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Self-timer LED 1 4. Viewfinder 2 3 5 m m F 2.8 f=8.4 4 9 1. Viewfinder 3. Menu/OK button 8 5. SMC slot 7 8. Lens 3. Down / Zoom in button 3 7. USB port 5. Up / Zoom out button 6. Power button 4 9. Capture/Playback selector 5 6 2 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Status LED 1 2. Flash 2. LCD screen 2 4. Product Overview 1.
Self-timer LED 1 4. Viewfinder 2 3 5 m m F 2.8 f=8.4 4 9 1. Viewfinder 3. Menu/OK button 8 5. SMC slot 7 8. Lens 3. Down / Zoom in button 3 7. USB port 5. Up / Zoom out button 6. Power button 4 9. Capture/Playback selector 5 6 2 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Status LED 1 2. Flash 2. LCD screen 2 4. Product Overview 1.
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Flash/Previous button 2. Hand strap holder 1 3. Microphone 2 1 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 3 www.polaroid-digital.com Tripod mount 3 2 1. Quality/Next button 3. SMC slot 2. 1. Shutter button 1 3 2 1. Battery compartment 2.
Flash/Previous button 2. Hand strap holder 1 3. Microphone 2 1 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 3 www.polaroid-digital.com Tripod mount 3 2 1. Quality/Next button 3. SMC slot 2. 1. Shutter button 1 3 2 1. Battery compartment 2.
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...1 Getting Started 6 • What can I do with my Camera 6 • What can I do with my Digital Pictures 6 • What can I do with my Audio Clips and Video Clips 7 • Camera Package Contents 7 • Attaching the Hand Strap 8 • Installing the Batteries 8 • Turning the Camera On and Off 9 • Checking the Battery Level 9 ... Picture 22 • Rotate the Displayed Picture 23 • Protecting/Unprotecting the Pictures from Deletion 24 • Deleting One Picture or All Pictures 25 4 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com
...1 Getting Started 6 • What can I do with my Camera 6 • What can I do with my Digital Pictures 6 • What can I do with my Audio Clips and Video Clips 7 • Camera Package Contents 7 • Attaching the Hand Strap 8 • Installing the Batteries 8 • Turning the Camera On and Off 9 • Checking the Battery Level 9 ... Picture 22 • Rotate the Displayed Picture 23 • Protecting/Unprotecting the Pictures from Deletion 24 • Deleting One Picture or All Pictures 25 4 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com
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... MAC 40 7 Using the Camera as a Web Cam 41 • Setting up NetMeeting 41 • Start NetMeeting 41 8 Troubleshooting Problems 42 9 Getting Help 44 • Polaroid-digital Online Services 44 • ...ArcSoft Software Help 44 10 Appendix 45 • Technical Specifications 45 • Capacity of SMC card 46 • Using Your Batteries 47 • Tips, Your Safety & Maintenance 47 • Uninstalling the Camera Driver (PC only 47 • Regulatory Information 48 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 5 www.polaroid-digital...
... MAC 40 7 Using the Camera as a Web Cam 41 • Setting up NetMeeting 41 • Start NetMeeting 41 8 Troubleshooting Problems 42 9 Getting Help 44 • Polaroid-digital Online Services 44 • ...ArcSoft Software Help 44 10 Appendix 45 • Technical Specifications 45 • Capacity of SMC card 46 • Using Your Batteries 47 • Tips, Your Safety & Maintenance 47 • Uninstalling the Camera Driver (PC only 47 • Regulatory Information 48 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 5 www.polaroid-digital...
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Communicate Send the pictures over the Internet to the internal memory or a SMC. Store pictures, audio clips and video clips to family and friends. 6 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com View View pictures on the LCD screen or on a computer using the Arcsoft® software supplied. Capture Enjoy point & shoot operation. Save Save...
Communicate Send the pictures over the Internet to the internal memory or a SMC. Store pictures, audio clips and video clips to family and friends. 6 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com View View pictures on the LCD screen or on a computer using the Arcsoft® software supplied. Capture Enjoy point & shoot operation. Save Save...
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... x AAA Alkaline Batteries Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 7 www.polaroid-digital.com Save Save audio clips and video clips to family and friends. • Camera Package Contents m m m m F 2.8 f=8.4 PDC 3030 Digital Imaging Products 201 Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730-1434 Registration Card PDC 3030 F 2.8 f=8.4 Quick Start...Rápido ML 0403 Part no.: OM837657 R1 Printed in China Quick Guide Hand Strap USB Cable The CD-ROM includes Polaroid PDC 3030 Camera (PC) PhotoImpression™ 4.0 (PC & Mac) MicroSoft NetMeeting™ (PC) Adobe Acrobat Reader (PC & Mac)...
