Minolta DiMAGE S404, Instruction Manual

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DATA PANEL
Frame counter
(p. 42)
N
AMES OF PARTS
MODE DIAL
Auto-recording mode (p. 20)
Multi-function recording mode (p. 48)
Playback mode (p. 66)
Movie-recording mode (p. 64)
Setup mode (p. 83)
Data-transfer mode (p. 92)
VIEWFINDER
Focus lamp
(green)
Flash lamp
(orange)
Focus frame
This dial gives direct
and easy access to
the camera’s major
modes. It also acts
as the main switch
Digital-subject-program indicators (p. 28)
Exposure-compensation indicator (p. 46)
Camera-sensitivity indicator (p. 57)
Spot-metering indicator (p. 58)
Battery-condition indicator (p. 17)
White-balance indicator (p. 54)
Flash-mode indicators (p. 30)
Manual-focus indicator (p. 56)
Image-size display (p. 40)
Image-quality display (p. 41)
Drive-mode indicators (p. 32)
Microphone indicator (p. 43)
Exposure-mode indicators (p. 52)
Digital-subject-program icons (p. 28)
Because the optical viewfinder and the lens are slightly separated, the image seen
through one is not exactly the same as the other; this is called parallax. Parallax can
cause errors in framing at close distances and is more pronounced at longer focal
lengths. When the subject is closer than 1m (3ft) at the wide-angle lens positions or 3m
(9.8ft) at the telephoto lens position, use the LCD monitor to compose the image;
because the lens creates the monitor image, it does not suffer from parallax.