Canon DentalFoto User manual

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Guide to the DentalFoto™Digital Camera

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Guide to the DentalFoto Digital Camera
Patterson Dental Supply (item #07-5696935)
Dental Learning Centers® (DLC) has designed and
custom manufactures a lens extension adapter
(patent pending) that enables the DentalFoto™camera to take
spectacular pictures. Equally important, DLC has expertly
maximized the cameras many functions and settings for dentistry.
This took many hours of time and effort by photography experts to
achieve the optimal settings.The information is not a secret; we
include them in the guide should you ever need them.
The DentalFoto™arrives to you tested, custom set with charged
batteries and memory card inserted. *Your kit contains:
1. The Canon PowerShot A610 or A620 digital camera with the
original Canon box contents. This includes the cameramanual,
warranty, USB and RCA cables.
Please note, the Canon PowerShot Digital Camera is
warranted and serviced by Canon USA. See warranty card.
2. A protective aluminum carrying case with custom cut foam.
3. Three memory cards, one 32 mg card plus two 128 mg cards.
4. Two sets of high performance rechargeable batteries.
5. Trickle battery charger.
6. A 4 in 1, high speed, travel card reader with the driver disk
found in the Canon box (only needed for Windows 98 operating
systems).
7. Lens filter.
8. Lens cap.
9. The custom
manufactured
Lens Extension
Adapter.
*DLC has the right to change contents of DentalFoto Kit without written notice

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction and Camera Kit Contents 1
Quick Start Guide – Basic Camera Operation 3-5
Photo Series 6
Full Face Photography 7
Intraoral Photography 8-10
Dental Mirrors 10
Trouble Shooting and Settings 11-15
Support and Warranties 15
Patterson Technical Center Support
Dental Learning Centers Support
Canon Warranty Repair Contact Information

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Quick Start Guide
Basic Camera Operation
1. SETTINGS: Your camera comes preset for close-up photography.
2. ATTACH LENS EXTENSION ADAPTER (close-up photography
only): Remove lens ring by pushing button, turn counter clockwise.
Attach the Lens Extension Adapter – (bayonet style, push and twist until
it locks in place).
3. POWER OFF /ON: #1 ON/OFF Button, #2 set Mode Dial TO C for
close up pictures or Pfor full face (remove extension adapter), #3 slide
Mode Switch right → to take a picture, slide it left ← to view pictures.
4. CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE: It is recommended that you White
Balance the camera in your operatory. Once set, it is retained and
doesn’t need to be reset unless lighting changes and you think the color
is off. This adjusts the camera picture color to your lighting
environment. You will need white paper (two or three sheets so you
can’t see through it).
a. To take a picture, slide mode switch to right.
b. Put MODE DIAL on top of camera to “C.”
c. Push the FUNC SET button, toggle down one time and set to
Custom.
d. Point your camera about 6 inches from the paper, push MENU. The
flash will go off and color correct your camera. See page 55 in the
Canon Camera User Guide for more information. Push Function
button again.To save that setting push Menu, toggle up to Save
Settings, push Set, then OK.

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5. TAKING A PICTURE is a two step process:
Push the shutter button DOWN half way until
you feel the first pressure point. Don’t lift
your finger, wait for the audible “chirp,” and
then push down the rest of the way to take a
picture. The picture is recorded and will stay
on the back LCD for 2 seconds.
HINT: Activate Manual Focus to assist you with
focusing. Push MF on the jog wheel to activate the magnified area.
Move closer and farther away to see where the camera is best
focused.
6. DELETING PICTURES:
a. Slide switch to view mode
b. Single Images, Push Erase
Button (#1) then (#2) Set.
c. All Images
1) Push #1 MENU.
2) Jog down to Erase all.
3) Push #2 SET.
4) Jog to OK then SET.

