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Trademark and copyright information © Copyright 2003 Hewlett-Packard Company All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett-Packard Company. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this mate
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Camera parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Status LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Attaching the wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Installing the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Installing a memory card (optional) . . . .
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Using macro mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Advanced capture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 EV compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 White balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 ISO speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 AE metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Sharpness . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 5: Unloading, printing, and displaying images . . .61 Unloading to a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Printing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Displaying images on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Chapter 6: Using the setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Camera sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Date & time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 US
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Appendix B: Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 hp photosmart 730 series user’s manual
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Chapter 1: Getting started Congratulations on your purchase of this digital camera! This camera has many features to enhance your picture-taking TM experience, including HP Instant Share , direct printing capability, manual and automatic controls, on-camera Help, and an optional camera dock. With HP Instant Share, you can easily select pictures on your camera to print or e-mail automatically the next time you connect the camera to your computer or printer. Your friends and family can eas
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Camera parts NOTE Refer to the pages in parentheses after the part names for more information about those parts. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AF 8 13 9 12 11 10 # Name Description 1 Optical Allows you to frame the subject of the Viewfinder picture or video clip (page 25) 2 Solid—camera is recording video Video viewfinder light Blinking—Self-Timer is activated or there (red) is an error (see Image Display for message) 3 AF Auto Focus Solid—camera is ready to take a picture viewfinder light (focus a
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# Name Description 5Zoom lever: Zooms out the lens to the wide angle position, and zooms in the lens to the Zoom Out telephoto position Zoom In (page 28) 6Memory/USB Solid orange—USB is connected light (page 18) Blinking orange—camera is either: starting up, charging the battery, sending/receiving USB, or reading from or writing to the memory card 7Memory card Allows access to insert or remove the door (page 17) memory card 8 Wrist strap mount Allows you to attach a wrist strap (page 16
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15x 1 2 3 4 10 5 9 8 6 7 # Name Description 1Video/Self-Timer Solid red—camera is recording video light (page 35) Blinking red—Self-Timer is activated 2Microphone Records audio clips (pages 32, 51) 3Flash Provides additional light to improve (page 30) picture-taking 4Power adapter Provides connection for optional HP AC connector power adapter (page 102) 5 USB connector Provides connection for USB cable to a (pages 61, 63) computer or printer 6 TV connector Provides connection for optional Au
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# Name Description 9 Camera dock Provides connection to the optional connector HP 8886 camera dock (page 102) 10 Battery door Allows access to insert and remove (page 16) the batteries 1 2 3 4 5 6 # Name Description 1 Selects the flash setting Flash button (page 30) 2 Changes image quality from Good to Better Quality to Best button (page 31) 3 MODE button Changes the capture mode to Self-Timer, (page 33) Burst, Macro, or one of five different exposure settings. 4Status LCD Displays came
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# Name Description 5 Shutter button Takes a picture. Push halfway down to lock (page 23) focus and exposure, then all the way down to take picture. Hold down after picture is taken to record audio. 6 Records a video clip; press once to start and Video press again to stop button (page 24) Status LCD 4 6 5 7 9 8 3 2 1 10 11 18 17 14 13 12 16 15 # Icon Indicates 1Image quality selection 2 Night mode flash setting is active 3 Auto flash is active A 14 hp photosmart 730 series user’s manual
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# Icon Indicates 4 Flash On is active or or Flash Off is active 5 Red-eye Reduction Flash is active 6 Number of still images remaining or time remaining (for video and audio clips) 7 AC adapter is providing power 8Battery condition 9 Memory card is in the camera 10 Audio is recording 11 Video is recording 12 2.6 / 4.9 F-stop is set to 2.6 or 4.9 13 Portrait mode is active 14 Landscape mode is active 15 Action mode is active 16 Macro setting is active 17 Burst setting is active 18 Self ti
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Setup Attaching the wrist strap Attach the wrist strap to the wrist strap mount on the side of the camera as shown. Installing the batteries 1 Open the battery door on the bottom of the camera. 2 Insert the batteries as indicated inside the door. 3 Close the battery door. NOTE For more information about batteries, see Managing batteries on page 99. NOTE If you have rechargeable batteries, you can use the optional HP Photosmart 8886 camera dock or the optional HP AC power adapter to rec
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Installing a memory card (optional) Your camera contains 16 MB of internal memory that allows you to store images and video clips in your camera. However, you can use an optional memory card (purchased separately) instead to store images and video clips. For information on the memory cards that are supported with your camera, see Purchasing camera accessories on page 102. NOTE If a memory card is installed in the camera, all new images and video clips will be stored only on the memory c
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Turning on power Turn the camera on by sliding the switch to the right and then releasing it. The Memory/USB light will blink and then turn off when the camera AF is ready. Restoring previous settings Some of the camera settings do not remain set when the camera is turned off. To restore all camera settings that were in effect when the camera was last turned off, hold down the OK button when you turn on the camera. Choosing the language The first time you turn the camera on, the followin
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Setting the date and time The camera has a clock that records the date and time at which you take each picture. This time stamp does not appear in the image itself, but is recorded in the image properties, which you can see when viewing the image on the computer. The first time you turn the camera on, the following screen appears after you choose the language. 1 Press the OK button repeatedly until the preferred date format appears, and then press the button to highlight the date. 2 Pre
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Installing the software The camera software allows you to unload images from the camera, view them, print them, and e-mail them. It also allows you to configure the Share menu on the camera. See Chapter 4: Using hp instant share on page 53 for information about configuring the Share menu on the camera, and Chapter 5: Unloading, printing, and displaying images on page 61 for information about connecting the camera to a computer or printer. NOTE A copy of this User’s Manual is located on the
