HP Pw550 User Manual

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Setting Instant Review
Enabling the Instant Review function will display the captured photo immediately after 
shooting it for 1 second.
Saturation
Contrast
Digital Zoom
Date & Time Imprint
Instant Review
OFF
OFF
Saturation
Contrast
Digital Zoom
Date & Time Imprint
Instant Review
OFF
OFF
On
Off
OFF
ON 

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Recording Videos
You can record videos with the camera, the available recording time depends on the capacity 
of the memory card. Videos can be recorded until the maximum memory capacity has been 
reached.
Shooting Mode
Self-Timer/Burst
AEB
AF Area
Sharpness
OFF
OFF
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NoteWhen the maximum capacity for a single video has been reached, simple press the shutter 
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button again to continue recording.
The camera will automatically stop recording when the memory capacity is full.
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Setting the Video Quality
The Video Quality function icon appears only in Video Record. Press the  button to bring 
up the video quality options as shown below. Use this function to adjust the resolution and 
quality of video clips.
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High Qualit y
Image Quality Matrix
The higher the image quality, the higher the amount of the data used per second (average 
bit rate), the smoother the playback video.
Video Quality Average Bit Rate
720 x 400 4.8Mbps
640 x 480 4.8Mbps
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YouTube Mode
The YouTube Mode allows you to record videos with predefined video settings for easy 
upload to the YouTube website.
YouTube supports two file upload standards:Single File Uploaded. The maximum video file size is up to 100 MB.
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YouTube Uploaded. The maximum video file size is up to 1 GB.
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Most uploaded video lengths range 1 to 5 minutes. Therefore when recording video using the 
YouTube mode, the following applies: Recorded videos are set to YouTube standard resolution of 640 X 480.
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Recording Voices
From the Shooting mode menu, select 
1.  Voice. 
The Voice Recording screen layout is displayed 
on the LCD monitor.
Press the 
2. 
 button to start recording.
Press the 
3. 
 button again to stop recording.0:00:16
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Voice recording will automatically stop when the maximum memory capacity is full. 

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Using the Viewing Functions
View images, videos and audio clips through your camera’s Playback mode.
Viewing in Single Navigation
The single navigation mode displays the image one by one on the LCD monitor. To view 
images/videos/audio clips, follow the steps below.
 
Adjust the Mode switch 
 to set or turn on the camera to Playback mode.
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Display
Scroll bar. If scroll bars appear, it 
indicates that the screen can be 
scrolled.
Thumbnail view
Thumbnail icons
When you view the thumbnails, some images may contain icons. These icons indicate the 
type of file or recording.
Icon
Item Description
Voice MemoIndicates that a voice memo is attached to the image.
VideoIndicates a recorded video. The image displayed is the first frame of the 
video clip.
Locked FileIndicates that the image has been locked. Locked files cannot be edited or...

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Zooming images
The zoom view function works with still images only. 
Press to zoom out.Press to zoom in.
In normal view, push the zoom control up until desired zoom view.
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The 4 arrows on the LCD monitor indicate that the image is zoomed in.
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Press the 
• 
 button to close zoom view.
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Playing Videos
Set the camera to Playback mode.
1. 
Use the navigation controls to scroll through the saved videos.
2. 
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During playback, use the 
3.  to control volume. Press the T button to increase 
volume. Press the W button to decrease volume.
Press the 
4. 
 key to pause playback. Press the  key again to resume. When 
paused,  the play info will remain on screen except 
WT.
NoteThe play info, except the 
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To capture screenshot image from a video clip
During playback of video, press the 
1.  key to 
pause playback on your desired video frame to 
capture.
Press the 
2. 
 button to capture screenshot.
The camera will automatically stop playback. 
3. 
The LCD monitor displays the captured image in 
Single navigation mode.
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Captur e photo
NoteThis feature does not function when the memory card is full or the folder cannot be created. The 
 icon does not appear on the screen either.