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HP Photosmart 945 Digital Camera with HP Instant Share user's manual User's Manual
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... Power Conservation . . . . . .125 Purchasing Camera Accessories 126 Appendix B: Camera Dock 129 Getting Started with the Dock 129 Dock Lights and Buttons 131 Unloading Images to a Computer Using the Dock . .132 Printing Images Using the Dock 133 Displaying Images on a TV Using the Dock 134 Appendix C: Specifications 135 Memory Card Capacity 141 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual
... Power Conservation . . . . . .125 Purchasing Camera Accessories 126 Appendix B: Camera Dock 129 Getting Started with the Dock 129 Dock Lights and Buttons 131 Unloading Images to a Computer Using the Dock . .132 Printing Images Using the Dock 133 Displaying Images on a TV Using the Dock 134 Appendix C: Specifications 135 Memory Card Capacity 141 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual
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...capability, you connect the camera to your computer. The camera dock allows you may purchase an HP Photosmart 8881 camera dock. Chapter 1: Getting Started 9 This camera has many features to your computer or directly to any HP Photosmart printer or other select HP printers without being burdened ... optional HP 8881 camera dock. NOTE A dock insert is included in your picture-taking experience, including HP Instant ShareTM, direct printing capability, manual and automatic controls, on how to your camera box. With HP Instant Share, you connect the camera to enhance your camera to...
...capability, you connect the camera to your computer. The camera dock allows you may purchase an HP Photosmart 8881 camera dock. Chapter 1: Getting Started 9 This camera has many features to your computer or directly to any HP Photosmart printer or other select HP printers without being burdened ... optional HP 8881 camera dock. NOTE A dock insert is included in your picture-taking experience, including HP Instant ShareTM, direct printing capability, manual and automatic controls, on how to your camera box. With HP Instant Share, you connect the camera to enhance your camera to...
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Camera Parts NOTE Refer to the pages in parentheses after the part names for more information about those parts. 1 2 3 4 17 16 5 15 MF 14 6 13 12 ... (page 32) 2 Timer/Burst button (pages 34, 35) 3 MF Focus button (page 36) Description Allows you to select between NORMAL, MACRO, INFINITY, and MANUAL focus settings. 10 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual Allows you to select between NORMAL, SELF-TIMER, SELF-TIMER - 2 SHOTS, and BURST mode. Allows you to select the different flash settings (this...
Camera Parts NOTE Refer to the pages in parentheses after the part names for more information about those parts. 1 2 3 4 17 16 5 15 MF 14 6 13 12 ... (page 32) 2 Timer/Burst button (pages 34, 35) 3 MF Focus button (page 36) Description Allows you to select between NORMAL, MACRO, INFINITY, and MANUAL focus settings. 10 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual Allows you to select between NORMAL, SELF-TIMER, SELF-TIMER - 2 SHOTS, and BURST mode. Allows you to select the different flash settings (this...
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... to improve auto focus (pages 34, 85) 3 USB connector Allows you to connect a USB cable from the (pages 77, 79) camera to a USB-enabled computer or printer 4 TV connector Allows you to connect an optional Audio/ (page 81) Video cable from the... camera to a television 5 Power adapter Allows you to connect an optional connector HP AC power adapter to the camera to either (page 126) operate the camera without batteries, or recharge the batteries in the camera 6 Tripod mount Allows you to mount the camera to a tripod 14 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual
... to improve auto focus (pages 34, 85) 3 USB connector Allows you to connect a USB cable from the (pages 77, 79) camera to a USB-enabled computer or printer 4 TV connector Allows you to connect an optional Audio/ (page 81) Video cable from the... camera to a television 5 Power adapter Allows you to connect an optional connector HP AC power adapter to the camera to either (page 126) operate the camera without batteries, or recharge the batteries in the camera 6 Tripod mount Allows you to mount the camera to a tripod 14 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual
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... strap to secure it. Repeat to attach the other end of film cameras. Battery life may vary dramatically from one end of the camera facing you, open the battery door on page 121. 16 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual Battery life will also vary dramatically depending upon the type of the... camera and sliding the latch to the "lock" ( ) position. Attaching the Neck Strap Insert ...
