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  • Page 1 C1460 Digital Camera User Manual Welcome...

  • Page 2: Users In Private Households In The European Union

    Copyright Copyright 2011 by BenQ Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company.

  • Page 3: Fcc Statement

    FCC Statement 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 installation. 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.

  • Page 4: For Your Safety

    Safety warning and notice Before operating the camera, please make sure that you read and fully understand the content in this section. If you ignore and violate all safety warning notices indicated in this section, the camera warranty may be void. Meanwhile, not only the camera but also you and all other people and things around you may be severely damaged, injured, or even placed in danger of death.

  • Page 5: Operating Environment

    Whenever there is data in the internal memory or the external memory card, you should make a backup copy to a computer or disc. So, you can have a backup solution if data loss occurs. If the lens cannot retract into the camera, please replace the batteries first (usually this is because of drained batteries).
  • Page 6 Do not hold the camera by excessive To avoid accidental falling, please attach force. Plus, be sure to protect the the hand strap to the camera and always camera from strong impacts. hold the camera by keeping the hand strap around your wrist. If the batteries suddenly depleted and When the camera is not in use, always caused the lens fail to retract, please...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 27 Erasing Images Overview 28 MENU OPTIONS Package Contents 28 Capture Menu GETTING TO KNOW YOUR 30 Video Menu CAMERA 31 Playback Menu Front View 33 Setup Menu Rear View 35 TRANSFERRING FILES TO 10 LCD Monitor Display YOUR COMPUTER 12 GETTING STARTED 35 Downloading Your Files...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION Overview Congratulations on your purchase of the new digital camera. Capturing high-quality digital images is fast and easy with this state-of-the-art smart camera. Equipped with a 14.0-megapixel CCD, this camera is capable of capturing images with a resolution of up to 4288 x 3216 pixels. Package Contents Carefully unpack your camera and ensure that you have the following items: Common Product Components:...

  • Page 9: Getting To Know Your Camera

    GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAMERA Front View Shutter button ON/OFF Power button Flash Self-timer LED Microphone Speaker Lens Rear View A. LCD monitor B. Status LED C. USB and AV OUT terminal D. Strap holder E. Battery / Memory card cover F.

  • Page 10: Lcd Monitor Display

    LCD Monitor Display Capture mode 00214 00214 00214 1. Zoom status 2. Available number of shots 3. Storage media Internal memory (no card) SD/SDHC memory card 4. Battery condition Full battery power Medium battery power 2011.01.01 2011.01.01 2011.01.01 13:15 13:15 13:15 Low battery power No battery power...
  • Page 11 Video mode 1. Zoom status 2. Storage media 3. Battery condition 4. Focus setting 5. Flash off 6. Self-timer icon 7. Video resolution 8. Set key: SCN hint icon 9. Main focus area 10. Elapsed time/Available recording time 11. Video quality 12.

  • Page 12: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED Preparation 1. Attach the camera strap. 2. Open the battery/memory card cover. 3. Insert the supplied batteries with correct orientation as shown. 4. Insert an SD/SDHC memory card (Optional). The camera has 32MB internal memory (11MB available for image storage), but you can load an SD/ SDHC memory card to expand the camera’s memory capacity.

  • Page 13: Initial Settings

    Initial Settings The language & date/time needs to be set if and when: The camera is turned on for the first time. The camera is turned on after leaving the camera without the battery for an extended period of time. 1.

  • Page 14: Choosing The Language

    Choosing the Language Specify in which language menus and messages are to be displayed on the LCD monitor. 1. Press the button. MENU 2. Select the [Setup] at the end of the Menu with the buttons, and press the button. 3.

  • Page 15: Capture Mode

    CAPTURE MODE Capturing Images Your camera is equipped with a 2.7” full color TFT LCD monitor to help you compose images, play back recorded images/video clips or adjust menu settings. 1. Press the button to turn the power on. ON/OFF 2.

  • Page 16: Setting The Scene Mode

    Setting the Scene Mode By simply selecting one of the available scene modes, you can capture the image with the most appropriate settings. 1. Press the button. 2. Select the desired scene mode with the buttons, and press the button. 3.

  • Page 17: Taking Images With Intelligent Scene Mode

    Scene mode Description Landscape Select this mode when you want to capture an image with infinity focus, hard sharpness and high saturation. Sports Select this mode when you want to capture fast-moving subjects. Night Portrait Select this mode when you want to capture people with an evening or night scene background.

  • Page 18: Taking And Combining Panoramic Pictures

    Taking and Combining Panoramic Pictures Pictures are manually shot, and the camera automatically combines pictures in the camera. 1. Press the button. 2. Select [Panorama PanCapture] with the buttons, and press the button. 3. Select the photographic direction with the buttons.

  • Page 19: Mode Of Skin Soften And De-Blemish

    Mode of Skin Soften and De-blemish In order to make face taken look better and younger, mode of Skin Soften is added to reduce artifacts on faces, while the mode of De-blemish is to reduce obvious blemishes and big spots on faces. 1.

  • Page 20: Taking Images With Interval Capture Mode

    Taking images with Interval Capture mode This mode is used to capture continuous images at a preselected time interval. 1. Press the button, and set the camera mode to [ 2. Press the button, and select [Capture Md.] with the buttons, and press MENU button.

  • Page 21: Video Mode

    VIDEO MODE Recording Video Clips This mode allows you to record video clips at a resolution of HD 720p (1280 x 720) / VGA (640 x 480) / QVGA (320 x 240) pixels. 1. Press the button, and set the camera mode to [ 2.

  • Page 22: Playback Mode

    PLAYBACK MODE Playing Back Still Images You can play back the still images on the LCD monitor. 1. Press the 7 button. The last image appears on the screen. 2. The images can be displayed in forward or reverse sequence with the buttons.

