BenQ C1450 User Manual

							Preparing the camera for use  3
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Preparing the camera for use
Use only the specified battery for the camera, and always turn off the camera before 
removing the battery. 
ATo install the battery:1. Open the battery cover (A).
2. Insert the battery in the correct direction by matching 
the + - label on the battery slot (B).
3. Push the battery all the way down.
4. Close the battery cover (D). B
C
To remove the battery:1. Open the battery cover.
2. Pull the battery out (C).
3. Close the battery cover (D).
D
• Please select the correct battery type before use (see Battery Type on page 24 for 
details).
• High-capacity (such as 2500 mAh) rechargeable batteries are recommended.
• Carbon-zinc batteries are not recommended.
• Remove the batteries from the camera if you do not intend to use the camera for a long 
time.
• If the lens cannot retract into the camera, please replace the batteries first (usually this 
is because of drained batteries). Then the lens should retract automatically. (Under no 
circumstances should you push the lens back manually as this may damage the 
camera.) If the lens still cannot retract, please contact your dealer.
• The AA batteries that came with the camera are not rechargeable.
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							4  Preparing the camera for use
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Using multifunctional buttons
You can choose camera settings by pressing the 4-way control or the   button.
1.Left/Focus:
• Scrolls left in menus.
• Toggles between different focus modes.
2.Up:
• Scrolls up in menus.
• Turns on/off Face Tracking. See Face Tracking on page 
9 for details.
• Rotates an image. See Rotating an image on page 26 
for details.
3.Right/Flash:
• Scrolls right in menus.
• Selects a flash mode.
4.Down:
• Scrolls down in menus.
5. : Confirms a chosen setting.
Using an SD card
The camera comes with internal memory for storing captured images, video clips, or audio 
files. You can also add an SD card to store more files.
 Before initial use of an SD card, please format the card first by pressing   >   > 
Manage Memory >  /  >  Format >  > Ye s.
To install an SD card:1. Make sure the camera is turned off.
2. Open the memory card cover.
3. Insert an SD card in the correct direction.
4. Close the memory card cover.
To remove an SD card:1. Make sure the camera is turned off.
2. Open the memory card cover.
3. Lightly press the edge of the memory card to eject.
4. Close the memory card cover.
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							Initial setting  5
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Initial setting
You will be prompted to set up the language and the date and time when the camera is 
turned on for the first time. 
Setting language
Selects the language version shown on the screen.
To select a language:
1. Press   >  . (Step 1 is needed only after the 
initial setting is done.)
2. Press   or   to locate  , 
and then press   or  .
3. Press  ,  ,  , or   to locate the language you want.
4. Press   to set the language.
Setting date and time
When first time using the camera or the battery has been 
removed from the camera for a long time, you need to set 
the date and time. They are used to record when a file was 
captured.
To set date and time:
1. Press   >  . (Step 1 is needed only after the 
initial setting is done.)
2. Press   or   to locate Date/Time, and then press   or  .
3. Press   or   to select date and time and date format. Press   or   to 
move to another column as needed.
4. Press   to set the date and time.
SetSET
MENU
Polski
Română
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							6  Operating the camera
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Operating the camera
The procedure below is a general guideline for basic operation. It is particularly useful if you 
are new to the camera.
1. Press the Power button to turn the power on.
2. Press   >  ,  ,  , or   to locate desired options (under two 
different tabs:   and  ), and then press   or   to make selections.
 Remember to follow the on-screen display or press   for instructions (wherever 
available). Next, press corresponding buttons to access and set more options. At any time, you 
can cancel the current operation by pressing   to return to your previous step.
3. Press   to zoom-in or   to zoom-out. (In the Movie Record mode, you can still adjust 
the optical zoom before or during recording.)
4. Press the shutter halfway to set automatic focus. Once the focus is set, the focus frame 
color will turn from white (unfocused) to yellow-green (focused).
5. Press the shutter down fully to capture.
6. Release the shutter.
7. In the Movie Record mode, press the shutter to stop video recording.
8. Press   to view captured images or recorded videos. You can press   or   to move 
to different images/videos, press   or   to zoom-in/out a captured image, or press   
to view 9 files in the thumbnail view. 
