Konica Minolta Q-M100 инструкция обслуживания

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Names of main parts/Camera body ① Flash mode switch ② Self-timer/ Close-up mode switch ③ Image quality mode switch ④ Data display panel (LCD) ⑤ Shutter release button ⑥ Viewfinder ⑦ Grip rubber ⑧ Objective lens/Lens barrier* ⑨ Self-timer indicator ⑩ Flash adjustment sensor ⑪ Flash tube ⑫ Video port cover/Video port (inside c[...]

⑰ Viewfinder ⑱ MENU button ⑲ SET button ⑳ SELECT buttons 控 LCD monitor 攻 Battery cover 昂 Green lamp 晃 Monitor power switch 更 Card access warning lamp 杭 Red lamp 校 CF card cover/CF card ejector butt on (inside cover) 梗 Card cover release button 構 Strap eyelet 江 Tripod socket hole * The lens ba rrier that shuts and opens b[...]

* In the following picture, all indicators of the data display panel are on for explanation. ① Battery's remaining energy indicator Remaining energy of the battery is indicated in three steps of [ ] (full), [ ] (half) and [ ] (depleted). ② Card NG indicator This indicator goes on when the inserted CF car d is unusable. For example, when a [...]

⑤ Flash mode indicator Each time the flash mode switch is pressed, indication of this indicator circularly changes from 1) automatic flash (AUTO), to 2) automatic flash with red-eye r eduction, to 3) forced flash (ON), to 4) forced flash with red-eye reduction, to 5) non-flash (OFF), and to 1) ag ain for selection of a desired flash mode. ⑥ Ima[...]

Name of main parts/LCD monitor ● The LCD monitor is used for many purposes such as to show playback pictures, to preview pictures and to show menus for selecting various functions. For details of each function or ope ration, read explanations on and after the next page. 1. Functions that can be selected by pressing the MENU button in the preview [...]

2. Functions that can be selected by pressing the MENU button in the playback mode a re shown below. (Number appearing in the lo wer right part of each menu shows the menu number.) (Each time the SELECT button (“ ” or “ ”) is pressed, the followi ng menus are circularly shown by turn.) ⓐ Setting of f rame protection ⓑ Erase ⓒ Index pl[...]

(1) MENU button To access menus on the LCD monitor. (2) SET button To execute a selected function. (3) SELECT buttons To select a function f rom a menu. (4) Monitor power sw itch To turn on/of f the LCD monitor . ⓖ ⓘ ⓗ (1) (2) (4) (3)[...]

Setting batteries in camera 1. First of all, close t he lens barrier without fail. (Slide the lens barrier switch upwards.) 2. Make sure that the LCD monitor on t he back of the camer a is off.[...]

3. Slide the battery cov er on the bottom of the camera in the direction of the arrow to open it. W arning: Don’t touch the battery cover with w et hand, otherwise you may get an electric shock. 4. Set AA-size batteries (four) in the battery chamber paying careful attention to their respective orientations referring to + and - indications inside [...]

5. After confirming that all batteries are set right, firmly close the batter y cover by sliding it in the direction of the arrow until it clicks. * When the battery's remaining energy indicator indicates the half level, the batteries need replacement. When replacing the battery, prepare four new batteries of t he same type to replace all at t[...]

Use of AC adaptor (optional accessory) for Q-M100 * If you use an optional AC adaptor for Q-M100 to supply power to the camera, you can transfer picture data to a personal computer without worry about remaining energ y of batteries. ● Correctly connect an AC adaptor (optional) for Q-M100 to the camera and a mains AC outlet referring to “Safety [...]

2. Make sure that the LCD monitor on t he back of the camer a is off. 3. Open the I/O cover.[...]

4. Plug the cord connector of the AC adaptor into the power input terminal of the camera. Next, plug the AC adaptor in to a mains outlet (Input 100V ∼ 240V, 50/60Hz AC). <figure> ① CLOSE ② OPEN ③ LCD monit or[...]

Setting CF card in camera ● First of all, make sure that the lens barrier is closed, the LCD monitor is off and all the power switches are off. If the camera is turned on in whole or in part, it may cause damage t o the camera and a CF card set in the camera. 1. Press dow n the CF card cover release button to unlock the CF ca rd cover, and then o[...]

2. Paying heed to the orientation of a CF card, insert it straig ht into the deepest end. (2B) ○ Be sure to insert a CF car d correctly referrin g to the figure 2A for orientation of the CF card. If a CF card is inserted in wrong orientation, the connector may be damaged. 3. Bend the card ejector butt on so that it will be covered by the CF card [...]

