Praktica luxmedia 18-Z36C User Manual

1 Preface About this Manual • The contents of this manual and the bundled Basic Reference are subject to change without notice. • Note that the ex

Navigation Control The 4-way Navigation Control and the OK button allow you to access the various menus available from the On Screen Display (OSD). Y

Monitor Angle When taking pictures with camera at high or low angle. The monitor can be opened outward from 0° to 80° and the screen can be flipped f

Getting Started Attach the Camera Strap 1. Please make sure the lens cap and the cap strap are well combined. 2. Attach the lens cap to the camera str

Inserting the Battery Follow these instructions to insert the rechargeable battery into the battery/memory card compartment. Please read "Batter

Camera Memory Internal memory Your camera is equipped with 128 MB of internal memory. Users can store files up to approximately 67 MB. If there is no

Charging the Battery by USB In other way charging the battery, you can use the USB cable to connect the camera with PC or USB adapter. 15 g. 1. Conn

Modes Your camera has three modes: Record Mode This is the default mode while you turn on the camera every time. You are able to take images in this

Using the LCD monitor The LCD monitor shows all important information regarding camera settings as well as the visual image of your image or video. Th

20 Focus mode Indicates focus is enabled. 21 Night mode Indicates night mode is enabled. 22 White balance Displays white balance settings. 23 F

Playback Mode Screen Layout The Playback mode display varies depending on the type of image being viewed. Playback mode display of still images: N

Battery Information • Turn off the camera before installing or removing the battery. • Use only the provided batteries or type of battery and charge

Playback mode of videos: No. Item Description 1 Playback mode Indicates playback mode. 2 Protect Indicates file is protected. 3 Video clip

Changing the LCD Monitor Display to View finder The shooting screen, captured photos and on-screen menu can be displayed on either LCD monitor or Ele

Setting the Zoom Control Using a combination of 36 times optical zoom and 5 times digital zoom permits zoom photography at up to 180 times magnificat

Using EV Compensation Images can be captured with the overall scene intentionally made brighter or darker. These settings are used when a suitable br

Using Self-timer The Self-timer allows you to take images after a pre-defined delay. While burst lets you take consecutive shots. This function is on

Using the AE/AF LOCK Button Use the AE/AF LOCK button on your camera to lock focus and exposure. 1. To lock AE/AF, press and hold the AE/AF LOCK bu

To delete multiple files: 1. After a confirmation selection appears on screen. Select Multi. 2. The images are displayed in thumbnail view on the LCD

Recording Videos You can record videos with the camera, the available recording time depends on the capacity of the memory card. Videos can be record

Mode dial There are 10 recording modes can be set by turning the Mode dial, such as Intelligent Scene, Scene mode, Night Scene, Night Portrait, Conti

Using Intelligent Scene This feature is most useful for novice users to capture great images even without basic knowledge of photography. Simply frame

3 Table of Contents Preface ... 1 About this Man

Backlight This feature is used to capture the image of a backlight object by changing the metering. Kids This feature is used to capture still imag

Using Kids Mode Tactically, kids are the most difficult to photograph. They tend to be highly animated and can be a real challenge to make them pay at

Using Food Mode How to share your dining experiences and comments of interesting widgets on your blog by close-up images? Just get the camera and set

3. Full press the shutter button to start shooting. When shooting starts, a white-cross locates on the center and a yellow line displays horizontally

Using Love Portrait Want to take a good image when there are just two of you? All you have to do is hold the camera and show your smiles together. If

Using Manual Exposure When the camera is in the manual exposure mode, you can change either aperture or shutter speed, or both. To activate Manual Ex

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 di

Quality The Quality sets the quality (compression) at which the image is captured. The quality determines the amount of compression applied to your i

White Balance This sets the white balance for a variety of lighting conditions and permits images to be captured that approach the conditions that ar

Metering This sets the metering method for calculating the exposure. Icon Item Description Multi The entire area of the screen is measured, and

