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Summary of Contents for DYNAX 5D

Page 1: ...ltasupport corn KonicaMinolta PhotoWorld www konicaminoltaphotowerid corn KON CA IVI NOLTA PHOTO IMAG NG iNC 2005 Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Inc under the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyrigh...

Page 2: ...le VC 500 USB Cable USB 3 Digital Camera Software CD ROM Camera instruction manual Warranty card This product is designed to work with accessories manufactured and distributed by Konica Minolta Using...

Page 3: ...use of the digital camera and its accessories _WABNING Only use the battery specified in this manual Only use the specified charger or AC adapter within the voltage range indicated on the unit An inap...

Page 4: ...at the sun If sunlight is focused on an inflammable surface a fire may result Replace the lens cap when the lens is not in use Do not use or store these products in a hot or humid environment such as...

Page 5: ...c playback 34 Viewing images 34 Rotating images 34 Histogram display 35 Deleting single images 36 Changing the playback display 37 Enlarged playback 38 Advanced recording 39 Exposure mode dial 39 Digi...

Page 6: ...95 Exposure compensation setup 95 AF illuminator 96 Card shutter lock 96 Lens shutter lock 96 AF area setup 97 Monitor display setup 97 Recording display setup 97 Playback display setup 97 Setup menu...

Page 7: ...d edition 124 Windows Me 2000 Professional and XP 124 Macintosh 124 Removing the driver software Windows 125 PictBridge 126 Notes on printing errors 127 Navigating the PictBridge menu 128 Batch print...

Page 8: ...14 Lens contacts 15 Depth of field preview button p 49 16 Tripod socket 17 Battery chamber release p 21 18 Battery chamber door p 21 1 Main switch 2 Eyepiece sensors 3 Viewfinder p 17 4 Eyepiece cup p...

Page 9: ...Notes VlEWFINDER C F I L C J Wide focus frame tJ Spot AF area p 47 J J 1 Local focus areas p 57 J j _ Spot metering area p 59 LJ j The spot AF area and local focus areas are illuminated briefly to ind...

Page 10: ...orientation with the index marks Never force the lens Mounting indices Press the lens release all the way in and turn the lens counter clockwise until it stops Carefully remove the lens ATTACHING THEC...

Page 11: ...tabs on the charger unit Slide the battery into the unit The indicator lamp 2 glows to show the battery is charging The lamp goes out when the battery is charged Charging time is approximately 150 min...

Page 12: ...nto an electrical outlet BATTERY CONDiTiON iNDiCATOR This camera is equipped with an automatic battery condition indicator When the camera is on the indicator appears on the monitor The indicator chan...

Page 13: ...ard eject lever to extend it 5 Press the extended card eject lever to eject the card The card can now be pulled out Take care when removing the card as it becomes hot with use The card eject lever sho...

Page 14: ...th day year Press the central button to set the clock and calendar BASICRECORDING SETTING THECAMERA TO RECORD iMAGES AUTOMATICALLY Turn the exposure dial to the auto or program P position The camera c...

Page 15: ...the image data is being written to the memory card Never remove a card while data is being transferred FOCUS SIGNALS The viewfinder focus signal indicates the status of the autofocus system Focusing t...

Page 16: ...flash mode is changed with the recording menu p 75 Push down the built in flash when the camera is not in use The flash is also used as an AF illuminator see page 96 The viewfinder flash signal indica...

Page 17: ...with the scale and press the shutter release button all the way down to take the picture Anti shake cannot be used with some lenses see page 110 Turn Anti Shake off when the camera is mounted on a tr...

Page 18: ...down key to return to single frame playback 1 Image size p 72 2 Image quality p 72 3 Shutter speed 4 Aperture 5 Exposure mode p 39 6 Camera sensitivity ISO p 54 7 Histogram 8 Focal length 9 Exposure c...

Page 19: ...ge only index playback The index display can be changed in section 1 of the playback menu Full display Image only Index playback In index playback the four way keys of the controller move the yellow b...

Page 20: ...portion of the image enlarged The controller s four way keys moves the magnification area The enlarge and reduce buttons change the size of the area Press the playback button to cancel enlarged playb...

Page 21: ...l can be changed when using Digital Subject Programs The use of auto white balance AWB is recommended when using Digital Subject Programs p 64 Auto recotdi_g Auto recording is set with the exposure mo...

Page 22: ...the built in flash When Anti Shake is on the maximum shutter speed that can be used is 1 125s With Anti Shake off the flash sync speed is 1 160s While a faster shutter speed cannot be used there is no...