4. Close the CF card cover. Caution: ○ If the CF card cover is opened during playback o f picture, the camera is compulsorily turned off. Before inserting or setting a CF card, be sure to turn off the camera. Don’t open the CF card cover while the card access warning lamp is on in the shooting mode, otherwise operation o f picture data writing [...]

Removing CF card from camera ● First of all, make sure that the lens barrier is closed, the LCD moni tor is off and all the power switches are off. If the camera is turned on in whole or in part, it may cause damage to the camera and a CF card set in the camera. 1. Pr ess down the CF card cover release button to unlock the CF card cover, and then[...]

2. Raise the CF card ejector butt on. 3. Press the CF card ejector button to stick out the CF card, then pick it out of the camera. * If the CF card cannot be s tuck out by pressing the CF card ejector button, again push the CF card in to the deepest end and press the CF card ejector button str ongly once more. * If the CF card ejector button is pr[...]

4. Shut the CF card cover. Caution: ○ If the CF card cover is o pened during playback of picture, the camera is compulsorily turned off. Before inserting or setting a CF card, be sure to turn off the camera. Don’t open the CF card cover while the card access warning lamp is on in the shooting mode, otherwise operation of picture data writing on[...]

Use of strap (attachment) and soft case (attachment) <Fitting strap to camera> 1. Pass the shorter and thinner end of the strap (supplied with the camera) through the strap eyelet of the camera. ○ Since it is considerably hard to pass the strap end through the strap eyelet, use a toothpick or t he like to do it. 2. Pas s the ot her end of t[...]

<Putting camera into soft case> 1. When putting the camera into the soft case (supplied with the camera), insert the flashlig ht side first as shown in the fig ure on the left. 2. After putting the camera in the soft case, lid the so ft case.[...]

Setting calendar and clock ● Before starting calendar setting, make sure that batteries are properly set in the camera or a specified AC adaptor is conn ected to supply power to the camera and the lens barrier is closed (the lens barrier switch is set at “CLOSE”). ● When you press the MONITOR POWER switch for the first time since you got th[...]

2. Press the MENU button once. The “Erase” icon r eversely appears on the screen. * When no CF card is set in the camera or no picture is recorded on the inserted CF card, a message “No pic tures in camera” appears on the LCD monitor. If the MENU button is pressed in this sta tus, the previous operation is canceled and the camera (screen) s[...]

4. Press the SET button. The camera enters into a calendar setting mode for “Year”. Set “Year” by pressing the SELECT but ton (“ ” or “ ”). * If the MENU button is pressed in this status, the prev ious setting is canceled and the camera (screen) status r eturns to the step 3. 5. Press the SET button. The camera enters into a calenda[...]

6. Press the SET button. The camera enters into a calendar setting mode for “Day”. Set “Day” by pressing the SELECT butt on (“ ”or “ ”). * If the MENU button is pressed in this status, the prev ious setting is canceled and the camera (screen) status r eturns to the step 3. 7. Press the SET button. T he camera enters into the clock s[...]

8. Press the SET button. The camera enters into a clock setting mode for “Minute”. Set “Minute” by pressing the SELECT butt on (“ ”or “ ”). * If the MENU button is pressed in this status, the previous setting is can- celed and the camera (screen) status r eturns to the step 3. 9. Press the SET bu tton. The camera enters into the mod[...]

Taking pictures ● Firmly hold the camera by both hands and slightly compress your sides by elbows to stabilize the camera. ● For flash photography in vertical camera position, hold the camera w ith the flashlight up. ○ Caref ully hold the camera not to cover the flashlight and lens with the strap or fingers.[...]

Viewfinder and i ndicator lamps ① Parallax correction marks The area below these marks is the effective picture range in the close-up mode (0.2 m to 0.8 m t o object). For composing (framing) the picture more precisely, use the preview function. ② Target/Auto-focus frame ③ Green lamp ON: Indicates that camera is ready f or shooting. Blinking:[...]

1. Slide the lens barrier switch downwards to set it at the “O PEN” position. The lens barrier is opened and the camera is t urned on. * Open/close the lens barrier by operating the lens barrier switch only. 2. Compose a picture looking through the viewfinder, and lightly press the shutter release button. The green lamp goes on to indicate that[...]

3. Moreover press the shutter release button to actuat e the shutter. With beep sound, the shooting is complete. After that, the camera starts writing picture data on the CF card. 4. The sand glass mark appears on the indicator panel, and the sand part of the sandglass starts blinking while the card access warning lamp goes on. While the card acces[...]

● Au tomatic power-off operation If the camera is left without operation for more 5 minutes as i t is turned on, the automatic power-off function is activated to turn off the data display panel and LCD monitor, therefore, the batteries are prevented f rom getting consumed. To cancel the automatic power-off mode after it is activated, slide the le[...]