... strap to secure it. Repeat to attach the other end of film cameras. Battery life may vary dramatically from one end of the camera facing you, open the battery door on page 121. 16 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual Battery life will also vary dramatically depending upon the type of the... camera and sliding the latch to the "lock" ( ) position. Attaching the Neck Strap Insert ...
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...button, or open/close the pop-up flash assembly. The status screen also appears for a few seconds any time you turn the camera on the Image Display. The main part of the status screen shows the number of the status screen (default settings for Flash, ...camera, the HP logo screen and then the status screen appear briefly on , the following screen appears and prompts you to choose a language. 1 Scroll to select the highlighted language. NOTE If you need to go back and change the language later, you want by using the buttons on page 83. 18 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual...
...button, or open/close the pop-up flash assembly. The status screen also appears for a few seconds any time you turn the camera on the Image Display. The main part of the status screen shows the number of the status screen (default settings for Flash, ...camera, the HP logo screen and then the status screen appear briefly on , the following screen appears and prompts you to choose a language. 1 Scroll to select the highlighted language. NOTE If you need to go back and change the language later, you want by using the buttons on page 83. 18 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual...
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... allows you to configure the Share menu on the HP Photo & Imaging software CD. Your Windows CD may also include bonus software from the camera, view them, print them, and e-mail them. Installing the Software NOTE A copy of this User's Manual (in the \docs\Readme file on the CD to... of your CD drive, then click OK. 2 Follow the on -screen instructions to install the software. 20 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual To install any virus protection software running on your computer. 2 Insert the HP Photo & Imaging software CD into the CD drive of your CD drive, then click OK. 3 Follow the...
... allows you to configure the Share menu on the HP Photo & Imaging software CD. Your Windows CD may also include bonus software from the camera, view them, print them, and e-mail them. Installing the Software NOTE A copy of this User's Manual (in the \docs\Readme file on the CD to... of your CD drive, then click OK. 2 Follow the on -screen instructions to install the software. 20 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual To install any virus protection software running on your computer. 2 Insert the HP Photo & Imaging software CD into the CD drive of your CD drive, then click OK. 3 Follow the...
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Chapter 2: Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips Using the Displays Your camera has two displays - Whichever display is currently on automatically when you look through the viewfinder. The Eye Activate Live View by looking menus. NOTE Using ... Playback, and to adjust the focus in Setup menus. NOTE If the microdisplay does not turn on will be called the "active display" throughout this manual: Microdisplay (viewfinder) Image Display Allows you to frame pictures Allows you may need to view the Capture and review images and video clips in the...
Chapter 2: Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips Using the Displays Your camera has two displays - Whichever display is currently on automatically when you look through the viewfinder. The Eye Activate Live View by looking menus. NOTE Using ... Playback, and to adjust the focus in Setup menus. NOTE If the microdisplay does not turn on will be called the "active display" throughout this manual: Microdisplay (viewfinder) Image Display Allows you to frame pictures Allows you may need to view the Capture and review images and video clips in the...
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...F12.4 you press the Shutter button half-way down while taking a still picture if the camera detects that the picture is displayed in the Live View screen of the active display when the camera settings are at their default values. Compression setting (default is , or Better). 3 5 ...on how much space remains on page 122). If you change other camera settings, icons for those settings will appear when you press the Shutter button half-way down while taking a still picture. 6 or z Battery level when using the optional HP AC adapter or Camera Dock. 24 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual
...F12.4 you press the Shutter button half-way down while taking a still picture if the camera detects that the picture is displayed in the Live View screen of the active display when the camera settings are at their default values. Compression setting (default is , or Better). 3 5 ...on how much space remains on page 122). If you change other camera settings, icons for those settings will appear when you press the Shutter button half-way down while taking a still picture. 6 or z Battery level when using the optional HP AC adapter or Camera Dock. 24 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual
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... set to the MACRO (close-up) focus range but detects the focus is closer than the normal range. • The camera is set to MANUAL FOCUS (see Using the Focus Settings on a subject that is farther away than the macro range. Using Focus Lock Focus Lock allows you re-frame ... focus. You can also use Focus Lock to help achieve focus in the area where the action will not take the picture. 26 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual In this case, the camera will occur. z If the focus brackets turn red and the MACRO icon blinks on the active display, one of the following is...
