AGFA AP OPTIMA 105 User Manual

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Using Flash  
When taking pictures in difficult lighting conditions, use the Flash button to get correct exposure. This 
function cannot be activated in recording videos or continuous shooting. 
 
To activate Flash: 
• Press the Flash/Right button on your camera 
repeatedly until your desired flash mode is displayed on 
the LCD monitor. 
 
 Flash/Right 
button 
 
Auto flash is enabled
 Your camera is equipped with five flash modes: 
 
 AUTO. The flash fires automatically...

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Using the Function Menu    
The Function Menu is used to adjust capture settings in Photo Mode. It contains My Mode, Photo Size, 
Quality, EV Compensation, White Balance, ISO, Metering, and Color Mode. 
 
 Press the FUNC button of your camera to launch the Function Menu. 
Press the FUNC button again to close the menu. 
  Menu Options
 
• The Menu bar displays the current status 
of your camera settings. Only the available 
functions for the settings are shown as 
icon on the...

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Quality  
The Quality sets the quality (compression) at which the image is 
captured. The quality determines the amount of compression 
applied to your images. Fine quality would give you the best 
images with sharper details and less compression. However, the 
higher the quality, the more memory space is required in your 
memory card. 
 
EV Compensation  
Images can be captured with the overall scene intentionally 
made brighter or darker. These settings are used when a...

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White Balance 
 
This sets the white balance for a variety of lighting conditions 
and permits images to be captured that approach the 
conditions that are seen by the human eye. 
  
• As you move through the selection, you can see the 
preview on the LCD monitor synchronously.
 
  
 
Icon Item Description 
 
Auto White 
Balance The camera automatically adjusts the white balance. 
 Daylight
 Ideally used for bright sunny conditions. 
 
Cloudy Ideally used for cloudy...

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Metering  
This sets the metering method for calculating the exposure. 
 
 
Icon Item Description 
 Multi  The entire area of the screen is measured, and the exposure is calculated. 
 Center  Averages the light metered from the entire frame, but gives greater weight 
to the subject matter at the center. 
 Spot  A very small portion of the center of the screen is measured, and the 
exposure is calculated. 
 
Color Mode 
 
The Color Mode function applies different colors or...

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Using the Record Menu  
If you are in Photo Mode, you can access the Record menu simply by pressing the MENU 
button on your camera. 
When the menu is displayed, use the 4-way navigation control and the SET button to move through menu 
selections and apply your desired settings. To close the menu anytime, press the menu button again. 
 
Record Menu  
The Record menu allows you to change modes, and setup other 
capture settings. 
 
To go to Record Menu: 
Set the mode switch...

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The table below shows the available scene mode settings. 
 
Icon Item Description 
 
Auto  The simplest way to shoot basic images. Settings are adjusted 
automatically. 
 Program The camera automatically adjusts suitable shooting settings like shutter 
speed and aperture values. 
 
Intelligent Scene The camera detects the shooting conditions and automatically switches to 
the appropriate scene mode. 
 Portrait 
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Building  This feature enhances the edges of captured images. 
 Text 
 This feature enhances the black and white contrast normally used when 
capturing text images. 
 
Foliage This feature boosts the saturation of greens to give a rich color to foliage. 
 Auction This feature combines up to 4 shots into a single image and provides 4 
patterns to select for usage of auction. 
 
Smile Capture This feature uses face tracking to auto detect faces to capture. When 
smiles are...

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Using Intelligent Scene 
This feature is most useful for novice users to capture great images even without basic knowledge of 
photography. Simply frame the shot with the help of Intelligent Scene Mode, the camera automatically 
recognizes 11 kinds of scenes - Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Macro, Text, Snow, Backlight, Backlight 
Portrait, Night Scene, Night Portrait and Foliage - and selects the ideal settings. 
 
 
Intelligent scene icon. After the camera detects the shooting...

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Using Party Mode 
Let the party mode on! It can be difficult to get everyone on a party. While you have the whole gang 
together, take a group or family portrait. Party mode features on Red-eye reduction flash and face tracking. 
You’ll miss fewer shots, and have more time to focus on enjoying the party. 
 
Using Soft Skin mode 
When the soft skin mode is activated, it makes wrinkles and lines look less conspicuous, while preserving 
resolution in areas of the picture outside...