Rollei Prego da5 User Manual

Gebrauchsanleitung
Instruction Manual

Rollei Prego da5

This manual is designed to assist you in using this 5 Mega Pixels Digital Cam era. Information
in this document has been carefully checked for accuracy; however, no guarantee is given to
the correctness of the contents. The information in this document is subject to change
without notice

Edition

First Edition, 2004

Copyright

© Copyright 2004
This document contains propriet ary information protected by copyright. All rights are

reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical, electronic or other
means, in any form, without prior written permission of the manufacturer.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Compliance

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential inst allation. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

.

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.

• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Warning: A shielded-type power cord is required in order to meet FCC
emission limits and to prevent interference to the nearby radio and television
reception. Use only shielded cables to connect I/O devices to this equipment.

You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by
the party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate

the equipment.

Declaration of Conformity

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following
conditions:

• This device may not cause harmful interference.

• This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may

cause undesired operation.

Trademark Recognition

Windows, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP are registered
Trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation of the U.S. registered in the USA and other
countries. Windows in an abbreviated term referring to the Microsoft Windows Operation
System. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Corporation. Ulead is the trademark of Ulead
Systems, Inc.,.

Other companies or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the
respective companies.

Safety & Handling Precautions

Camera Information

• Do not take apart or attempt to service the camera yourself.

• Do not expose the camera to moisture, or extremes in temperature.

• Let the camera warm up when moving from a cold to a warm temperature.

• Do not touch the lenses of the camera.

• Do not expose the lens to direct sunlight for extended periods.

Battery Information

• Turn off the camera before installing or removing batteries.

• Use only AA NiMH batteries or CRV3 Lithium battery.

• Always replace batteries with two new or freshly charged batteries.

• Do not use batteries that are leaking, corroded, or damaged.

• Do not attempt to recharge non-rechargeable batteries.

• When charging rechargeable batteries, use a battery charger specifically designed

for the type of battery. If the charger is designed to accommodate multiple battery
types, be sure to adjust its settings to match the type of battery you are recharging.

• Download all pictures and remove the batteries from the camera if you are going to
store the camera for extended periods.

Contents

Unpack Your Camera............................................................................................................... 1

Package Contents............................................................................................................. 1

Optional Accessories ........................................................................................................1

System Requirements....................................................................................................... 1

Important Notes.................................................................................................................1

Getting Acquainted with Your Camera.................................................................................. 2

Top & Front View............................................................................................................... 2

Rear & Bottom View.......................................................................................................... 2

LCD Monitor Display.........................................................................................................3

Mode Dial Selector............................................................................................................ 4

LED St atus........................................................................................................................ 4

Navigation Switch .............................................................................................................5

Shutter Button...................................................................................................................5

Getting the Camera Ready...................................................................................................... 6

Installing Memory SD/MMC Card and Battery.................................................................. 6

Switching the Camera ON/OFF........................................................................................ 6

Viewing the Total/Remaining Shots Available................................................................... 6

Battery Low Alert...............................................................................................................6

Setting the Language and Date & Time............................................................................ 7

Setting Language............................................................................................... 7

Setting Date & Time........................................................................................... 7

Capturing Still Images............................................................................................................. 8

Full Auto Mode ..................................................................................................................8

Portrait Mode..................................................................................................................... 8

Landscape Mode ..............................................................................................................8

Close-up Mode.................................................................................................................. 8

Shooting with Scene Mode............................................................................................... 9

Sports Mode....................................................................................................... 9

Night Landscape Mode...................................................................................... 9

Night Portrait Mode............................................................................................ 9

Museum Mode................................................................................................... 9

Backlight Mode .................................................................................................. 9

Recording Videos.................................................................................................................. 10

Setting Self-Timer...................................................................................................................11

Playback Still Images............................................................................................................12

Playback a Still Image..................................................................................................... 12

Magnifying a Still Image.................................................................................................. 12

Playback Video Images ..................................................................................................12

Playback Images in Slideshow ....................................................................................... 13

Setting the Slideshow Display Time Interval........................................................ 13

Setting the Single-loop/Endless-loop Slideshow .................................................13

Playback on TV...................................................................................................................... 14

Display Image Properties...................................................................................................... 15

Deleting Images..................................................................................................................... 16

Deleting Single Image in QuickView............................................................................... 16

Deleting Single Image in Playback ................................................................................. 16

Deleting All Images......................................................................................................... 17

Formatting Memory Card or Internal Memory................................................................. 17

Settings Capture Mode .........................................................................................................18

Switching LCD Off between Shots.................................................................................. 18

Setting LCD Off When Camera Power On ..................................................................... 18

Setting Flash ................................................................................................................. 19

Setting Drive Mode .........................................................................................................19

Setting Auto Focus (AF) Selection.................................................................................. 20

Setting Image Resolution................................................................................................ 20

Setting Image Quality...................................................................................................... 21

Setting Exposure Compensation .................................................................................... 21

Setting White Balance..................................................................................................... 21

ISO Speed .....................................................................................................................22

Setting Auto-Exposure (AE) Metering ........................................................................... 22

Setting Sharpness ......................................................................................................... 22

Setting Color Mode ....................................................................................................... 23

Setting DPOF Print ................................................................................................................ 24

Setting DPOF for Printing a Single Image...................................................................... 24

Setting DPOF for Printing All Images in the Memory .................................................... 24

Setting Protect Image .......................................................................................................... 25

Move Images from Internal Memory to Card ..................................................................... 26

Camera Setup......................................................................................................................... 27

Factory Default Settings.................................................................................................. 27

Reset Camera Settings................................................................................................... 28

Setting Digital Zoom........................................................................................................ 28

