QV-2900UX

A typical record mode screen with the camera in Program AE mode. The icon in the top middle indicates single frame mode is selected. The "125" is the number of pictures remaining at the current image size of 1600 x 1200 pixels in Fine quality. On the bottom is an icon showing the battery condition.

You can change the exposure mode from the menu or an even easier way is to press and hold the SHIFT button and use the flash button to select Program AE, Shutter speed priority, Aperture priority or Manual. The macro button selects the desired metering mode (Multi, Center-weighted or Spot). And the self-timer button selects the desired white balance preset (Auto, daylight, cloudy, fluorescent light, or tungsten light) or manual preset.

Screen display while in the Movie recording mode. Up to 16 seconds of 320 x 240 motion video can be recorded and saved as an AVI video file.

The "Best-Shot" mode displays 28 programmed shooting scenes to aid novice or experienced users in creating perfect pictures every time. Some of these scenes also have guide templates displayed on the LCD to properly position your subjects.  (Disregard the 2048x1536, this came from QV-3500)

The bundled CD ROM also contains pre-recorded data for 64 Best-shot scenes - view the entire Best-Shot scene library.

You can create your own Best-shot scenes and store them in the SCENES folder on the CF card. By copying scene data onto a CompactFlash card, you can quickly access your chosen scene set-ups through the camera itself. It is possible to store up to 250 sample images, including the data for the original settings.

The onscreen menu lets you select various exposure modes that have different camera settings already memorized for shooting optimal portraits, landscapes or night scenes. The Best-Shot option leads to a menu of 28 scenes (see above). The Function option gives you access four screens of exposure and camera parameters that can be set (see below).

Page two of the menu lets you select the desired Movie mode or the Panorama mode that prompts you onscreen to aid in taking the necessary seqential shots for the included stitching program to produce the best panoramic picture.

Page 1 of the Functions sub menu:

Size/Quality - Image size is 1600 x 1200 or 800 x 600 and the Quality can be set for Fine, Normal or Economy unless the TIFF mode is ON.

TIFF mode - Enable uncompressed TIFF image mode

Sensitivity - Set the desired ISO speed equivalent; 80, 160 or 320

Filter - Enable filter mode; BW, Sepia, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Purple

Exposure Mode - Program AE, Shuter speed priority, Aperture priority, Manual

Metering - Multi, Center or Spot

Page 2 of the Functions sub menu:

White Balance - Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Manual

Enhancement - Red, Green, Blue, Flesh Tones, Off

Grid - Enable display of grid lines on the LCD

Flash Intensity - Normal, Weak, Strong

Sharpness - Normal, Soft, Hard

Saturation - Normal, High, Low

Page 3 of the Functions sub menu:

Contrast - Normal, High, Low

Tme Stamp - YMD, D H:M, YMD H:M, Off

Digital Zoom - On or Off

Sleep - 30s, 1m, 2m, Off

Auto Power Off - 2m, 5m

Best shot setting - built-in+CF, built-in, CF

Page 4 of the Functions sub menu:

Mode Memory - Memorize settings when powered down. Possible to memorize: Recording Mode, Continuous, TIFF mode, Sensitivity, Exposure mode, Metering, White balance, Flash, Focus, Digital zoom, Flash intensity.

SETUP - Enter the setup mode - see next frame

Page 1 of the SETUP sub menu:

Indicators -

Card Browser - Enable on four types of HTML page creation from your stored images or disable this feature.

Beep - Enable beep sounds when buttons are pushed

Date Style - Set the date format MMDDYY, DDMMYY, etc.

Date/Time - Set the internal clock

Language - Set the menu language, English or German

Page 2 of the SETUP sub menu:

Format - Format the CF card

Video Out - NTSC or PAL format

Link - On or Off