9. Press   again to view files in the calendar view (files created in the current month are 
displayed by default). Here, you can press  ,  ,   to move to a thumbnail 
and press   to view all files taken on that day. Plus, you can also view files taken in 
other months. 
• During zoom-in/out, there is a separator in the zoom bar between   and  . For 
best image quality, it is recommended to use optical zoom only by keeping the 
magnification within   and the separator.
• Flash is automatically turned off in the Movie Record mode.
• The Movie Record mode records both sound and video. The recording time is 
continuous, but recording will stop once the memory card space is full.
• In the Movie Record mode, sound is temporarily muted during zoom-in/out.
• Anytime in the Playback mode, you can press   to switch to the Capture mode.
• At any time, you can press the Power button to turn off the camera.
• In Capture or Playback mode, press   to decide what information to show on the 
screen.
Optical ZoomDigital Zoom
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							Capture mode  7
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Capture mode
 
Item Description Page reference
1 Shooting mode 13
2 Flash mode 9
3 Focus mode 10
4 Drive mode 17
5AEB 17
6 S.S.F. --
7 Number of shots available --
8 Image size 10
9 Image quality 10
10 Face Tracking 9
11 I S O 1 2
12 White Balance 11
13 AE metering 12
14 Exposure value (EV) 11
15 AF area 17
16 Histogram --
17 Battery status 22
18 Camera shake warning --
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							8  Capture mode
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More capture options in the Function menu
Press the Function button   to access more capture options. Depending on your 
settings, the displayed option icons in the Function menu may vary.
To use the Function menu:
1. Press   to enter the Function menu and currently selected setting shows. 
2. Press  ,   to go to another option, or press   or   to select a setting.
3. Press   to confirm the setting.• In the Capture mode, press   to toggle among 5 display modes (standard, 
complete, none, rule of thirds, and Help Screen). 
• Use the rule of thirds display mode to improve your composition by placing subjects on 
at least one of the intersections of these 4 imaginary lines. 
• Help Screen diagram provides a quick overview to the major functions of camera 
buttons.
• While the shutter is pressed halfway, the shutter speed and the aperture are also 
shown on the screen (not available in the Movie Record mode).
• While the shutter is pressed down halfway, the AF area color changes to yellow-green, 
camera shake warning (appears only if the camera itself detects possible shaking), 
aperture, shutter speed and ISO setting are also shown on the screen.
You can set the shootingYou can set the shootingparameters.parameters.
My Mode 
(the 6 most recent 
record modes, in 
the order used)
ISO  Exposure Value 
(EV)
Effect Image Quality
White Balance
Metering
Resolution
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							Capture mode  9
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Flash mode
The flash offers an additional light source (usually used in a low-light environment). You 
can capture an image using one of the following flash modes.
To select a flash mode:
1. Go to the Capture mode.
2. Keep pressing   to toggle among different flash modes and select a desired option.
Face Tracking
Focuses on the position of faces (max. 10 faces) simultaneously. While using the Face 
Tracking function, point the camera to where the people (your subjects) are located. Focus 
frames of Face Tracking will automatically detect faces (maximum 10) and show on the 
LCD screen.Icon Mode Description
Auto Flash The flash fires automatically based on the photographic 
conditions.
Auto Anti Red-eye Reduces the red-eye phenomenon when capturing 
natural-looking images of people and animals in low-light 
conditions. Be sure to ask the subject to look at the 
camera lens or get as close to the camera as possible. 
The flash fires automatically based on the photographic 
conditions.
Force On The flash always fires regardless of the surrounding 
lighting conditions. Select this mode when capturing 
images with high contrast (backlighting) and deep 
shadows.
Slow Sync Fires the flash immediately at the beginning of exposure 
with a longer shutter speed, so balanced ambient 
lighting of the foreground subject and background scene 
can be reached in a low-light environment.
