Sanyo VPC-E2 - page 3

English ii

FOR CANADIAN USERS

iThis Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Symbols used in this manual

HINT Points giving some extended instructions or special points to pay

attention to.

CAUTION Points that require special attention.

(page xx) Refer to the page indicated for detailed information.

You may find the answers to questions or problems concerning camera

operation in the sections “COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS” (page165)

and “TROUBLESHOOTING” (page172).

Contents

Main i FOR AMERICAN USERS Page iii SHOOT, PLAY BACK AND SAVE Install the battery pack and card 1 2 English iv 1 kStill image photography 1 668 668 01:17:32 01:17:32 v Playback kVideo clip playback 1 2 1 kStill image playback When you are finished using the camera... SAVE PLAY English vi 1 2 vii 3 Copy data from your camera to the computer 1 2 Page ix Burn video clips onto a DVD 1 2 Page Page Page Page Page xv NOTE kBefore using the camera kCautions concerning use in water Important! Concerning your cameras waterproof feature NOTE kStoring and maintaining your camera kOther cautions 1 CONTENTS SETUP English 2 SIMPLE 3 CONTENTS NORMAL English 4 OPTION SETTINGS 5 CONTENTS OTHER DEVICES AND CONNECTIONS APPENDICES English 6 QUICK SEARCH BY OPERATION 7 QUICK SEARCH BY OPERATION English 8 9 QUICK SEARCH BY OPERATION English 10 11 CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESS ORIES Page Page Page 15 English 16 SPECIAL FEATURES Waterproof capability 17 Page Page English 20 SYSTEM MAP 21 PAR TS N AME S Front English 22 Rear 23 CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK 1 2 3 English 24 Recharging the battery pack 25 INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK AND CARD Install the battery pack 1 2 English 26 3 27 INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK AND CARD English 28 Install the card 1 2 3 29 INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK AND CARD Warning concerning battery pack temperature English 30 TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF Turning on the camera 1 Turning on the camera when the power save (sleep) function is active 31 1 English 32 DATE AND TIME SETTING 1 33 DATE AND TIME SETTING 2 3 English 34 4 5 CLOCK SET DISP Y / M / D 35 SWITCHING BETWEEN THE SHOOTING MODE AND PLAYBACK MODE 668 01:17:32 01:17:32 668 1 SWITCHING THE OPERATING MODE Switching between the SIMPLE and NORMAL modes 1 2 3 1 2 3 English 38 Using the SIMPLE Mode Menu 4 TV size 8M [4:3] 39 Using the NORMAL Mode Menu 5 English 40 6 40003000 32642448 32642448 32641840 18402448 41 N Select movie and photo size English 42 T 6 43 N Start slideshow English 44 45 English 46 47 English 48 49 English 50 51 NORMAL Mode Playback Menu 1 PLAYBACK MENU SLIDESHOW PLAY VOLUME PROTECT DELETE ROTATE RESIZE N 2 PLAYBACK MENU PRINT INSTRUCTIONS EDIT PHOTO EDIT VIDEO SELECT FOLDER COPY N 53 BEFORE TAKING PICTURES For best results English 54 Using the autofocus 55 BEFORE TAKING PICTURES English 56 Select the recording size 1 2 To watch on TV TV size 8M [4:3] 57 1 2 Automatic focus (people, landscape, etc.) English 58 Hints for taking pictures 59 VIDEO CLIP RECORDING 1 3 English 60 SHOOTING SINGLE SHOTS 1 61 SHOOTING SINGLE SHOTS F3.5 1/7 English 62 Using the flash 1 Flash automatically 2 3 Auto Page English 64 SHOOT A STILL IMAGE WHILE RECORDING A VIDEO CLIP 1 3 4 65 SHOOT A STILL IMAGE WHILE RECORDING A VIDEO CLIP English 66 MACRO-PHOTOGRAPHY (ZOOM) 1 2 3 67 AFTER USING THE CAMERA IN WATER 1 2 3 English 68 4 69 PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMAGES 1 2 3 English 70 71 PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMAGES How to save one frame from a video clip as a still image 1 English 72 SLIDESHOW PLAYBACK MOVIE 1 2 SLIDESHOW PHOTO PLAYBACK VOLUME 1 2 PLAY VOLUME VOLUME SETTING English 74 DELETING FILES 1 2 DELETE DELETE ALL DELETE SINGLE 3 English 76 PLAYBACK MODES Multi-image display 1 2 3 1 2 3 101 102 104 105103 100 English 78 1 2 79 RECORDING SIZE Movies 1 2 English 80 1 2 81 RECORDING SIZE Sequential shots 1 2 3 English 82 Audio recording REC00:00:06 1 2 3 83 RECORDING SIZE 4 Audio