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ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide CL50User Page 1 Wednesday, January 27, 1999 10:10 AM.
2 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide FCC Inf ormation FCC WARNING: This equipment meets the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 3 1-Y ear Limited Hardwar e W arranty Agfa warrants this product to be free from defects of material and workmanship for one (1) year from the date of purchase. During the warranty period, Agfa will repair or replace, at its option, the product at no charge to the customer .
4 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Contents C ONTENTS FCC Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 User Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Canadian Radio Interference Regulations Statement .
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 5 Contents Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Panorama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . .
6 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Introduction I NTRODUCTION Y our ePhoto CL50 takes high quality digital pictures—and it’ s easy to use. Just point and click, like a conventional camera. In addition, you can: ◗ Frame images with the optical viewfinder or color LCD, and quickly change the automatic settings.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 7 Camera Parts C AMERA P ARTS 1. Shutter Button: See Shutter Button on page 13. 2. Built-in Flash: With 4 settings. Controlled by the Flash button or a menu. 3. Viewfinder: Frames pictures. 4. Auto Focus Retractable Glass Lens: Provides up to 3x optical zoom.
8 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Camera Parts 8. SunCatcher™: Uses sunlight to enhance the view on the color LCD and to conserve batter y power . 9. Microphone: See Recording Sound on page 34. 10. LCD ON/OFF Switch: See LCD ON/OFF Switch on page 13. 11.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 9 Memory Cards M EMORY C ARDS The ePhoto CL50 has no internal memory . All pictures are stored on removable memory cards. These cards are available in 2 MB, 4 MB, 8 MB and 16 MB sizes. The ePhoto CL50 accepts only 3.3 volt SSFDC or Smart- Media™ removable memory cards.
10 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Memory Cards Memory Card Conditions Certain memory card conditions are indicated on the color LCD from time to time. Icon Description (Flashing red icon) No memory card has been inserted. (Flashing red icon) The memory card is the wrong type or is unreadable.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 11 Batteries B ATTERIES For best results, use batteries of the following types: Battery life can be greatly extended by using the view- finder (not the LCD) to frame images and the optional Agfa AC adapter to power the camera.
12 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Controlling the Camera C ONTROLLING THE C AMERA Mode Switch Slide the Mode switch to select: ◗ REC — to turn on the camera and take pictures. ◗ PLA Y — to turn on the camera and view or delete stored images. ◗ OFF — to turn off the camera.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 13 Controlling the Camera LCD ON/OFF Switch When you want to use the color LCD as a viewfinder in REC mode, slide the LCD ON/OFF button to ON. Shutter Button The shutter button has two positions. Press the shutter button: ◗ Halfway — to lock the camera’ s focus and calculate the exposure.
14 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Status Display S TATUS D ISPLAY The Status Display is the black and white LCD on top of the camera. It displays information about your camera and the settings you selected with the four buttons that are next to the display .
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 15 Taking Pictures T AKING P ICTURES Like a conventional camera, the ePhoto CL50 has a viewfinder . Y ou can also frame the image on the color LCD. Before you can take pic- tures, install the batteries and a removable memory card.
16 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Changing Basic Settings C HANGING B ASIC S ETTINGS Y ou can change some basic settings using the four buttons on top of the camera.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 17 Changing Basic Settings T o record sound with an image: 1. During processing, press ▲ to select Voice memo . When pro- cessing is completed, you see the prompt Record sound? 2. Press OK to record your message (up to 10 seconds).
18 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Changing Basic Settings Flash Button The Flash button controls the built-in flash. Y ou can also change the flash setting by using a menu on the color LCD (see page 21). T o select a flash setting: ◗ Press the Flash button repeatedly to select: Resolution Button The Resolution button selects from five settings.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 19 Changing Basic Settings 1280 x 960 pixels: CCD resolution, low compres- sion Maximum 8 MB card capacity: 24 images* 640 x 480 pixels: normal compression (ideal for posti.
20 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Changing Settings on the Color LCD C HANGING S ETTINGS ON THE C OLOR LCD Y ou can change most of the camera settings with the icon menu that displays on the color LCD. Some of the settings can also be changed using the buttons on top of your camera.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 21 Changing Settings on the Color LCD Flash The ePhoto CL50 provides four flash settings. Y ou can also change the flash setting by using a button on top of the camera. For details on the settings, see Flash Button on page 18.