  • Page 23: Removing Red-Eye

    Removing Red-eye You can use this function to remove the red-eye effect after an image is taken. 1. Press the 7 button. The last image appears on the screen. 2. Select the image that you want to edit with the buttons.

  • Page 24: Attaching Voice Memos

    Attaching Voice Memos A maximum of 30 seconds of audio can be recorded as a memo for captured still images. The voice memo can be recorded only once. 1. Press the 7 button. The last image appears on the screen. 2.

  • Page 25: Protecting Images

    Protecting Images Set the data to read-only to prevent images from being erased by mistake. 1. Press the 7 button. The last image appears on the screen. 2. Select the image that you want to protect with the buttons. 3. Press the button.

  • Page 26: Dpof Settings

    DPOF Settings DPOF is the abbreviation for Digital Print Order Format, which allows you to embed printing information on your memory card. You can select the images to be printed and how many prints to make with the DPOF menu in the camera and insert the memory card to the card compatible printer.

  • Page 27: Erasing Images

    Erasing Images Erasing a single image / Erasing all images 1. Press the 7 button. The last image appears on the screen. 2. Select the image you want to erase with the buttons. 3. Press the button. MENU 4. Select [Delete] with the buttons, and press button.

  • Page 28: Menu Options

    MENU OPTIONS Capture Menu This menu is for the basic settings to be used when capturing still images. AUTO MENU MENU 1. Press the button to turn the power on. ON/OFF 2. Press the button, and set the camera mode to any scene mode. 3.
  • Page 29 Metering This sets the metering method for calculating the exposure. * Center: Averages the light metered from the entire frame, but gives greater weight to the subject matter at the center. * Spot: A very small portion of the center of the screen is measured to calculate the correct exposure.

  • Page 30: Video Menu

    Video Menu This menu is for the basic settings to be used when recording video clips. MENU MENU 1. Press the button, and set the camera mode to [ 2. Press the button to enter the [Video] menu. MENU 3. Select the desired option item with the buttons, and press the button to enter its respective menu.

  • Page 31: Playback Menu

    Playback Menu In the [7] mode, choose which settings are to be used for playback. MENU MENU 1. Press the 7 button. 2. Press the button. MENU 3. Select the desired option item with the buttons, and press the button to enter its respective menu.
  • Page 32 Copy to Card Allows you to copy your files from the camera’s internal memory to an SD/SDHC memory card. Of course, you can only do this if you have a memory card installed and some files in internal memory. All files remain in the internal memory, even after being copied to the SD/SDHC memory card from the internal memory.

  • Page 33: Setup Menu

    Setup Menu Set your camera’s operating environment. MENU MENU 1. Press the button, and set the camera mode to [ ] or [ ]; or press the 7 button. 2. Press the button. MENU 3. Select the [Setup] at the end of the Menu with the buttons, and press the button.
  • Page 34 Fr. No. Reset This creates a new folder. The captured images are recorded to the newly created folder from number 0001. * Execute / Cancel Light Freq. This camera supports different lighting frequencies: 50 Hz and 60 Hz. When photographing under fluorescent lighting, select the correct frequency setting depending in your local area's voltage.

  • Page 35: Transferring Files To Your Computer

    TRANSFERRING FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER System Requirement Windows Macintosh Pentium III 1GHz or equivalent PowerPC G3/G4/G5 Windows 7/XP/Vista OS 10.3.9 or later 512MB RAM 256MB RAM (512 MB recommended) 150MB available hard disk space 128MB available hard disk space CD-ROM drive CD-ROM drive Available USB port Available USB port...

  • Page 36: Editing Software Installation

    EDITING SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Softwares are included on the CD-ROM: ArcSoft MediaImpression™ - Easily, creatively, and productively manages your multimedia files. Create your own movies or photo slide shows, and share your photo, video and music files easily through simple email attachments or popular photo printing and video sharing websites.

  • Page 37: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Item Description Sensor Panasonic 14 Mega Pixels, 1/2.3 inch CCD Optical: 5X Zoom Digital: Up to 6X(Preview) / Up to 4X(Playback) f = 4.5 ( W ) ~ 22.5 ( T ) mm Lens F= 3.3 (W) ~ 5.8 (T) (f = 25~125mm, 35mm equivalent) Normal: W=30cm ~ Infinity Focus Range...

  • Page 38: Appendix

    APPENDIX Possible Number of Shots Possible number of shots (still image) The table shows the approximate shots that you can capture at each setting based on the capacity of the internal memory and the SD/SDHC memory card. SD/SDHC memory card capacity Size Quality 16GB...

  • Page 39: Connecting To A Pictbridge Compliant Printer

    Connecting to a PictBridge Compliant Printer If a printer that supports PictBridge is available, images can be printed by connecting the digital still camera directly to the PictBridge-compatible printer without using a computer. Connecting the camera to the printer 1. Connect one end of the USB cable to your camera.
  • Page 40 3. If you select [Single] in the previous step, the figure shown on the right hand side will appear. Select the image that you want to print with buttons. Select the print number (up to 99) with the buttons. After selecting the desired image and printing number, press the button to confirm.

  • Page 41: Troubleshooting And Service Information

    Troubleshooting and service information If your camera cannot operate normally, see the frequently encountered problems and solutions listed below. If the problem persists, contact your nearest service center or technical support. Problem Cause Solution The camera cannot There are no batteries or the Insert the batteries correctly.

  • Page 42: Technical Support

    Connect the camera to the PictBridge-compliant printer when the camera is printer, turn on the camera, and printers. powered off. then select Printer. Technical support For technical assistance, free driver updates, product information, and news releases, visit the following web site: http://www.BenQ.com EN-42...

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