Samsung WB500 - Manuals

005 Contents SETUP 061 Info / Up button061 Play & Pause / Down button062 Left / Right / Menu / OK button062 Print button 062 Delete button 063 E (Effect) button: Resize064 E (Effect) button: Rotating an image064 E (Effect) button: Colour065 E (Effect) button: Image editing 065 ACB065 Red eye rem...

006 Contents PRINT SOFTWARE APPENDIX 088 PictBridge089 PictBridge: Picture Selection 089 PictBridge: Print Setting 090 PictBridge: Reset 090 Software notes 091 System requirements 091 QuickTime Player 7.5 : H.264(MPEG4.AVC) playback Requirements 092 About the software 093 Setting up the application ...

007 Included Contents Camera User manual, Product warranty Camera strap Rechargeable battery AC adapter / USB cable Software CD (see p.91~92) Sold Separately SD/SDHC/MMC memory card (see p.17) Remote control Camera case AV cable Package Contents Please check that you have the correct contents before...

009 Identi À cation of features Back Camera status lamp LCD monitor Play mode / Print button E (Effect) button 5-function button Fn / Delete button Command Lever USB / AV / DC terminal Camera strap Shutter button

010 Identi À cation of features Bottom 5 Function button Function Description / Information / Up button Macro /Play & Pause / Down button Self-timer /Right button Flash / Left button MENU / OK button Battery holder Battery chamber cover Battery chamber Memory card slot Tripod socket

011 Identi À cation of features „ Self-timer lamp Icon Status Description Blinking – For the ¿ rst 7 seconds, the lamp blinks at 1 second intervals. – For the ¿ nal 3 seconds, the lamp blinks quickly at 0.25-second intervals. Blinking For the ¿ nal 2 seconds, the lamp blinks quickly at 0.25-second i...

012 Connecting to a power source You should use the rechargeable battery SLB-10A supplied with the camera. Be sure to charge the battery before using the camera. „ SLB-10A rechargeable battery Speci À cation Model SLB-10A Type Lithium Ion Capacity 1050mAh Voltage 3.7V Charging time(When the camera i...

014 Connecting to a power source „ How to charge the rechargeable battery z Before inserting any cables or AC adapter, check the directions and do not insert using force. It may cause breakage of cable or camera. z If the charging LED of the AC Charger does not turn on or blink after inserting the r...

016 Instructions on how to use the memory card z Be sure to format the memory card (see p.83) if you are using a newly purchased memory card for the ¿ rst time, if it contains data that the camera cannot recognise, or if it contains images captured with a different camera. z Turn off the camera powe...

018 When using the camera for the À rst time z Charge the rechargeable battery fully before using the camera for the ¿ rst time. z When the camera is turned on for the ¿ rst time, a menu will be displayed in the LCD monitor to set date, time and language. This menu will not be displayed again after ...

019 LCD monitor indicator The LCD monitor displays information about the shooting functions and selections. <Image & Full Status> No. Description Icons Page 1 Optical/Digital Zoom bar/ Digital Zoom rate x 5.0 p.28~29 2 Number of available shots remaining/Remaining time 1/00:00:00 p.17 3 Me...

020 Starting the Recording mode How to use the Auto mode Select this mode for quick and easy picture taking with minimal user interaction. 1. Insert the battery (p.15) taking note of the correct polarity (+/-). 2. Insert the memory card (p.15). As this camera has a 30 MB internal memory, it is not e...

021 Starting the Recording mode How to use the Program mode Selecting the automatic mode will con ¿ gure the camera with optimal settings and you can manually con ¿ gure various functions. 1. Select the Program mode by using the Mode dial . (p.20) 2. Point the camera towards the subject and compose ...

022 Starting the Recording mode How to use the Beauty Shot mode Take a photo of portraits by setting options to clear facial imperfections. 1. Select the Beauty Shot mode by using the Mode dial . (p.20) 2. Point the camera towards the subject and compose the image by using the LCD monitor. 3. Press ...

