Contents
ES30
Safety warnings
Health and safety information
Prevent damage to subjects’ eyesight
Handle and dispose of batteries and chargers with care
Handle and store your camera carefully and sensibly
Health and safety information
Protect batteries, chargers, and memory cards from
Damage
Use only Samsung-approved accessories
Ensure maximum battery and charger life
Allow only qualified personnel to service your camera
Protect your camera’s lens
Learn how to play back photos, videos, or voice
How to record a video or voice memo
Maintenance tips
Copyright information
Indications used in this manual
Shooting mode icons
Icons used in this manual
Abbreviations used in this manual
Pressing the shutter
Expressions used in this manual
Subject, background, and composition
Exposure Brightness
Common questions
Taking photos of people
Quick reference
Contents
Contents
Basic functions
Unpacking
Optional accessories
Camera layout
Button Description
Camera layout
Removing the battery and memory card
Inserting the battery and memory card
Turning on your camera
Turning on your camera in Playback mode
Learning icons
Mode icons
Information
Icons on the right
Shooting mode, press
Selecting options
Menu
Press
Shooting mode, press Press
Selecting options
Press or
Press or to scroll to White Balance, and then press or
Setting the sound
Setting the display and sound
Changing the display type
Press repeatedly to change a display type
Align your subject in the frame Half-press Shutter to focus
Taking photos
Press Shutter to take a photo
To scroll to Program, and then
Taking photos
Zooming
Digital zoom
Holding your camera correctly Reducing camera shake
When is displayed
Half-pressing the shutter button
Make sure nothing is Select
Use the focus lock
Preventing your subject from being out of focus
Extended functions
Shooting mode, press Select Mode → Smart Auto
Using the Smart Auto mode
Shooting modes
For the Night mode, see Using the Night mode on
Using the Scene mode
Shooting modes
Half-press Shutter to focus Press Shutter to take the photo
Using the Beauty Shot mode
Using the Night mode
Using the frame guide
Shooting mode, press Select Mode → DIS
Using the DIS mode
Select the aperture value or shutter speed
Select an option
Shooting mode, press Select Mode → Program Set options
Using the Program mode
Shooting mode, press Select Mode → Movie Press
Recording a video
Select Movie → Voice → a sound option
To pause recording
Option Description
Recording a voice memo
Recording voice memos
Adding a voice memo to a photo
Changing the camera’s focus … ……………
Using face detection … ………………………
Selecting a resolution
Selecting a resolution and quality
Selecting image quality
Mode, press
Press Shutter to start the timer
Using the timer
Learn how to set the timer to delay shooting
Using the motion timer
Using the timer
Select Press Shutter
After pressing Shutter
Shooting in the dark
Using the flash
Preventing red-eye
Off Flash does not fire
Shooting in the dark
Adjusting the ISO speed
Red-eye Fix
Select Shooting → ISO → an option
Using auto focus
Using macro
Learn how to adjust the cameras focus
Changing the camera’s focus
Changing the camera’s focus
Adjusting the focus area
Select Shooting → Focus Area → an option
Detecting faces
Using face detection
Select Shooting → Face Detection → Normal
When you hear a beep, press Shutter
Using face detection
Taking a self-portrait shot
Taking a smile shot
Detection
Detecting eye blinking
Select Shooting → Face Detection → Blink
Adjusting the exposure manually EV
Adjusting brightness and color
Compensating for backlighting ACB
Select Shooting → EV
Changing the metering option
Adjusting brightness and color
Selecting a light source White balance
Select Shooting → Metering → an option
Defining your own white balance
Aim the lens at a piece of white paper
Select Shooting → Drive → an option
Using burst modes
Improving your photos
Adjust the amount of the selected color. less or + more
Applying photo styles
Select a color R Red, G Green, B Blue
Select a value to adjust the selected item
Adjusting your photos
Improving your photos
Playback/Editing
Display in Playback mode
Starting Playback mode
Playing back
Press or to scroll through files
Playback mode, push Zoom down Press Select a category
Playing back
Viewing files by category in Smart Album
Week
To protect all files, select All → Lock
Select File Options → Protect → Select
Then press
Press Select Yes
Select Multiple Delete
Select File Options → Delete → All → Yes
Deleting files
Starting a slide show
Viewing photos
Enlarging a photo
Do this
Set the slide show effect
Playing a video
Use the following buttons to control playback
Press
To begin, and then push Zoom up
Playing voice memos
Press To resume playback
To end, and then push Zoom up
Adding a voice memo to a photo
Playback mode, select a photo that includes a voice
Playing a voice memo added to a photo
Memo, and then press Press
Resizing photos
Editing a photo
Rotating a photo
Defining your own RGB tone
Editing a photo
Soft Vivid Forest
Select a value to adjust the selected item. less or + more
Correcting exposure problems
Playback mode, press
Creating a print order Dpof
Select File Options → Dpof → Size → an option
Printing photos as thumbnails
Viewing files on a TV
View photos or play videos using the buttons on your
Camera
Requirements for Intelli-studio
Transferring files to your Windows computer
Requirements
Transferring files to your Windows computer
Installing Intelli-studio
Select a folder on your computer to save new files to
Transferring files using Intelli-studio
Using Intelli-studio
Connect the camera to your computer with the USB cable
Screen Click the pop-up message Remove the USB cable
Disconnecting the camera for Windows XP
On the tool bar at the bottom right of your PC
Transferring files to your Mac computer
Printing photos with a PictBridge photo printer
Shooting mode, press Select Settings → USB Select Printer
With the USB cable Turn on your camera
Press Or to select a photo
Appendixes
Accessing the settings menu
Camera settings menu
Select an option and save your settings
Menu Description
Sound
Camera settings menu
Display
Settings
Item Description
USB
Battery Type
Error message Suggested remedies
Error messages
Error message
Cleaning your camera
Camera maintenance
Camera lens and display
Camera body
About memory cards
Camera maintenance
Memory cards you can use
Memory card capacity
Battery specifications
About the battery
Use for SBC-N2
Camera maintenance
Situation Suggested remedies
Before contacting a service center
Before contacting a service center
You cannot use Intelli-studio on
Play videos
Macintosh computers
Computer
Camera specifications
Camera specifications
File format PictBridge
Interface Digital output USB Connector Audio output
Audio WAV For 1GB SD
Image size
Correct disposal of batteries in this product
Model No Samsung ES30 Responsible Party
FCC notice
Address
Telephone No Samsung
Index
Index
Center-weighted Multi Spot
Camera Video
Video Voice memo
DIS Movie Program Scene Smart Auto
Accessing Camera Display Sound
For Mac For Windows
Playing Recording