Setting Camera Sound Volume.......................................................................................29

Setting Image Storage.................................................................................................... 29

Setting Date Stamp......................................................................................................... 30

Setting Customize........................................................................................................... 31

Software Installation ............................................................................................................ 32

Installation Software/Hardware Driver............................................................................ 32

Automatic Installation ......................................................................................... 32

Custom Installation .............................................................................................33

Dowloading & Transfering Files to Computer.................................................................33

How to dowload Pictures via Ulead Photo Explorer ..................................................... 34

Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................... 35

Specification .........................................................................................................................36

Unpack Your Camera

Package Contents

1. Digital Camera

2. Wrist Strap

3. USB Cable

4. AV Cable

5. 2 AA Batteries

6. Software CD containing

-Camera Driver for Windows 98SE

-Ulead Photo Explorer

-Ulead Video Studio

-Adobe Acrobat Reader

-Owner’s Manual (PDF)

7. Quick Start Guide

Optional Accessories

• Tripod

• AC adapter (3V, 2.5 A, center positive)

• SD/MMC card

System Requirements

For optimal use of this camera, your computer should have the following minimum system
requirements:

• PC Pentium processor

• Microsoft Windows XP/2000/ME/98SE

• 128 MB RAM

• 90 MB of hard drive space

• USB interface

• CD-ROM drive

• VGA monitor

Important Notes:

- Due to varying compatibility among USB HUBS, compatibility is not guaranteed.

- Due to varying compatibility among USB interface cards, compatibility is not

guaranteed.

1

Getting Acquainted with Your Camera

Congratulations on your purchase of this digital camera. Your digital camera has been
designed with a 5 Mega Pixels CCD image sensor and 3X optical zoom lens which allow you
to quickly and easily take high quality digital pictures.

Top & Front View

1

2

3

1. Shutter button

2. Mode Dial Switch

3. Power LED

4
5
6

7

Rear & Bottom View

5

3

4

2

1

16

6

4. Flash

5. Self-timer LED

9

6. Microphone

7. 3X Optical Zoom Lens

8. DC-in Jack, USB/AV connector

8

compartment

9. Speaker

1. Viewfinder

2. AF LED (green)

3. Flash LED (red)

4. Flash/Delete button (

7

8
9

10

5. Zoom-out button (

6. Zoom-in button (

7. Playback button (

8. Strap eyelet

11

9. Up-arrow/Self-timer button (c/

12

10. Right-arrow button (f)

13

14

11. <Menu/OK> button (OK)

12. Down-arrow/Burst button (d/

/ )

, )

, )

)

)

)

15

13. Left-arrow/LCD on-off button (e/

14. Battery/Memory card compartment

15. Tripod socket

)

16. LCD Monitor

2

y

r

(

P

)

f

(P

)

(P

)

t

w

LCD Monitor Display

Auto-Exposure (AE) Metering

(no icon)

Color Mode

Black & White

Sharpness

(no icon) Medium

5M 3:2 (2560x1712)

Flash Mode

Flash Of

Flash On

Red-eye Reduction

Image Resolution

5M (2560x1920)

3M (2048x1536)
2M (1600x1200)

VGA (640x480)

Image Qualit

Good

Bette

Best

Total/Remaining Shots

Memory SD/MMC Card

(no icon)

(P.6)

Center-weighted

Vivid

Sepia

.23

High

Lo

(P.22)

Auto

.19

(P.20)

(P.21)

(P.6)

Not installed

installed

Low Battery Alert

Auto-Focus (AF) Zone

Spo

Average

(P.22)

(P.6)

Single-zone

Multi-zone

(P.20)

ISO Speed

(no icon)Auto

100
200
400

(P.22)

Drive Mode

(no icon) Single
(P. 19)

Self-timer

(no icon) Off

Date Stamp

Off
Year-Month-Date

Month-Date-Year
Date-Month-Year
(P. 30)

Scene Mode

(no icon) Full Auto

Portrait
Landscape
Close-up
Sport
Night Landscape
Night Portrait
Museum
Backlight

(P.8-9)

White Balance

(no icon) Auto

Sunny
Cloudy
Tungsten

Fluorescent

(P.21)

EV Compensation

–2.0EV to +2.0EV
@ 0.3EV Step
(P.21)

Zoom Level Indicator

(P.28)

Burst (continuous shots)

10 seconds

2 seconds

.11

3

A

Mode Dial Selector

Icon Mode Function

LED Status

OFFOFF

SCENESCENE

OFF

SCENE

Off

Camera power off.

Full Auto

Portrait

Landscape

Close-up

Movie

Scene

Capture- Full Auto Mode
Capture- Movie mode.
Capture -Portrait mode.
Capture -Landscape mode.
Capture –Macro mode.
More Scene modes available for Capture.

(Refer to P. 8 to 9 for details.)

LED Type LED Status Camera Status

Power

Off

Power OFF

LED

Green Steady

Ready for taking pictures
Busy mode when camera in

Green Blinking

-Processing of image
reproduction

-PC link
Camera in error modes:

Red Steady

-Card/memory full

-Card corrupted

-Card protected

Red Blinking

Insufficient battery

AFAF FLASHFLASH

Self-timer
LED

Flash LED

AF LED

Off

Red Steady
Red Blinking

Slow

Red Blinking

Fast
Off

Red Steady
Red Blinking

Off

Green Steady

Green Blinking

Self-timer off.
Video is recording.

Self-timer countdown for the
first 8 seconds

Self-timer countdown for the
last 2 seconds

Flash off
Flash will fire at next

shooting.
Flash is charging.
Shutter at released position

uto Focus is achieved while
shutter is pressed down
halfway (S1 position).

