Hamilton/Buhl CAMERA-DC2 User manual

CAMERA-DC2
Digital Camera User Manual
80 Little Falls Road, Fairfield, NJ 07004 – [phone] – www.hamiltonbuhl.com
Read the manual carefully before using the product and keep for future reference.

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Introduction
Thanks for purchasing the 12 Mega digital camera. Please read the manual carefully before using the
product in order to use and understand the maximum benefits and features of this camera.
Primar
y
Features
·5 Mega CMOS Sensor，interpolated 12 mega photo resolution, multiple 1:1 photo resolution options
· Video resolution：1280x720/30fps, 640x480/30fps
· 2.7 inches TFT LCD screen
· 8 digital zoom
· Multi-Snapshot (6 Continuous shooting)
· Self-timer
· Built-in flash
Included:
Digital Camera, USB Cable, User manual, Camera strap, Lithium battery

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Product Features
1. Flash
2. Self-time/ charge indicato
r
LED
3. Lens
4. Speaker
5. LCD monito
r
6. Statusindicator LED
7. W
b
utton
8. T
b
utton
9. Up /Flash
b
utton
10. Right
/
Delete
b
utton
11. Menu
/
O
K
b
utton
12.Down /Self-timer
b
utton
13. Playback
b
utton
14. Left
/
scene
b
utton
15. Mode
b
utton
16. Tripo
d
17. USB
p
ort
18. Battery cover
19. Shutte
r
b
utton
20. Power button
21. Microphone
22. Strap hole

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Installing the battery
Install battery before using the product, and make sure battery cover is closed.
1. Load the lithium battery into the battery compartment according to the markings of polarity.
2. Close the battery cover.
3. Power on the camera. A symbol of the battery capacity in the lower right corner of the LCD
screen.
Full Mid Empty
Note:
1. When the camera power is low, "low power" information will be displayed on the LCD
screen. It will then power off automatically after a few seconds.

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2. Remove the battery form battery compartment if the camera is not in use for an extended
period of time.
3. When the camera is low power, charge the battery fully.
Charging of Lithium Battery
1. Make sure the battery is fully charged before use.
2. To charge the batter, connected to your PC with the USB cable.
3. While charging, the LED (green) indicator light will be illuminated. When fully charged the
LED light will turn off.
Load SD card
Load the SD card into the slot of the camera. SD card is must be more than 4 high-speed SD card.
Install in the following method:
1. Open the battery cover to locate the SD slot.
2. Load the SD Card correctly as shown below :

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3. When you hear a "click" it means the memory card is installed correctly. An icon of SD card
will appear on the LCD of camera.
4. When the SD card is plugged in, all the photos are stored on the card
5. Before installation, make sure that the SD card is not locked. If the SD card is locked, the
pictures will not be transferred.
6. SD card maximum support to 32GB
Note:
1. If there are pictures in the camera, “Copied to the SD card” will be displayed on the LCD
2. Formatting will erase all data including protected data in the SD
3. Please do not remove the SD card while the card is formatted, so as not to damage the SD card
Power on the camera
Press the power button at the top of camera to power the camera on. The LCD display will engage
and camera can be used as normal.
Power off the camera
If the camera is on, press the power button to power off the camera.
When the power is low, the red battery icon will appear on LCD. Within a few seconds, the
camera will power off automatically. Be sure to charge the battery.

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Modes
The camera supports three modes - photo mode , video mode and playback mode
Photo mode : shooting still photos
Video mode : recode video files
Playback mode : review photos and videos , delete , rotate , protect , crop and print
Change Mode
1. Press power button to power on camera. Press the Mode button to change the working mode of
the camera. Pressing the Mode button each time, the mode of the camera will be change.
2. Press playback button to enter into playback mode despite the camera is in photo or video modes
Photo mode
Press power button to enter into photo mode (this is the default setting). Press mode button to change
the working mode of the camera. Taking Photos: power on the camera, find a view for the image you
want on the LCD screen, press the Shutter button to take photos. The camera will save the photo to the
memory card. The number shown on the LCD screen will be lessened by one automatically after a
photo or two is taken. If the memory of SD card is full, the LCD screen will show “Insufficient
Space”.Download the photos and videos to your computer or delete data in the memory card to
obtain memory or change another memory cards to continue to use.