22 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Changing Settings on the Color LCD Pre view The ePhoto CL50 provides two preview settings: With the normal preview setting, the image on the LCD moves smoothly as you move the lens. In low light mode, the image appears jerky as the camera slows down the video capture to collect more light.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 23 Changing Settings on the Color LCD T o include the next picture in the panorama, press the shutter button within 10 seconds. For best results, we recommend that you keep the camera level by placing it on a tri- pod and overlap each picture with the previous one by about 50%.
24 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Changing Advanced Settings C HANGING A DVANCED S ETTINGS Y ou can change advanced settings with the icon menu that displays on the color LCD. For details on changing other settings on the color LCD, see Changing Settings on the Color LCD on page 20.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 25 Changing Advanced Settings F ocus This option allows you to choose a focal distance manually for your shots. For best results, the setting should match the distance of the subject from the lens.
26 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Changing Advanced Settings Apertur e value Use this “aperture priority” mode to set the aperture and allow the camera to calculate the appropriate shutter speed for the correct exposure. The possible settings are: ◗ Large (f/2.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 27 Changing Advanced Settings Metering This option allows you to set the light-metering method that you want the camera to use when it calculates auto exposure and shut- ter speed.
28 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Changing Advanced Settings T o use a preset white point: 1. Select White point in the Advanced menu. 2. Select automatic, sunny , cloudy , tungsten, or fluorescent. T o set the white point manually: 1. Select White point in the Advanced menu.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 29 Changing Advanced Settings ◗ Off The sizes refer to the aperture size, and the times (in sec- onds) indicate the shutter speed. T o use an external flash: 1. Select Ext. flash in the Advanced menu. 2. Select a large or small aperture based on these ranges: Large: f/2.
30 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Changing Advanced Settings 3. Select Save advanced settings? in the PREFERENCES menu. A confirmation screen appears. 4. Select Ye s to save the settings. Self-Timer Delay This option sets the time the shutter delays after you press the shut- ter button.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 31 Changing Advanced Settings T o set the sleep delay: 1. Select Preferences in the Advanced menu. 2. Select Sleep in the PREFERENCES menu. The SLEEP menu appears with the REC sleep delay underlined. 3. Press ▲ / ▼ until the desired delay appears.
32 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Working with Captured Images W ORKING WITH C APTURED I MAGES Y ou can use the ePhoto CL50 PLA Y mode to view and work with captured images in three different views: ◗ Single-Image ◗ Multi-Image ◗ Slide Show T o select a view: 1.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 33 Working with Captured Images Deleting Images T o delete images: 1. Press OK. A column of green icons appears on the color LCD. 2. Press ▼ to highlight the icon. 3. Press OK. The DELETE PICTURES menu appears. 4. Select the desired option: ◗ Current — to delete a single image.
34 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Working with Captured Images 2. Press ▼ to highlight the icon. The LOCK/UNLOCK menu appears. 3. Select the desired option: ◗ Lock/Unlock — to lock/unlock the current image. Y ou can use the zoom buttons to scroll through images to lock/unlock.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 35 Working with Captured Images T o record sound with an image: 1. Press OK. A column of green icons appears on the color LCD. 2. Press ▼ to highlight the icon. 3. Press OK. If sound has already been recorded with the image, a confirmation screen asks if you want to overwrite it.
36 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Working with Captured Images ◗ Exit — to leave the menu without saving the print tags. 5. If you select Print Image , the PRINTS menu appears. Select the desired option: ◗ Single — to print one copy of the image.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 37 Working with Captured Images 5. Press ▲ / ▼ to scroll through the thumbnails. When you reach the last thumbnail on the screen, you can scroll further to add a new row of thumbnails to the screen (if there are more than 9 images).