Auto Focus is in progress
while shutter is pressed
down halfway (S1 position).

4

OK

)

Navigation Switch

 Up-arrow (c) for

menu selection

 Self-timer On/Off

switch

 Left-arrow (e) for

review playback
images in backward
direction.

 LCD Monitor On/Off

control switch (

 <Menu/OK> button

to enter Menu mode
and apply selected
menu or function.

OKOK

Shutter Button

S0 Released position. Shutter is OFF.
S1 Focus position. Shutter is pressed down

halfway and the AF Green LED blinks
while camera is doing Auto Focus (AF),
Auto Exposure (AE) and Auto White
Balance (AWB).

S2 Capture position. When the AF Green

LED ceases to blink, Shutter is pressed
all the way down to capture the image.

 Right-arrow (f) for

review playback
images in forward
direction.

 AF Area Selection

.

 Down-arrow (d) for

menu selection

 Drive mode (single

and Burst shooting)

S0 Released position
S1 Pressed halfway

S2 Pressed all the

way down

AFAF FLASHFLASH

Auto Focus (AF)
Green LED

5

–

OFF

SCENE

A

Getting the Camera Ready

Installing Memory SD/MMC Card and Battery

1 Open the battery/memory card cover and slide the

memory SD/MMC card (optional) and two new AA
Ni-MH batteries or one CRV3 Lithium battery into
compartments.

+

Batteries

2 Close cover securely until it clicks shut.
3 Battery level is shown in 3 stages, Full Battery, Low

Battery, and Insufficient Battery. Only Low Battery and
Insufficient Battery are indicated on LCD screen.

NOTE

 Be sure the correct orientations of the batteries and SD/MMC card..
 Remove batteries if camera is not used.
 Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or

equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries properly..

Switching the Camera ON/OFF

Switch Mode Dial to
“Full Auto” mode

SD Card Slot

1 To switch ON, turn Mode Dial from OFF to the desired

shooting mode
mode if it’s your first time to use. Green power LED
lights up when power is ON.

( ). Use “Full Auto” ( )

SCENESCENE

OFFOFF

2 To switch OFF, simply return the Mode Dial back to

“Off” position and the Green Power LED lights OFF.

Note: The camera will power off automatically if camera inactivity for 8 minutes from

the LCD time out.

Viewing the Total/Remaining Shots Available

1 Turn ON the camera.

Power LED

Image Quality & Resolution

2 The total/remaining shots number of internal memory

is displayed. If a memory SD/MMC card is installed,
the LCD will display the total/remaining shots number
of the SD/MMC card.

Note: The displayed remaining shots number will vary

according to the set of image resolution and quality.

Battery Low Alert

When the battery becomes low, a low battery icon will display
and the red Power LED will blink. Replace batteries when
power is low.

F Zone

Low Battery Alert

Total/Remaining Shots

6

OK

Setting the Language and Date & Time

The Language selection will display the first time you power on the camera. After selecting
the language, the Date & T ime Menu will bring up automatically.

Setting Language

Left-arrow Button

1 Press Up or Down arrow ( / ) button to select the

desired language.

2 Press <Menu/OK> button to setup.

Up-arrow Button

<Menu/OK> Button

OKOK

Right-arrow Button

Down- arrow Butto n

Setting Date & Time

1 Press Left-arrow ( ) and Right-arrow ( ) to select the “Year”, “Month”, “Date”, “Hour”

and “Min.”.

2 Use Up-arrow ( ) and Down-arrow ( ) to change the values.
3 Press <Menu/OK> button to apply the settings.

7

OFF

SCENE

r

OFF

SCENE

Capturing Still Images

Full Auto Mode < >

Recommend to use Full Auto Mode for beginners. While in Full Auto mode, you just shoot on
your subject.

Portrait Mode < >

Use this mode to take a distinctive portrait with a blurred background.

Landscape Mode < >

Use this mode to take a scenic photograph.

Full Auto Mode

Close-up Mode < >

Use this mode to take a close-up picture of small objects.
The focus range is 15cm to 50 cm.

1 Switch Mode Dial to Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape, or

Close-up mode

( ).

2 Frame the subject on the LCD monitor or look through

the viewfinder. Press the Zoom-in

( ) to adjust the focus.

( ) or Zoom-out

3 Press Shutter button halfway to get the best focus.
4 When the Green AF LED ceases to blink, press

Shutter button down fully to capture the image.

5 The LCD Monitor will have a QuickView

of the just captured image for about 3 seconds.

PORTRAIT Mode

LANDSCAPE Mode

SCENESCENE

OFFOFF

Shutter Button

Mode Dial

Delete Button

AFAF FLASHFLASH

Viewfinde

Green AF LED

Zoom-out Button

Zoom-in Button

FULL AUTO Mode

Power LED

OFFOFF

8

SCENESCENE

CLOSE-UP Mode

SCENE Mode

Shooting with Scene Modes

In addition to Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Movie, Close-up m ode on the Mode Dial, the
camera offers more programmed scenes - Sports, Night Landscape, Night Portrait, Museum,
Backlight, for pre-setting.

Sports Mode < >

Use this mode to take a frozen picture of fast moving objects.
Note : Recommend to use Burst during Sports. In Burst mode, self-timer and flash cannot

function.

Night Landscape Mode < >

Use this mode to take landscape scenery at night or twilight.
Note: This mode sets the camera with Flash Off and at a lower shutter speed. T ripod is

recommended to use.

Night Portrait Mode < >

Use this mode to take portrait pictures at night, twilight or indoors with a blurred background.
Note: This mode sets the camera with Red-eye deduction and at a slower shutter speed.

Tripod is recommended to use.