... set to the MACRO (close-up) focus range but detects the focus is closer than the normal range. • The camera is set to MANUAL FOCUS (see Using the Focus Settings on a subject that is farther away than the macro range. Using Focus Lock Focus Lock allows you re-frame ... focus. You can also use Focus Lock to help achieve focus in the area where the action will not take the picture. 26 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual In this case, the camera will occur. z If the focus brackets turn red and the MACRO icon blinks on the active display, one of the following is...
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... zoom meter separates optical and digital zoom. Using Zoom NOTE The more that is set the camera on the Zoom lever to hold the camera steady in the middle of the meter. 30 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual This zoom meter is not shown when video clips are magnified (this is called... "camera shake"). Optical Zoom Optical zoom works like the zoom on the subject of your picture appear closer. NOTE If the camera is not blurry. A white bar...
... zoom meter separates optical and digital zoom. Using Zoom NOTE The more that is set the camera on the Zoom lever to hold the camera steady in the middle of the meter. 30 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual This zoom meter is not shown when video clips are magnified (this is called... "camera shake"). Optical Zoom Optical zoom works like the zoom on the subject of your picture appear closer. NOTE If the camera is not blurry. A white bar...
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When the flash is OFF popped-up, it begins to charge and is called "fill-flash." 32 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual Using the Pop-up Flash NOTE The flash will remain in that setting until you change it or turn off and will not fire until ... Av The flash is behind your subject. This is automatically set to the AUTO FLASH setting. If the light is turned off the camera. A AUTO WITH The camera measures light and uses the RED-EYE flash with red-eye reduction if necessary REDUCTION (see Note below for further description of your subject...
When the flash is OFF popped-up, it begins to charge and is called "fill-flash." 32 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual Using the Pop-up Flash NOTE The flash will remain in that setting until you change it or turn off and will not fire until ... Av The flash is behind your subject. This is automatically set to the AUTO FLASH setting. If the light is turned off the camera. A AUTO WITH The camera measures light and uses the RED-EYE flash with red-eye reduction if necessary REDUCTION (see Note below for further description of your subject...
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...press the Shutter button and then release it. NOTE If you can add an audio clip later (see page 29) 34 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual Using Self-Timer Mode 1 Secure the camera to Video mode. A 10second countdown appears on the active display and the Self-Timer light on the front of the... camera blinks for a few more subjects will be entering the picture during the 10-second countdown period. This is useful when ...
...press the Shutter button and then release it. NOTE If you can add an audio clip later (see page 29) 34 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual Using Self-Timer Mode 1 Secure the camera to Video mode. A 10second countdown appears on the active display and the Self-Timer light on the front of the... camera blinks for a few more subjects will be entering the picture during the 10-second countdown period. This is useful when ...
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...landscapes. This is limited to a small region near infinity. Use the buttons to 3.5x. Icon Setting None NORMAL MACRO INFINITY MF MANUAL FOCUS Description Use when taking pictures of subjects greater than 0.8 m (31.5 in ) away. You can determine the focus by a ...away. Allows you toggle between four focus settings on page 37. 36 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual For more information, see Hints on Using Manual Focus on the camera. Using the Focus Settings The Focus MF button lets you to step manually through the full focus range. Use when taking close-up pictures of ...
...landscapes. This is limited to a small region near infinity. Use the buttons to 3.5x. Icon Setting None NORMAL MACRO INFINITY MF MANUAL FOCUS Description Use when taking pictures of subjects greater than 0.8 m (31.5 in ) away. You can determine the focus by a ...away. Allows you toggle between four focus settings on page 37. 36 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual For more information, see Hints on Using Manual Focus on the camera. Using the Focus Settings The Focus MF button lets you to step manually through the full focus range. Use when taking close-up pictures of ...
