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AE100/AE200 Series Digital Camera User Manual AE100_AE200 UM - EN. book Page 1 Wednesd ay, August 17, 2011 5:21 PM.
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• Connect th e equipment into an outlet on a circuit differ ent from that to which the receiv er is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experien ced radio/ TV technician fo r help .
Wa r r a n t y • W arranty is void if damage or system fa ilure occu rred due to ou tside factors s uch as collision, fire, flood, dirt, sewage, ear thquake, and other force majeur e events as well as incorrect usage of electricity or use of non-original accessories.
• Under no cir cumstances should yo u push the lens back manuall y as this ma y damage the camera. • All original accessories are designed on ly f or use with this camer a model you purch ased. Do not use these acc essories with other camera models or cameras of other brands to a void unpr edictable danger or damage.
Do not hold the camera by excessive force. Plus, be sure to protect the camera from strong impacts. To avoid accidental falling, please attach the hand strap to the camera and always hold the camera by keeping the hand strap around your wrist.
English Table of Contents Touring th e camera ........... ........... .......... ............. .......... .......... ........... ............ .. 11 Checking the package conte nts ........................ .............................. ................
English Smart Scene ..................... ............................... .................................... ....................... 39 Smile Catch ................. .................................... .................................... .........
Touring the camera 11 English To u r i n g t h e c a m e r a Checking the package contents Careful ly unpack your kit bo x and ensure th at you ha ve the following items. 1. User Manual or Quick Gui de 2. Digital camera 3. USB cable 4. Battery 5. Hand strap 6.
12 Tour ing the cam era English Camera Fr ont and bottom views 1. T (T ele) - Zoom-in or turn on the Shooting mode description 2. Shutter button 3. W (Wide) - Zoom-out, turn off the Shooting mode description, or enter the thumbnail view (Pla yback mode) 4.
Touring the camera 13 English Rear view 1. LCD displa y 2. Status LED 3. MENU button or ret urn to the pre vious menu 4. USB / A V port 5. Function / Delete button - Activates the function menu (Ca pture mode) or de lete photos (Pla yback mode) 6. Strap ey elet 7.
14 Tour ing the cam era English • It is normal for the camera to become warm during o peration, because the camera casing mi ght conduct heat. • The LCD display on this camera is manufactured with sophisticated technolog y , and more th an 99.99% of the pixels on the LCD disp lay meet standar d specifications.
Touring the camera 15 English Pr eparing the camera for use Use only the s pecified battery for the camera, and alwa ys turn off the came ra befor e remo ving the battery . Charging the batter y The battery charge status affects the camera performance.
16 Tour ing the cam era English T o charge the batter y via a computer : 1. T urn on the computer . 2. T urn off the camera. 3. Insert the batter y into the camera. 4. Connect one en d of the USB cable to the camera. 5. Connect the other end of the USB cable to your c omputer .
Touring the camera 17 English Using multifunctional buttons Y ou can choose camera settings b y pressing the 4-wa y control or the button. 1. Lef t/Focus : • Scr olls left in menus . • T oggles betw een differ ent focus modes. 2. Up : • Scr olls up in menus.
18 Initial setting English Initial setting Y ou will be pr ompted to set up the language and the date and time when the camera is turned on for the first time. Setting language Selects the language versi on shown on the screen . T o select a language: 1.
Operating the camera 19 English Operating the camera The pr ocedure belo w is a general guideline for basic operation. It is particularly useful if y ou are ne w to the camera.
20 Operating the camera English • During zoom-in/out, ther e is a separator in the zoom bar betw een and . For best image quality , it is recommended to use opti cal zoom only by keeping the magnification within and the separator . • Flash is automati cally turned of f in the Movie Reco rd mode.
Operating the camera 21 English Cap ture mode Item Description Page ref erence 1 Shooting mode 30 2F l a s h m o d e 2 3 3 Focus mode 24 4D r i v e m o d e 3 6 5 AEB 37 6 Number of shots a vailable --.
22 Operating the camera English Mor e captur e options in the Function menu Press th e Function button to access mor e capture options. Depending on your settings, t he displa yed option icons i n the Function menu ma y vary . T o u se the Function menu: 1.
Operating the camera 23 English Flash mode The flash offers additional li ght source (usually used in a low-light envir onment). Y ou can captur e an image using one of the f ollowing flash modes. T o select a flash m ode: 1. Go to the Captur e mode. 2.
24 Operating the camera English Face T racking Focuses on the positio n of faces (max. 10 faces) simultaneously . While using the Face T racking function, point the camera to wher e the people (y our subjects) are loc ated. Focus frames of Face T racking will automatically detect faces (maximum 10) and show on the LCD screen.
Operating the camera 25 English Image size T o select an image size: 1. Press > Resolution . 1. Pres s or to select a sett ing. 2. Press to confirm setting. Image quality T o select an image quality lev el: 1. Press > Image Quality . 2. Pres s or to select a sett ing.
26 Operating the camera English Setting EV EV (Exposur e V alue) lightens or dark ens the entire image. Adjust EV when the brightness between the subject and the backgr ound is not balanced, or when the subject occupies only a small part of the pictur e.
Operating the camera 27 English 2. Pres s or to select a white balance option. The p revie w result based on the curr ently selected white balanc e is shown on the scr een.
28 Operating the camera English T o select an AE metering option: 1. Press > Metering . 2. Press or to select an AE metering optio n. 3. Press to confirm setting. Effect Adds color fil ter effects to the image or video y ou want to captur e. Spot Detects the exposur e based on the center spot in the subject area.
Operating the camera 29 English T o select an effect: 1. Press > Effect . 2. Pres s or to select an Effect option. The pre view r esult based on the curr ently selected effect is sho wn in the middle thumbnail. 3. Press to confirm setting. Vivid Red The image becomes r eddish.
30 Operating the camera English Shooting mode Select one of the following shootin g modes to fit y our shooting conditio n. Icon Mode Description Auto Mode The camera automaticall y decide most settings, so y ou can captur e images with ease. Smart Scene Automatically sel ects a shooting mode based on the curr ent shooting envir onment.
Operating the camera 31 English Panorama Creates a panoramic photo fr om multiple shots. Pre- composition Captur es the background f irst, so the helper can use it to tak e the final sho t. HDR Incr eases the dynamic range and enhances the details of dark ar eas.
32 Operating the camera English Blink De tector W arns of eye blinks if detected & lets you decide whether to sa ve the image fi le . Portrait Mak es the subject (usually a person) stand out with smooth and natural-loo king skin tones. Night Portrait Shoots night scenes and por traits clearly .
Operating the camera 33 English Backlight Incr eases exposure (by turning on the flash) when light illuminates the subject fr om behind. Night Scene Captur es photos in a low-light envir onment, such as in the e vening or at night. Fire works Adds exposure time to shoot fir ework trails .
34 Operating the camera English T o select a shooting mode: 1. Press > > Shooting M ode > . 2. The curr ently selected shooting mode shows. Pr ess or to locate another desired option. 3. Press to confirm setting. Building Enhances lines & contracts to highlight the sense of the thre e dimensions (3D) for a building.
Operating the camera 35 English Aper tur e Priority Aperture priority is often used whe n shoo ting static subjects or emphasizing the depth of field. In ge neral, use a smaller aperture if a greater depth of f ield is needed. T o adjust aper ture value: 1.
36 Operating the camera English Driv e mode T o select a drive mode: 1. Go to the Captur e mode. 2. Press > > Drive Mode . 3. Press or , and then select a desir ed option. 4. Press > . Icon Mode Description Self-timer Auto matically take s a picture after 2 or 10- second dela y .
Operating the camera 37 English Auto Exposur e Brack eting (AEB) The AEB function automatically takes 3 pictur es with slightly diff erent setti ngs in the shutter speed or the aperture valu e . T o turn on/off AEB: 1. Go to the Captur e mode. 2. Press > > AEB .
38 Operating the camera English Digital Zoom The digital zoom enlarges or sh rinks the image using a softwar e pr ocess. T o select a digital zoom: 1. Press > > Digit al Zoom . 2. Press or , and then select a digital zoom t ype or . 3. Press > .
Operating the camera 39 English Instant Re vie w This featur e displa ys the still image that just r ecorded for 1 second. To set the Instant Review: 1.
40 Operating the camera English Smile Catch Captur es an image when the subje ct smiles. 1. Press > > Shooting Mo de and select Smile Catch . 2. The camera is tracking the face of y our subject (a white frame shows). 3. Once a smile is dete cted, the camera instantly takes a pi cture.
Operating the camera 41 English Panorama Creates a panoramic photo fr om multiple sho ts. T wo to th ree shots ar e stitched into one single and seam less large picture. For optim ized performance, the image r esolution is automatically set at 1M (1024 x 768) when this mode is selected.
42 Operating the camera English 4. A guidance bar appears on t op of the screen. The screen icon indicates the location of the cur rent scr een. Pan the camera follo wing the guidance arr ow . 5. Once the scr een icon overla ps the green blo ck, the camera will automatically tak e the second shot.
Operating the camera 43 English LOMO Creates a lomo-lik e effect by ad ding over s aturated colors, dark corners, and so on. 1. Press > > Shooting Mode and select LOMO . 2. T ake a pictur e . (The LOMO effect will be appli ed to this picture immediately .
44 Operating the camera English Pr e-composition Captur es the backgroun d first for posi tioning the final image. Ideal fo r asking others to tak e your photo. 1. Press > > Shooting Mo de and select Pre-composition . 2. Press the shutter to captur e the background.