024 Starting the Recording mode How to use the Movie clip mode A movie clip can be recorded for as long as the available recording time(maximum of 29 minutes) of the memory capacity allows. 1. Select the Movie clip mode by using the Mode dial . (p.20) 2. Point the camera towards the subject and comp...

025 Starting the Recording mode Recording the movie clip without sound You can record the movie clip without sound. Steps from 1-3 are the same as those for Movie clip mode. 4. Press the MENU button. 5. Select the [RECORDING] menu by pressing the Left / Right button. 6. Press the Down button to sele...

026 Things to watch out for when taking pictures z Pressing the Shutter button down half way. Lightly press the Shutter button to con ¿ rm focus and À ash battery charge. Press the Shutter button all way down to take the picture. z The available memory capacity may vary depending on shooting conditi...

027 Using the camera buttons to set the camera The recording mode function can be set up by using the camera buttons. POWER button Used for turning the camera’s power on/off. If there is no operation during the speci ¿ ed time, the camera’s power will be turned off automatically to save battery life...

028 Shutter button Used for taking an image or recording voice in the Recording mode. z In Movie clip modePressing the Shutter button down fully starts the process for recording a movie clip. Press the Shutter button once and the movie clip is recorded for as long as the available recording time in ...

029 „ WIDE Zoom Optical zoom WIDE: Move the Zoom W/T lever to the left in optical zoom mode to see subjects in the distance. Continue to move the Zoom W/T lever to the left to disable optical zoom. Digital zoom WIDE: Move the Zoom W/T lever to the left in digital zoom mode to enable digital zoom (so...

030 Command Lever How to use the Command lever mode „ Exposure compensation This product automatically controls exposure, adjusting it according to the recording situation. However, use the command lever to change the exposure to a different value. 1. Select [EV] under [Command Lever] in the menu. 2...

032 While the menu is showing, press the Down button to move from the main menu to a sub menu, or to move down the sub menu. When the menu is not showing, you can use the Macro ( )/ Down button to take macro pictures. The distance ranges are shown below. Press the Macro button until the desired macr...

033 „ Available focusing method, by Recording mode ( z : Selectable, ’ : In ¿ nity focus range) Mode Auto macro Manual focus Macro Normal z z z z z z z z z z z z z z Mode SCENE Auto macro Manual focus Macro Normal z z z z z z z z z ’ z z z z Macro ( ) / Down button „ Types of focus mode and focus ra...

034 Flash ( ) / Left button When the menu is displayed on the LCD monitor, pressing the Left button makes the cursor shift to the left tab. When the menu is not displayed on the LCD monitor, the Flash ( )/ Left button operates as the Flash ( ) button. „ Selecting the Á ash mode 1. Select a desired R...

035 „ Flash mode indicator Icon Flash mode Description Auto À ash If the subject or background is dark, the camera À ash will operate automatically. Auto & Red-eye reduction If a subject or background is dark, the camera À ash will work automatically and will reduce the red-eye effect by using t...

036 Self-timer ( ) / Right button „ Selecting the self-timer 1. Select a Recording mode with the exception of Voice recording mode. (p.20) 2. Press the Self-timer ( ) button until the desired mode indicator displays on the LCD monitor. 3. When you press the Shutter button, the picture will be taken ...

037 Self-timer ( ) / Right button „ Motion Timer Motion Icon & Self-timer lamp Pressing the Shutter button after setting the Motion Timer Blink (1 second interval) Detecting the subject’s movement Blink (0.25 second interval) No movement is detected Turn on and the image is taken after 2 seconds...

038 Self-timer ( ) / Right button „ Remote control range When you take a picture by using the remote control, refer to the illustrations shown alongside about the remote control range. „ Replacing battery for the remote control Make sure the + (positive) polarity is toward the top and the - (negativ...

