Konica Minolta DIMAGE DiMage Z5 manual

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2 3 Before you begin Thank you for purchasing this digital camera. Please take the time to r ead through this instruction manual so you can enjoy all the features of your new camera. Check the packing list befor e using this product. If any items ar e missing, immediately contact your camera dealer . DiMAGE Z5 digital camera Neck strap NS-DG7000 Le[...]

4 5 For proper and safe use • Keep batteries or small parts that could be swallowed away from infants. Contact a doctor imme- diately if an object is swallowed. • Store this pr oduct out of reach of children. Be careful when ar ound children not to harm them with the product or parts. • Do not fire the flash dir ectly into the eyes. It may da[...]

6 7 T able of contents The basic operation of this camera is covered between pages 12 and 33. This section of the manual covers the camera parts, preparation of the camera for use, and the basic camera operation for recor ding, viewing, and deleting images. Many of the features of this camera ar e controlled with menus. The menu navigation sections[...]

8 9 T able of contents Color mode..............................................................................................................................65 Contrast ...................................................................................................................................65 Sharpness ...................................[...]

11 10 Names of parts * This camera is a sophisticated optical instrument. Care should be taken to keep these surfaces clean. Please read the car e and storage instructions in the back of this manual (p. 122). Names of parts Shutter -release button Lens* Self-timer lamp (p. 47) Flash (p. 26) Strap eyelet (p. 12) The battery-chamber door (p. 13) and [...]

13 12 Getting up and running G G E E T T T T I I N N G G U U P P A A N N D D R R U U N N N N I I N N G G Inserting batteries Insert the batteries as indicated on the diagram on the inside of the bat- tery-chamber door . Confirm the positive and negative battery terminals are oriented corr ectly . T o open the battery-chamber door , slide the door t[...]

14 15 Getting up and running Battery condition indicator Full-battery indicator - the battery is fully charged. This indicator is displayed for three seconds on the monitor when the camera is turned on. Low-battery indicator - battery power is low . The battery should be replaced as soon as possible. This camera is equipped with an automatic batter[...]

C C a a m m e e r r a a n n o o t t e e s s 16 17 Getting up and running Changing the memory card An SD Memory Card or MultiMediaCar d must be inserted for the camera to operate. If a card has not been inserted, a no-card warning is displayed on the monitor . For more about memory cards see page 124. Always turn off the camera and confirm the acces[...]

18 19 Getting up and running Use the down key to highlight the language menu option. Press the central button to complete the operation. Use the left and right keys to select the item to be changed. Use the up and down keys to adjust the item. Press the central button to set the clock and calen- dar . Setting the date and time After initially inser[...]

20 21 Basic recor ding B B A A S S I I C C R R E E C C O O R R D D I I N N G G While using the viewfinder or LCD monitor , grip the camera firmly with your right hand while supporting the body with your left. Keep your elbows at your side and your feet shoulder -width apart to hold the camera steadily . T ake care not to cover the lens with your fi[...]

23 22 Basic recor ding Press the shutter -release button all the way down to take the pic- ture. The example uses auto recor ding. Except for movie recording, the operation for other exposure modes is the same. Automatic Digital Subject Pr ogram Selection is only available in the auto recor ding mode. Place the subject anywhere within the focus fra[...]

25 Basic recor ding The focus signal in the lower right corner of the LCD monitor indicates the focus status. The shutter can be released even if the camera cannot focus on the subject. The camera may not be able to focus in certain situations. If the autofocus system cannot focus on a subject, the focus signal will turn red. In this situation, foc[...]

T o use the built-in flash, simply raise it (1). Lower the flash unit to prevent it fr om firing. Flash-mode indicator tur ns red while the flash is charging; wait until it becomes white befor e taking pictures. T o change the flash mode, raise the flash and press the flash mode button (2) until the appropriate mode is indicated. Autoflash - the fl[...]

The monitor image can be made lighter or darker . The brightness level can be set individually for viewfinder and direct viewing. T ur n the mode switch to the appropriate position. Pr ess and hold the information (i + ) button to open the LCD brightness screen. Use the left/right keys of the controller to adjust the brightness; the monitor image c[...]

