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Is anyone as annoyed as I am...no more manuals included

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A good point, though I wonder how much of the cost savings is actually passed on to the consumer who doesn't need/want a hardcopy.
It will be like when airlines went from paper tickets to on-line ticketing and stopped giving out free food. Initially there was no drop in price - presumably the cost savings went to the airline. Over time, as ticketing fees were developed and the cost savings has been passed through as airlines competed with each other on the basis of air fares sans frills.

Personally I'm all in favor of the idea - I like when I can buy a base model, then add (and pay for) the sets of features that I'm most interested in.

As regards manuals, initially I liked my old paper manuals, but now n most cases I much prefer electronic versions. Even if I want a hard copy of something, it's much easier to print out and carry around only the few pages I care about instead of having the whole manual.

The only manual I can think of where I definitely want to have a full paper version is with an automobile. And even with vehicles, I would prefer to have a shorter version to keep in the car that has immediate operation and maintenance information, with a longer and more detailed version of the manual in searchable pdf format on a disk.
 

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I have received manuals with my last few purchases. They are huge. Of course only 1/4 of the manual will be of any benefit to me.

I guess if I want to use the rest of it I will have to ask my kids, they are bilingual. I had one that was in Mandarin, French, German and of course Spanish.

The "world life" train left me at the depot. :eek:
 

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The same goes for computers. I you want the CD's to restore your computer in case it crashes, you need to pay for them. Now that's not cool.
 

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The same goes for computers. I you want the CD's to restore your computer in case it crashes, you need to pay for them. Now that's not cool.

it's same deal: make your own.
 

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Print out the pages you need and take pictures of them with your camera. If needed, put them on a separate flash card. Then you'll always have them with your camera.

There are free applications that will convert pdf pages to jpeg images.

Conceivably, you could convert the pdf manual to a set of images that could be copied to a flash card and viewed on your camera's LCD screen.
 

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Never mind.
 
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There are free applications that will convert pdf pages to jpeg images.

Conceivably, you could convert the pdf manual to a set of images that could be copied to a flash card and viewed on your camera's LCD screen.

I was thinking it's all just digital data, so it should be viewable by some means other than photographing. Didn't really think about a pdf to jpg app, but I guess it only makes sense that one exists.

That would seem to be the optimal solution, IMO. Thanks for mentioning it.
 

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I was thinking it's all just digital data, so it should be viewable by some means other than photographing. Didn't really think about a pdf to jpg app, but I guess it only makes sense that one exists.

That would seem to be the optimal solution, IMO. Thanks for mentioning it.

The optimal solution would be to store the manual in the cameras memory with an embedded reader. Then you could read the manual on the LCD of the computer. As a pdf file you would be able to search the document (which you can't do after conversion to .jpg) and the overall package (reader + pdf file) would use much less memory than the jpg version.

Or you can connect the camera to a computer or a television set and display the users manual on screen.
 

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The optimal solution would be to store the manual in the cameras memory with an embedded reader. Then you could read the manual on the LCD of the computer. As a pdf file you would be able to search the document (which you can't do after conversion to .jpg) and the overall package (reader + pdf file) would use much less memory than the jpg version.

Or you can connect the camera to a computer or a television set and display the users manual on screen.

I should have said optimal viable solution.
 

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You can easily send any .pdf to a Kindle (not sure about Nook) via it's native .pdf reader. Simply email it to your Kindle's email address. Then it's searchable, has any imbedded graphics, is scalable.

Jim
 

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I believe the OP was stating a preference to have a small user manual for a camera. (Something you could carry with you.) I totally agree it's nice to have with a camera. And I did receive one with my little Canon digital camera I got a few years ago and I use it quite often on the road.

But--for those who are more advanced with digital cameras, I can see why you don't need or want the manual.

Other tech tools like PCs and printers, I 'got over it' a long time ago and download the manuals. Still, when I get a new toy, I like to sit down with some coffee and browse through the manual to learn how to use all the bells & whistles.

Maybe I'm just getting tired of having to be in front of a computer for so much of my life. And of course I don't want to give up TUG. :D
 

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It bothers me too as I'm a manual person and like to study my new toy page by page. In those press runs, the cost of a manual is less than a quarter.
 

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I don't miss them. I've made the transition and now expect them to be in PDF format.
 

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I ordered a canon elph 300 on cyber monday. It is scheduled to be delivered today. I sure hope the user manual is included :doh:
 

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I ordered a canon elph 300 on cyber monday. It is scheduled to be delivered today. I sure hope the user manual is included :doh:

I'd be willing to bet there won't be one. Mine was the 310. A starter booklet is included though. If you find out how to set it to AUTO mode, let me know :ponder: . Both the starter booklet and the manual tell you to set to AUTO mode, but forget to tell you what you need to do :wall: , although it is set to that now but I'm curious how it got there.

Ingrid
 

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Ingrid, you are correct it only came with users guide. No manual. I just took it out of the box and I probably won't start fiddling with it until Sunday. If I can figure it out I will let you know.
 

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I don't miss them. I've made the transition and now expect them to be in PDF format.

I'm with you. Much rather have .pdf files in a folder on my PC than a bunch of little booklets.
 
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