4 Setting Power Save... 53 Setting Date & Time...

Setting the AF Lamp The AF Lamp function allows you to record images even low light conditions. If AF Lamp is set to Auto, the AF lamp located in the

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 capture

Setting Motion Detection This feature reduces the effects of subject movement when taking photos. The Motion Detection does not function in the fol

Playback You can playback the still images, video clips on the LCD monitor. Viewing in Single Navigation The Single navigation mode displays the image

Zooming images The zoom view function works with still images only. • In normal view, spin the Zoom dial clockwise (right) repeatedly until the desir

Using Movie Edit When a video clip is paused, press the Delete button to enter Movie Edit mode. An Edit Panel displayed in the lower left corner of th

Playing Voice Memo Voice memo is separately recorded and attached to a captured image. See "Voice Memo" on page 48 on how to record voice m

Protect Set the data to read-only to prevent images from being erased by mistake. A protected file has a lock icon when viewed on Playback mode. To

Voice Memo A maximum of 30 seconds of audio can be recorded as a memo for captured still images. To record voice memo: 1. Press the Playback button

Resize Resizes a previously saved image to create a small copy photo and only resizing to a smaller size is available. To resize an image: 1. Press

5 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the new digital camera. Capturing high-quality digital images is fast and easy with this state-of

DPOF DPOF is the abbreviation for Digital Print Order Format, which allows you to embed printing information on your memory card. You can select the i

Copy Use this feature to copy images between internal memory and memory card. To copy images between internal memory and memory card: 1. Press the Pl

Movie Paste Use this feature to combine two videos with the same specification (movie size and fps) into one video. To combine two videos: 1. Press t

Using the Setup Menu You can access the Setup menu whether you are in Record or Playback mode. The Setup menu allows to configure general camera setti

Setting Date & Time Use the Date & Time function to set the date and time of your camera. This function is useful in attaching date stamps on

Setting TV Settings Use the TV Settings function to adjust video output signal to accommodate different regional settings. If TV Settings is not set c

Setting Format This utility formats current used memory (Internal memory or Memory card) and erases all stored images and data. If a locked card ha

Auto Rotation Use Auto Rotation to rotate still images to the direction you prefer. This function is only applicable to still images in Single Navigat

To zoom in/zoom out the rotated image 5. View the still images in Thumbnail View (left) or Single Navigation (right) as below. 6. Spin the Zoom d

Making Connections You can connect your camera to: TV, computer, or a printer. Connecting the Camera to a TV You can play back your images on a TV sc

Package Contents Please check the contents of your camera package. It should contain: Digital camera Rechargeable battery x 1 pcs USB adapter (

4. The USB mode menu appears on the screen. Select Computer by using the or key and press the OK button. 5. The PC starts to detect the connection

Connecting the Camera to a Printer You can print your images directly using a PictBridge compatible printer. 1. Turn on your Printer. Check that the

Setting the Print Mode Menu Print Mode menu appears on the screen after the connection between a printer and your camera is established. Print Mode

Appendix About Folder and File Names Your camera automatically creates specific directory of folder in the internal memory cards to organize captured

64 Specifications Sensor 18M CMOS Lens Focal Length: 4.0 (W) ~ 144 (T) mm 36X optical zoom, 5x digital zoom LCD monitor 3.0" Color LCD Focus

65 Exposure Control +2.0EV / +1.7EV / +1.3EV / +1.0EV / +0.7EV / +0.3EV / 0EV / -0.3EV / -0.7EV/ -1.0EV / -1.3EV / -1.7EV / -2.0EV Metering Multi, C

Camera Views Front View 1. Self-timer LED/ AF Assist Lamp 2. Speaker 3. Lens Back View 4. LCD monitor 5. EVF LCD button 6. Dioptric adj

8 Top View 15. Zoom dial 16. Shutter button 17. Power button 18. LED indicator light 19. Mode dial 20. Microphone Bottom View 21. Battery/Memory

9 Left View 24. Side zoom control 25. Flash button 26. Speaker 27. USB/TV/HDMI Out Camera Buttons Your camera is equipped with different buttons f