Sanyo VPC-E10, VPC-E10EX, VPC-E10GX 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

35 English

BEFORE TAKING PICTURES

Adjust the monitor brightness

The brightness of the monitor is adjustable. Adjust the brightness to the

optimum readability in the ambient light.

1 Press the ON/OFF button to

turn the camera on.

2 Press the MENU button for at

least 1second.

hThe monitor brightness menu

appears.

3 Press the [n] and [o] buttons

to adjust the brightness.

4 Press the MENU button.

hThe monitor brightness is

set, and the monitor

brightness menu is canceled.

HINT

iYou can also adjust the monitor brightness by selecting “BRIGHTNESS”

from the Option Menu (page103).

ON/OFF button

MENU button

[n] and [o] buttons

Monitor

Contents

Main i kFOR AMERICAN USERS English ii kFOR CANADIAN USERS kFOR EU USERS FOR RUSSIAN USERS iii kSymbols used in this manual English iv SHOOT, PLAY BACK AND SAVE Install the battery pack 1 2 v 1 2 English vi Playback kStill image playback kVideo clip playback When you are finished taking pictures... vii Save the photographed image data to your computer (Windows XP) 1 2 3 English viii Copy data from your camera to the computer 1 2 ix 3 4 5 6 English x 7 1 CONTENTS SETUP BASIC OPERATION SHOOTING English 2 PLAYBACK OPTION OTHER DEVICES AND CONNECTIONS APPENDICES QUICK SEARCH BY OPERATION English 4 5 QUICK SEARCH BY OPERATION English 6 7 QUICK SEARCH BY OPERATION English 8 CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES Page Page 11 GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR CAMERA Page Page English 14 SYSTEM MAP 15 PAR TS N AME S Bottom Front English 16 Rear 17 CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK 1 2 3 4 Charging the battery pack 19 CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK About the CHARGE indicator English 20 21 INSTALL THE BATTERY PACK AND CARD Installation English 22 Warning concerning battery pack temperature 23 TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF Turning on the camera In the shooting mode 1 In the playback mode 1 About the auto power off function 25 DATE AND TIME SETTING 0 NTSC 10 1 4 19:30 12:00 27 DATE AND TIME SETTING English 28 BEFORE TAKING PICTURES How to hold the camera 29 About the touch sensor (touch focus) English 30 Using the autofocus 31 English 32 Switching between the shooting mode and playback mode 1 2 33 How to switch the shooting mode 1 2 3 English 34 Switching the display mode 35 Adjust the monitor brightness 1 2 3 4 English 36 Hints for taking pictures 149 149 37 CAPTURING AND PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES Shooting single shots 1 2 English 38 3 1/2 4 1/102 5 6 When you are finished viewing images... 9-image display playback 1 2 3 41 Quick scroll playback 1 2 3 English 42 Folder playback 1 2 3 100SANPH 101SANPH 102SANPH 1 43 1 2 English 44 Zoom jump playback 1 3 1140% Press shutter to save Move 100% 45 1 2 3 English 46 47 SHOOTING SEQUENTIAL SHOTS 1 2 English 48 49 VIDEO CLIP RECORDING AND PLAYBACK Recording a video clip 1 2 3 4 51 VIDEO CLIP RECORDING AND PLAYBACK Outline of playback operation English 52 When you are finished viewing video clips... 