Images can be viewed in the Quick View or playback modes. This section covers the basic operations in both modes. The playback mode has additional functions, see page 72. T o view images from the playback mode, turn the mode switch to the playback position (1). T o view images from the recording mode, pr ess the Quick View / delete button (2). 31 3[...]

With the image to be magnified displayed, slide the zoom lever to the right (T) to acti- vate the enlarged playback mode. The degree of magnification is displayed on the LCD monitor . Slide the zoom lever to the right (T) to increase the image magnification. Slide the lever to the left (W) to decrease the magni- fication. 32 33 Basic playback Enlar[...]

35 34 Advanced recor ding A A D D V V A A N N C C E E D D R R E E C C O O R R D D I I N N G G This section cover the advanced recor ding features of this camera. Read the basic recording sec- tion before moving on to this section. 3. Flash-mode indicator (p. 26) 7. White-balance indicator (p. 60) 8. Camera-sensitivity (ISO) display (p. 64) 11. Mete[...]

The shutter speed and aperture contr ol more than the exposure. The shutter speed determines how sharp a moving subject is. The aperture contr ols the depth of field; the area in front of the camera that appears sharp. For more on exposur e controls, see the Short Guide to Photography on page 70. The photographer selects the aperture and the camera[...]

Manual exposure mode allows individual selection of shutter speeds and aper- tures. This mode overrides the exposur e system giving the photographer total con- trol over the final exposur e. 38 Advanced recor ding Use the up/down keys of the controller to change the shutter speed. Noise can be apparent when using a slow shutter speed or high camera[...]

Exposure compensation is used when the camera’ s exposure meter is deceived by high-key or low-key scenes. In the example, the dark water caused the camera to overex- pose the image making it too bright and washed-out. By compensating the exposure, detail is br ought out in the leaves, and the stones and water appear richer . 41 40 Advanced recor[...]

When using an accessory flash, the camera uses pre-flash TTL metering to determine exposure. The flash modes available when using an optional flash unit varies with the exposure mode. Autoflash can only be used with auto, pr ogram (P), and Digital Subject Programs. Fill-flash and slow sync. can be used with all exposure modes except movie. Red-eye [...]

Focus mode Color mode Cont. AF NaturalColor 45 44 Advanced recor ding Press the central button of the contr oller to select the highlighted setting; some options open a selection screen. On the movie recor ding and P , A, S, and M menu, use the left/right keys of the controller to highlight the appropriate menu tab; the menu changes as the tabs ar [...]

The self-timer can be used to minimize camera shake with long exposures. When using the camera on a tripod, photographs of static subjects (landscapes, still-lifes, or close-up photographs) can be made with the self-timer . Because no contact is made with the cam- era during exposure, ther e is no risk of camera shake caused by the operator . T wo [...]

48 Advanced recor ding 49 The continuous-advance drive mode can capture images at a rate of appr oximately 2.2 fps. When single-shot AF is used, focus and exposure is locked with the first frame. Focus and exposure is set for each image when the continuous-AF focus mode is used, but the rate of capture is r educed. When the red low-battery warning [...]

51 50 Advanced recor ding Using the progr essive-capture mode The Progr essive-Capture drive mode continuously records images while holding down the shutter -release button. When the shutter but- ton is released, the images stor ed in the camera’ s buffer memory are saved. These drive mode is set in section 1 of the recor ding menus. The flash an[...]

This mode makes a three-image bracket of a scene. Bracketing is a method of taking a series of images of a sta- tic subject in which each image has a slight variation in exposure. The bracketing mode is set in section 1 of the recor ding menus. Immediately after selecting the bracketing option on the menu, a selection screen is displayed to select [...]

The frame counter indicates the approximate number of images that can be stor ed on the memory card at the camera’ s image quality and size settings. If the settings are changed, the frame counter adjusts accordingly . Because the counter uses approximate file sizes, the actual image taken may not change the counter or may decrease it by mor e th[...]