039 Fn button You can use the Fn button to set the following menus. ( z : Selectable) Page SIZE z z z z z z z z p.40 FOCUS AREA z z z z z z z p.40 FRAME RATE z p.41 METERING z z z z p.41 DRIVE z z p.42 ISO z z p.43 WHITE BALANCE z z z z p.43 Aperture Value/ Shutter Speed z p.44 FACE DETECTION z z z ...

040 You can select the image size appropriate for your application. Still image Mode Icon Size 3648x 2736 3648x 2432 3072x 2304 3648x 2056 2592x 1944 2048x 1536 1024x 768 Movie clip mode Icon Size 1280x720HQ 1280x720 640x480 320x240 The higher the resolution, the lower the number of shots available ...

041 Fn button: Frame rate This menu allows you to select an appropriate frame rate depending on the intended use for a recorded video.Using a faster shutter speed enables the movie clip to catch a decisive moment, but which will raise the ¿ le size. Mode Movie clip mode Icon Sub menu 60 FPS 30 FPS 1...

042 Fn button: Drive mode You can select continuous shot, and AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing). Icon Drive Mode Description Single Take one picture only. Continuous Images will be taken continuously until the Shutter button is released. The shooting capacity depends on the memory. High Speed Continuou...

043 You can select the ISO sensitivity when taking pictures.The speed or speci ¿ c light-sensitivity of a camera is rated by ISO numbers. Icon ISO Mode Description Auto The camera’s sensitivity is automatically changed by variables such as lighting value or subject brightness. 80 100200400800 160032...

044 Fn button: White balance „ Using the Custom White Balance White balance settings may vary slightly depending on the shooting environment. You can select the most appropriate white balance setting for a given shooting environment by setting up the custom white balance. 1. Select the Custom Set ( ...

045 Fn button: Face Detection If you use face detection options, your camera can detect a human face. When focusing on a human face, the brightness of the face is also adjusted. You can also capture natural facial expressions by using self portrait, smile shot or blink detection. Ú Selectable modes:...

046 „ Self Portrait When taking pictures of yourself, the area of your face is automatically detected so that you can take self portraits more easily and quickly. 1. For self- ¿ lming, set the camera lens towards the face of the object. It automatically detects the face of the object, and emits a gu...

047 E (Effect) button It is possible to add special effects to your images by using this button. „ Available Effects, by recording mode ( z : Selectable) Mode E button Mode E button z z z z z z z z z z The E button will not operate in Voice recording mode, [Nightscene] and some [Scene] modes ([Frame...

048 You can add various effects to the image without an image editing software.Press the E button in an available mode. 1. Select the desired Photo style selector by pressing the Left/Right button and press the OK button. 2. Press the Shutter button to take an image. Icon Style mode Description Norm...

050 Using the LCD monitor to adjust the camera settings You can use the menu on the LCD monitor to set up recording functions. „ The items indicated by are default settings. Menu Sub menu Available mode Page Command Lever EV EV(A, S) p.51 ISO WB Flash EVC +1.0, +0.5, 0, -0.5, -1.0 Quality Super Fine...

051 Command Lever You can enable the desired features for the command lever on the back of the camera. - [Command Lever] Sub menus: [EV], [EV(A, S)], [ISO], [WB]. - Move the command lever to the left or right to select the submenu for each feature. Ú For detailed information on using the command lev...

052 Quality You can select the compression ratio appropriate for your application of the captured images. The higher the compression ratio, the lower the picture quality. - [Quality] Sub menus: [Super Fine], [Fine], [Normal]. Mode Still image Mode Sub menu Super Fine Fine Normal File Format JPEG JPE...

053 OIS (Optical image Stabilization) This feature allows you to minimize camera shake while taking a picture. - [OIS] Sub menus: [Off], [On]. z OIS function may not work suf ¿ ciently in the following cases. – To take pictures of a moving subject.– To take pictures with higher digital zoom values.–...

054 A voice can be recorded for as long as the available recording time (Max. 10 hour) allows. Press the Shutter button to record a voice. – Press the Shutter button once and voice is recorded for as long as the available recording time (max:10 hour) allows. The recording time will be displayed on t...

