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HP PhotoSmart 912



Record Mode Menu Options






HP C912

The C912 is powered by the Digita Operating System by FlashPoint. The menu system is very graphical and easy to follow, although at times it may take several button pushes to get to the screen necessary to change a given setting.



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The camera's menu system is accessed via the color LCD on the back and is activated by presing the MENU button. Along the bottom of the LCD are three "soft" buttons whose functions change according to the screen being displayed. Sometimes only the left and right buttons will be active, this will be indicated by labels displayed directly above the respective buttons. The menus are navigated with the 4-way switch in the center of the Capture Mode dial to the left of the LCD screen.


There are four different sub menus available when in Record mode, each is shown below in animated form with the settings for each explained.


HP C912

Capture Settings

    File Settings
    • File Type - TIFF or JPG
    • Quality Level - Good, Better or Best (JPG mode only)
    • Resolution - Full Size (1600 x 1280) or 1/4 Size (800 x 640)
    • Color - Full, Sepia or B&W
    TimeLapse
    • # Images - Can be set for 2 to 1,000
    • Interval - Can be set for 15sec to 24hrs


HP C912

Photo Assist

  • AF Range - Normal or Macro
  • White Balance - Auto, Daylight, Tungsten, Flourescent or 5500K
  • AE Metering - Average, Center-Weighted or Spot
  • Focus Lock - Single AF or Continuous AF
  • ISO Speed - 25, 50, 100, 200, 400
  • EV Bracket - Off, 0.5EV or 1.0EV
(Note: The PhotoAssist menu is not available when the exposure mode is set to Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Action or Night.)


HP C912

Image Stamp

    Date & Time
    • Type - Both, Time or Date
    • Placement - Center or any corner
    • Transparency - Opaque, Semi, Clear
    • Text Color - White, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Purple, Yellow, Black
    • Background - White, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Purple, Yellow, Black
    Text
    • Text Stamp - On or Off, if On you can edit the text string
    • Placement - Center or any corner
    • Transparency - Opaque, Semi, Clear
    • Text Color - White, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Purple, Yellow, Black
    • Background - White, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Purple, Yellow, Black
    Logo
    • Logo Stamp - On or Off, if On you can select the logo file
    • Placement - Center or any corner


HP C912

Preferences

    Display
    • Brightness Level - 1,2,3,4,5,6 or 7
    • Instant Review - Off, 1-10s, 15s, 20s, 25s, 30s
    • Live View - Off or On
    • Sleep Timeout - 30s, 1m, 2m, 5m,
    Sound
    • Volume Level - 1,2,3,4,5,6 or 7
    • System Sounds - On or Off
    Format Card
    PC Connect Mode
    • USB Disk Drive - On or Off (the camera is treated like any USB mass storage device and files can be copied as if it were another drive resource, Windows or Mac OS)
    • Digita Device - On or Off (the camera will be accessed by the software download application, Windows only)
    Date & Time Image Counter
    • Reset When Empty - On or Off
    • Continuous Counter - On or Off
    Language
    • English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese






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