the camera beeps turn the camera off or take another photo.

Press the shutter button to take a photo while the camera is
beeping. The camera turns itself on when you press the shutter
button and takes the photo normally.

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Tips for great photos

Follow the steps on this page to take great photos with your Polaroid
Digital 320 Camera.

Indoor photos

3-6 feet

Take photos in a brightly

lit room that has a

mixture of both sunlight

and lamp light.

For best results, take a

photo near a large

window.

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Outdoor photos

3 feet to infinity

Take photos in sunlight

or in bright shade.

Avoid intense sunlight

that may cause sun

spots in photos.

Always make sure that

the sun or other light

source is behind the

person taking the

photo.

Polaroid PhotoMAX

For more tips on taking great photos with your

Polaroid Digital 320 Camera, visit our Web Help

site at:

www.photomaxhelp.com

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