Lily-fm.fm Page i Tuesday, April 6, 1999 3:30 PM A User’s Guide B Lily.book Page A Tuesday, March 2, 1999 4:06 PM FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT WARNING FOR AMERICAN USERS The connection of a non-shielded equipment interface cable to this equipment This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a will invalidate the FCC Certification of this device and may cause interference class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are levels that exceed the limits established by the FCC for this equipment. It is the designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a responsibility of the user to obtain and use a shielded equipment interface cable residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio with this device. If this equipment has more than one interface connector, do frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the not leave cables connected to unused interfaces. instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio and television reception. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio and television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the FOR CANADIAN USERS user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. following measures: Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du ◗ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Canada. ◗ Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver ◗ Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected ◗ Consult an experienced radio/TV technician for help. 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Torrance, California, USA 4/99 ii Lily.book Page iii Tuesday, March 2, 1999 4:06 PM Contents Introduction Taking Quick Shots 1-9 PhotoPC 750Z Features 2 Taking HyPict Mode Pictures 1-10 Optional Accessories 3 Using Advanced Settings 1-11 Minimum System Requirements 4 Using White Balance 1-11 Windows Systems 4 Photographing With Fixed White Balance 1-12 Macintosh Systems 4 Photographing With User Defined White Where To Get Help 4 Balance 1-13 Software Support 6 Adjusting Exposure 1-14 Software Licensing 6 Adjusting Sensitivity for Night or Indoor Registration 6 Photos 1-16 Safety Instructions 6 Using Slow Synchronized Flash Mode for Night Photography 1-17 1 Using Advanced Camera Features 2 Playing Back Photos Taking Pictures With the Timer 1-2 Using Macro Mode to Take Close-ups 1-2 Using the Playback Mode 2-2 Taking Digital Panoramic Pictures 1-3 Playing Back Pictures One by One 2-3 A Taking Digital Zoom Pictures 1-5 Playing Back Multiple Pictures 2-4 Using the View Mode Menus 1-5 Playing Your Pictures as a Slide Show 2-5 Continuous Shooting 1-7 Turning Off Picture Information 2-5 B Automatic Continuous Shooting 1-8 Magnifying a Picture 2-6 iii Lily.book Page iv Tuesday, March 2, 1999 4:06 PM Erasing Pictures 2-7 4 Working With Photos and Albums Erasing the Currently Displayed Picture 2-7 Using Albums 4-2 Selecting Pictures to Erase 2-8 Organizing Pictures in Albums 4-2 Locking Photos 2-9 Renaming a Picture 4-3 Unlocking Photos 2-11 Viewing Picture Information 4-3 Playing Back Pictures on TV 2-12 Printing an Image or Album 4-4 Choosing the Layout Style 4-5 3 Getting Photos Into Applications and Adding Text 4-7 Documents Choosing Album Images 4-8 Getting Images Into TWAIN Applications 3-1 Adjusting the Printed Area 4-8 Getting Images That You Can Import 3-3 Adding Sound to an Image 4-9 What To Do If the Camera Is Not Playing Back Sounds 4-10 Responding 3-5 Editing Sounds 4-11 Importing Images Into Documents 3-6 Deleting Sounds 4-11 Getting Images With Copy and Paste 3-8 Adding Annotations 4-12 Using Drag and Drop From an Album Blending In Annotations 4-13 (Windows Only) 3-8 Deleting Annotations 4-13 Getting Images With the Camio Viewer Displaying Albums as Slide Shows 4-14 (Windows 95, Windows 98, and Using an Album as a Screen Saver 4-15 Windows NT 4.0) 3-10 Setting an Image as Wallpaper 4-15 Dragging and Dropping a Picture Into Copying to Diskette or Zip Disk 4-16 a Document 3-11 Viewing the Pictures on Diskette or Transferring Images Before Placing Them 3-12 Zip Disk 4-17 Sending Pictures and Sound by E-mail 4-18 iv Lily.book Page v Tuesday, March 2, 1999 4:06 PM 5 Editing Images Customizing Settings With the LCD Screen 6-9 Viewing and Selecting Images 5-2 Setting the Camera Clock 6-10 Applying Quick Fix 5-3 Setting the Alert Beep 6-11 Correcting an Image 5-3 Setting the LCD Brightness 6-11 Cropping an Image 5-5 Setting the Power Mode 6-12 Resizing an Image 5-5 Setting the Language 6-12 Rotating an Image 5-6 Flipping an Image 5-7 7 Using Your Camera for Presentations Applying Special Effects 5-7 Uploading Images to the Camera 7-1 Creating Panoramas 5-8 Uploading Existing Images From Your Picture-Taking Tips 5-9 Windows PC 7-2 Stitching Images 5-9 Uploading Images From Your Macintosh 7-5 Troubleshooting Panoramas 5-10 Converting Presentations 7-7 Changing the Number of Colors 5-12 Capturing Windows Screens 7-8 Capturing Macintosh Screens 7-9 6 Using Custom and Advanced Features Projecting Your Presentation 7-10 Taking Pictures From Your Computer With Image Expert 6-1 8 Using CompactFlash Memory Cards Using the Self Timer 6-3 Installing a Memory Card 8-2 Setting the Shutter Speed 6-4 Formatting a Memory Card 8-3 Taking Pictures With EPSON Photo!2 6-4 Removing a Memory Card 8-4 Adjusting Camera Settings From Your Computer 6-6 Getting Images From a Card to Your Computer 8-4 A Changing Settings With Image Expert 6-6 Using a PCMCIA Adapter 8-5 Changing Settings With EPSON Photo!2 6-8 Transferring Photos 8-5 Getting Memory Information 8-6 B v Lily.book Page vi Tuesday, March 2, 1999 4:06 PM Copying To and From a Memory Card 8-7 A Optional Accessories Using the Optional AC Adapter A-2 9 Printing Directly From the Camera Using an Optional Tripod A-2 Uploading Direct Print 9-2 About the IOMEGA Clik! Drive A-3 Connecting the Camera to the Printer 9-4 Starting Direct Print 9-5 B Specifications Printing 9-6 Camera B-1 × Printing a Full Size or 5 7 Image 9-6 Physical Dimensions B-1 Producing Your Printout 9-11 Safety Specifications B-1 Printing a Card 9-11 Power B-1 Printing Album Images 9-13 Technical B-2 Printing Stickers 9-14 Environmental B-2 Printing a Contact Sheet 9-16 Photographic B-3 Cleaning the Print Heads 9-17 Camera Picture Capacity B-4 Removing Direct Print 9-18 NiMH Battery Charger B-4 Reading Error Messages 9-18 Physical Dimensions B-4 Technical B-4 10 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Optional AC Adapter B-5 Caring for the Camera and Battery Charger 10-1 Physical Dimensions B-5 Cleaning the Camera and Battery Charger 10-1 Technical B-5 Storing the Camera 10-2 Solving Camera Problems 10-2 Solving Picture Problems 10-8 vi Lily.book Page 1 Tuesday, March 2, 1999 4:06 PM Introduction our new EPSON PhotoPC 750Z is a high resolution, Y easy-to-use digital camera with a built-in LCD screen and 3× optical zoom.