Epson 800, 850Z, 750Z Introduction

Introduction

Your new EPSON® PhotoPC® 750Z is a high resolution, easy-to-use digital camera with a built-in LCD screen

and 3× optical zoom. You can view your pictures before and after you capture them, or display them on a TV or multimedia projector and transfer them to your computer. You can even upload pictures, text, and graphics into your camera, and play them back for presentations.

PhotoPC 750Z captures images at 1280 × 960 pixel resolution in 24-bit color, using a 1.25 megapixel CCD sensor. With Epson’s HyPict™ image enhancement technology, the images can be interpolated to 1600 × 1200 pixels right inside the camera. The PhotoPC 750Z comes with 12MB of memory to store approximately 178 standard resolution images. The Solar Assist™ panel illuminates the LCD monitor in direct sunlight, saving battery life.

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Contents

Page User’s Guide Page Page Contents Introduction 1 Using Advanced Camera Features 2 Playing Back Photos 3Getting Photos Into Applications and Documents 4 Working With Photos and Albums 5 Editing Images 6 Using Custom and Advanced Features 7 Using Your Camera for Presentations 8 Using CompactFlash Memory Cards 9 Printing Directly From the Camera 10 Maintenance and Troubleshooting A Optional Accessories B Specifications Introduction PhotoPC 750Z Features Optional Accessories Minimum System Requirements Where To Get Help (310) (905) Registration Safety Instructions Page Page 1 Using Advanced Camera Features Taking Pictures With the Timer Using Macro Mode to Take Close-ups Taking Digital Panoramic Pictures Page Taking Digital Zoom Pictures Using the View Mode Menus Page Continuous Shooting Automatic Continuous Shooting Taking Quick Shots Taking HyPict Mode Pictures Using Advanced Settings Photographing With Fixed White Balance Photographing With User Defined White Balance Adjusting Exposure Page Adjusting Sensitivity for Night or Indoor Photos Using Slow Synchronized Flash Mode for Night Photography Page 2 Playing Back Photos Using the Playback Mode Playing Back Pictures One by One Playing Back Multiple Pictures Playing Your Pictures as a Slide Show Turning Off Picture Information Magnifying a Picture Erasing Pictures Selecting Pictures to Erase Locking Photos Page Unlocking Photos Playing Back Pictures on TV Page Page 3 Getting Photos Into Applications and Documents Getting Images Into TWAIN Applications Page Getting Images That You Can Import Page What To Do If the Camera Is Not Responding Importing Images Into Documents Page Using Drag and Drop From an Album (Not Available in All Operating Systems) Getting Images With Copy and Paste Page Getting Images With the Camio Viewer (Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0) Dragging and Dropping a Picture Into a Document Transferring Images Before Placing Them 4 Working With Photos and Albums Using Albums Renaming a Picture Viewing Picture Information Printing an Image or Album Choosing the Layout Style Page Adding Text Choosing Album Images Adjusting the Printed Area Adding Sound to an Image (Windows Only) Playing Back Sounds Editing Sounds Deleting Sounds Adding Annotations (Windows Only) Blending In Annotations Deleting Annotations Displaying Albums as Slide Shows Using an Album as a Screen Saver Setting an Image as Wallpaper Copying to Diskette or Zip™ Disk Viewing the Pictures on Diskette or Zip Disk Sending Pictures and Sound by E-mail Page 5 Editing Images Viewing and Selecting Images Applying Quick Fix Correcting an Image Page Cropping an Image Resizing an Image Rotating an Image Flipping an Image Applying Special Effects Creating Panoramas Picture-TakingTips Stitching Images Troubleshooting Panoramas Your final stitch is blurry The exposure is inconsistent in the panorama Your image seems to have parts out of place The images edges have a “bow-tie”effect Images are not stitched together well There are overlap errors or ghost images Stitching fails completely Changing the Number of Colors 6 Using Custom and Advanced Features Taking Pictures From Your Computer With Image Expert Page Using the Self Timer Setting the Shutter Speed Taking Pictures With EPSON Photo!2 Page Adjusting Camera Settings From Your Computer Page Changing Settings With EPSON Photo!2 Customizing Settings With the LCD Screen Setting the Camera Clock Setting the Alert Beep Setting the LCD Brightness Setting the Language 7 Using Your Camera for Presentations Uploading Images to the Camera Uploading Existing Images From Your Windows PC Page Page Uploading Images From Your Macintosh Page Converting Presentations Capturing Windows Screens Capturing Macintosh Screens Projecting Your Presentation Page 8 Using CompactFlash Memory Cards Installing a Memory Card Formatting a Memory Card Removing a Memory Card Getting Images From a Card to Your Computer Using a PCMCIA Adapter Transferring Photos Getting Memory Information Copying To and From a Memory Card Page 9 Printing Directly From the Camera Uploading Direct Print Page Connecting the Camera to the Printer Starting Direct Print Printing Page Page Page Page Producing Your Printout Printing a Card Page Printing Album Images Printing Stickers Page Printing a Contact Sheet Cleaning the Print Heads Removing Direct Print Reading Error Messages Page 10 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Caring for the Camera and Battery Charger Solving Camera Problems You can’t take a picture with the camera The flash doesn’t work The optical zoom doesn’t work Nothing appears on the LCD screen The icon appears on the LCD screen when you take a picture in View mode The image on the screen is too dark Nothing appears on the television when you connect your camera to it Page You are unable to drag and drop photos into a document You are unable to copy and paste or import your photo into a document on your Macintosh The pictures transfer to your computer too slowly You get an error message when you use the Image Expert You get a TWAIN error message when you try to transfer images with Adobe® Photoshop You are unable to format or use a CompactFlash storage card with your camera Your notebook computer’s PCMCIA drive can’t access a Solving Picture Problems When you preview images on your computer, they look distorted The colors in your picture don’t look right Your picture is blurry or out of focus Your picture is too dark (underexposed) Your picture is too light (overexposed) Part of your picture is missing A horizontal or vertical red line appears on your picture The wrong date and/or time are displayed on your pictures Your pictures don’t look as good as they used to The area captured in the photo is different from what you saw in the viewfinder A Optional Accessories Using the Optional AC Adapter Using an Optional Tripod About the IOMEGA Clik! Drive Camera Environmental Photographic NiMH Battery Charger Optional AC Adapter Index