055 Recording the movie clip without voice You can record the movie without voice. Select [Voice] menu in the Movie clip mode. (p. 25)( ) icon will appear on the LCD monitor. Press the Shutter button and a movie will record for as long as the memory capacity allows without voice. Starting play mode ...

056 Starting play mode Playing back a movie clip 1. Select the recorded movie clip that you want to play back by using the Left / Right button. 2. Press the Play & Pause ( ) button to playback a movie clip ¿ le. – To pause a movie clip ¿ le while playing it back, press the Play & Pause ( ) b...

057 Starting play mode On camera movie trimming You can extract desired frames of movie clip during the movie clip play back. If the running time is under 10 seconds, the movie clip can’t be trimmed. 1. Press the Play & Pause ( ) button at the point of the movie clip where you want to start extr...

058 Starting play mode Playing back a voice memo 1. Select a still image that has the voice memo. 2. Press the Play & Pause ( ) button to play back the voice memo.– To pause the voice memo, while playing it back, press the Play & Pause ( ) button again. – To resume playback of the voice memo...

059 Thumbnail( )/Digital Zoom( ) Lever You can view multiple pictures, enlarge a selected picture, and crop and save a selected area of an image. „ Thumbnail display 1. Once a picture has been played back, move the Thumbnail lever to the left. 2. The thumbnail display will highlight the image that h...

061 Info ( ) / Up button When the menu is displayed on the LCD monitor, the Up button operates as a direction button. When the menu is not displayed on the LCD monitor, pressing the Info ( ) button will display image information on the LCD monitor. Play & Pause ( ) / Down button In Play mode, th...

062 Delete ( ) button This deletes images stored on the memory card. By activating the Recycle Bin function (p.84) you can restore deleted photos. 1. Select an image that you want to delete by pressing the Left / Right button and press the Delete button. 2. Press the Zoom T lever to add an image to ...

063 Change the resolution (size) of pictures taken. Select [Start image] to save an image to be the start-up image. 1. Press the Play mode button and press the E button. 2. Press the Left / Right button and select the [RESIZE] ( ) menu tab. 3. Select a desired sub menu by pressing the Up / Down butt...

064 It is possible to add colour effects to your images by using this button. 1 Press the Play mode button and press the E button. 2. Select ( ) menu tab by pressing the Left / Right button. 3. Select a desired sub menu by pressing the Up / Down button and press the OK button. Icon Effect Mode Descr...

065 „ Custom colour You can change the R(Red), G(Green) and B(Blue) values of the image. – OK button: Selects / sets up the Custom Colour – Up / Down button: Selects R, G, B – Left / Right button: Changes the values E (Effect) button: Colour E (Effect) button: Image editing 1. Press the Play button ...

067 Using the remote control in play mode You can play the movie clip and images by remote control. ※ See page 38 about using the remote control in recording mode. Play mode button : Play the images or movie clip. Thumbnail button : display images into 9 thumbnail images. Enlargement button : Enlarg...

068 Play mode functions can be changed by using the LCD monitor. In the Play mode, pressing the MENU button displays the menu on the LCD monitor. The menus you can set up in Play mode are as follows. To capture an image after setting up the play menu, press the Play mode button or Shutter button. Me...

069 Setting up the play back function using the LCD monitor Menu Tab Main Menu Sub Menu Sub Menu Page Type Auto - p.89 Plain - Photo - FastPhoto - Quality Auto - Draft - Normal - Fine - Date Print Auto - Off - On - File Name Auto - Off - On - Reset No - Yes - Ú Menus are subject to change without pr...

070 Selecting Images You can select image to view. 1 Use the Up / Down button to select the [Images] menu and press the Right button. 2. Select a desired sub menu by pressing the Up / Down button. [All]: All images saved in the Memory are played back. [Smart Album]: Images are played back depending ...