Museum Mode < >

Use this mode to take indoor scene.
Note: This mode sets the camera with Flash Off and at a lower shutter speed. T ripod is

recommended to use.

Backlight Mode < >

Use this mode to take picture of subjects with strong backlight
Note : When taking silhouetted scenes, please turn the Flash Off.

1 Switch Mode Dial to SCENE mode.
2 Press <Menu/OK> button to enter the Capture Menu mode. Press

Down-arrow (
press<Menu/OK> button again.

) button to select “SCENE SETTING” and

3 Press Up-arrow ( ) or Down-arrow ( ) button to select the desired

SCENE modes, Sport s <
Portrait<

>, Museum < >or Backlight< >.

>, Night Landscape < >, Night

4 Press <Menu/OK> button to return.
5 Press Up-arrow ( ) button to select “EXIT MENU” and press

<Menu/OK> button to return to LiveView mode.

6 The selected Scene mode icon is displayed at the center-top of the LCD

Monitor.

9

AFAF FLASHFLASH

r

OFF

SCENE

Recording Videos

Video mode allows you to shoot movie scenario.

1 Switch the Mode Dial to Video Mode < > The

Video icon <
Monitor.

Note : Flash and Digital Zoom cease to
function in video mode. The Optical Zoom is
also disabled during video recording.

> is displayed on the LCD

2 Frame the subject on the LCD Monitor.

3 Press Shutter button to start video recording.

The message “REC” will display on the LCD
Monitor. Press the Shutter button to stop
recording.

VIDEO mode

OFFOFF

SCENESCENE

Shutter Button

Mode Dial

Delete Button

Viewfinde

Green AF LED

Zoom-out Button

Zoom-in Button

10

OK

Setting Self-Timer

This camera provides 10 seconds ( ), 2 seconds ( ) and Off (no icon) for the self-timer.

Self-timer button ( )

1 In Capture mode, press Up-arow/Self-timer button ( / ).

The Self-timer screen will display on the LCD monitor for
3 seconds. To change the Self-timer mode, repeatedly
press the Self-timer button (

).

OKOK

The Self-timer icon (

)> or ( ) will display on the LCD monitor.

2 Press the Shutter button.
3 Camera starts to countdown with a beep.

Self-timer Icon

4 After image is captured, the Self-timer will turn off automatically.

Note: When the Burst mode is selected, the Self-timer will be turned off automatically.

11

AFAF FLASHFLASH

Playback Still Images

Playback a Still Image

1 Turn on camera and press Playback ( ) button.
2 Press Left-arrow ( )or Right-arrow ( ) button to

navigate images. The sequence of the image viewed
and the number of total stored images are display on
the right-bottom corner of LCD display.

3 Press Playback ( ) button again to return Capture mode.

Zoom-out Button

Playback Button

Zoom-in Button

Magnifying a Still Image

The playback image can be magnified up to 6 times of its original size at an increment of 0.5
per step.

1 Follow Step 1-2 of “Playback a Still Image”.
2 Press Zoom-In ( ) or Zoom-Out ( ) button to

magnify or shrink the image. You may press and hold
the Zoom-In
magnify image up to its maximum size or back to its
original size.

( ) or Zoom-Out ( ) button to swiftly

3 Press Playback ( ) button, camera will back to the

original size. Press Playback (
return Capture mode.

Playback Video Images

When you browse video images, the video will playback
automatically.

) button again to

1 Turn on camera and press Playback ( ) button.
2 Press Left-arrow ( ) or Right-arrow ( ) to select a

video image. The video will start to playback.

3 Press Playback ( ) button to return Capture mode.

Total recording time of this video clip.

12

Playback Images in Slideshow

1 Follow Step 1-2 of “Playback a Still Image”.
2 Press <Menu/OK> button to review Menu.
3 Press the Up-arrow ( ) or Down-arrow ( ) button to select

“SLIDESHOW”

4 Press <Menu/OK> button to enter submenu.
5 Select “START” and press <Menu/OK> button. The slideshow will

start from the 1st image in the current image storage.

6 The slideshow will stop after the last image is displayed if the

Slideshow Loop setting is Off or whenever you press the
<Menu/OK> button.

Setting the Slideshow Display Time Interval

1 Follow Step 1-4 of “Playback Images in Slideshow”.
2 Select “INTERVAL”. Press <Menu/OK> button.

3 Press Up-arrow ( ) or Down-arrow ( ) button to adjust the interval

from 3 to 30 seconds.

4 Press <Menu/OK> button to set up. Press Up-arrow ( ) button to

select “START” to playback the slideshow.

Setting the Single-loop/Endless-loop Slideshow

1 Follow Step 1- 4 of “Playback Images in Slideshow”.
2 Select “LOOP”. Press <Menu/OK> button.
3 Press the Up-arrow (▲) or Down-arrow (▼) button to set “ON”

(Endless-loop) or “OFF” (Single-loop).

4 Press <Menu/OK> button to setup. Press Up-arrow ( ) button to

select “START” to playback the slideshow.

13

Playback on TV

Turn On camera. Press <Menu/OK> button.

1
2 Press the Up-arrow (▲) or Down-arrow (▼) button to select “SETUP” and

press<Menu/OK> button.

3 Press Up/Down arrow (▲/▼) button to select “VIDEO OUT” and press<Menu/OK>

button.

4 Set your video system format (NTSC or PAL).

Note: For USA, Canada and Asian countries, please set to “NTSC”. For European

countries and China, please set to “PAL”.

