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2 PHOTO – Taking photos with your GminiTM 402 Camcorder
2.1 Taking a photo
1. From the Main screen, select the Camera icon, then click on ENTER.
2. On this Viewfinder screen, you can adjust the exposure settings by pressing the F2 button (Settings). You can also zoom in and out using the up and down buttons. For more information on the F3 button (Fix), see the section Controlling the image quality.
3. On the Settings screen, use the directional buttons UP and DOWN to select a setting, and LEFT and RIGHT to change it. To change the file name, select the Rename button and press enter. You will be taken to the Virtual Keyboard (see the Using the Virtual Keyboard section in the Browser chapter of the complete Adobe® PDF user manual for more information.) Press one of the Function buttons (Back) or ESC/STOP to go back the Viewfinder screen.
4. Once you have adjusted the settings, press the ENTER button to take a photo. You might notice that the HDD indicator lights up as the device is saving the image on its hard drive. The name of the next image changes and your Gmini™ is now ready to take the next picture.
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The table below explains the different settings. The corresponding screen icons are also shown.
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| Options: VGA or 1.2 Megapixels. 1.2 Megapixels (1280 x 960) will give the best image |
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| quality, but the largest file size. VGA (640 x 480) will give the smallest file size, but the | |
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| images will not be as sharp. |
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| Image quality | Basic, Normal, Fine. For the best possible image (although it will take up more disk | |
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| space) set this to Fine (fine dots icon). |
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| Exposure | Between Brighter +2, Normal and Darker | |
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| dark conditions. Setting it in the negatives, will decrease the amount of picture exposure |
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| and make your image darker. Setting it positive will increase the exposure and make |
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| your image brighter. If your subject has a bright background, you may want to over |
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| expose your image a little bit so that the person’s face is more visible, thus you would set |
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| it to Brighter +1 or +2. If you are taking a photo where there is a lot of snow or the sun’s |
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| reflection on water, you may want to reduce the exposure, thus set it to Darker |
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| White balance | Options: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent or Tungsten. This parameter lets the | |
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| camera adjust to the ambient light source in order to record colors in the best way. |
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| Timer | Options: Off, 5 seconds or 10 seconds. The timer setting allows you to delay the moment | |
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| at which the photo is taken, for example if you want to include yourself in the picture. |
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| Reset | Reset the values in this screen to the factory default settings. | |
2.2 Taking a photo using the timer
On the main screen, select the Camera icon and press enter. Press the F2 buttons (Settings) and highlight the Timer setting. Select for example 10 seconds. Press a Function button (Back) to return to the Viewfinder screen. The Timer icon appears on the top of the Viewfinder screen. Now press ENTER. A stopwatch symbol will appear on the screen and counts down from 10 to 0. The Gmini™ 402 will now take a photo.
Note: The Timer function will stay active for successive pictures you take unless you return to the Main menu or set the Timer Setting to OFF.
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