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