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Before you begin For proper and safe use Thank you for purchasing this digital camera. Please take the time to read through this instruction Read and understand all warnings and cautions before using this product. manual so you can enjoy all the features of your new camera. Check the packing list before using this product. If any items are missing, immediately contact your camera dealer. WARNING Using batteries improperly can cause them to leak harmful solutions, overheat, or explode which DiMAG
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• Do not fire the flash directly into the eyes. It may damage eyesight. CAUTION • Do not fire the flash at vehicle operators. It may cause a distraction or temporary blindness which may lead to an accident. • Do not use or store the product in a hot or humid environment such as the glove compartment or • Do not use the monitor while operating a vehicle or walking. It may result in injury or an accident. trunk of a car. It may damage the product and batteries which may result in burns or injuries
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Viewing and rotating images...................................................................................................31 About this manual Deleting single images ............................................................................................................31 + The basic operation of this camera is covered between pages 12 and 33. This section of the manual i button ..............................................................................................................
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Image size (Movie) ...............................................................................................................................64 Data-transfer mode..............................................................................................................................97 Frame rate ...............................................................................................................................64 System requirements ...........................................
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Names of parts * This camera is a sophisticated optical instrument. Care should be taken to keep these surfaces clean. Please read the care and storage instructions in the back of this manual (p. 116). Diopter-adjustment dial (p. 17) Macro button (p. 35) Viewfinder* (p. 17) Zoom lever Shutter-release button Flash* (p. 26) (p. 20) Exposure-mode dial (p. 21, 29, 36 - 40) AF window* Flash-mode button (p. 26) Controller LCD monitor* Card slot Lens* Access lamp (p. 16) Menu button DC terminal (p.
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Inserting batteries GETTING UP AND RUNNING This digital camera uses four AA-size alkaline or Ni-MH batteries. Do not use other types of AA bat- Attaching the strap and lens cap teries. The camera should be off when replacing batteries. Always keep the strap around your neck in the event that the camera is accidentally dropped. An optional leather neck strap, NS-DG1000, is also available from your Konica Minolta dealer. 3 Availability varies with region. To open the battery-chamber door, slide t
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Battery condition indicator Connecting the optional AC adapter This camera is equipped with an automatic battery-condition indicator. When the camera is on, the battery-condition indicator appears on the monitor. If the monitor is blank, the batteries may be Always turn off the camera before changing between power supplies. exhausted or installed incorrectly. The AC Adapter AC-11 allows the camera to be powered Full-battery indicator - the battery is fully charged. This indicator is displayed f
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Changing the memory card Turning on the camera and displays This digital camera is equipped with a internal storage (approximately 14.5MB) so images can be Press the main switch to turn the camera on. Pressing the switch again turns recorded without a memory card. For increased memory capacity, an SD Memory Card or the camera off. MultiMediaCard can be inserted into the camera. When card is inserted, the images are recorded on the card. For more about memory cards see page 118. Around the main
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Setting the date and time Setting the Menu language After initially inserting batteries, the camera’s clock and cal- For customers in certain areas, the menu language may endar must be set. When images are recorded, the image have to be set. Press the menu button (1) to open the data is saved with the date and time of recording. menu; the appearance of the menu will depend on the posi- If the clock and calendar have not been set, a message is tion of the camera’s controls. 1 2 displayed for a fe
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Recording images automatically BASIC RECORDING Turn the exposure-mode dial to the auto-recording position (1); all camera This section covers the basic operation of this camera. Thoroughly operations are now fully automatic. The autofocus, exposure, and imaging familiarize yourself with the operations in this section before moving systems will work together to bring beautiful results effortlessly. on to the other sections in the manual. While many of the camera’s systems in this mode are automat
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Basic recording operation Automatic Digital Subject Program Selection The example uses auto recording. Except for movie recording, the operation for Automatic Digital Program Selection chooses between program autoexposure and one of five digital other exposure modes is the same. Automatic Digital Subject Program Selection is subject programs. The digital subject programs optimize camera setting for various conditions and only available in the auto recording mode. subjects. Automatic Digital Subj
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Focus lock Focus signals Focus lock prevents the AF system from focusing. This can be used with off-center subjects or The focus signal in the lower right corner of the LCD monitor indicates the focus status. The shutter when a special focusing situation prevents the camera from focusing (p. 25). can be released even if the camera cannot focus on the subject. Place the subject within the focus frame. Press and hold the Focus locked. shutter-release button partway down. • The focus signal indica
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Flash modes Flash range - auto-recording mode To change the flash mode, simply press the flash The camera controls the flash output automatically. For mode button (1) until the appropriate mode is indicat- well-exposed images, the subject must be within the flash ed. range. Distance is given from the CCD plane. Because of 1 the optical system, the flash range is not the same at the Autoflash - the flash fires automatically in low-light lens’ wide-angle position as it is at the telephoto position
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+ Digital subject programs i button + Pressing the information (i ) button changes the monitor display. The display cycles among the stan- Digital subject programs optimize the cam- dard display, real-time histogram, and live image only. era’s exposure, white-balance, and image- processing systems for specific conditions and subjects. Simply turn the exposure mode dial to select the appropriate subject program; the active subject program is dis- played in the bottom left corner of the mon- itor
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To display the histogram display, press the up key of the controller. Press the down key BASIC PLAYBACK to return to single-frame playback.The histogram shows the luminance distribution of Images can be viewed in the Quick View or playback the image from black (left) to white (right). The 256 vertical lines indicates the relative modes. This section covers the basic operations in both proportion of that light value in the image. The histogram can be used to evaluate expo- modes. The playback mod
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+ Enlarged playback i button + The information (i ) button controls the display format. Each time the button is pressed, the display In single-frame playback in Quick View or the playback mode, a still image can be enlarged up to cycles through to the next format: full display, image only, index playback. 6X in 0.2 increments for closer examination. Full display With the image to be magnified dis- played, press the right (T) side of the zoom lever to activate the enlarged playback mode. The degr
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ADVANCED RECORDING Internal-memory indicator This section cover the advanced recording features of this camera. Read the basic recording sec- The internal-memory indicator appears when a memory card is not inserted in the tion before moving on to this section. camera. Recording mode display 1. Wide-angle converter indicator (p. 90) 2. Mode indicator 3. Flash-mode indicator (p. 26) 4. Flash-compensation display (p. 57) 5. Sharpness display (p. 61) Macro 6. Contrast display (p. 60) Macro mode all
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Program (P) Exposure mode Shutter priority (S) Exposure mode The program exposure mode controls both the shutter speed and aperture to The photographer selects the shutter speed and the camera sets the appropriate ensure correct exposures. This exposure mode allows photographers to shoot aperture to ensure correct exposure. When shutter priority is selected, the shutter without worry about exposure settings. The shutter speed and aperture values of speed on the monitor turns blue and a double a
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Manual (M) Exposure mode Manual exposure mode allows individual selection of shutter speeds and aper- Camera notes tures. This mode overrides the exposure system giving the photographer total con- trol over the final exposure. When the shutter speed is one second or longer, the shutter sound indicates both the begining and end of the exposure. Use the up/down keys of the controller to change the shutter speed. Use the left/right keys of the controller to change the aperture. The changes made to