5 Connect the provided AV cable to the camera and the TV Video IN terminal.

6 Turn the TV on and set the TV input switch to Video In. Turn the Camera ON.
7 The image will display on the TV screen.

14

AFAF FLASHFLASH

Display Image Properties

This camera provides image property information, which includes:

 Image Quality & Resolution
 Image Filename
 Date & Time
 ISO Speed
 Shutter Speed
 Aperture Number
 Scene Mode
 EV Compensation
 Color Mode (if Vivid is applied)
 Sharpness

1 Turn On camera. Press Playback ( ) button.

Playback Button

2 Press <Menu/OK> button and press down arrow (▼) button to select “PICTURE INFO”.

3 Press <Menu/OK> button to display.

4 Press Left-arrow ( ) or Right-arrow ( ) to navigate images.
5 Press Playback ( ) button to return Review mode. Or, pre ss <Menu/OK> button and

select “EXIT MENU”. Press <Menu/OK> button again to go back Review mode. Press
Playback (

) button again to return Capture mode.

15

OK

Deleting Images

Deleting Single Image in QuickView

1 After a picture is taken, the image will have a

QuickView. While the image is on display, press the
Delete (

) button.

Press Down-arrow ( ) button to select “YES” and

2

press <Menu/OK> button to delete image. Press “NO”
if you want to keep the image.

Menu/OK Button

Playback Button

Delete Button

Left-Arrow Button

OKOK

AFAF FLASHFLASH

LCD

LCD

OKOK

ON/OFF

ON/OFF

Up-Arrow Button

Menu/OK Button

Deleting Single Image in Playback

1 Press Playback ( ) button.
2 Press Left-arrow ( ) or Right-arrow ( ) to select the image to be

deleted.

3 Press DELETE ( ) button and a delete confirmation screen will

pop out. Press Down-arrow (
press <Menu/OK> button to delete.

) button to select “YES” and

4 Or, you may press <Me nu/OK> button to select “DELETE” by

pressing Up/Down arrow (
button again to enter submenu.

/ ) button. Press <Menu/OK>

5 Press Down-arrow ( ) button to select “THIS IMAGE”. Press

<Menu/OK> button to delete. Press “EXIT” if you want to exit the
Delete submenu. A “Deleting…” screen will pop out during the
image being deleted.

Right-Arrow Button

Down-Arrow Button

6 Press Playback ( ) button to return. Or, press <Menu/OK>

button and select “EXIT MENU”. Press <Menu/OK> button again.
Press Playback (

) button again to return Capture mode.

16

Deleting All Images

1 Press Playback ( ) button.
2 Press <Menu/OK> button. Press Down-arrow ( ) or Up-arrow

(

) to select “DELETE “and press <Menu/OK> button to enter

the DELETE submenu.

3 Select “All IMAGES”.
4 Press the <Menu/OK> button. Press UP/Down arrow ( / )

button to select “YES” to delete all images. While images
being deleted, “Deleting..….” Will be on the LCD display.

Formatting Memory Card or Internal Memory

Follow Step 1-2 of “Deleting All Images”.

1
2 Select “FORMAT INTERNAL” or “FORMAT CARD” (if a memory card is installed).

3 Press <Menu/OK> button.
4 Press Down-arrow ( ) or Up-arrow ( ) to select “YES” and press <Menu/OK> button to

format internal memory or SD/MMC card.

5 While images and files being formatted, “Formatting…” will pop out on LCD display.

17

OK

Settings Capture Mode

Switching LCD Off between Shots

1 In Capture mode, press the LCD on/ff button ( / ) to switch OFF

the LCD monitor.

2 To switch On the LCD, press the LCD on/off button ( / ) again.

Note: The LCD will turn off automatically if camera inactivity for 1
minute.

LCD on/ff button ( / )

Setting LCD Off When Camera Power On

1 Press <Menu/OK> button.
2 Select “SETUP” Menu by pressing Down-arrow ( ) or

Up-arrow (

) button.

3 Press <Menu/OK> button.
4 Select “LIVEVIEW”.

OKOK

5 Press <Menu/OK> button.
6 Set “OFF” and press <Menu/OK> button to apply the

setting.

7 Select “EXIT MENU” by pressing UP/Down arrow ( / ) button. Press <Menu/OK>

button.

8 Select “EXIT MENU” by pressing Down arrow ( ) button. Press <Menu/OK> button to

return Capture mode.

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OK

Setting Flash Mode

The camera offers four Flash modes - Auto ( ), Flash Off < >, Flash On < > and Red-eye
Reduction <

To select the Flash mode, repeatedly press the Flash (
button under Capture mode. The following diagram shows the
Flash mode cycle:

>.

Menu/OK Button

)

Playback Button

Flash Button

AFAF FLASHFLASH

LCD

LCD

ON/OFF

ON/OFF

OKOK

Setting Drive Mode

The camera provides Burst Mode to capture the image with maximum four shots when the
Shutter button is pressed and held.

Single Frame Mode: Only one shot is taken.
Burst Mode<

>: Maximum four shots are taken when you press and hold the Shutter

button. When Burst mode is set, the Self-timer and the Flash are disabled. Burst mode is
cleared at power off.

1 Press Burst mode button ( ) in Capture mode, the LCD will display the Burst mode for

4 seconds.

2 Press Burst mode button ( ) to return to Single Frame mode.

OKOK

Burst Mode button ( )

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OK

Setting Auto Focus (AF) Area Selection

This camera provides Single-zone Auto Focus (AF) and multi-zone AF area function. In
LiveView mode, repeatedly press the Right arrow (

to select the AF Bracket from Center AF → Right AF
→ Left AF → Multi-zone AF as below diagram.

) button

OKOK

Right arrow button ( )

Note:

 When Digital Zoom function is enabled, the AF Area Selection cannot function.
 The AF Bracket will be in red color if AF cannot function.

