HP Sw450 User Manual

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Using Smile Capture Mode 
When facing the camera, especially kids, smiles are always short and hard to seize by manual shutter. Smile capture 
mode detects every smile all the time and performs Automatic Focus (AF) to capture an image without pressing 
Shutter button. 
Follow these instructions to capture a photo by Smile Capture 
Mode:Select 
1. 
 from scene menu.
Focus the camera on the subject to capture.
2. 
When a smile is detected, the white focus frame turns green 
3. 
to denote camera shutter...

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Ask someone else to take the desired picture by using the 
2. 
semi-transparent screen image as a guide.
Move your position until photographer confirm your whole or 
3. 
half body in the frame and in the right place.
Press the Shutter button. Camera stores the image produced 
4. 
by this step only.
Using Love Portrait
Want to take a good photo when there are just two of you? All you have to do is position the camera and smile 
together. 
If two or more faces are recognized, the camera performs...

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Using Aperture Priority Mode
This mode is designed for control the aperture value by user and let camera decide the shatter speed. The main 
impact that aperture had on images was with regards to Depth of Field. (DOF) Choose lager aperture, only one subject in focus but the background nice and blurred. (Shallow DOF)
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Choose smaller aperture, an image with everything in focus. (Great DOF)
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To set Aperture values
Select 
1.  from the Scene Mode submenu.
Press 
2.  OK button 
 to enter the adjust...

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Using Voice Recording
From the Scene menu, select 
1. . The Voice Recording 
screen layout is displayed on the LCD monitor.
Press the 
2.  Shutter button  
 to start recording.
Press the 
3.  Shutter button  
 again to stop recording.
Setting the Drive Mode
This camera features a Self-timer and Burst which can be set in the Burst mode function in the Record Menu. The 
Self-timer will take photos after a predefined delay. The burst will take consecutive shots. This function is only 
available in Photo...

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Setting the AEB
AAEB stands for Automatic Exposure Bracketing. It takes 3 consecutive photos in the order of standard exposure, 
under exposure and overexposure compensation.
To set AEB
From the Record menu, select 
1.  AEB.
Use the 
2. 
 or  keys to go through the selection.
Press the 
3.  OK button 
 to save and apply changes.
Setting the AF Area
AF stands for Automatic Focus. This feature determines the 
area on which the camera focuses.
To set AF Area
From the Record menu, select AF Area.
1. 
Use...

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Setting Sharpness
This function allows you to enhance or soften finer details 
of your photos.
To set Sharpness
From the Record menu, select 
1.  Sharpness.
Use the 
2. 
 or  keys to go through the selection.
Press the 
3.  OK button 
 to save and apply changes.
The table below shows the available Sharpness settings:
Icon Item Description
High  Sharpens the image.
MediumMedium sharpness.
Low Softens the image.
Setting Saturation
The Saturation function lets you adjust the color saturation 
in your...

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Setting Contrast
This function allows you to adjust the contrast of your 
photos.
To set Contrast
From the Record menu, select 
1.  Contrast.
Use the 
2. 
 or  keys to go through the selection.
Press the 
3.  OK button 
 to save and apply changes.
Icon Item Description
High  Enhance the contrast
MediumMedium contrast
Low Reduce the contrast
Setting the Digital Zoom
This feature controls the digital zoom mode of your camera.
Your camera enlarges an image using the optical zoom first. 
When the zoom...

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Setting the Date Stamp
The date of recording can be printed directly on the still images. This function must be activated before the image is 
captured. Once date and time are stamped on a photo, they can no longer be edited or deleted. 
Limitations of Date Stamp functions are as follows:Available for Photos only.
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May slow down AEB/ Burst mode when Date Stamp is enabled in AEB/ Burst mode.
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In vertical or rotated images, the date and time on your photos still appear horizontally.
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To set Date...

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When the camera stop recording due to reaching maximum capacity (
•	 4GB) for a single 
video, simply press the Shutter button again to continue recording.
The camera will automatically stop recording when the memory capacity is full.
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Digital zoom is not available while recording a movie.
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Sound cannot be recorded while using zooms (Moving the Zoom toggle 
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 ).
Power save is not available in movie recording or pause recording.
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Settings of Recording Videos
Press Function button  to enable...

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White Balance, Metering, Color Mode
To set above settings, please refer to “Using the Function Menu” on page 25.
Pre-record 
Catch the first three seconds of action that may would have 
potentially missed. Once enable this function, the camera 
starts recording movie automatically before pressing Shutter 
button. As soon as the Shutter button is hit, the most recent 
three seconds of video are added to the beginning of the clip. 
Display the icon in red while turning Pre-record on.
Pre-record will be...