BenQ X600 Setting the shooting functions, Selecting the focus mode, Selecting the flash mode

BenQ DC 5530 User’s Manual

1.Press the zoom button in Capture mode.

Tele: makes the subject bigger.

Wide: makes the subject smaller.

When the digital zoom function is disabled, you can take pictures at up to three times magnification using the optical zoom. When the digital zoom function is enabled, you can further enlarge the subject to a maximum magnification equivalent to 12 times.

• You cannot use the optical zoom when taking movies.

3.4.5 Setting the shooting functions

3.4.5.1Selecting the focus mode

Focus modes

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Zoom bar Digital zoom range

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Autofocus mode	The camera focuses on the object in the autofocus area when the shutter release
	button is pressed halfway. Use this mode when the distance to the subject is
	more than 40 cm.
Macro mode	This mode is used when the distance to the subject is approx. 15 cm – 50 cm.
	The camera focuses on the object in the autofocus area when the shutter release
	button is pressed halfway.
Pan Focus mode	This mode is used when the distance to the subject is approx. more than 0.15 m
	at wide angle and approx. more than 0.4 m at tele angle. The focus is set from
	close to infinite range. This mode is used when shooting close and distant sub-
	jects together or the subject is hard to focus on.
Infinity-Landscape mode	This mode is used for taking distant objects.
Manual Focus mode	Adjust the focus manually with the four-way controller.

3.4.5.2Selecting the flash mode

Flash modes

Auto	The flash discharges automatically depending on the light conditions.
Flash Off	The flash will not discharge, regardless of the brightness. Use this mode to take
	pictures at dusk or in museums etc. where flash photography is prohibited.
Flash On	The flash discharges regardless of the brightness.
Auto + Red-eye	This mode reduces the phenomenon of red eyes caused by the light from the flash
	being reflected in the subject’s eyes. The flash discharges automatically.
Flash On + red-eye	This mode reduces the phenomenon of red eyes caused by the light from the flash
	being reflected in the subject’s eyes.
	The flash will discharge regardless of lighting conditions.
Soft Flash	This mode reduces the intensity of the flash so that the flash is not too bright even
	when fired at close range. The flash will discharge regardless of the light condi-
	tions.
• The flash is off when the Capture mode is set to		(Movie mode), Continuous Shoot-
ing, or Infinity-Landscape.

•The flash discharges a total of three times, two pre-flashes (It may look like one flash to

your eye) and the third time to take the pictures. (In the red-eye reduction modes, the interval between the pre-flashes and the last flash is longer.)

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