HP Cw450 User Manual

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Auto The camera automatically adjusts the white balance.
DaylightIdeally used for bright sunny conditions.
CloudyIdeally used for cloudy conditions.
TungstenIdeally used for indoor photos with tungsten or halogen lighting without a flash. 
Fluorescent 1Ideally used for indoor photos with reddish fluorescent lighting conditions.
Fluorescent 2Ideally used for indoor photos with bluish fluorescent lighting conditions.
Manual Used when light source cannot be specified. Press the...

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Multi  The camera measures the exposure readings from multiple points in the subject area 
and selects the settings that best match this situation. 
Center The camera measures the average light from the entire frame but gives greater weight 
to the subject matter at the center. The camera will select the settings that best match 
the situation.
Spot 
The camera selects the exposure value based on the center of your picture and selects 
the appropriate settings to match.
Color Mode...

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Using the Record Menu
In Photo mode, access to the Record menu is done by simply by pressing the Menu button  on back of 
the camera.
When the menu is displayed, use the 4-way navigation control and the  OK button 
 to move through menu 
selections and apply the desired settings. To close the menu anytime, press the menu button again.
Record Menu
The Record menu allows changes to the scene modes, and 
setup other capture settings.
To go to Record Menu:
Set the mode switch Photo Mode [  ].
Press 
1....

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The table below shows the available scene mode settings:
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Auto The simplest and usually safest way to shoot basic photos. Settings are 
automatically adjusted by the camera. Each time the camera is Powered 
off then on, this mode will be selected by default. This is recommended for 
novice photographers.
Program
The camera automatically adjusts suitable shooting settings like shutter speed 
and aperture values. However, this mode allows for manual adjustments to 
EV, Auto White...

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Night Portrait  This scene mode uses the flash and will leave the shutter open longer to 
get more ambient light from the background. This will help reduce typical 
flash pictures where the subject does not have a black/dark background. 
Ideally, this will produce photos that have more detail in the background. For 
best results and reduced image blurring, the use of a tripod for this mode is 
strongly recommended. 
Soft Skin
This scene mode will set red-eye flash and other camera...

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Aperture Priority This mode allows manual adjustment to aperture value. The camera 
automatically selects the shutter speed to match the brightness.
Shutter PriorityThis mode allows manual adjustment to shutter speed. The camera 
automatically selects the aperture value to match the brightness.
Manual Exposure This mode allows manual adjustment to shutter speed and aperture value 
regardless the brightness. This is recommended for experienced users only.
Voice REC This mode is...

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Using Intelligent Scene
This feature is most useful for novice users to capture great images even without basic knowledge of photography. 
Simply frame the shot with the help of Intelligent Scene Mode, the camera automatically recognizes 11 kinds of 
scenes - Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Macro, Text, Snow, Backlight Portrait, Backlight Portrait, Night Scene, Night 
Portrait and Foliage - and selects the ideal settings.Intelligent scene icon. After the camera detects the shooting conditions, 
this icon...

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Using Sports Mode 
Ideal to taking a series of sports motion images, such as a golf swing, or try to capture the images of a flying 
hummingbird/butterfly, be sure to switch the scene mode to sports mode. This mode provides shutter in Burst 
speed (Keep shooting images long as the Shutter button is pressed) which allows you to capture a sequence of 
pictures that are frames apart clearly. 
Make sure to have plenty of capacity on the memory card as it will be needed.
Using Party Mode
Let the Party...

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Frame the subject and press the 
4.  Shutter button  to 
take the first shot.
Press the 
5.  OK button  to continue the second shot.
Or, press 
6.  Menu button  
 to go back the first shot.
Repeat step 4 to 6, until the pattern is filled in images.
7. 
Press 
8.  OK button 
 to save the composed image.
Or, press 
9.  Menu button  
 to go back last shot.
The camera save the image to memory.
10. 
Use USB cable or memory card reader (Please refer to “Connecting the Camera to a PC” on page 68) to transfer...

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Using Smile Capture Mode 
When facing the camera, especially kids, smiles are always short and hard to seize by manual shutter. Smile capture 
mode detects every smile all the time and performs Automatic Focus (AF) to capture an image without pressing 
Shutter button. 
Follow these instructions to capture a photo by Smile Capture 
Mode:Select 
1. 
 from scene menu.
Focus the camera on the subject to capture.
2. 
When a smile is detected, the white focus frame turns green 
3. 
to denote camera shutter...