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Note:
Insert an SD card before using the camera normally. Limited internal memory only allows you to take
a very small number of photos on the built-in memory. Those photos will be lost when the camera is
turned off.
Digital zoom
The digital zoom allows up to an 8 times magnification. Press the W/T button to reduce / enlarge the
zoom. The LCD screen will appear the corresponding icon.
Flash
In a dark environment, it is best to use the built-in flash. You can use flash in the backlight conditions
too.
Press flash/up button to change working mode of flash. There are three working modes; force on flash;
automatic flash; force off flash. Press the button and each time the mode will be changed once. While
flash is charging , the status indicator LED will flash. When fully charged, the LED stops flashing.

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Flash on auto , force off
Note:
1. The camera will show “Turn on flash” in the dark environments.
2. When the camera is low on power, "low power" information will be displayed on the LCD
screen. The flash cannot be turned on when the batter is low.
Self-timer mode
Press self-timer /down button. Each time the camera will change the working of mode once. There
are four self-timer modes; 2 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 second and force off self-timer. Select any
self-timer modes and the LCD will show the corresponding icon.
Delete (shortcut key)
Press delete /right button to delete the last file
All functions of menu introduced in the photo mode
According to the following operation, allows setting of all function parameters of lower menu.
1. Power on the camera, press the menu button to enter menu interface.
2. Press left, right, up, down to choose what you want to set
3. Press menu to confirm the option, now save and exit
4. The corresponding icon for mode chosen will be displayed in LCD screen

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5. Set the parameters are as follows:
1. Scene
The camera supports many different scene modes selection, the scenes include : auto、night
portrait, night scenery, portrait, scenery, beach, high sensitivity according to the current light
conditions and environment to select a desired scene to shoot photos .
The corresponding icon as shown below:
Auto Night Portrait Night Scenery Portrait Scenery Beach
High Sensitivity
2. Ima
g
eSize
Photo size depends on the pixels and quality. The more pixels, the better the quality. Detailed
photo resolution as below:
4000X3000(12M), 3264x2448(8M), 2592x1944(5M), 2240x2240(5M 1:1), 2048x1536(3M),
1760x1760(3M 1:1), 1920x1080(2M HD), 1600x1200(2M), 536x1536(2M 1:1),
1280x1024(1.3M),
1280x720(HD), 992x992(1M 1:1), 640x480 (VGA), 576x576(VGA 1:1)
Note: If you choose 3M or higher pixel pictures, make sure you are using an SD card.

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3. Anti-Shake
The anti-shake function helps avoid shooting photos that are blurred due to movement.
4. Face Detect
There are a face detect function which have on/ off options in the camera.
5. Smile Ca
p
ture
After the function is on, the camera can capture the smiling face and take pictures
automatically
and save it.
6. Multi-Sna
p
shot
After the function is on, press shutter button once and the camera can take 6 pictures.
7. Self-Timer
There are three options for the self-timer; 2 seconds, 5 seconds and 10 seconds. The
self-timer LED flash corresponding times.

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8. Set U
p
There are thirteen parameters set options in the setup menu. Choose any one, any icon
appears at the bottom of the LCD.
- Exposure: there are 7 kinds of exposures values (-3，-2，-1，0，1, 2, 3) in the menu.
- ISO value: ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400.
- White Balance: auto, daylight, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent.
- Sharpness: there are three options which are sharp, normal and soft in the menu. This
function in addition to the application of taking photos, LCD will also be based on your
selection to adjust salinity
- Image Quality: total 3 options, super fine ,fine and normal ,select different quality , the
phot0 numbers taken is different, high quality means that you can only shoot less photos.
The default setting is super fine.
- Effect: there are many Effects in the DC, total 20 options . the options are Normal, B&W,
Sepia, Red, Green, Blue, Binary, Sunset, Warm, Cool, Over Exposure, IR, Vivid, Undertone,
Dog Eye, Aibao, Gothic, Japan Style, LOMO, Negative.
- Date: there are 3 options in the DC, they are ON, OFF and set date
- Auto Power off: there are off, 1minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes and 10
minutes
Options of auto power off.

