The LCD screens that you see in this review had to be photographed as there is no video out-
port that we normally use to capture the displays with. LCD monitors on any camera were
never designed with enough resolution to be photographed. So we hope you understand why these
screen captures are not up to standard with our usual high-res direct output method.
This is the typical record screen that appears at power up. The "M" in the upper left
indicates some manual record functions are available(see setup menu below.) The Auto record
screen is identical only with an "A" in the corner. The "12" refers to the number of pictures
that will fit in remaining free space on the Xd card. Below the "12" is the image size and
quality settings. The brackets in the center indicate where focus will be determined. For the
first few seconds after power up the date appears across the bottom of the display.
The Movie Record screen is also very simple, the Movie camera Icon is self explanatory as is
the "standby" awaiting a push of the shutter release to start the recording. The "60S"
indicates the 60 second max record time per movie in the "320" x 240 size movie.
By pressing the MENU / OK button while in "M" record, the following screens are displayed
(in "A" Record the EV and WB options are not accessible):
Record Menu option are:
The First page is Quality:
3M-F - 3 Mega Pixel (2048 x 1536) Fine compression - Best for printing
3M-N - 3 Mega Pixel (2048 x 1536) Normal compression
2M - 2 Mega Pixel (1600 x 1200)
1M - 1 Mega Pixel (1280 x 960)
0.3M - 0.3 Mega Pixel (640 x 480) - Best for Internet
Manual - Select for Manual Record Mode(allows access to WB and EV screens above)
Auto - Select for Auto Record Mode
LCD Brightness - slider scale to brighten or darken LCD backlight
Set-UP - Accesses the sceens in the animated photo below.
The SET-UP Menu options are:
The First page:
POSTVIEW - ON/OFF (shows image about to be recorded immediatly after capture)
POWER SAVE - ON/OFF (puts LCD to 'sleep' if no activity for 30 sec's-
Camera turns off in 2 min's)
USB MODE - DSC/PC CAM (DSC-for downloading images /
PC CAM- for Video conferencing)
DATE/TIME - SET (Setting date and time)
The Second Page:
Record LCD - ON/OFF (on to use LCD as live viewfinder during record)
BEEP Tone - LOW/HIGH/OFF (set camera's operating sound)
LANGUAGE - ENG/FRENCH/DEUTSCH (set menu laguage)
RESET ALL - OK (resets all settings to factory default)
Playback Screens & Menus
The LCD screens that you see in this review had to be photographed as there is no video out-
port that we normally use to capture the displays with. LCD monitors on any camera were
never designed with enough resolution to be photographed. So we hope you understand why these
screen captures are not up to standard with our usual high-res direct output method.
The typical Playback screen display shows the PLayback Mode Icon in the top left while
displaying the file and frame number in the top right. The date of capture is across the
bottom of the frame.
While viewing the image, pressing the telephoto zoom lever magnifies into the playback up to
13x in a 3MP (2048x1536) image. To move about within the image only requires pressing the
DISPlay button once and by using the 4 way controls navigation of the zoomed image from corner
to corner is possible.
Pressing the DISP button while in Play mode toggles between full screen and index modes. In
Index mode you can quickly preview the stored images on the card and display any one in normal
full screen mode.
Playback Menu option are:
The First page is ERASE:
BACK - Returns to playback w/o erasing any files
FRAME - Erases only the presently playing frame
ALL FRAMES - Erases all unprotected frames
FORMAT - Erases all files
The Second Page is PROTECT
Frame Set / Reset - protects or unprotects only the present played image
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