Page 23: ...arrow indicates the set exposure is _ 2 7Ev or greater than the exposure determined by the meter By pressing and holding the AEL button 1 continuous meter readings are displayed on the Ev scales Two...

Page 24: ...When the monitor and viewfinder Ev scale indicates 0 the locked exposure shown in the shutter speed and aperture displays is the same as the exposure determined by the spot metering area The metered a...

Page 25: ...the dark water caused the camera to overexpose the image making it bright and washed out By compensating the exposure detail is brought out in the leaves and the stones and water appear richer Metere...

Page 26: ...The number of JPEG images depend on the subject some subjects can be compressed further than others AF Zoom xi and Power Zoom lenses cannot be zoomed when taking pictures with continuous advance The...

Page 27: ...are made when the flash is down Compose the picture as described in the basic recording section p 28 As the bracket is made the index marks disappear from the Ev scale to show the remaining frames Whe...

Page 28: ...image Zone Matching is used for recording high key Hi200 or low key Low80 scenes The number refers to the approximate ISO equivalent for reflected light meter measurements A high key scene is made up...

Page 29: ...ea AF area modes control which AF areas are used for focus The modes are selected with the function button p 56 The active AF area is indicated on the moniton Wide AF area to use the wide focus frames...

Page 30: ...ayed manually focus the lens Do not attempt to focus the lens until the focus signal is displayed The active mode is displayed on the monitor Metering modes The metering mode specifies the metering pa...

Page 31: ...softens and nearly eliminate shadows Color mode The color mode controls what the image looks like as well as the color space The color mode is set with the function button p 56 The color mode can onl...

Page 32: ...t functions such as Kodak EasyShare will not reproduce Adobe RGB images correctly DiMAGE Master Lite supplied with the camera is required to open RAW Adobe RGB images taken with this camera The full v...

Page 33: ...etects the type of light and adjust the white balance accordingly When the built in flash is used the white balance is set for the color temperature of the flash Simply set the white balance dial to t...

Page 34: ...a gray card as a reference target to reduce the intensity of the illumination K cobttemperature Color temperature Magenta Green compensation White balance can be set to a known color temperature of a...

Page 35: ...per of this manual you are reading looks white regardless of the type of lighting Photographic systems are much less flexible As the light source changes so does the overall color of a scene fluoresce...

Page 36: ...own key to highlight the new setting If Enter is displayed press the central button of the controller to open the next screen Press the central button of the controller to select the highlighted setti...

Page 37: ...displayed on the monitors The enlarged playback and print functions cannot be used Unlike the other image quality modes RAW image data is unprocessed and requires image processing before it can be use...

Page 38: ...seconds This can be turned off in section 1 of the recording menu p 70 Noise reduction uses dark frame subtraction Noise reduction is not applied to a continuous advance series FLASH MODES The flash m...

Page 39: ...custom menu should be set to one of the hold options If the flash does not fire change the camera flash or subject position The slow shutter sync is active in auto recording P A and digital subject p...

Page 40: ...control is set to pre flash TTL When using the Program Flash 2500 D switch both the flash unit and camera to ADI metering Pre flash TTL calculates flash exposure with a pre flash only This mode must...

Page 41: ...defined classifications Outtakes can easily be hidden from view without the need to delete or remove them from the folder Is it difficult to decide which image is the best The Examiner window allows y...

Page 42: ...etting has been selected the cursor returns to the menu options and the new setting is displayed Changes can continue to be made To return to the playback mode press the menu button images on the memo...

Page 43: ...e card are deleted The delete function can only erase unlocked images If an image is locked it must be unlocked before it can be deleted Deleting a large amount of data from a large capacity memory ca...

Page 44: ...k card all images on the memory card are unlocked Locking an image protects it from a delete function However the formatting function erase all files on a memory card whether locked or not Locked imag...

Page 45: ...from digital images Single multiple or all images on the memory card or in a folder specified with the view folder option can be printed p 85 DPOF setup has three options Marked frames to choose a gro...

Page 46: ...creen appears choosing and entering Yes executes the operation and cancels the print and index print order Two options are available All frames O To cancel all printing files on the memory card All fr...

Page 47: ...urns to the menu To set AF or shutter release priority p 93 To set the operation of a lens focus hold button p 94 set the operation of the AEL button p 94 specify exposure control with the control dia...

Page 48: ...unlock the exposure CONTROL DiAL SETUP The operation of the control dial in the auto recording program and manual exposure modes p 39 can be specified in section 1 of the custom menu p 92 This custom...

