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
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K
b
utton
12.Down /Self-timer
b
utton
13. Playback
b
utton
14. Left
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scene
b
utton
15. Mode
b
utton
16. Tripo
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17. USB
p
ort
18. Battery cover
19. Shutte
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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