Operating the camera 45 English 3. Pres s the shutter to tak e one pictur e . 4. If you ar e satisfied wi th the picture, press to tak e the next one. (If you want to re-tak e the pre vious picture, press and rep eat Step 3.) 5. Once you hav e finished taking all pictur es, the camera will auto matically combine these images into one.
46 Operating the camera English T o select a Movie Record option: 1. Slide the mode switch to and enter the Movie Record mode. 2. Press , and then select an option.
Operating the camera 47 English Other settings Pres s > , and then select an option. Icon Mode Description Sounds [St ar tup] Sets a type of the startup sound. [Shutter] Sets the shutter sound on and off. [Operation] Sets the button (excluding shutter) sound on and off.
48 Operating the camera English TV Out Y ou can revie w images on a television with an A V cable . [NTSC] America, Japan, T aiwan and others [P AL] China, Europe, Oceania, and others TV Format should be set to either NTSC or P AL depending on you r region.
Operating the camera 49 English Pla yback mode Slide the mode switch to to enter the Pla yback mode. While paus ing video pla yback, you can press the sh utter to c apture the video fra me as a still image in the V GA format. Item Description Page ref ere nc e 1 Indicates that the camera is in the Pla yback mode.
50 Operating the camera English Options for pla yback and editing When the camera is in the Pla yback mo de , pr ess , or to mov e to differ ent files. Y ou can also select any o f the following opti ons. Enlarging an image Magnifies an image, so mor e details can be seen.
Operating the camera 51 English Pla ying back video clips View record ed video clips in the pla yback mode. T o view a video clip: 1. Slide the mode switch to . 2. Press or to move to the video clip you want to vie w . 3. Start playin g back. • Pr ess to start pla ying the video clip .
52 Operating the camera English • Slide to to decrease the v olume. Slideshow Sets the time interval for pres enting a series of captur ed image and video f iles (first fr ame only). T o pla y a slideshow: 1. Slide the mode sw itch to . 2. Press > > Slideshow > or .
Operating the camera 53 English To p r o t e c t f i l e s : 1. Slide the mode switch to . 2. Press > > Protect > or . 3. Select whether to pr otect this selected file, other selected, or all files, and then pre ss . Y ou will then see the icon indicating the file is pr otected.
54 Operating the camera English 3. Press to r esume the pla yback. 4. Press to exit pla yback. Photo Effect Y ou can add special effects to y our images. T o add a s pecial effect to an image: 1. Slide the mode sw itch to . 2. Press or to mov e to the image you want to add an effect to.
Operating the camera 55 English 5. Press to confirm the chan ge and sa ve the image file. T rimming Crop s par t of an image file, reduces the i mage size, and overwrites the image f ile or sa ves it as an other new file. To t r i m a n i m a g e : 1.
56 Operating the camera English 3. Press > > Resize > or . 4. Press or to select the target image size to which yo u want to red uce . 5. Press to confirm the ch ange and sav e the image file. Startup image Sets the welcom e screen when the camera is pow ering on.
Working with computer and AV system 57 English Radial Blur Applies a r otating motion effect to giv e a feel of spe ed. T o apply a Radial Blur effect: 1. Slide the mode switch to . 2. Press > > Radial Blu r > or . 3. Press or and select a degree of Radial Blur .
58 Working with co mputer and AV system English 5. A Removabl e Disk icon appears in My Computer . Click this icon to access the files in y our camera. Connecting the camera to an A V system Y ou can pla y files in your camera fr om an A V system such as TV or projector .
Working with computer and AV system 59 English • T o print one image at a time, select Print Select , and press or to select an image. • T o print all images at a time, select Print All . • T o print all images (shown by thum bnails) at a time, select Print Index .
60 Troubleshooting and service information English T r oubleshooting and ser vice information If your camera cannot operate normally , see the frequentl y encountered probl ems and solutions listed belo w . If the pr oblem persists, c ontact your nearest ser vice center or technical suppo r t.
Troubleshooting and se rvice inf ormation 61 English T echnical suppor t For technical as sistance, free driv er updates, product inf ormation, and news releas es, visit the following w eb site: http://www.BenQ.com I cannot download images from the camera to my computer .
62 Speci fications English Specifications Sensor • AE100: Panasonic 14 Mega Pixels, 1/2.3 inch C CD • AE200: Panasonic 16 Mega Pixels, 1/2.3 inch C CD Zoom Optical: 5X Digital: Up to 5X (Preview) / Up to 12X (Playback) Lens f = 4.9 (W) ~ 24.5 (T) mm F= 2.
Specifications 63 English S torage T ype AE100: Built-in approx. 13 MB AE200: Built-in approx. 95 MB SD (up to 4GB) / SDHC (up to 32GB) / SDXC (up to 64GB) File Format Still Image: JPEG (EXIF 2.2 comp atible); DCF compatible Video: MJPEG Audio: W A V Dimensions / Weight 98.
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