57 56 Advanced recor ding Auto DSP Automatic Digital Subject Program Selection can be temporarily disabled in the auto-recor ding menu. When disabled, the program exposure mode is active. If the camera is turned off, Automatic Digital Subject Program Selection is activated. Drive mode Image size Quality Auto DSP Anti-shake Single 2560x1920 Standard[...]

59 58 Advanced recor ding This camera has autofocus and manual focus control. The focus mode is selected separately in the Digital Subject Program, movie, and P , A, S, and M exposur e-mode menus. When using Digital Subject Programs, the focus mode is r eset when the camera is tur ned off. Focus modes When using the shutter -priority , aperture-pri[...]

61 60 Advanced recor ding Preset white-balance settings must be set befor e the image is taken. Once set, the effect is immediately visi- ble on the LCD monitor . Immediately after selecting the preset white-balance option on the menu, a selection screen is displayed. Press the left/right keys of the contr oller to select the preset white balance. [...]

63 62 Advanced recor ding Full-time AF With full-time AF active, the autofocus systems continually focuses to keep the monitor image sharp. This also reduces the autofocusing time when taking pictur es. When the camera is set to manual focus, full-time AF is disabled. T urning the full-time AF function off can help conserve bat- tery power . Full-t[...]

65 64 Advanced recor ding ISO setting AUTO 50 0.2 - 3.6m (0.7 - 13.1ft.) Flash range (telephoto) 1.2 - 2.2m (3.9 - 7.2ft.) 0.2 - 2.0m (0.7 - 6.6ft.) 1.2 - 1.3m (3.9 - 4.3ft.) The flash range is measured fr om the front of the lens. Because of the optical system, the flash range is not the same at the lens’ wide-angle position as it is at the tele[...]

Sensitivity Color mode Contrast Auto NaturalColor Normal Normal Sharpness Key func. Flash mode 67 66 Advanced recor ding S S h h a a r r p p n n e e s s s s : : h h a a r r d d S S h h a a r r p p n n e e s s s s : : s s o o f f t t Sharpness Sharpness accents or softens details in an image in three levels: hard (+), normal, and soft (–). This ca[...]

69 68 Advanced recor ding Quality (MOVIE) Movies can be recor ded at three size and quality combinations: 640x480 Fine, 640x480 Standard, and 320x240 Standar d. Image size and quality are the same as those for still images: the lar ger the image size and higher the quality , the larger the file size. Quality is set in section 1 of the movie menu (p[...]

70 A short guide to photography 71 A A S S H H O O R R T T G G U U I I D D E E T T O O P P H H O O T T O O G G R R A A P P H H Y Y Photography can be a rewar ding pursuit. It is a broad and disciplined field that can take years to master . But the pleasure in making photographs and the joy of capturing a magical moment cannot be compared. The guide[...]

Play Rew Fwd Press the contr oller to pause the movie playback; press the contr oller again to resume the playback. 72 73 Advanced playback Use the left/right keys of the controller to display the movie. Press the center of the contr oller to play back the movie clip. Playing back movies A A D D V V A A N N C C E E D D P P L L A A Y Y B B A A C C K[...]

DPOF set Date print – Off – – E-mail copy Index print 75 74 Advanced playback Press the central button of the contr oller to select the highlighted setting. Use the left/right keys of the controller to highlight the appr opriate menu tab; the menu changes as the tabs are highlighted. Use the up/down keys to scroll thr ough the menu options. H[...]

77 76 Advanced playback When a marked-frames setting is chosen on a menu, the frame selection screen will appear . This screen allows multiple images to be chosen. The left/right keys of the controller moves the yellow border to select the image. The up key of the controller selects the frame; when selected, an indicator appears next to the image. [...]

The formatting function is used to erase all data on a memory card. Befor e formatting a memory card, copy the data to a com- puter or storage device. Locking images will not protect them fr om being deleted when the card is formatted. Always format the mem- ory card using the camera; never use a computer to format a car d. When the format option i[...]