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7. CHANGING THE RECHRGABLE BATTERIES:
Push BATT. OPEN door, exchange batteries.
8. SECURE DIGITAL (SD) MEMORY CARD. To remove the card,
push and it will pop out.
9. COMPUTER & PRINTER HOOK UP AND VIEWING
The images from the Canon DentalFoto™can be input into the
computer from either the USB card reader (provided) or direct connect
with a USB cable (provided). The camera includes the latest Pic
Bridge technology allowing direct connection to Pic Bridge printers.
a. The card reader is plug and play for Windows XP® , Windows
2000® and ME operating systems. Use the driver disc provided in
the Canon box for Windows 98 operating systems.
b. Once plugged in, Windows® recognizes the card reader and
assigns it drive letters, for example, E, F, G, and H. These can be
seen in My Computer. The Secure Digital (SD) memory card
images are found in one of the drive letters. Once opened, the
correct drive letterwill show the folder DCIM.Your image files
are found inside the DCIM folder usually 100CANON.
c. Images can also be viewed on a television screen directly from the
camera through a video cable (provided).

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Photo Series (Pictures taken With the DentalFoto Digital Camera)

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Full Face Photography
1) Remove Lens Extension Adapter, put camera Mode Dial on “P” and
make sure that the camera is manually zoomed in all of the way.
2) Working distance is about 4 feet.
3) I have found better results with the patient sitting upright and the
photographer standing.
a) You can more easily control angle of the camera to the face and
b) People often look better looking up because you see less flab below
their chin.
4) You may want to place a backdrop (see below) behind the patient’s
head. I recommend a gray foam board attainable at an office supply
store.
5) Focus first, get a big “cheesy” full broadcast smile, then take the picture.

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Intraoral Photography
1) SETTINGS & EQUIPMENT:
Put on the lens adapter and set the Mode Dial to “C” which is for close-
up photography; bowl of warm water, rhodium #4a adult mirror, #1b
buccal mirror, cotton towel to dry mirrors, two (2) wire cheek retractors,
and two (2) individual plastic retractors
(optional). Child occlusal and buccal
mirror is available.
2) CHAIR POSITION:
Put the dental chair horizontal (supine).
3) WORKING DISTANCE:
The in-focus distance is between 4 ½ to
7 inches from your subject (measuring
from the end of the lens). Photographer
is at 9 O’clock position and standing.
4) NATURAL SMILE & RETRACTED ANTERIOR:
a) NATURAL SMILE: Square camera to face, move the camera
closer until you don’t see the nose but you do see the corners of the
mouth (end of lens is about 5 inches from subject).
b) Line of occlusion is horizontal.
c) RETRACTED ANTERIOR: Insert retractors, puff out cheeks.
Focus point on lateral or canine, reframe as shown. Biting down to
show occlusion; teeth slightly apart shows incisal edges and
translucency better.
5) LOWER OCCLUSAL (mirror in warm water):
a) Insert wire cheek retractors pulling down and out on lower lip.
b) Insert occlusal mirror so edge rests on retro molar pad. Tilt toward
maxillary as far as you can.

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c) Goal is to have mirror at 45 degrees to the teeth and camera 45
degrees to the mirror. 45 degrees + 45 degrees = 90 degrees to the
teeth.
d) Square up camera, move about five inches away; focus, then shoot.
Hint, just before taking the picture ask patient to open their widest if
mirror angle is a problem.
6) UPPER OCCLUSAL:
a) Approach from head of the dental chair (around 12 O’clock).
b) To avoid the top teeth from blocking the mirror, lean forward
looking back at the mirror.
c) Get arch in view, focus off of the occlusal surface of a premolar,
reframe to get arch.
7) RIGHT BUCCAL CORRIDOR:
a) Insert retractor in patients left move it toward the midline. This is in
place to hold the lips apart.
b) Insert the wire retractor in patient’s right. Insert the buccal mirror;
have the patient remove the RIGHT retractor.
c) Retract with the mirror and adjust so the line of occlusion parallels
the mirror. Retract mirror to get good view of teeth. Hint: Do not
push mirror too deep in or fulcrum off of the gingiva, it hurts! The
loose part of the cheek will often retract quite far.
d) Move camera in about 5 inches away and parallel it to the line of
occlusion you seein the mirror.
e) Ideally, you want to see all of the posterior teeth to ½ of tooth
number nine. The left buccal picture would see half of tooth #8.