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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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Страница 1: ...INSTRUCTION MANUAL E 9224 2776 11 H A112...

Страница 2: ...battery charger BC 200 Hand strap HS DG100 8MB SD Memory Card AV cable AVC 200 USB cable USB 500 DiMAGE software CD ROM for DiMAGE X PDF DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility manual on CD ROM PDF Camera manual...

Страница 3: ...ic products Only use the battery specified in this camera manual Only use the specified charger within the voltage range specified on the charger unit An inappropri ate charger or current may cause da...

Страница 4: ...ircuit inside the product is touched Immediately remove the battery or unplug the AC adapter and discontinue use if the camera is dropped or subjected to an impact in which the interior especially the...

Страница 5: ...ers and solvents may cause an explosion or fire When unplugging the AC adapter or charger do not pull on the power cord Hold the plug when removing it from an outlet Do not damage twist modify heat or...

Страница 6: ...contact with people or objects The flash unit discharges a large amount of energy which may cause burns Do not apply pressure to the LCD monitor A damaged monitor may cause injury and the liquid from...

Страница 7: ...ers how to prepare the camera for use It contains important information about power supplies and memory cards The basic operation of this camera is covered in the recording mode section between pages...

Страница 8: ...nce 38 Preset white balance 39 Digital zoom 40 Instant playback 41 Voice memo 42 Folder name 43 LCD brightness 44 Auto power off menu settings 44 Audio signals 44 Setting the date and time 45 Setting...

Страница 9: ...camera to a computer 65 Connecting to Windows 98 and 98SE 67 Automatic installation 67 Manual installation 68 Connecting to Mac OS 8 6 70 QuickTime system requirements 70 Auto power off data transfer...

Страница 10: ...aces clean Please read the care and storage instructions in the back of this manual p 82 Flash p 26 Self timer lamp p 32 Lens Main switch Microphone Tripod socket Battery Card chamber door p 13 16 DC...

Страница 11: ...B port cover Viewfinder Indicator lamp p 81 Mode switch Left key Right key Zoom lever p 21 LCD monitor Display button p 48 52 Flash mode button p 26 Menu button Enter button Speaker Recording mode p 2...

Страница 12: ...nual Only recharge the battery with the sup plied battery charger The battery should be recharged before each shooting session See page 83 for battery care and storage Plug the power cord into the cha...

Страница 13: ...ose the battery chamber door 7 and slide it toward the top of the camera to engage the safety catch 8 After installing the battery the set time date message may appear on the monitor The clock and cal...

Страница 14: ...below this level when the camera is on the battery exhausted message will appear just before the camera shuts down Auto power off To conserve battery power the camera will shut down if an operation is...

Страница 15: ...her areas Insert the mini plug of the AC adapter into the DC terminal 1 Insert the AC adapter plug into an electrical outlet Do not change the power supply while the camera is on Always turn off the c...

Страница 16: ...ry card press the card into the slot and release 4 The card can now be pulled out Close the battery chamber door 5 and slide it toward the top of the camera to engage the safety catch 6 Slide the batt...

Страница 17: ...rd is protect ed images cannot be recorded If an attempt is made to record or delete an image with the camera the card locked message will appear and the LED lamps near the viewfinder will turn red an...

Страница 18: ...ge may also have to be set To change the language refer to page 76 Turn the camera on by pressing the main switch near the shutter release button 1 Slide the mode switch to the playback posi tion 2 2...

Страница 19: ...t keys to select the item to be changed Use the zoom lever to adjust the item Press the enter button to set the clock and calendar The playback menu will be displayed Press the menu button to close th...

Страница 20: ...n Handling the camera While using the viewfinder or LCD monitor grip the camera firmly with your right hand while supporting the camera body with your left Keep your elbows at your side and your feet...

Страница 21: ...d to as wide angle the angle of view is larger than that of the human eye Above 50mm is referred to as telephoto and makes distant objects appear closer The effect of the optical zoom is visible in bo...