... x AAA Alkaline Batteries Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 7 www.polaroid-digital.com Save Save audio clips and video clips to family and friends. • Camera Package Contents m m m m F 2.8 f=8.4 PDC 3030 Digital Imaging Products 201 Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730-1434 Registration Card PDC 3030 F 2.8 f=8.4 Quick Start...Rápido ML 0403 Part no.: OM837657 R1 Printed in China Quick Guide Hand Strap USB Cable The CD-ROM includes Polaroid PDC 3030 Camera (PC) PhotoImpression™ 4.0 (PC & Mac) MicroSoft NetMeeting™ (PC) Adobe Acrobat Reader (PC & Mac)...
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Insert the batteries as shown to release. 2. Close the battery door. 8 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com To open the battery door, slide the button in the direction as shown, ensuring you follow the +/- For more guidelines on battery usage, please see Using your batteries. 1. • Attaching the Hand Strap • Installing the Batteries 4 x AAA Alkaline batteries are supplied with the product. signs correctly. 3.
Insert the batteries as shown to release. 2. Close the battery door. 8 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com To open the battery door, slide the button in the direction as shown, ensuring you follow the +/- For more guidelines on battery usage, please see Using your batteries. 1. • Attaching the Hand Strap • Installing the Batteries 4 x AAA Alkaline batteries are supplied with the product. signs correctly. 3.
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... pictures. 1. Press and hold the Power button until the Status LED turns green. • Turning the Camera On and Off To turn on the camera, fully press and hold the Power button again, "Good Bye" will show on the LCD screen and ...the camera will be off . Turn on the camera LCD screen. Check the power status level that appears on the camera. 2. Batteries need to be replaced. Batteries have adequate power. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 9 www.polaroid-digital...
... pictures. 1. Press and hold the Power button until the Status LED turns green. • Turning the Camera On and Off To turn on the camera, fully press and hold the Power button again, "Good Bye" will show on the LCD screen and ...the camera will be off . Turn on the camera LCD screen. Check the power status level that appears on the camera. 2. Batteries need to be replaced. Batteries have adequate power. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 9 www.polaroid-digital...
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You can change the Auto Power Off setting by the following steps: Turn on the camera, set the Mode selector to Playback mode. • Automatic Power Off Saves Battery Your camera is designed to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). Press Press Press Or set the Mode selector to switch off automatically after 60 seconds (default setting) of inactivity. Press Press Press 10 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com
You can change the Auto Power Off setting by the following steps: Turn on the camera, set the Mode selector to Playback mode. • Automatic Power Off Saves Battery Your camera is designed to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). Press Press Press Or set the Mode selector to switch off automatically after 60 seconds (default setting) of inactivity. Press Press Press 10 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com
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... Size/Flash Mode/Auto off , e.g. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 11 www.polaroid-digital.com If feature icon is not displayed, that particular feature is turned off /Date and time/Date stamp/ Frequency/Display Language settings. 2 Camera Setting • Checking Camera Status Turn on the camera, view the camera LCD screen to check which camera settings are active. Picture Quality...
... Size/Flash Mode/Auto off , e.g. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 11 www.polaroid-digital.com If feature icon is not displayed, that particular feature is turned off /Date and time/Date stamp/ Frequency/Display Language settings. 2 Camera Setting • Checking Camera Status Turn on the camera, view the camera LCD screen to check which camera settings are active. Picture Quality...
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... printing. 1. Press the Quality button will sound when the picture has been taken. • Setting the Picture Quality A digital picture's quality depends on and a beep will alter the picture quality setting. high resolution and fine quality are better for printing...posting to the number of pixel in a digital picture. Turn on the camera. 2. Normal - Set the Mode selector to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). 3. Resolution refers to web. 14 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Turn on the camera. 2. 3 Taking Pictures • Taking ...
... printing. 1. Press the Quality button will sound when the picture has been taken. • Setting the Picture Quality A digital picture's quality depends on and a beep will alter the picture quality setting. high resolution and fine quality are better for printing...posting to the number of pixel in a digital picture. Turn on the camera. 2. Normal - Set the Mode selector to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). 3. Resolution refers to web. 14 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Turn on the camera. 2. 3 Taking Pictures • Taking ...
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• Setting the Picture Size Turn on the camera, set the Mode selector to Capacity of blue sky at each setting based on 8MB internal memory. Press Press Press Here are the approximate number ... at the same resolution and quality setting. For example, a picture of trees in autumn has a larger file size than a picture of SMC Card. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 15 www.polaroid-digital.com Therefore, the number of pictures you can expand the memory with SMC, please refer to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once).
