User guide

EPSON PhotoPC 800
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EPSON PhotoPC 800 6/99
Technical
Safety
Environmental
Photographic
Product type 2.14 megapixel CCD (charged coupled
device) still frame auto focus camera
CCD 0.5 inch color area CCD (2.14 million
pixels)
Image resolution 1600 × 1200 pixels (fine and super fine)
640 × 480 pixels (standard)
1600 × 600 pixels (panoramic fine)
1600 × 600 pixels (panoramic super fine)
1984 × 1488 pixels* (HyPict)
1984 × 744 pixels* (HyPict panorama)
* Interpolated
File format JPEG
Bit depth 16 million colors, 24-bit
Serial
communication
speed
Up to 230.4 Kbps with high-speed serial
port (19.2 Kbps or higher), 1.8 Mbps
when connected to EPSON printers
Serial interface 14-pin dual line terminal,
RS-232C-compatible connector to
computer (9-pin DSUB connector to
PC, 8-pin mini-DIN male connector (to
Macintosh or printer)
USB cable 14-pin connector (camera)
USB connector (computer)
USB
communication
speed
Up to 12 Mbps
Video out NTSC standard
Internal memory 2MB flash program memory
Expansion memory 8MB EPSON CompactFlash storage
card
Also accepts optional 4MB to 96MB
storage cards (available from Lexar
Media and SanDisk)
Self-timer 10 seconds
Tripod screw Built-in
United States FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class B
Canada CSA C108.8 Class B
Temperature Operating: 41 to 95 °F (5 to 35 °C)
Non-operating: –4 to 140 °F (–20 to
60 °C)
Humidity Operating: 30 to 80% (non-condensing)
Non-operating: 10 to 80% (non-
condensing)
Lens f = 7 mm (equivalent to a 38 mm lens on
a 35 mm camera)
Range 19.7 inches (50 cm) to infinity
5.9 inches to 19.7 inches (15 cm to
50 cm) (macro mode)
LCD screen 1.8-inch active matrix TFT color LCD
(110 thousand pixels)
Sensitivity Equivalent to ISO 100/200/400
Exposure control Programmed auto exposure
Manual adjustment: –2 to +2 EV, in
half-steps (or in 0.2 EV steps in AE
mode)
Spot metering and matrix metering
White balance TTL automatic white balance
Fixed white balance (5200 °Kelvin)
User-defined white balance
Shutter Electric iris with mechanical shutter, 1/2
second to 1/750 second (flash off mode)
1/30 second to 1/750 second (auto flash
and forced flash modes)
Viewfinder Real-image optical, with centering
crosshair and edge border (view range
approximately 90%)
Focus Automatic focus from 19.7 inches
(50 cm) to infinity
Automatic focus from 5.9 inches to 19.7
inches (15 to 50 cm) in macro mode
Aperture f2.4, f8.0
Flash Automatic luminance control flash
mode
Flash modes Forced flash, automatic, flash off, slow
synchronized flash mode (can be enabled
through the LCD menus)