Setting Image Resolution

This camera provides 4 kinds of image resolution for settings – 5M (2560 x 1920 pixels), 5M
3:2 (2560 x 1712 pixels), 3M (2048x1536 pixels), 2M (1600 x 1200 pixels) and VGA (640 x
480 pixels).

1 Press <Menu/OK> button.
2 Press Down-arrow ( ) or Up-arrow ( ) to select “RESOLUTION”.

Press <Menu/OK> button to enter the submenu.

3
4 Press Up-arrow ( ) or Down-arrow ( ) button to select.

Press <Menu/OK> button to apply the setting.

5

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Setting Image Quality

This camera can set up the compression ration of JPG image. The best Image Quality is
selected, the less image ratio is compressed but more image capacity will be occupied the
memory. Three optional modes-- Best (

), Better ( ) and Good ( ) are offered.

1 Press the <Menu/OK> button.
2 Press UP/Down arrow ( / ) button to select “IMAGE

QUALITY”. Press <Menu/OK> button.

3 Press UP/Down arrow ( / ) button to setup the

quality mode. Press the <Menu/OK> button.

Setting Exposure Compensation

1 Press the <Menu/OK> button.
2 Press Up-arrow ( ) or Down-arrow ( ) button to

select “EV COMPENSATION”.

3 Press the <Menu/OK> button. Press Up-arrow ( ) or

Down-arrow (

) button to setup the EV value.

4 Press <Menu/OK> button to setup.

Setting White Balance

This camera provides Auto (no icon), Sunny ( ), Cloudy ( ), Tungsten ( ) and
Fluorescent (

) for White Balance settings.

1 Press <Menu/OK> button.
2 Press Up-arrow ( ) or Down-arrow ( ) button to

select “WHITE BALANCE”.

3 Press <Menu/OK> button.
4 Press Up-arrow ( ) or Down-arrow ( ) button to

select the white balance settings.

5 Press <Menu/OK> button to apply the setting

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ISO Speed

1 Press the <Menu/OK> button.
2 Press Up/Down arrow ( / ) button to select “ISO

SPEED”.

3 Press the <Menu/OK> button to enter submenu.
4 Select “Auto, ISO100/200/400”.

5 Press <Menu/OK> button to setup.

Setting Auto-Exposure (AE) Metering

This camera provides three modes of AE metering- Average ( ), Center-weighted and
Sport (

) metering.

1 Press <Menu/OK> button.
2 Press Up-arrow (c) or Down-arrow (d) button to

select the “AE METERING”

3 Press <Menu/OK> button.
4 Press Up-arrow ( ) or Down-arrow ( ) button to

select the Metering Mode.

5 Press <Menu/OK> button to setup.

Setting Sharpness

This camera provides 3 levels of image sharpness- High, Medium and Low.

1 Press <Menu/OK> button.
2 Press Up-arrow ( ) or Down-arrow ( ) button to

select “SHARPNESS”.

3 Press <Menu/OK> button.
4 Select Sharpness level.
5 Press <Menu/OK> button to apply the setting.

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Setting Color Mode

This camera provides 4 levels of color mode- Normal, Vivid ( ) , Black & White and
Sepia.

1 Press <Menu/OK> button.
2 Press Up/Down arrow ( / ) button to select the “COLOR”.

3 Press <Menu/OK> button to enter submenu.
4 Set up the Color level.

5 Press <Menu/OK> button to apply the setting.

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Setting DPOF Print

The DPOF (Digital Printer Order Format) settings allow you to select photo sto res on a SD
card. It is very convenient when you make a direct-print from a DPOF compatible printer.

Set DPOF for Printing a Single Image

1 Press Playback ( ) button.
2 Press Left-arrow ( ) or Right-arrow ( ) button to select the image to be printed.
3 Press <Menu/OK> button.
4 Press Down-arrow ( ) button to highlight “PRINT

ORDER” and press <Menu/OK> button again to enter
Printer Order submenu.

5 Press Down-arrow ( ) or Up-arrow ( ) button to highlight

“THIS IMAGE” and press <Menu/OK> button to display the
copy quantity dialog.

6 Press Up-arrow ( ) button or Down-arrow ( ) button to

setup the copy quantity from 0 to 99.

7 Press <Menu/OK> button to apply the DPOF setting.

Set DPOF for Printing All Images in the
Memory

1 Follow Step 1 to 4 of “Set DPOF for Printing a Single Image”.
2 Select “ALL IMAGES” and press <Menu/OK> button to display the copy q uantity dialog.

3 Repeat Step 6-7 of ”Set DPOF for Printing a Single

Image”.

Note : DPOF is not function in video mode.

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Setting Protect Image

To prevent the stored images to be deleted by accident, you may protect the images stored in
the memory card or internal memory by this setting.

1 Press Playback ( ) button.
2 Press Down-arrow ( ) or Up-arrow ( ) button to highlight “PROTECT IMAGE” and

press <Menu/OK> button. Press <Menu/OK> button again to cancel the protection.

3 A protect icon ( ) will display on the upper-right corner of LCD display.

4 Press Up-arrow ( ) button to select “EXIT MENU” and press <Menu/OK> button to

return Review mode. Press Playback (

) button to return Capture mode.

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Move Images from Internal Memory to Card

The camera has a built-in 16MB internal memory. When a memory card is inserted into the
camera, you may move the images from the internal memory into the card.

Note : This feature is only function when the memory card is inserted.

1 Press Playback ( ) button.
2 Press <Menu/OK> button.
3 Press Up/Down ( / ) arrow button to select “MOVE IMAGE”. Press <Menu/OK> button.

