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