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Note : if you choose the off status , the camera can’t power off until the battery capacity is
exhaust r manual turn off the power of camera.
- Sound Effect: on/off, set the option, you can turn on/off the key sound.
- Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Traditional
Chinese and Simplified Chinese.
- Frequency: there are 50HZ/60HZ options. The default setting is 50 HZ.
- Format: the function will format the SD memory card, and will remove all the files in
memory, including the protected file.
-Default Setting: set the option, you can restore the factory settings on the camera.
Video Mode
Power on the camera, press the mode button to video mode, press shutter button to record the video,
The status led Flash in the recording video, press the shutter button again to stop recording the video.
Note: high-speed storage more than 4 cards are inserted before recording the video;
Video size: the camera supports 2 video size - 1280 x720（720P）and 640x480 (VGA) ;
Pla
y
bac
k
Mode
Power on the camera. Press the playback button to activate playback mode. The photos can be rotated,
protected, deleted, cropped and others operated in the mode.
Note :if there are not photos and videos in the DC, the” no file” information will be shown in the LCD press
playback button to return the photo mode or video mode.

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1. Video files played
Press left/right button to choose any video file or Press the W button to enter the thumbnail mode.
Press the arrow buttons to select a video file. The video files have “AVI” icon.
Press Menu button to play the video file.
Press Shutter button to play the video files.
Press the shutter button to pause playing the video.
Press UP button to stop playing the video file
2. Thumbnail
This function enables you the displayed stored videos and photos in 3 x 3 thumbnails, you can
Press W button and then press arrow button to choose the photos or videos, press menu button to
display full-screen the video or photo.
3. Zoom in or zoom out photos (8X)
Choose a picture, press T button, zoom icon will appear on the LCD. Press T button to magnify.
Press W to reduce. Press arrow button to move the picture.
4. All functions of menu introduce in the playback mode
According to the following operation, can complete the function menu set in this mode
1. Press menu button to enter into menu interface
2. Press arrow buttons to choose the icon which you want set
3. Press to confirm, and save and exit
4. All functions of menu set as follow

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Rotate , this function allows you to rotate the stored picture and save. There are three rotation
degrees in this mode: 90, 180 and 270 degrees. The LCD will show the hint information.
Note:you cannot rotate a protected file, if you try to rotate the protected file "file is locked" information will
appear on the screen.
·Protect : to protect your stored picture and video, avoid accidental deletions
·Delete : to delete the current file or delete all images/videos
·Crop Image : to crop your stored picture and system will automatically save the cropped
Select a picture after choosing this menu. A blue frame will appear over image to be cropped. Press
“Up/down/left/right/W/T” button to adjust the blue crop frame. Press menu button to save the
cropped picture. The system automatically returns back to playback mode.
Note :
1. This operation can be completed according to the LCD prompted
2. The saved picture will be appear in the LCD, the cropped picture will be a new picture stored
on SD card
·Printbridge : print the picture directly via a printer which supports PrintBridge format.
-Press menu to confirm the information. “Please connect to device” will appear in the LCD
-Connect your camera to printer with USB cable to start printing

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Download Images to Computer
Connect the camera to your computer with the USB cable. Power on camera. The prompt information
will appear on the LCD "removable disk" information will appear on your computer. Double-click the disk to
enter into the lower menu. You can copy and review the files in the DCIM file.
System
-Operation system :Microsoft Windows2000/XP/VISTA/WIN7
- Available USB interface
-CPU: Inter Pentium III processing 667MHZ or over processing

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Appendix A: Technical specifications
Image Senso
r
5MegapixelsCOMS
Still picture resolution
4000X3000 (12M) , 3264x2448(8M), 2592x1944(5M) , 2240x2240(5M 1:1) ,
2048x1536 (3M) , 1760x1760(3M 1:1) , 1920x1080(2M HD) , 1600x1200(2M) ,
1536x1536 (2M 1:1), 1280x1024(1.3M), 1280x720(HD) , 992x992 (1M 1:1)
640x480 (VGA) , 576x576(VG
A
1:1)
Video resolution 720P (30fps), 640X480 (30fps)
File Forma
t
JPEG (picture)/AVI (video)
External storage SD /SDHC Card (Maximu
m
suppor
t
32GB)，the speed requirements of level 4 o
r
above
LCD 2.7 inch TFT
Focal distance Fixed Focus, 8X digital zoo
m
Exposure -3.0EV
~
+3.0EV
White
b
alance Auto, daylight, cloudy , incandescent, fluorescen
t
ISO Auto/100/200/400
Scene Auto, nigh
t
portrait, nigh
t
scenery, portrait, scenery,
b
each, high sensitivity.
Flash Force on /force off
/
auto
Self-time
r
2, 5 o
r
10 seconds option
Anti-Shake Support
Prin
t
Support
Face detect Support
Interface USB 2.0
System Windows2000/XP/VISTA/WIN7
Battery 600 mAh lithiu
m
b
attery
Working temperature 0~40℃