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HP 618 Digital Camera
HP Imaging Technology
User’s Guide
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Product Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 What’s in this Guide ...........................................................................................................
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Chapter 7: Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................................ 88 Troubleshooting Common Problems .......................................................................................................... 88 Contacting HP Customer Care .........................................................................................................................93 Appendix A: Using the Preferenc
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Chapter 1: Introduction Welcome to the HP 618 Digital Camera User’s Guide. This guide will help you take high-quality pictures quickly and easily with your HP 618 digital camera. Product Overview The HP 618 is a versatile, point-and-shoot digital camera. It provides these key features: HP Imaging Technology 3x optical /2x digital zoom Three image type settings − One Shot, Continuous, and Timelapse Two focus modes − Auto and Manual Three auto focus range settings − Normal, Macro, and I
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What’s in this Guide This User’s Guide provides all the “how to” and reference information you need to use your camera successfully. Part of Manual What is Covered “Chapter 2: Preparing to Take Pictures” How to adjust settings in the status LCD, image LCD, and Capture mode menus to prepare your camera to take pictures. “Chapter 3: Taking Pictures” How to take simple point-and-shoot pictures, as well as more advanced pictures. Also how to use the zoom, Instant Review, and the sound recording
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How to Use this Guide You can use this guide online, or you can print it out. The main advantage of using it online is that you can use its built-in searching and linking capabilities on your computer to quickly find the information you need. Of course, an advantage of having a print-out is that you can take it anywhere you want to use your camera. You may also prefer to read information about your camera from a printed version, rather than on a computer screen. Note: If you choose to print t
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Chapter 2: Preparing to Take Pictures Overview You can use your camera’s default settings to take pictures in a point-and-shoot fashion, or you can use more advanced features that you set via the camera’s status LCD and image LCD. This chapter explains how to prepare your camera to take pictures by adjusting various settings on it. This chapter covers the following topics: “Accessing the Capture Mode and Powering on the Camera” on page 8 “Using the Status LCD” on page 9 “Setting th
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Using the Status LCD Figure 2: Status LCD Indicators The status LCD conveys important information about the camera’s status. The status LCD shows you the status of the camera’s batteries, the settings for the flash mode, timer mode, and auto focus range, as well as the number of pictures remaining on the memory card (see Figure 2). Auto Battery focus status range The status LCD turns on every time you power on the camera. You can use the status LCD to assess the current status of the camera
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Setting the Flash Mode Your camera has seven flash modes. The default flash mode is Auto (no icons displayed). Each mode is displayed on the status LCD with the icon(s) shown in Table 2. To set the flash mode, press the flash mode button beneath the status LCD to toggle through the icons on the status LCD until you see the flash mode setting you want (see Table 2). Note: The flash mode setting remains set Table 2: Flash Mode Settings between shots, but will return to Auto after you cycle th
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Setting the Timer Mode Note: The 10-Second Timer mode is disabled Your camera has three timer modes. The default timer mode is Off. Each mode is displayed on the for the Timelapse image type. (See “Setting the status LCD with the icon shown in Table 3. To set the timer mode, press the timer mode button Image Type” on page 13.) beneath the status LCD to toggle through the icons on the status LCD until you see the timer setting you want (see Table 3). Note: After each timed exposure in 10-Se
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Using the Image LCD Figure 4: Image LCD Screen in Live View Turn the image LCD on by pressing the DISPLAY button on the back of the camera. You now see the live view of Capture mode on the image LCD. Live view lets you preview the pictures you can take Top with the camera, as well as view and change some of the camera’s settings. overlay bar shows status The image LCD screen in the live view of Capture mode includes two opaque overlay bars and an image area in the center for viewing your pi
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Macro and Infinity Auto Focus Range Indicators When the auto focus range is set to Macro, a Macro icon is displayed on the right side of the text message area. When the auto focus range is set to Infinity, INF is displayed. Digital Zoom Indicator When the camera is in digital zoom, the digital zoom icon is displayed on the right side of the text message area. For information on digital zooming, see “Using the Zoom Lever” on page 22. Setting the Image Type Your camera can take three types
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Using the Overlay Soft Key Press the middle (Overlay) soft key to turn both overlay bars off in the live view of Capture mode. To turn the overlay bars on again, press any of the three soft keys. When the overlay bars are off, the soft keys are disabled for their normal functions and are, instead, enabled only to turn the overlay bars on again. Viewing the Camera Status Figure 5: Status Screen You can press the right (Status) soft key while in the live view of Capture mode to display th
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Using the Capture Mode Menus Your camera has four Capture mode menus: Note: For more information about all of the Capture Settings Capture mode menus and related soft keys, see Photo Assist “Chapter 6: Menu and Soft Key Reference” Image Stamp starting on page 52. Preferences For more information about the Preferences The Capture Settings, Photo Assist, and Image Stamp menus have settings you can change which menu, see “Appendix A: Using the Preferences affect the images you capture. The
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Chapter 3: Taking Pictures Overview Once you have set your camera to Capture mode and you have a basic understanding of how to use your camera’s status LCD and image LCD (see “Chapter 2: Preparing to Take Pictures” starting on page 8), you are ready to take pictures. To optimize your camera’s capabilities, it is important to understand how to use the zoom lever, what the various LEDs mean when they light solid or blink, how to use Instant Review, and how to use the sound recording
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4 Press the shutter release button. Wait for the shutter sound, indicating the camera has captured the image. Then release the button. The captured image appears for a 3-second Instant Review period on the image LCD. If you are happy with it, do nothing, and the image will be saved on the memory card. If not, you can delete the image while it is still displayed in Instant Review by pressing the middle (Delete) soft key. Taking More Advanced Pictures As explained in Chapter 2: “Preparing to Ta
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8 Press the right (Exit) soft key to exit the Capture mode menus. Note: The image LCD uses a lot of battery 9 Use the image LCD or the viewfinder to select and frame the subject for your picture. If needed, power. If you are running your camera on use the zoom lever (see page 22) to adjust the focal length of the camera lens to zoom in or out batteries rather than with the HP-approved AC on the picture subject. You can also use the diopter control (see page 22) when looking through power ad
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Shooting Continuous Images Note: If you set the timer mode to 10-Second Press the shutter release button and continue to hold the button down. Then the camera begins to Timer or 3-Second Remote for the Continuous capture the images in the Continuous sequence. image type, you can only take one picture. Continuous images are captured until you release the shutter release button, or the memory card Therefore, to capture a Continuous sequence of becomes full, whichever comes first. images,