071 Starting the slide show ( ) Setting play interval Set the slide show play interval. 1. Select the [Interval] sub menu by pressing the Up / Down button and press the Right button. 2. Use the Up / Down button to select the desired interval. 3. Press the OK button to save the con ¿ guration. z The ...

072 <Voice memo menu> <Ready for recording> <Voice is recording> Playback ( ) Voice memo You can add your voice to a stored still image. – Press the Shutter button to take a picture. The images are saved on the memory. After saving the image, the voice is recording for 10 seconds. ...

074 – If you protect an image, the protect icon will be displayed on the LCD monitor. (An unprotected image has no indicator) – An image in Lock mode will be protected from the delete function or [Delete] functions, but will NOT be protected from the [Format] function. Playback ( ) Protecting images...

076 Playback ( ) „ Standard This function allows you to embed printing quantity information on a stored image. 1. Press the Up / Down button and select the [DPOF] menu tab. And then press the Right button. 2. Press the Right button again and [Standard] sub menu will be displayed. 3. Select a desired...

077 Playback ( ) „ Print size You can specify the print size when printing images stored on the memory card. The [Size] menu is available only for DPOF 1.1 compatible printers. 1. Press the Up / Down button and select the [DPOF] menu tab. And then press the Right button. 2. Press the Right button ag...

078 Playback ( ) Copy To Card This enables you to copy image ¿ les, movie clips and voice recording ¿ les to the memory card. 1. Select the [Copy To Card] menu tab by pressing the Up / Down button. And then press the Right button. 2. Select a desired sub menu by pressing the Up / Down button and pre...

079 In this mode, you can set up sound settings. You can use the setup menu in all camera modes, except Voice recording mode. „ The menus marked * are set to the default value. Ú Menus are subject to change without prior notice. Sound ( ) Volume You can set select a volume of shutter sound, beep sou...

080 Self Portrait This feature automatically detects the location of the face and optimises the camera settings to ensure a great self portrait. – [Self-Portrait] sub menus: [Off], [On]* Sound ( ) Beep Sound If you set sound to on, various sounds will be activated for camera startup, when OK button ...

081 In this mode, you can set up basic settings. You can use the setup menu in all camera modes, except Voice recording mode. „ The menus marked * are set to the default value. Ú Menus are subject to change without prior notice. Display ( ) Language There is a choice of languages that can be display...

082 Display ( ) Setting up the Date / Time / Date type You can change the date and time that will be displayed on the captured images and set up the date type. If [World Time] is set in foreign countries, the date and time of the destination will be displayed on the LCD monitor. – Date type: [yyyy/m...

085 Settings ( ) File name This function allows the user to select the ¿ le naming format. File name Description Reset After using the reset function, the next ¿ le name will be set from 0001 even after formatting, deleting all or inserting a new memory card. Series* New ¿ les are named using number...

086 Auto power off This function switches the camera off after a set amount of time in order to prevent unnecessary battery drainage. – Sub menus [Off]: Do not want to use the Power Off function. [1min], [3min]*, [5min], [10min]:The power will turn off automatically if not used for the period of tim...

088 You can use the USB cable to connect this camera to a printer that supports PictBridge (sold separately) and print the stored images directly. Movie clips and voice ¿ les cannot be printed. „ Setting up the camera for connection to the printer 1. Connect the camera and printer with USB cable. 2....

089 PictBridge: Picture Selection You can select images you want to print. „ Setting the Number of Copies to Print 1. Press the MENU button and the PictBridge menu will be displayed. 2. Use the Up / Down button to select the [Images] menu and press the Right button. 3. Use the Up / Down button to se...

090 PictBridge: Reset Initialises user-changed con ¿ gurations. 1. Use the Up / Down button to select the [Reset] menu tab. And then press the Right button. 2. Use the Up / Down button to select the desired sub menu value, and then press the OK button. If [No] is selected: Settings will not be reset...

