Hitachi hdc-401ex Setting the Date Imprint, Using the Self-Timer, Select the desired timer period

■ Setting the Date Imprint

You can imprint the captured images with the date on which they were taken.

When a still image is captured with the Date Imprint function set to ON, the date is imprinted on the JPEG file of the captured image (in the lower-left corner). Note that this is different from printing the date information of a file based on a printer setting, etc.

1	Press MENU to display the Capture Menu
	screen.

■ Using the Self-Timer

You can capture images using the camera,s self-timer function
(which can be set to 10 seconds or 5 seconds).
When the self-timer is used, keep the camera from moving by setting it on a
tripod, etc.			Advance
1	In the Still Image Capture mode, press the
	self-timer	button（【O】）repeatedly to	Operations
	select the desired timer period.
	：The timer period is set to 10 seconds.

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Capture Menu

Date Imprint	Off
Setup
Exit

In the Capture Menu screen, select Date Imprint using【M】【N】and then select the ON/OFF mode using【O】【P】.

	：The timer period is set to 5 seconds.	Capture (Still
	An icon corresponding to the selected timer period is
	displayed on the LCD monitor.
2	Set the layout and press the shutter.
	● The self-timer lamp (red) starts blinking and the	Image/Video)
	number shown on the LCD monitor begins

O/P：Change OK：Set

Capture Menu
Date Imprint	On
Setup
Exit
O/P：Change	OK：Set

3	Pressing MENU saves the selected setting,
	and the camera exits the Capture Menu

screen.

●The date-imprint setting selected here is retained even after the power is

turned off. However, Setting to the Default P25 returns the setting to OFF.

● The date is imprinted in white text, which may be difficult to see against a white background.

● Even if the Date Imprint function is set to ON, the date won,t be imprinted in

decreasing, indicating that the self-timer has

started. When the selected timer period elapses,

the camera will emit a“bleep”sound to indicate

that the image has been captured.

●To stop the self-timer, press the self-timer button（【O】）.

●The image capture settings (image size, image quality, white balance, EV, etc.) are also effective when the self-timer is used.

●The self-timer function is canceled once the image is captured. To take another image using the self-timer, set the self-timer again.

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the digital zoom mode.

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