4 Select “THIS IMAGE” or “ALL IMAGES” to card and press <Menu/OK> button.

5 If “ALL IMAGES” is selected, a confirmation screen will pop out.

6 Select “YES” and press <Menu/OK> button. A “Moving…” will display on LCD screen. If

SD/MMC card doesn’t have enough memory space, the “First “n” images are moved.”
will be on LCD display.

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Camera Setup

Factory Default Settings:

Function Factory Default Setting

Pre-set Scene Sports
Self-timer Off
Slide Show Interval 5 Seconds
Slide Show Loop Off
Live View On
Flash Mode Auto
Drive Mode Single
AF Area Selection Central
Image Resolution 5M
Image Quality Best
EV Compensation 0
White Balance Auto
ISO Speed Auto
AE Metering Center-weighted
Sharpness Medium
Color Normal
Camera Sound V olume Low
Digital Zoom Enable
Date Stamp Off

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Reset Camera Setting

1 Press <Menu/OK> button.
2 Press Up/Down ( / ) arrow button to move highlight to

“SETUP” Menu.

3 Press <Menu/OK> button.
4 Select “RESET SETTING”.

5 Press <Menu/OK> button.
6 Select “RESET” and press <Menu/OK> button to reset

the parameters. Press “CANCEL” to keep your settings.

7 Select “EXIT MENU” by pressing UP/Down arrow ( / )

button. Press <Menu/OK> button.

8 Select “EXIT MENU” by pressing Down arrow ( ) button.

Press <Menu/OK> button to return Capture mode.

Setting Digital Zoom

1 Press <Menu/OK> button.
2 Press Up/Down ( / ) arrow button to select “SETUP”

Menu.

3 Press <Menu/OK> button.
4 Select “DIGITAL ZOOM” by pressing Up/Down ( / )

arrow button.

5 Press <Menu/OK> button.
6 Press “OFF” to disable Digital Zoom and press

<Menu/OK> button to apply the settings. To enable this
function, repeat above procedure and select “ON”.

Note: To activate the Digital Zoom function, the LCD display
must turn on and the Optical Zoom of this camera must reach
its maximum 3 times. Digital Zoom is increased from 1.1X to

5.0X with 17 steps.

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Setting Camera Sound Volume

The volume level of this camera can be set to High, Low and Off.

1 Press <Menu/OK> button.
2 Select “SETUP” Menu by pressing Up/Down ( / ) arrow

button.

3 Press <Menu/OK> button
4 Press Up/Down ( / ) arrow button to select “CAMERA

SOUNDS”.

5 Press <Menu/OK> button.
6 Select the desired sound level and press <Menu/OK> button to

setup.

Setting Image Storage

This camera allows you to download images to either internal memory or card as memory
storage.

1 Press <Menu/OK> button.
2 Move highlight to “SETUP” Menu by pressing Up/Down

(

/ ) arrow button.

3 Press <Menu/OK> button.
4 Press Up/Down ( / ) arrow button to select “IMAGE

STORAGE”. Press <Menu/OK> button.

5 Select “AUTO” to save the images into SD/MMC card.

Select “INTERNAL” to save the images into the internal
memory. Press <Menu/OK> button to apply the settings. A “Reading Memory Card…”
or a “Reading Internal Memory…” will be on the LCD display.

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Setting Date Stamp

This camera can have a Date Stamp function on images. The Date Stamp can be set by Off,
Y(Year)-M(Month)-D(Date), M(Month)-D(Date)-Y(Year), D(Date)-M(Month)-Y(Year).

1 Press <Menu/OK> button.
2 Move highlight to “SETUP” Menu by pressing Up/Down ( / ) arrow button.

3 Press <Menu/OK> button.
4 Press Up/Down ( / ) arrow button to select “DATE STAMP”. Press <Menu/OK>

button.

5 Press Up/Down ( / ) arrow button to setup Date, Month and Year. Press <Menu/OK>

button to apply the settings.

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Setting Customize

This camera can be set to your favorite personal camera Opening Screen.

1 Press <Menu/OK> button.
2 Move highlight to “SETUP” Menu by pressing Up/Down

(

/ ) arrow button..

3 Press <Menu/OK> button.
4 Press Up/Down ( / ) arrow button to select “CUSTOMIZE”.

Press <Menu/OK> button.

5 Select “NEW” to select an image from current image storage.

Press Left/Right arrow button to navigate the images and
press <Menu/OK> button to store current image into the
favorite image buffer.

6 Press Left/Right arrow ( / ) button to navigate the images in

the favorite image buffer. Press Down arrow (
select “CHANGE TO”, and press <Menu/OK> button to let the
Opening Screen changed to the background image. The
favorite image buffer can be stored up to 5 images, including
the default Welcome Screen. Select “DELETE” can remove
the image from the favorite image buffer. The “NEW” option
will be disappeared if the favorite image buffer is full. The
“DELETE” option will be disappeared if current background
image is the default Welcome Screen. Once the favorite image buffer is full, to delete
an image from the favorite image buffer is required before you add any new image into
the favorite image buffer.

) button to

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Software Installation

Installation Software/Hardware Driver

Insert the software CD into the CD-ROM drive. The CD should auto run and the inst aller menu will
appear (see below). If the CD does not auto run; go to: Start → Run, and type in "D:\setup.exe"
where D:\ is the CD-ROM drive

Two inst allation option s: Automatic Installation and Custom Inst allation. Automatic Installation is
recommended..

Automatic Installation

The automatic installation will install all the software on the CD to the computer. When prompted
to accept a license agreement with the third party software compan y at the beginning of the
software installation, click “Yes” and continue the installation.

Ulead License Agreement

When prompted to restart the computer, save and close all running programs to prevent any loss
of data, and then select “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.” and click “OK” to finish the
software installation. After restarting the computer, the driver will automatically install Acrobat
Reader program. (Note: Please keep the CD inside the CD-ROM drive after restarting the
computer. Remove the CD after all applications are successfully installed.)