• Setting the Picture Size Turn on the camera, set the Mode selector to Capacity of blue sky at each setting based on 8MB internal memory. Press Press Press Here are the approximate number ... at the same resolution and quality setting. For example, a picture of trees in autumn has a larger file size than a picture of SMC Card. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 15 www.polaroid-digital.com Therefore, the number of pictures you can expand the memory with SMC, please refer to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once).
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... cycle through the flash mode until the one photo at a time. To Zoom in Capture and Playback mode. 16 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com This feature lets you "zoom" in low light. Digital zoom applies to take most pictures. Flash mode off, the flash does not fire. Please note that when flash...
... cycle through the flash mode until the one photo at a time. To Zoom in Capture and Playback mode. 16 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com This feature lets you "zoom" in low light. Digital zoom applies to take most pictures. Flash mode off, the flash does not fire. Please note that when flash...
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A timer appears in timer. 1 Turn on the camera. 2 Set the Mode selector to perform self-timer. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 17 www.polaroid-digital.com When self-timer is activated, status LED turns green, while the self-timer LED turns red and blinks slowly for 8 seconds, then blinks quickly ...
A timer appears in timer. 1 Turn on the camera. 2 Set the Mode selector to perform self-timer. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 17 www.polaroid-digital.com When self-timer is activated, status LED turns green, while the self-timer LED turns red and blinks slowly for 8 seconds, then blinks quickly ...
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• Setting the Date Stamp Turn on the camera, set the Mode selector to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). Press Press Press 18 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com
• Setting the Date Stamp Turn on the camera, set the Mode selector to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). Press Press Press 18 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com
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• Setting the Exposure Compensation Turn on the camera again. A lower EV value is best used to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). This setting can adjust the exposure compensation value (EV) within ... to compensate for shooting outdoors on a clear day. • When shooting under very dark or very bright conditions, you turn off and turn on the camera, set the Mode selector to obtain better result when shooting with backlighting, indirect indoor lighting, a dark background, etc. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 19 www.polaroid-digital.com
• Setting the Exposure Compensation Turn on the camera again. A lower EV value is best used to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). This setting can adjust the exposure compensation value (EV) within ... to compensate for shooting outdoors on a clear day. • When shooting under very dark or very bright conditions, you turn off and turn on the camera, set the Mode selector to obtain better result when shooting with backlighting, indirect indoor lighting, a dark background, etc. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 19 www.polaroid-digital.com
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Press Press Press Press NOTE: White balance returns to its default setting (AUTO) after you turn off the camera and turn it on the camera, set the Mode selector to make the colours of a subject appear more natural under the type of lighting that is available. Turn on again. 20 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com • Setting the White Balance Selecting the right type of white balance can help to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once).
Press Press Press Press NOTE: White balance returns to its default setting (AUTO) after you turn off the camera and turn it on the camera, set the Mode selector to make the colours of a subject appear more natural under the type of lighting that is available. Turn on again. 20 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com • Setting the White Balance Selecting the right type of white balance can help to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once).
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... Press Press Press Normal Sharp Soft Use when no special effect is needed. Increases contrast on the camera, set the Mode selector to crop or cut out specific areas in pictures. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 21 www.polaroid-digital.com Ideal for everyday pictures. Ideal when you want to improve the clarity of an picture...
... Press Press Press Normal Sharp Soft Use when no special effect is needed. Increases contrast on the camera, set the Mode selector to crop or cut out specific areas in pictures. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 21 www.polaroid-digital.com Ideal for everyday pictures. Ideal when you want to improve the clarity of an picture...
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... view the pictures taken. • Zooming the Displayed Picture 1. Set the Mode selector to zoom out. 22 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com • Setting Frequency In order to take a better indoor picture, the camera needs to be set to suit the lighting frequency, for US, set the frequency to 60Hz, for Europe...
... view the pictures taken. • Zooming the Displayed Picture 1. Set the Mode selector to zoom out. 22 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com • Setting Frequency In order to take a better indoor picture, the camera needs to be set to suit the lighting frequency, for US, set the frequency to 60Hz, for Europe...
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Press Press Press NOTE: This function only keeps the picture rotated while the camera is turned off. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 23 www.polaroid-digital.com Turn on . The picture will return to view the picture taken at a better angle. • Rotate the Displayed Picture This function enables you to its original angle after the camera is on the camera, set the Mode selector to Playback mode (the Status LED blinks once).
Press Press Press NOTE: This function only keeps the picture rotated while the camera is turned off. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 23 www.polaroid-digital.com Turn on . The picture will return to view the picture taken at a better angle. • Rotate the Displayed Picture This function enables you to its original angle after the camera is on the camera, set the Mode selector to Playback mode (the Status LED blinks once).