Страница 22: ...the warning appears the shutter can still be released If the warning appears place the camera on a tripod or use the built in flash Camera shake warning Microphone indicator Exposure compensation p 46...

Страница 23: ...release button all the way down 2 to take the pic ture After the shutter releases the indicator lamp next to the viewfinder will turn orange and blink indicating image data is being written to the me...

Страница 24: ...tter release button partway down to lock the focus The focus signal on the monitor and the viewfinder indicator lamp will indicate if the focus is locked Without lifting your finger from the shutter r...

Страница 25: ...tion p 24 can be used to focus on another object at the same distance as your main subject and then the image can be recomposed to take the picture The subject in the focus frame is low in contrast Th...

Страница 26: ...an be used to reduce harsh shadows caused by strong direct light or sunshine Flash modes The flash can be used when taking still images To set the flash mode simply press the flash mode button 1 on th...

Страница 27: ...hutter will not release When the lamp turns green the flash is charged and ready to fire Flash cancel the flash will not fire Use flash cancel when flash photography is prohibited natural light is des...

Страница 28: ...ht the option whose setting needs to be changed With the menu option to be changed highlighted press the right key the settings will be displayed with the current setting indicated by an arrow To retu...

Страница 29: ...X 1200 1280 X 960 640 X 480 Super fine Fine Standard Economy Auto Single Continuous Self timer Movie Audio rec Fluorescent Tungsten Cloudy Daylight Digital zoom Custom Instant playback Voice memo Fold...

Страница 30: ...n of the recording mode menu p 28 When the camera is turned off the drive mode is reset to single frame advance Drive modes Movie recording p 33 Audio recording p 34 Single frame advance Self timer p...

Страница 31: ...utter release button partway down to lock the exposure and focus for the series Press and hold the shutter release button all the way down 1 to begin taking pictures When the shutter release button is...

Страница 32: ...ll the way down to begin the countdown 2 Because focus and exposure are determined when the shutter release button is pressed do not stand in front of the camera when taking a self timer image Always...

Страница 33: ...recording The camera will continue to record until the recording time is used or the shutter release button is pressed again When recording the frame counter will countdown the recording time Take car...

Страница 34: ...release button 1 A bar graph 2 will display the amount of recorded time The recording will stop when the shutter release button is pressed again or the ninety second limit has elapsed When making aud...

Страница 35: ...in the basic section of the recording mode menu p 28 Three image sizes are available 1600 X 1200 UXGA 1280 X 960 SXGA and 640 X 480 VGA Image size is defined by the image s horizontal and vertical di...

Страница 36: ...number of pixels in the image The higher the image quality the lower the rate of compression and the larger the file sizes If the economical use of the memory card is important use the economy mode St...

Страница 37: ...taken may not change the counter or may decrease it by more than one When the frame counter displays three red zeros it indicates no more images at the image size and quality settings can be captured...

Страница 38: ...mode menu p 28 White balance Automatic white balance The automatic white balance compensates for the color temperature of a scene In most cases the auto setting will balance the ambient light and crea...

Страница 39: ...on the monitor To record the ambient light set the flash mode to flash cancel p 26 The built in flash can be used with preset white balance but will create a pinkish or blueish cast with the fluoresce...

Страница 40: ...the set image size the quality of the images may not be equal to images taken without the digital zoom The effect of the digital zoom is visible on the LCD monitor only The digital zoom function is c...

Страница 41: ...When used with voice memo the audio recording will begin after the image is played back Innovation and creativity has always been a driving force behind Minolta products The Electro zoom X was purely...

Страница 42: ...bar graph 1 will display the amount of recording time remaining To stop the recording press the shutter release button or enter button 2 The recording will automatically stop when the fifteen second...

Страница 43: ...starts with the three digit serial number and is followed by one register for the year two registers for the month and two registers for the day 100YMMDD The folder 10120412 was created in 2002 on Apr...

Страница 44: ...return to the recording or playback mode The LCD brightness level will affect both modes 1 2 Auto power off menu settings To conserve battery power the camera will shut down if an operation is not ma...