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Custom Installation

The custom installation allows individual selection of the software provided on the CD.
From the previous Installer Menu select “Custom Installation” a nd click “Next”. The following
screen will appear:

1

Check the desired application(s) and click “Next” to continue the software installation.

2 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete installing each sof tware. The installation

will be in the order of the menu above.

3 After ALL software are installed, select “Yes, I want to restart my computer now” and

click “Finish”.
Note : For information on how to use Ulead Photo Explorer and Video Studio, please

visit its website at www.ulead.com

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Downloading & Transferring Files to Computer

1 Plug the small end of the USB cable to the USB/AV port of your camera. Plug the other

end of the USB cable to the USB port of your computer

2 Set the camera to Power ON. Be sure batteries are inside of the battery compartment.
3 Go to “My Computer” and open “Removable Disk (D:\)” or the next available alphabet

for the removable disk. (This camera uses mass storage so the computer will detect a
hardware device.) You will see a folder labeled “DCIM” is inside this drive. Click to open
this folder, and then cli ck again to open the next folder “nnnSX530”.(where nnn
=100~999). Your video and image files are stored under this folder.

NOTE: If you’re using Windows XP
and you can select the operations offered by Windows to download,
view, or play your digital files (shown next page).

, the Windows Wizard will open

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4

To download the files to your computer, highlight the files that you want to save, and
choose one of the following way to move your files.

a. Copy & Paste
Right-click on the highlighted files with and select “Copy” from the resulting menu. Go

to the target location on your computer and right-click on it again, and select “Paste”
from the resulting menu.

b. Drag & Drop
With both source and target locations on display, click and hold on the highlighted files

on source location. Drag the files to target location, and release the button.

How to Download Pictures via Ulead Photo Explorer

Follow the instructions below to transfer your digital files using third party applicat ions.

1 Connect the camera to the computer.
2 Power on the camera
3 Launch Ulead Photo Explorer by clicking S t art → Programs → Ulead → Ulead Photo

Explorer → Photo Explorer 8SE Basic.

4 Open the “Folders” from the top bar of the Photo Explorer screen.
5 Click Removable Disk (D:\) or the next available letter for the removable disk.
6 Open the folders “DCIM” → “nnnSX530”.
7 The digital files are stored under this folder.
Note : Use Ulead Photo Explorer to open digital still images only. Use Ulead Video

Studio or Windows Media Player to open digital video files.

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Troubleshooting

Condition Corrective Action

Camera cannot power on. The batteries may be exhausted.

 Replace new batteries.
 The batteries are installed incorrectly.
 Reinstall the batteries with correct polarities.

Camera turns off automatically.  Press any button to restore power to the camera.
LCD turns off automatically.  Press any button to turn on the LCD.

Empty battery icon is displayed on
LCD and turns off camera quickly.

LCD display “The Card Requires
Formatting”.

LCD display “Card Full”.

The card is locked. The card is protected by protect switch mechanism.

Batteries are exhausted.
 Replace new batteries.
Improper formatting of the memory card.
 Re-format the memory in the camera.

Memory card has no more space to store the picture
being taken.
 Replace new memory card or delete unnecessary

images from the existing card.

 Switch the protection switch to unlock position.

Insufficient memory space to
complete request.

No image appears on the TV screen. Incorrect TV out type was selected.

Insufficient space on the card.  Delete unnecessary images from the memory.

Insufficient room in the memory to rotate an image.

 Delete unnecessary images in the memory.

 Set correct TV out type to match your TV system.

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Specifications

DESCRIPTION SPECIFICATION.

Image sensor 1/2.5” CCD with 5 million square pixels

5M (2560 x 1920 pixels)
5M 3:2 (2560x x 1712 pixels)

Still image output resolution

Still image file formats JPEG (Exif 2.2)
Movie mode resolution 320X240 @ 20 fps with audio

Movie file format MJPEG
Image ratio 4:3
Internal memory 16MB
Memory card slot SD/MMC
LCD monitor 1.8" TFT
Aperture F2.8 - F4.9
Zoom 3X optical zoom, 5.0X digital zoom
Focal length

Focus range
Viewfinder Optical

Date Stamp Yes, user selectable
ISO equivalent Auto, ISO100/200/400
Flash Auto, On, Off, Red eye reduction
Shooting mode Movie, Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Clo se-up, Pre set Sce ne
Preset Scene Sports, Night Landscape, Night Portrait, Museum, Backlight
Tripod mount Yes
DPOF Version 1.1
Exposure mode Auto, Manual
Exposure time Auto
Exposure compensation Selectable +/-2.0 EV with 0.3 EV steps
Exposure control Center weighted, Average evaluation, Spot
Self Ti mer 10 seconds, 2 seconds, Of f
White Balance Auto, Sunny, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent

Image parameter
Audio/Video Out

Speaker Yes, Mono
Battery 2 x AA NiMH batteries (recommended) or 1x CRV3 Lithium battery
Host Platform Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

Dimensions
Weight

3M (2048x1536 pixels)
2M (1600 x 1200 pixels)
VGA (640 x480 pixels)

f = 5.6 - 16.8 mm（equipollent 135, f=36 - 108mm）
Auto : 0.5M~ infinity

Macro : 15cm ~ 50cm

Sharpness: High/Normal/Low
Color Mode: Normal, Vivid, Black & White, Sepia

PAL、NTSC

95 mm (W) x 65 mm(H) x 34 mm(D)

3.7” (W) x 2.6” (H) x 1.3” (D)
165 g (without battery)

5.8 oz. (without battery)

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