Page 49: ...ASETUP The spot focus or local AF areas are illuminated when the camera focuses The illumination period is selected in section 2 of the custom menu p 92 between 0 3 seconds and 0 6 seconds AF area ill...

Page 50: ...ress the central button of the controller to continue Press the central button of the controller to select the highlighted setting Once a setting has been selected the cursor returns to the menu optio...

Page 51: ...a television The video output can be changed between NTSC and PAL North America uses the NTSC standard and Europe uses the PAL standard Check which standard is used in your region to play back images...

Page 52: ...ered in section 1 of the setup menu the date time screen is displayed Use the left right keys of the controller or rear control dial to select the item to be changed Use the up down keys or front cont...

Page 53: ...LDER This option specifies in which folder images are saved Only folders with a standard folder name can be selected If the date folder name option is used images are placed in a folder with the corre...

Page 54: ...n the CCD in a dust free environment Use a blower brush to remove the dust compressed air can damage the camera Accessory Notes _ I The optional DiMAGE Master software can remove the affects of dust f...

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Page 56: ...e same angle of view as a 150mm lens on a 35mm camera CCD PLANE For some technical photographic applications such as macro photography the position of the CCD plane is necessary The illustration shows...

Page 57: ...is compatible with both center positive normal polarity and center negative positive polarity flash units with a voltage of 400V or lower The software upgrade included with the PCT 100 should not be u...

Page 58: ...fect on the performance of previous cameras A remote camera driver is supplied in the Windows edition of the Digital Camera Software CD ROM This driver is not compatible with this camera CONNECTING TH...

Page 59: ...stall the Windows 98 USB driver click on the Install the Windows 98 USB mass storage driver button A window appears to confirm that the driver should be installed click Yes to continue When the driver...

Page 60: ...OK Neither the camera or computer will be damaged in this operation Unplug the USB cable and turn off the camera Remake the USB connection by reattaching the cable and turning the camera on Konica Min...

Page 61: ...er one greater than the greatest folder number on the memory card e g from 100KM028 to 101KM028 The file number on the image file may not correspond to its frame number on the camera As images are del...

Page 62: ...safe to remove hardware message appears Disconnect the USB cable When more than one external device is connected to the computer repeat the procedure above except right click on the unplug or eject ha...

Page 63: ...ected to the computer during this procedure 2 Right click on the My computer icon Select properties from the drop down menu Windows XP from the start menu go to the control panel Click on the performa...

Page 64: ...play button switches between the single frame and index playback formats on the PictBridge screen Enlarged playback activated with the enlarge button p 38 can be used to examine image files on the scr...

Page 65: ...ntral button of the controller to select the highlighted setting Once a setting has been selected the cursor returns to the menu options and the new setting is displayed To return to the PictBridge sc...

Page 66: ...f the PictBridge menu The printer setup option uses the quality set with the printer The fine quality can be specified with the camera Data can be printed with the image in section 2 of the PictBridge...

Page 67: ...RTANT Install the software from the Digital Camera Software CD ROM before connecting the camera to the computer Failure to do so may cause the software to install incorrectly 1 2 3 Place the Digital C...

Page 68: ...nual on the supplied DiMAGE Instruction Manual CD ROM The manual is located in the manual folder on the CD ROM and organized in language folders Copy the file to your computer for reference Adobe Read...

Page 69: ...e No memory card in the camera Insert a memory card p 24 counter Pictures are not sharD While using flash the SlOtUres are too dark A shado_ appea_ on the bo_omofthe _mage Focus signal IS blinking Sub...

Page 70: ...provide years of service CAME ACARE Do not subject the camera to shock or impact Turn off the camera when transporting This camera is neither waterproof nor splashproof Inserting or removing batterie...

Page 71: ...austed or removed if the camera resets each time the battery is removed the battery is exhausted It must be replaced at a Konica Minolta service facility After initially inserting the battery do not r...

Page 72: ...quipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is...

Page 73: ...om the eyepiece cup at 1 diopter 0 83x 50mm lens at infinity at 1 diopter 2 5 inch TFT color low temperature polysilicon Type I and II CompactFlash cards Microdrives JPEG and RAW DCF 2 0 DPOF and Exif...

Page 74: ...111 File browser 37 87 File number memory 103 121 Fill flash 75 Flash 31 Attaching 112 Compatibility 112 Compensation 56 60 Control 79 Modes 75 Range 31 55 Sync speed 42 112 Focus area selection 57 F...

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