091 Software notes System requirements For Windows For Macintosh USB support environment PC with processor better than Pentium III 500MHz(Pentium III 800MHz recommended)Windows 2000 / XP / VistaMinimum 256MB RAM (Over 512MB recommended)250MB of available hard-disk space(Over 1GB recommended)1024×768...

092 About the software After inserting the CD-ROM provided with this camera into the CD-ROM drive, the following window should automatically run. „ Samsung Master : This is the all-in-one multi media software solution. You can download, view, edit and save your digital images and movie files with th...

093 3. Install the Samsung Master in the order shown. Setting up the application software To use this camera with a PC, install the application software ¿ rst. After this has been done, the stored images in the camera can be moved to the PC and can be edited by an image editing program. „ You can vi...

095 If you connect the USB cable to a USB port on your PC and then turn on the power, the camera will automatically switch to “computer connection mode”. In this mode, you can download stored images to your PC through the USB cable. „ Camera settings for connection 1. Turn on the camera 2. Connect t...

096 Starting PC mode „ Downloading stored images You can download the still images stored on the camera to your PC’s hard disk and print them or use a photo editing software to edit them. 1. Connect the camera to your PC with the USB cable. 2. On your computer’s desktop display, select [My computer]...

097 Removing the removable disk „ Windows 2000/XP/Vista (The illustrations may differ from those shown depending on the Windows O/S.) 1. Check whether the camera and PC are transferring a ¿ le. If the camera status lamp blinks, please wait until the lamp has ¿ nished blinking and is constantly on. 2...

098 Samsung Master You can download, view, edit and save your images and movies with this software. It does not support H.264(MPEG4.AVC) movie clip. This software is only compatible with Windows.To run the Samsung Master, double click the Samsung Master icon on the desktop. „ Downloading images 1. C...

099 Samsung Master „ Image viewer: You can view the stored images. – Image viewer functions are listed below. 1 Menu bar: You can select menus. File, Edit, View, Tools, Change functions, Auto download, help, etc. 2 Image selection window: You can select the desired images in this window. 3 Media typ...

Samsung Master „ Movie edit: You can get the still image, movie clip, narration, music À les together in a movie clip. – Movie clip edit functions are listed below. 1 Edit menu:You can select the following menus. [Add Media]: You can add other media elements to a movie.[Edit Clip]: You can change th...

104 Important notes Be sure to observe the following precautions! z This unit contains precision electronic components. Do not use or store this unit in the following locations. – Areas exposed to extremes of in temperature and humidity.– Areas exposed to dust and dirt.– Areas exposed to direct sunl...

106 There are several warnings that may appear on the LCD display. [ Card Error ! ] • Memory card error. Turn off the camera power and turn it on again. Insert the memory card again. Insert and format the memory card. (p.83) [ Card Locked! ] • The memory card is locked. SD/SDHC memory card: Slide th...

107 Please check the following. The camera doesn’t switch on. • There is low battery capacity. Insert fresh batteries. (p.15) • Battery is inserted incorrectly with the polarities reversed. Insert the battery according to the polarity marks (+, -). The camera power ceases while in use. • The battery...

109 Please check the following if the USB connection malfunctions. Case 1 USB cable is not connected or it is not the supplied USB cable. Connect the supplied USB cable. Case 2 The camera is not recognised by your PC.Sometimes, the camera may appear under [Unknown Devices] in Device Manager. Turn of...

110 Case 5 Are other USB cables connected to the PC? The camera may malfunction when it is connected to the PC at the same time as another USB cable. In this case, disconnect the other USB cable, and connect only one USB cable to the camera. Case 6 When I open the Device Manager (by clicking Start (...

111 FAQ „ If the movie clip can’t be deleted, or the removable disk can’t be extracted or an error message displays during the À le transfer. If you install only the Samsung Master, the problems mentioned above occasionally happen.– Close the Samsung Master program by clicking the [Samsung Master] i...

112 Correct Disposal of This Product (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) (Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems) This marking shown on the product or its literature, indicates that it should not be disposed of with other household wa...