81 80 Advanced playback The edit-movie option in section 1 of the playback menu allows an unwanted section to be cut from a movie clip. The movie to be edited must first be displayed in the playback mode before open- ing the playback menu. Highlight “Enter” in the movie edit option and press the center button of the contr oller to open the edit[...]

Delete Format – Edit movie Lock Copy 83 82 Advanced playback The copy function in section 1 of the playback menu (p. 74) makes exact copies of image or movie files and can store the copied data on another memory car d. E-mail Copy in menu section 3 makes a 640x480 (VGA) JPEG copy of an original still image so that it may be easily transmitted by [...]

The presentation can be viewed without image information. Before opening the playback menu, press the information (i + ) button to turn off the information display . 85 84 Advanced playback Section 2 of the playback menu controls the slide-show function. This function automatically dis- plays all still images and movie clips on the memory card in o[...]

DPOF files and images can be printed directly fr om the camera with a DPOF compatible PictBridge printer , see page 119. 87 86 Advanced playback The DPOF-set menu option is used to create an or der for standard prints from still images on the memory card. Single, multiple, or all images can be printed. Print or ders are created in section 3 of the [...]

88 8 8 9 9 Advanced playback The setup menu is used to control the camera’ s functions and operation. The navigating the setup menu section covers the operation of the menu. The section is followed by detailed descriptions of the settings. Viewing images on a television It is possible to view camera images on your television. The camera has a vid[...]

LCDbrightness Power save Inst.Playback Lens acc. Language – 1 min. Off None English 91 90 Setup menu Press the central button of the contr oller to select the highlighted setting. Once a setting has been selected, the cursor will return to the menu options and the new setting will be displayed. Use the left/right keys of the controller to highlig[...]

92 93 Setup menu Monitor brightness can be adjusted in 11 levels. Brightness can be set individually for viewfinder and direct viewing in the r ecording mode. T ur n the mode switch to the appropriate position befor e opening the brightness option in section 1 of the setup menu (p. 90). Also see page 28. Use the left/right keys of the controller to[...]

95 94 Setup menu Language The language used in the menus can be changed in section 1 of the setup menu. See page 19 for details. If file number memory is selected, when a new folder is created or a new memory card is used, the next image r ecorded will have a file number one greater than the last file saved. If the new car d contains an image with [...]

97 96 Setup menu Date imprinting The date is imprinted in the lower right corner of the image when viewed horizontally . It is printed directly on the photograph writing over the image informa- tion. The date can be imprinted in three formats: year / month / day , month / day / year , and day / month / year . The date and date format are set in sec[...]

99 98 Setup menu p. 84 Playback (Slide Show) All frames p. 84 Duration (Slide Show) 5 seconds p. 84 Repeat (Slide Show) No P P l l a a y y b b a a c c k k m m e e n n u u p. 99 V olume 2 p. 92 Auto-power -save period 1 minute p. 93 Lens accessory None p. 94 File number (#) memory Off p. 94 Folder name Standard p. 99 Audio signals 1 p. 92 LCD Bright[...]

101 100 Setup menu Video output Camera images can be displayed on a television (p. 88). The video output can be changed between NTSC and P AL in section 4 of the setup menu. North America uses the NTSC standard and Eur ope uses the P AL standard. Check which standar d is used in your region to play back images on your television set. T ransfer mode[...]

103 102 Data-transfer mode D D A A T T A A - - T T R R A A N N S S F F E E R R M M O O D D E E Read this section carefully befor e connecting the camera to a computer . Instructions on using and installing the DiMAGE Viewer softwar e are found in the supplied software manual. The DiMAGE manuals do not cover the basic operation of computers or their[...]

104 105 Data-transfer mode When the USB connection is completed, a drive icon, or volume, appears in My Computer or the desktop; the name varies with memory card. When using Windows XP , a window opens r equesting instructions on what to do with the image data; follow the directions in the window . Windows XP Windows Mac OS The driver needs only to[...]