Страница 45: ...hanged and the zoom lever 2 is used to change the value From left to right the screen shows the year month day hour and minute When the date and time have been adjusted set the clock by pressing the e...

Страница 46: ...The camera exposure can be adjusted to make the final picture lighter or darker by as much as 2Ev in 1 3 increments The exposure compensation value will remain in effect until it has been reset or the...

Страница 47: ...Ev will result in an image with normal tonal values In this example the dark scene appears bright and washed out on the LCD monitor By decreasing the exposure by 1 5 Ev the richness of the sunset is...

Страница 48: ...the viewfinder to take pictures However because of parallax the monitor should be used for subjects closer than 1m 3ft at the zoom lens wide angle position or 3m 10ft at the telephoto position When t...

Страница 49: ...tion to the subject the depth of field becomes shallower separating the subject from the background Many portraits are taken with telephoto lenses Zooming the lens out to the wide angle position makes...

Страница 50: ...of recording Date of recording Lock icon p 59 Magnification display p 53 Image size p 35 Image quality p 36 Battery condition indi cator p 14 Frame number total number of images Audio track indicator...

Страница 51: ...button 3 To cancel a voice memo or audio caption press the menu button To pause and restart an audio recording press the enter button Pressing the menu button cancels the playback A note icon at the b...

Страница 52: ...displayed at the bottom of the screen The accompanying audio track of the highlighted image can be played by pressing the enter button When the display information button is pressed again the highligh...

Страница 53: ...mage can be enlarged in six steps for closer examination 1 5X 2 0X 2 5X 3 0X 3 5X and 4 0X Pressing the zoom lever up increases the image magnification Pressing the zoom lever down decreases the image...

Страница 54: ...display the setting screen The Basic tab at the top of the menu will be highlighted Use the left right keys to highlight the appropriate menu tab the menus will change as the tabs are highlighted 54...

Страница 55: ...ption This frame All frames Marked frames This frame All frames Marked frames Cancel all Enter Print Index print This frame All frames Marked frames Yes No Unlock frames Yes No For information on fram...

Страница 56: ...ects the frame when selected an icon will appear next to the frame Pressing the zoom lever down deselects the frame removing the icon The menu button cancels the screen and any operation made The garb...

Страница 57: ...voice memo audio track recorded with an image Audio captions cannot be attached to movie clips nor can they over rewrite audio recordings The audio caption can be stopped during the fif teen second r...

Страница 58: ...ill mark the frame with the garbage can icon To deselect a file for deletion highlight it with the yellow border and press the zoom lever down the garbage can icon will disappear Continue until all th...

Страница 59: ...nd right keys to highlight the image or audio recording to be locked Pressing the zoom lever up will mark the frame with the key icon To unlock a file highlight it with the yellow border and press the...

Страница 60: ...f copies pressing the zoom lever down will decrease the number A maximum of nine copies can be ordered To deselect an image for printing press the zoom lever down until the the number of copies reache...

Страница 61: ...ies will be displayed next to the icon After the pictures have been printed the DPOF file will still remain on the memory card The DPOF files must be canceled manually DPOF files cannot be created for...

Страница 62: ...mation screen will appear Choosing Yes will format the card choosing No will cancel the formatting operation A screen will appear to indicate the card has been formatted If the unable to use card mess...

Страница 63: ...on The camera s monitors will not activate when the camera is attached to a television The playback mode display will be visible on the television screen Set the television to the video channel 63 Vie...

Страница 64: ...rmance of the DiMAGE 7 5 S304 or 2330 Read this section carefully before connecting the camera to a computer Details on using and installing the DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility software are found in the s...

Страница 65: ...port Attaching the camera to a USB hub may prevent the camera from operating properly A fully charged battery should be used when the camera is connected to a computer The use of the AC adapter sold s...

Страница 66: ...e the USB connection While the camera is connected to a computer the data transfer screen will be displayed 5 5 If the computer does not recognize the camera disconnect the camera and restart the comp...