53 USING THE SCENE FUNCTION 1 2 English 54 55 USING THE SCENE FUNCTION Capture a still image with a voice memo 1 2 00:00:02 00:00:08 English 56 How to use the best shot feature 1 2 3 4 57 1 2 3 English 58 USING THE ZOOM 1 2 3 59 FLASH SETTING 1 English 60 2 3 61 SELF-TIMER 1 2 English 62 1/102 63 FOCUS RANGE English 64 2 65 FOCUS RANGE How to use the manual focus 80cm 1 2 English 66 ACCESSING THE RECORDING MENU 10 1 67 ACCESSING THE RECORDING MENU Overview of the Recording Menu 10 0 OFF English 68 69 TOUCH SENSOR (TOUCH FOCUS) SETTING 2 English 70 RESOLUTION/VIDEO SIZE SETTING 1 2 71 RESOLUTION/VIDEO SIZE SETTING Record and play back an audio file 1 2 3 5 02:03:19 00:00:14 1 2 101-0018 2008.12.24 73 COMPRESSION RATE SETTING 2 3 English 74 FOCUS AREA SETTING 1 2 3 75 FOCUS AREA SETTING English 76 LIGHT-MEASURING MODE SETTING 1 2 77 ISO SENSITIVITY 2 English 78 79 WHITE BALANCE 2 3 EXPOSURE CORRECTION 81 DATE IMPRINT 2 3 English 82 DISPLAYING THE PLAYBACK MENU 83 DISPLAYING THE PLAYBACK MENU Overview of the Playback Menu English 84 IMAGE PROTECT 1 2 3 85 ROTATE IMAGE 1 2 3 English 86 CHANGING IMAGE SIZE (RESIZE) 1 2 3 4 87 BLUR CORRECTION 1 2 English 88 89 CONTRAST CORRECTION 1 2 English 90 91 RED-EYE CORRECTION 1 2 3 English 92 93 COPY DATA 1 2 3 4 English 94 6 7 95 PRINT SETTINGS Display the screen to set the print settings 1 2 English 96 97 PRINT SETTINGS Specifying date imprinting and number of prints 1 2 English 98 4 99 PRINT SETTINGS Clearing all the print settings 1 2 4 English 100 SLIDESHOW PLAYBACK 1 2 3 101 DISPLAYING IMAGE PROPERTIES (INFORMATION SCREEN) 1 2 English 102 DISPLAYING THE OPTION MENU NTSC 1 2 To exit the Option Menu 103 DISPLAYING THE OPTION MENU Overview of the Option Menu NTSC English 104 105 SOUNDS 2 ON D A ON English 106 3 4 POST-VIEW SETTING SCREEN LANGUAGE 109 TV SYSTEM SETTING 2 3 English 110 AUTO POWER OFF FUNCTION 2 3 4 1 min 3 min FILE NO. MEMORY English 112 Page English 114 INITIALIZING THE CARD MEMORY AND INTERNAL MEMORY 1 2 3 115 INITIALIZING THE CARD MEMORY AND INTERNAL MEMORY 4 5 6 English 116 RESETTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS 2 117 CHECKING THE REMAINING INTERNAL MEMORY AND CARD MEMORY 00:06:05 1 English 118 For audio data 1 119 CHECKING THE REMAINING BATTERY CHARGE 1 English 120 121 CONNECTING TO A TV Playback English 122 DIRECT PRINTING Print preparations 1 123 2 English 124 To select one image and print it (print selected image) 2 125 3 English 126 To print all the images (all images) 4 PictBridge MENU 1/1 127 To print the images that are set to print (print reserved images) 1 3 PictBridge MENU1/1 English 128 To change the printer settings and print images (change printer settings) 3 129 4 English 130 COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS 131 English 132 133 English 134 135 English 136 TROUBLESHOOTING CAMERA 137 English 138 139 English 140 141 Notes regarding the scene function English 142 SPECIFICATIONS Camera 143 English 144 145 English 146 Camera connectors Battery life 147 Possible Number of Images/Video Recording Time/Audio Recording Time English 148 Supplied battery pack charger Supplied Li-ion battery pack 149 Others English 150 151 HINTS FOR TAKING PICTURES Basic photography If images are blurred even when the autofocus is used English 152 Photographing a moving subject 153 HINTS FOR TAKING PICTURES Shooting with the scene function Shooting portraits (portrait mode Z) Photographing moving subjects (sports mode Y) English 154 Night photography (night view portrait mode ]) Photographing scenery (landscape mode \)