Brand: HITACHI
Category: Digital Camera
Document Type: Manual
Language: EN
Manual for HDC-1051E
Uploaded: Nov. 21, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
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INTRODUCTION
Overview
Capturing high-quality digital images is fast and easy with this state-of-the-art smart camera. Equipped with an 10.1 Mega pixel CCD, this camera is capable of capturing images with a resolution of up to 3648 x 2736 pixels.
Other cool features provided by the camera include the following:
- LCD monitor: 2.8" full color TFT LCD monitor (230K pixels) makes it easy to frame your subject when capturing images. It also displays the images you have captured.
- Recording media: 32 MB internal memory (26 MB available for image storage). External memory supports SD memory cards up to 2 GB.
- Optical zoom: The 6x optical lens allows you to capture telephoto and wide-angle images.
- Digital zoom: 10.4x digital zoom in conjunction with the 6x optical zoom permit zoom photography of up to 62.4x. Captured images may be reviewed and a selected portion of an image may be enlarged up to 8x.
- Flexible flash settings: You may adjust the flash setting according to your lighting environment.
- Focus mode: Images can be captured with the distance to the subject set by normal auto focus, macro auto focus, infinity or manual focus.
- Self-timer mode: The self-timer may set to 10 seconds, 2 seconds or 10+2 seconds.
- Video mode: In addition to still-images, you may capture video clips with audio (voice).
- Voice memo: You may annotate your images with a 30 second voice memo. Images may be voice-annotated at the time of capture, or during playback.
- Thumbnail display: Display your images in sets of nine on the LCD monitor for quick selection of an particular image.
- TV and PC connection: You may view your images on a television monitor or a computer using the USB or A/V cables.
- DPOF support: You may print your images on a DPOF compatible printer by simply inserting the memory card with embedded printing information.
- Photography mode: The camera has 10 different photography modes such as Auto, Scene, Program, Shutter Speed Priority, Aperture Priority, Manual, User Setting, Video, Panorama and Anti-Shake. By setting the mode dial, the camera controls the exposure focus and white balance depending on the selected mode.
- Scene mode: You may select a previously set scene mode for the following situations: Sport, Portrait, Night Portrait, Night, Candlelight, Fireworks, Landscape, Natural Green, Sunrise, Sunset, Text, Black & White, Sepia, Splash Water, Flowing Water and Pets.
Troubleshooting and error codes
| Symptom | Cause | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Power Supply | ||
| The power does not come on. | The battery in not inserted. | Insert the battery correctly. |
| The battery is exhausted. | Recharge the battery. | |
| The AC power adapter is not connected correctly. | Reconnect it properly. | |
| The power cuts out during use. | The camera was left unattended and unused, so the auto power off cuts it off. | Turn the power back on. |
| The battery is exhausted. | Recharge or use the AC power adapter. | |
| The battery runs out quickly. | It is being used in extreme low temperature. | |
| Many shots are being captured in dark places inside, requiring flash. | ||
| The battery is not fully charged. | Fully charge the battery and discharge it for at least one complete cycle before use to maximize its performance and lifetime. | |
| The battery or camera feels warm. | Long period of continuous use of the camera or the flash. | |
| Shooting | ||
| Even if I press the shutter button, the camera does not shoot. | The battery is running low. | Recharge the battery. |
| The power is not on. | Turn the power on. | |
| The camera is not in shooting mode. | Slide the mode switch to shooting mode. | |
| The shutter button is not pressed all the way down. | Press the shutter button all the way down. | |
| The memory card does not have any free capacity. | Insert a new memory card, or delete unwanted files. | |
| End of memory card life. | Insert a new memory card. | |
| The flash is charging. | Wait until the status LED off. | |
| The memory card is unrecognized by the camera. | Format the memory card in this camera before its first use or when it was used other than this camera. | |
| Images do not appear on the LCD monitor. | The auto power off function is activated. | Turn the power on again. |
| The memory card is write-protected. | Remove the write-protection. | |
| The power is not on. | Turn the power on. | |
| LCD monitor is dark. | Adjust the brightness of the LCD monitor in the menu. | |
| Although it is set to auto focus, it does not focus. | The lens is dirty. | Wipe clean with a soft, dry cloth or lens paper. |
| The distance to the subject is smaller than the effective range. | Get your subject within the effective focus range. | |
| The flash does not fire. | The flash is set to flash off. | Set the flash to something other than flash off mode. |
| The flash cannot recharge. | The distance to the subject is greater than flash effective range. | Get closer to your subject and shoot. |
| The flash is too soft. | Adjust the flash offset. | |
| Even though the flash fired, the image is dark. | The image is captured in a dark place while set to flash off. | Set the flash to something other than flash off mode. |
| The image is dark. | It is under-exposed. | Set the exposure compensation to a larger value. |
| The flash is too soft. | Adjust the flash offset. | |
| The image is too bright. | It is over-exposed. | Set the exposure compensation to a smaller value. |
| The flash is too strong. | Adjust the flash offset. | |
| The image lacks natural color. | The image was captured in conditions that are hard for auto white balance to adjust to. | Add a white object to the composition. |
| Playback | ||
| Cannot playback. | It is not set to playback mode. | Slide the mode switch to playback mode. |
| The contents of memory card cannot be played back. | You played back a memory card that was not formatted by this device. | Insert a memory card that was formatted and stored on by this device. |
| The file is protected. | Cancel protection. | |
| Files cannot be deleted. | You played back a memory card that was not formatted by this device. | Insert a memory card that was formatted and stored on by this device. |
| The memory card is write-protected. | Remove the write-protection. | |
| Cannot format a memory card. | The memory card is write-protected. | Remove the write-protection. |
| The playback image is dark though I used the flash. | End of memory card life. | Insert a new memory card. |
| The LCD monitor is too dark. | Adjust the brightness of LCD monitor. | |
| Other Problems | ||
| Even when the camera's buttons are pressed, it does not operate. | The battery is running low. | Recharge the battery. |
| The date and time is wrong. | The correct date and time is not set. | Set the correct date and time. |
| The date set has disappeared. | The battery is removed with the power still on. | Set the date and time again. |
| About connecting to your computer/software | ||
| Cannot download images. | The free space on the hard disk in your computer may be insufficient. | Check whether the hard disk has a space for running Windows, and if the drive for loading image files has a capacity at least that of the memory card inserted in the camera. |
| No power supply. | Recharge the battery. Use AC power adapter. Turn the power on. | |
| Cannot playback video clips on Video Driver. | DirectX has compatibility issue with Video Driver. | Download and install DirectX 9.0 from Microsoft website. |
| Media player version under 9.0 on Windows ME. | Update media player version to 9.0 or above. |