Страница 67: ...ollow the accompanying instructions on the screen Before connecting the camera to the computer place the DiMAGE software CD ROM in the CD ROM drive The DiMAGE installer menu should automatically activ...

Страница 68: ...ow click Next The driver should be located in the CD ROM drive at Win98 USB Manual installation To install the Windows 98 driver manually follow the instructions in the connecting the camera to a comp...

Страница 69: ...R inf or USBSTRG inf The letter designating the CD ROM drive will vary between computers The last window will confirm the driver has been installed Click Finish to close the add new hardware wizard Re...

Страница 70: ...to save power When the camera shuts down an unsafe removal of device warning may appear on the computer monitor Click OK Neither the camera or computer will be damaged in this operation Unplug the US...

Страница 71: ...2000 professional and XP Macintosh 1 Stop the USB connection using the unplug or eject hardware routine p 74 2 Disconnect the USB cable 3 Turn off the camera 4 Change the memory card 5 Reconnect the U...

Страница 72: ...are only used in camera operation Memory card folder organization Drive Icon Dcim PICT0001 TIF PICT0002 JPG PICT0003 MOV Audio recording Fine stan dard or econ omy image Movie clip Misc The misc folde...

Страница 73: ...rgest file number in the folder When the file number exceeds 9 999 a new folder will be created with a number one greater than the greatest folder number on the memory card e g from 100MLT09 to 101MLT...

Страница 74: ...after clicking on the small window indicating the device 74 DATA TRANSFER MODE Disconnecting the camera from a computer Windows Me 2000 professional and XP Confirm the indicator lamp is not lit Disco...

Страница 75: ...o the trash Disconnect the USB cable and turn off the camera If the USB cable is disconnected before performing the first step an alert message will appear Always complete the first step before discon...

Страница 76: ...e zoom lever to select the language Press the enter button to set the selected lan guage The playback menu will be displayed Press the menu button to close the playback menu The menu language is set o...

Страница 77: ...or damage or if a problem continues to reoccur frequently contact a Minolta service facility listed on the back cover of this manual Shutter will not release 000 is dis played on the frame counter Th...

Страница 78: ...e as the subject p 24 Pictures are taken indoors or in low light situations with out flash Slow shutter speeds result in blurred images when the camera is hand held Use a tripod or the built in flash...

Страница 79: ...ution The lens was partially covered with an object or finger When using the viewfinder take care not to cover the lens Part of the image area is hidden behind a dark object Viewfinder was used to cap...

Страница 80: ...ed is below the limit where the camera can be safely hand held Use flash p 26 or tripod The camera cannot focus The subject is closer than 0 25m 0 8ft or a special situation is preventing the autofocu...

Страница 81: ...l be located in the universal serial bus controller or other devices loca tion of the device manager Click on the locations to display the files The driver should be indicated with the camera name Und...

Страница 82: ...before removing it from the bag SD Memory Cards and MultiMediaCards are manufactured with precision electronic components The following may cause data loss or damage Improper use of the card Bending d...

Страница 83: ...ight container with a silica gel drying agent Remove the battery and memory card from the camera when not in use for extended periods Do not store the camera in an area with naphthalene or mothballs D...

Страница 84: ...formances exhibitions etc is prohibited without approval and can infringe on copyright Images protected by copyright can only be used under the provisions within the copy right laws Copyright Although...

Страница 85: ...a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try t...

Страница 86: ...t of the camera Autofocusing system Video AF Shutter CCD electronic shutter plus mechanical shutter Shutter speeds 2 1 1000s Built in flash recycling time Approximately 6 seconds Viewfinder Optical re...

Страница 87: ...rmance playback Approximate continuous playback time 120 min Based on Minolta s standard test method NP 200 lithium ion battery LCD monitor on no audio play back External power source AC adapter AC 4...

Страница 88: ...Printed in Japan 2001 Minolta Co Ltd under the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention...

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