106 107 Data-transfer mode Choose the recommended sear ch for a suitable driver . Click “Next.” Choose to specify the location of the driver . The browse window can be used to indicate the driver location. The driver should be located in the CD-ROM drive at :Win98USB. When the location is shown in the window , click “Next.” Manual Install[...]

108 109 Data-transfer mode Once the camera is connected to the computer , image files can be accessed by double clicking on icons. Image folders are located in the DCIM folder . The misc. folder contains DPOF print files (p. 86). Files and folders on the memory card can be deleted using the computer . Never format the memory card from the computer;[...]

110 111 Data-transfer mode Disconnecting the camera Windows Me, 2000 Professional, and XP Confirm that the access lamp is not lit. T urn off the camera and then disconnect the USB cable. T o disconnect the camera, click once on the unplug-or-eject-har dware icon located on the task bar . A small window will open indicating the device to be stopped.[...]

113 112 Data-transfer mode Changing the memory card Windows 98 and 98 Second Edition 1. T urn off the camera. 2. Change the memory card. 3. T urn on the camera to remake the USB connection. Windows Me, 2000 Professional, and XP Macintosh 1. Stop the USB connection using the unplug-or-eject-har dware routine (p. 110). 2. T urn off the camera. 3. Cha[...]

Confirm the transfer -mode option in section 4 of the setup menu is set to PictBridge. Connect the camera to a PictBridge compatible printer using the camera’ s USB cable. The larger plug on the cable is con- nected to the printer . Open the A V out/ USB port cover and insert the smaller plug of the cable into the camera. T urn the camera on; the[...]

117 116 Data-transfer mode Navigating the PictBridge menu Press the central button of the contr oller to select the highlighted setting. Use the left/right keys of the controller to highlight the appr opriate menu tab; the menu changes as the tabs are highlighted. Use the up/down keys to scroll thr ough the menu options. Highlight the option whose [...]

The paper size of the print can be specified. Highlight the current page size and pr ess the central button of the controller to open paper -size screen. Use the contr oller to select the paper size, and press the central button to complete the operation. A paper size not available with the printer in use cannot be selected. The following are the d[...]

120 121 Appendix Problem Symptom Cause Solution The camera will not work. Nothing dis- played on the monitors. The batteries are dead. Replace batteries (p. 13). The section covers minor problems with basic camera operation. For major pr oblems or damage, or if a problem continues to r eoccur frequently , contact a Konica Minolta service facility .[...]

122 123 Appendix Read this section in its entirety to get the best r esults from your camera. With proper care, your camera will provide years of service. Camera care • Do not subject the camera to shock or impact. • T urn off the camera when transporting. • This camera is neither waterproof nor splashpr oof. Inserting or removing batteries o[...]

124 125 Appendix Memory cards SD Memory Cards and MultiMediaCar ds are manufactured with precision electr onic components. The following may cause data loss or damage: • Improper use of the car d. • Bending, dropping, or subjecting the car d to impact. • Heat, moisture, and dir ect sunlight. • Static electrical discharge or electr omagnetic[...]

FCC Compliance Statement Declaration on Conformity Responsible Party: Konica Minolta Photo Imaging U.S.A. Inc. Address: 725 Darlington A venue, Mahwah, NJ 07430 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept[...]

128 129 Appendix A V output: NTSC and P AL Batteries: Four AA alkaline or Ni-MH batteries. Battery performance (recor ding): Approximate number of recor ded images: 240 frames with alkaline batteries, 420 frames with 2500mAh Ni-MH batter- ies, conforming to the CIP A standard with SD Memory Card. * CIP A: Camera & Imaging Products Association B[...]

131 130 Appendix A mode, 36 AC adapter , 15 Anti-shake system, 56 Aperture priority mode, 36 Audio signals, 99 Auto power save, 14, 92, 109 Autoflash, 26 Autofocus, 58 Automatic white balance, 60 Battery Care and storage, 123 Indicator , 14 Inserting, 13 Bracketing, 52 Camera-shake warning, 27, 56 Center weighted metering, 63 Color , 65 Connecting,[...]