playback 1 00:00:00 2008.12.24 English 84 2 85 SCENE SELECT English 86 87 FILTERS English 88 FLASH OPERATION 1 2 3 SELF-TIMER English 90 91 MOTION COMPENSATION (IMAGE STABILIZER) Compensate for camera shake during video clip recording 1 Compensate for camera shake during still image shooting 1 English 92 00:04:30 93 MOTION COMPENSATION (IMAGE STABILIZER) English 94 FOCUS RANGE 95 FOCUS RANGE How to use the manual focus 2.0 1 2 3 English 96 FOCUS MODE 1 2 40 00:02:47 97 LIGHT-MEASURING MODE SETTING 1 2 40 00:02:47 English 98 ISO SENSITIVITY 1 99 WHITE BALANCE 1 English 100 FACE CHASER 1 101 HIGH SENSITIVITY MODE 1 English 102 DIGITAL ZOOM SETTING 103 SPECIFY A FOLDER TO SAVE FILES NEW 100 NEW 1 2 EXPOSURE COMPENSATION 668 01:17:32 1 2 3 SLIDESHOW PLAYBACK TIME 1sec SLIDESHOW BGM EFFECT START MODE ALL 2 107 FILE PROTECT 1 2 3 English 108 ROTATE STILL IMAGE 1 2 3 ROTATE REDUCE STILL IMAGE SIZE (RESIZE) 1 2 3 RESIZE CORRECTING THE RED-EYE EFFECT AND IMAGE BLUR 1 2 3 4 6 RED-EYE CORRECT. English 112 EDITING VIDEO CLIPS Procedure to cut (extract) a portion of a video clip 113 Procedure to join video clips English 114 Video clip cutting (extracting) 1 2 3 00:00:10 115 4 00:00:06 5 CUT English 116 6 7 CUT REVIEW CLIP 117 1 2 English 118 3 REVIEW CLIP 4 00:00:30 Select a clip 5 English 120 PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS EACH IMAGE INDEX Display the Printing Instructions Screen PRINT INSTRUCTIONS ALL CLEAR 121 English 122 Specifying date imprinting and print quantities 2 123 4 English 124 Index print SET EXIT 2 4 INDEX PRINT 125 Clearing all the printing instructions 2 4 English 126 COPY FILES 1 2 3 4 127 COPY FILES 6 7 English 128 DISPLAYING FILE PROPERTIES (INFORMATION SCREEN) 1 2 V-SHQ 129 DISPLAY THE OPTION SETTING MENU 1 2 3 To access a Setting Screen SCREEN DISPLAY 2 131 SELECT THE STARTUP DISPLAY 2 English 132 OPERATION SOUNDS 2 133 OPERATION SOUNDS 3 4 English 134 POST-VIEW DISPLAY SETTING 2 135 ASSIGN FUNCTIONS TO THE ARROW BUTTONS RECOMMENDED SETTINGS 2 3 SHORTCUTS 4 6 137 NOISE-REDUCTION FUNCTION 2 3 4 English 138 ADJUST THE IMAGE QUALITY 2 139 FLICKER-REDUCTION FLICKER REDUCT ON OFF 2 MONITOR BRIGHTNESS 2 3 BRIGHTNESS ADJUST 141 SCREEN LANGUAGE 2 3 English 142 TV SYSTEM SETTING 2 TV SYSTEM NTSC PAL 143 POWER SAVE FUNCTION 2 Page 145 FILE NO. MEMORY English 146 147 FILE NO. MEMORY 2 English 148 INITIALIZING THE CARD MEMORY AND INTERNAL MEMORY FORMAT FULL FORMAT 2 4 149 INITIALIZING THE CARD MEMORY AND INTERNAL MEMORY English 150 RESETTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS RESET SETTINGS RESET EXIT 2 CHECKING THE REMAINING CARD MEMORY 668 11:44:37 668 01:17:32 Checking the remaining number of images and video recording time 1 English 152 153 CHECKING THE REMAINING BATTERY PACK CHARGE 1 English 154 155 CONNECTING TO A TV CONNECTING TO A TV English 156 PLAYING BACK ON A TV 157 PictBridge MODE Print preparations 1 2 CANCEL 3 4 159 PRINTING Printing selected images 1 2 3 4 2 3 161 PRINTING Making an index print 2 3 English 162 Printing images according to printing instructions (requested images) 1 2 3 163 PRINTING Changing the printer settings 2 English 164 3 4 PRINTER SETTINGS MEDIA TYPE PRINTER VALUES 165 COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS English 166 167 English 168 169 English 170 171 English 172 TROUBLESHOOTING Camera 173 English 174 175 English 176 177 English 178 179 English 180 181 English 182 Notes regarding the Scene Select feature and filters Scene Select 183 English 184 SPECIFICATIONS Camera 185 English 186 187 English 188 Camera connectors Battery life 189 Possible No. of Images/Possible Shooting Time/ Possible Recording Time English 190 Concerning the multi-indicator 191 Supplied battery pack charger Supplied Li-ion battery pack English 192 Others 193 English 194 HINTS FOR TAKING PICTURES If images are blurred even when the autofocus is used 195 HINTS FOR TAKING PICTURES Photographing a moving subject English 196 Shooting portraits (portrait mode >) Photographing moving subjects (sports mode a) 197 HINTS FOR TAKING PICTURES Night photography (night view portrait mode /) Photographing scenery (landscape mode +)