38 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Working with Captured Images Locking/Unlocking Images T o lock/unlock images: 1. Press OK. A column of green icons appears on the color LCD. 2. Press ▼ to highlight the icon. 3. Press OK. The LOCK/UNLOCK menu appears. 4.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 39 Working with Captured Images 2. Press ▼ to highlight the icon. 3. Press OK. The DPOF PRINT menu appears. 4. Select the desired option: ◗ Print Image — to tag individual images for printing. ◗ Print all — to tag all images for printing.
40 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Working with Captured Images 2. Press OK again to display the view icons . 3. Press ▼ to highlight the icon. The slide show starts. 4. If you want to interrupt the slide show , press OK. The SLIDE SHOW menu appears. Select the desired option: ◗ Settings — to change the slide show settings.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 41 Using the Camera with a TV U SING THE C AMERA WITH A TV Y ou can connect the ePhoto CL50 to a television via the video cable (included) so you can view captured images or take pictures. As you view the images, you can also listen to any sound recorded with an image.
42 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Using the Camera with a Computer U SING THE C AMERA WITH A C OMPUTER Y ou use PhotoWise software to transfer images from your ePhoto CL50 to a computer , edit the images, and “stitch” panoramas.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 43 Using the Camera with a Computer Installing PhotoWise Softwar e Install PhotoWise software from the PhotoWise CD (included). This process installs the software and two documents in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format: PhotoWise Tips and a copy of this user’ s guide.
44 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Using the Camera with a Computer T o create PhotoWise installation floppy disks: Windo ws 1. Place the PhotoWise CD in the CD-ROM drive of your computer . 2. In the Start menu, select Run . 3. In the dialog window that appears, type: d:mkfloppy .
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 45 Care and Maintenance C ARE AND M AINTENANCE Camera T o avoid the risk of electric shock, do not disassemble the camera. Refer all servicing to qualified ser vice per - sonnel. T o avoid the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose the camera to rain or moisture.
46 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Care and Maintenance ◗ Do not use batteries that show signs of leakage, corrosion or swelling, or batteries that are excessively warm. ◗ If necessary , clean batter y contacts with a dry cloth before installation. ◗ Always replace all four batteries with four identical, new (or fully charged) ones.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 47 Troubleshooting T ROUBLESHOOTING If you have a problem using your ePhoto CL50, review this section first. If you cannot find the solution to your problem here, visit Agfa on-line at www .agfahome.com/ephoto or check with your dealer .
48 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Troubleshooting The color LCD doesn’t turn on. The camera is connected to a computer . Disconnect the camera or use the camera controls in PhotoWise. The camera is connected to a TV . Discon- nect the camera or view the images on your TV set.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 49 Troubleshooting The recorded image is blurry . The subject moved while you were taking the picture. Hold the camera steady and take the picture again. Y ou moved the camera while you were tak- ing a picture. T ake the picture again and hold the camera steady as you depress the shutter button.
50 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Troubleshooting The recorded image is too bright. If the flash was in the Fill-in mode, there was too much light. Change the flash setting to Auto. The camera was pointed directly at a bright light. T ake the picture from a different angle.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 51 Troubleshooting PhotoWise can’t find the camera. The camera is off. Slide the Mode switch to PLA Y or REC. The serial cable is connected incorrectly . Check the cable and connections. The batteries are too weak. Replace them.
52 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Camera Specifications C AMERA S PECIFICATIONS Parameter Specifications Physical Dimensions 2.8" H x 5.2" W x 2.2" D (72.2 x 131 x 55.5 mm) Weight 10.5 oz or 300 g (without batteries) Other T ripod mountable (1/4" x 20, standard 35 mm photo/video) Optics Lens Aperture f/2.
ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide 53 Camera Specifications Resolution — 1600 x 1200 pixels, very low com- pression (with PhotoGenie) — 1280 x 960 pixels, low compression — 640 x 480 pixels, normal com.
54 ePhoto CL50 User’ s Guide Camera Specifications Average Image Processing Time (REC) — 8.5 seconds(1680 x 1200) — 6.5 seconds (1280 x 960) — 4.0 seconds (640 x 480) — 6.7 seconds (black & white mode) Average Image Display Time (PLA Y) — 7.
visit the Agfa Web site at www .agfahome.com/ephoto . For more information about the Agfa ePhoto CL50 digital camera, © 1998 Agfa Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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