Force Off The flash does not fire. Select this mode when flash 
photography is prohibited, or when the distance to the 
subject is beyond the effective range of the flash.
• Due to environmental factors such as lighting, the number of detected faces might be 
different from that of the actual faces.
• To achieve the best result, ask your subjects not to turn their faces partially away from 
the lens.
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							10  Capture mode
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Focus mode
To select the focus mode:1. Go to the Capture mode.
2. Keep pressing   to toggle between Auto focus and focus modes.
Image size
To select an image size:
1. Press  > Resolution.
2. Press   or   to select a setting.
3. Press   to confirm setting.
Image quality
Icon Mode Description
Auto focus Adjusts focus automatically.
Macro Used when capturing images at a close distance.
Pan Focus Used when you want to capture the subjects in a certain focus 
range.
Infinity Used when capturing images at long distance.
Icon Description Icon Description
14 megapixels 
(4320 x 3240)3 megapixels (2048 x 1536)
3:2
(4320 x 2880)HD 16:9 
(1920 x 1080 in full HD format)
8 megapixels (3264 x 2448) VGA (640 x 480)
5 megapixels (2592 x 1944) -- --
Icon Mode Description
Super Fine Best image quality with the lowest compression rate. File size is 
the largest.
Fine Better image quality with medium compression rate. File size is 
medium.
Normal Good image quality with the highest compression rate. File size 
is the smallest.
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							Capture mode  11
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To select an image quality level:
1. Press  > Image Quality.
2. Press   or   to select a setting.
3. Press   to confirm setting.
Setting EV
EV (Exposure Value) lightens or darkens the entire image. Adjust EV when the brightness 
between the subject and the background is not balanced, or when the subject occupies only 
a small part of the picture.
To select an EV:
1. Press  > EV.
2. Press   or   to select an EV 
from the EV bar. The preview 
result based on the currently 
selected EV is shown in the 
middle thumbnail.
3. Press   to confirm setting.
White Balance
Compensates for color temperatures in different lighting conditions, so white and other 
colors can display properly when you capture images.
Icon Mode Description
Auto Adjusts white balance automatically.
Daylight Used in bright daylight conditions.
Cloudy Used in twilight or shady conditions.
Tungsten Used when subjects lit by tungsten (incandescent) lighting.
Fluorescent H Adjusts for fluorescent lighting. Corrects the green hue of 
fluorescent lighting. Ideal for indoor photos under 
fluorescent lighting without a flash.
Fluorescent L
Manual Used when you want to manually adjust white balance in a 
particular lighting condition.
Middle thumbnail
Currently 
selected EV
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							12  Capture mode
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To select White Balance:
1. Press  > White Balance.
2. Press   or   to select a white balance option. The preview result based on the currently 
selected white balance is shown in the middle thumbnail. (When selecting the manual 
mode, you must first point the adjustment frame shown on the screen at a blank sheet of 
white paper or something similar, and press the Shutter for the camera to detect proper 
colors.)
3. Press  to confirm setting.
ISO
ISO configures the camera’s sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO value, the brighter 
picture you can take in a low-light environment. Yet, you may see more noise in the picture 
as you increase the ISO value.
To select an ISO value:
1. Press  > ISO.
2. Press   or   to select an ISO Value.
3. Press  to confirm setting.
AE metering
To select an AE metering option:
1. Press  > Metering.
2. Press   or   to select an AE metering option.
3. Press  to confirm setting.
Icon Description
Automatically sets the ISO value.
 Equivalent to color ISO 100/200 film. Used for outdoor 
photography in bright sunlight.
      Equivalent to color ISO 400/800/1600/3200/6400 film. Used it in 
a low-light environment or where the flash light is not allowed. 
• ISO 3200 for resolution of 3M or under only
• ISO 6400 for resolution of 3M or under only
Icon Mode Description
Matrix Detects the exposure based on multiple points in 
the subject area.
Cent. Weight (Center Weight) Detects the exposure of the entire shooting 
screen, but gives more importance to the values 
near center.
Spot Detects the exposure based on the center spot in 
the subject area.
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