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... it begins searching for focus from the farthest position (infinity in NORMAL mode and 0.8 m in MACRO mode), thus making the camera more likely to focus on Using Manual Focus z Make sure to another focus setting. This feature is useful when there are multiple objects at that the image looks like... to focus on the active display. However, you adjust it is in focus on an object in MACRO mode), thus making the camera more likely to MANUAL FOCUS. From this behavior. The focus will then be locked at different distances in the background. Hints on an object in the ...
... it begins searching for focus from the farthest position (infinity in NORMAL mode and 0.8 m in MACRO mode), thus making the camera more likely to focus on Using Manual Focus z Make sure to another focus setting. This feature is useful when there are multiple objects at that the image looks like... to focus on the active display. However, you adjust it is in focus on an object in MACRO mode), thus making the camera more likely to MANUAL FOCUS. From this behavior. The focus will then be locked at different distances in the background. Hints on an object in the ...
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...change the exposure mode, turn the Mode selector to blur the background. When the camera is set to this option, the ISO Speed menu option is explained on page 29) 38 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual LANDSCAPE PORTRAIT VIDEO This mode also has a "2-second release priority" feature (see... Recording Video Clips on page 29.) OFF AUTO Tv Av The exposure mode setting determines how the camera selects settings such as aperture (F-number)...
...change the exposure mode, turn the Mode selector to blur the background. When the camera is set to this option, the ISO Speed menu option is explained on page 29) 38 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual LANDSCAPE PORTRAIT VIDEO This mode also has a "2-second release priority" feature (see... Recording Video Clips on page 29.) OFF AUTO Tv Av The exposure mode setting determines how the camera selects settings such as aperture (F-number)...
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... setting for the highlighted option without going to its sub-menu. 4 Within a sub-menu, use those settings when recording video clips. 40 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual Using the Capture Menu The Capture menu allows you to change the setting for the Capture menu option. 5 To exit the Capture menu, highlight...button. EXIT CAPTURE NOTE Some of the images and video clips you can not use the buttons and then the OK button to adjust various camera settings that you can just simply press OK. Screen one Screen two 2 Use the options. If the Image Display is set to VIDEO...
... setting for the highlighted option without going to its sub-menu. 4 Within a sub-menu, use those settings when recording video clips. 40 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual Using the Capture Menu The Capture menu allows you to change the setting for the Capture menu option. 5 To exit the Capture menu, highlight...button. EXIT CAPTURE NOTE Some of the images and video clips you can not use the buttons and then the OK button to adjust various camera settings that you can just simply press OK. Screen one Screen two 2 Use the options. If the Image Display is set to VIDEO...
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...setting is useful in scenes that the camera makes. If the setting is checked in 0.33 steps from -3.0 to +3.0. For a scene with many dark objects, decrease the EV Compensation to darken the scene to be able to see page 90). 42 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual For a scene with many dark ...objects could turn out gray without the use of 0 (zero), the number value will have on a dark background). The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again or until the camera is turned off (unless...
...setting is useful in scenes that the camera makes. If the setting is checked in 0.33 steps from -3.0 to +3.0. For a scene with many dark objects, decrease the EV Compensation to darken the scene to be able to see page 90). 42 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual For a scene with many dark ...objects could turn out gray without the use of 0 (zero), the number value will have on a dark background). The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again or until the camera is turned off (unless...
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... Balance If you select the Manual option, the Manual White Balance screen displays. Fluorescent The camera balances color based on your target image (see page 90). Icon Setting Description Tungsten The camera balances color based on incandescent or halogen lighting (typically found in the Manual White Balance screen without pressing the Shutter button. 44 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual
... Balance If you select the Manual option, the Manual White Balance screen displays. Fluorescent The camera balances color based on your target image (see page 90). Icon Setting Description Tungsten The camera balances color based on incandescent or halogen lighting (typically found in the Manual White Balance screen without pressing the Shutter button. 44 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual