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.

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8) LEFT BUCCAL CORRIDOR: Because cameras are right handed,
the left buccal picture can tangle you up or make you lean far over the
patient. Having tried different variations, I have found that the left buccal
picture is easiest from the 12 o’clock position. This is similar to the upper
occlusal picture. The rest of the technique is the same as the right buccal
picture.
DLC Rhodium MirrorKit
(Patterson Item# 296-1001, found
in sundries)
1) Rhodium professional
mirrors have superior
reflective properties
compared to chrome and
are recommended by
Dental Learning Centers.
2) The stainless steel
retractors are excellent for
anterior smile, occlusal and
buccal views.
3) Instructions for the Care and Cleaning of Intra-Oral Mirrors
The surface of the mirrors is rhodium, a durable metal but being glass, it can
be scratched or broken. While it can be considered a hardy surface, certain
precautions should be taken in the care and cleaning of your mirror. Alcohol or
a non-alkaline soap solution may be used to remove oils or other kind of
contaminants. Gentle rubbing with a grit-free cloth is fine and will not harm
the mirror. A final wash with alcohol is recommended. A little experimenting
over a small region will show whether the treatment given is too rough.
Remove loose dust by brushing with a tuft of clean cotton or blowing any
particles off using compressed air.
Okay for repeated autoclave sterilization (bag the mirrors for
protection)
Cold sterilization has had mixed results sometimes causing streaking
Do not use bleach
OK to use alcohol
Please note that we have no information regarding any of the above processes
as they pertain to any specific microorganisms; and therefore cannot offer the
above information as a possible safeguard against any particular disease.

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Trouble Shooting Most FrequentProblems
1. OUT-OF-FOCUS CLOSE-UP PICTURES:
a. Usually too close to the subject, working distance is 4 to 7 ½ inches.
b. For most close-up pictures, when you put the camera on “C” it
zooms in a predetermined amount. DO NOT ZOOM IN MORE
EXCEPT FOR BUCCAL AND QUADRANT PICTURES. The “C”
setting zooms in the perfect magnification level for a natural smile,
retracted anterior, and occlusal views. For buccal corridor and
quadrants, zoom in all the way.
c. Maxillary full arch out-of-focus. Try this technique.
i. Get the full arch in the view finder,
ii. Pivot and focus on a pre-molar, push the shutter button until you
feel the first “stop,” do not lift your finger off of the shutter button,
then pivot back to the full arch and take the picture.
d. Setting focus then changing distance. Once you set the focus keep
the distance.
e. Focusing is a two step process; push the shutter button until you feel
the first pressure pointthis lets the camera focus; then push down all
the way and the picture will be taken.
f. Anterior picture blurry. If teeth are parted, focus on a tooth, not
between the teeth.
g. Low light conditions. The camera needs sufficient light.
h. The extension and or close- up lens are not on.
2. OUT OF FOCUS PORTRAIT PICTURES:
a. Extension adapter is left on.
b. Low light conditions.
c. Setting focus then changing distance. Once you set the focus, keep
the distance.
3. SHADOWS IN LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE PICTURE:
a. Finger is covering flash.
b. You have zoomed out toward wide angle. Put Mode Dial on “C”
and don’t tinker.

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4. TINKERING WITH THE SETTINGS: Follow guide to fix settings
found below or call the Patterson Technology Center for help
[phone]. The display should look like what is below. Please
note, the number in the lower right hand corner (63or 39 shown) will
vary, it is the number of pictures remaining on the memory card.
DISPLAY FOR “C” SETTING DISPLAY FOR “P
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CLOSE-UP FULL FACE
There are 4 parts that take about 10 minutes to perform. Before you begin
get two or three pieces of white paper for White Balancing.
Part 1 - Setting Close-up “C”
►Put camera in picture mode (as if you are taking a picture).
►Put Mode Dial to Av
►Zoom in all of the way, back it off toward wide angle one click
►Set “Flower” to activate the macro
►Toggle jog wheel right until you reach f8.0
►On jog wheel, activate flash by pushing “lightening bolt.” You will
see a lightening bolt like this →
(Note: it is ok to have a “red
eye” icon at this point)

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Part 2 – Function Settings
►Set Custom White Balance (use the
white paper or an 18% gray card
purchased from a camera store). Point
your camera about 6 inches above the
paper, push MENU. A flash will go off
and color correct your camera. See page
55 in your Camera User Guide for more
information pertaining to White Balance.
►Reduce Flash -1 notch
►Leave quality at Fine
*Important: Below are the other default
Function settings. Keep these settings.
►ISO Speed ► Evaluate
►Drive Mode ► 3072 x 2304 (for A620), 2592 x 1944 (A610)
►Effect off ►Fine

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Part 3 - Menu Settings
►* Means you have to make a change, no asterisk is the default. To get
started, push Menu button, Jog right one step
►Mute, Off
►*Power Saving, push SET, change to 3
minute, push Menu.
►*Date Time
►Format
►*File No. Reset– On
►*Auto Rotate Off
►*Distance Units ft/In
►Language… English
►Video System NTSC
Jog back left
►*AF Frame Center
►Flash Sync 1st-curtain
►Slow Syncro Off
►Flash Adjust Auto
►*Red Eye Off
►Spot AE Point Center

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►Safety Shift Off
►MF Point Zoom On
►AF-assist Beam On
►Digital Zoom Off
►Review 2 SEC
►*Reverse Display On
►*Grid Lines On
►Date Stamp Off
►Save current settings
-Push the SET button, then Ok
.
Part 4 - Changes for Portraits (Mode
dial set on “P”)
►Inactivate macro (Push flower until the flower is removed from the
display)
►Push Function Set button change Custom White Balance to Day
Light then Flash power back to “0.”
►Test camera settings in “C”then to “P.”
DISPLAY FOR “C” SETTING DISPLAY FOR “P” SETTING
CLOSE-UP FULL FACE
Support
Patterson Technical Center Support: [phone]
Dental Learning Centers Support: [phone] (Warrants the DentalFoto Kit
other than the Canon PowerShot against manufacturer defects in materials or
workmanship for 1 year. You must call a representative by phone, 425.557.7788 to get
approvals. Items must be returned before replacement is made.
Canon Warranty (SEE WARRANTY CARD), 1 year from date of purchase for manufacturer
defects in materials or workmanship. Repair and Technical Support: You may obtain technical
support for your PowerShot Digital camera as follows:
IN THE USA AND CANADA.
Telephone assistance, free of charge, Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. EST, (excluding
holidays) at [phone].
Have your serial numberand date of purchase available to expedite service. The support
representative will attempt to diagnose and correct it over the telephone. If correction is not
possible, you will be directed to the MAIL-IN-SERVICE. You will need to include your Bill
of Sale, explanation of the problem, return address and be responsible for packaging and
shipping. See warranty card.