Switching image quality (resolution) mode ● Each time the image quality mode switch is pres sed, the “ ” mark mo ves on the data display panel to indicate an image quality mode one after an- other repeatedly. * An image quality mode set once is fixed for continuous shooting, but it is reset to the “FINE” mode when the lens barrier is open[...]

2. When the image quality mode switch is pressed once, the image quality mode is switched to the “SUPER FINE”. * With switching of the image quality mode, number of frames av ailable for fut ure shooting changes. 3. When the image quality mode switch is p ressed once more, the image quality mode is switched to the “ECONO MY”. * With switchi[...]

Use of each image quality mode 1) “SUPER FINE” mode: 1152 (horizontal) × 872 (vertical) pixels. Use this mode that records picture in the highest image quality (finest resolution) to shoot important objects worthy to preserve or to edit pictures on a personal comput er, etc. 2) “FINE” mode: 1152 (horizontal) × 872 (verti cal) pixels. Usua[...]

Switching flash mode ● Each t ime the flash mode sw itch is pressed, one of five flash modes appears in turn on the data display panel. * The flash mode set once is fixed for continuous shooting, but it is r eset to the “AUTO” (automatic f lash) mode when the lens barrier is opened again after it was once closed. * W hile the red lamp is on a[...]

2. If the flash mode switch is pressed once in the “AUTO” mode, the “ ” mark is selected and the flash mode is changed to the “red-eye re- duction automatic flash mode” . In this mode, the fiashlight emits light twice for a shot, namely preliminary emission and actual emission, to contro l red-eye phenomenon. * Since it takes about 0.8 [...]

4. If the flash mode switch is moreover pressed, the , mark is selected and the flash mode is changed to the “red-eye reduction forced flash mode”. In this mode, the flashlight emits light twice for a shot, namely preliminary emission and actual emission, to control red-eye pheno me- non. 5. If the flash mode switch is furthermore pressed, the [...]

Recommended object distance for fl ash photography: 0.5 m to 3.0 m approx. ※ If object distance is shorter t han 0.5 m, the picture (camer a subject) comes out too br ightly. ※ If object distance is longer t han 3.0 m, the picture (cam era subject) comes out dark ly because the flash has no effect on the distant object.[...]

Self-timer photography/Close-up ● Each time the self-timer switch is pressed, one of three modes is selected one after another as indicat ed on the data display panel. 1. When the self-timer switch is pressed once, the close-up mode is se- lected with an indication on the data display panel. Use the close-up mode for shooting an object at a short[...]

2. W hen the s elf-t imer sw itch i s press ed twice , the camer a enters t he self-timer m ode with an indication on the data display panel. In the self-timer photography mode, the shutter opens about 10 seconds after the shutter release button is pressed. Through the period from pressing the shutter release button and practical operation of the s[...]

Regarding self-timer photography ● On taking pic tures w ith self-ti mer, careful ly set up the camera on a tripod or a horizontal stable plane. ● T he self-timer mode is canceled each time self-timer photog- raphy is complete. If you want to continue to take pictures with self-timer, set the self-tim er switch for each photogr aphy. Regarding [...]

Photographing wi th focus lock ※ Make sure that the mark is bri ght. 1. Aim at the camera subject with the auto-focus frame and then lightly press the shutter release button. The green lamp goes on to indicate that the focus is locked at t he aimed point. * If t he sh utter relea se bu tton is re lease d from pre ssur e of f inger , fo- cus-lock [...]

Normal playback/Double magnified playback ● Close the lens barrier and confirm that a CF card w hich picture data is recorded on is set in the ca mera and the camera is turned on with power of batteries or an AC adapt or. 1. Press the monitor power switch and the LCD monitor will be turned on.[...]

2. The picture taken last with the CF card appears on the LCD monitor screen. Data on the picture such as the date* when the picture was taken, frame protection information (key mark), image quality mode and frame number of the picture are shown on the screen together with the picture. Symbols of image qualit y modes are as follows. ・ SFI = SUPER[...]

When no CF card is set in the camera or a CF card on which no picture data is recorded is set in the ca mera, a message “No pictures in camera” appears on the monitor screen. In this case, no picture is shown on the screen.[...]

Double magnified playback When the SET button is pressed in the condition that a pictu re is being played back on the LCD monitor, the pic ture is magnified double in its center part. If the SET button is pressed again, the magnified playback is canceled and the picture is played back normally. * Pictur es taken in the ECONOMY image quality mode or[...]

Adjusting brightness of LCD monitor ● Before adjustment of brightness of LCD monitor, close the lens barrier and confirm that a CF card which picture data is recorded on is set in the camera and the camera is turned on with power supplied from batteries or an AC adaptor. 1. Press the monitor power switch to turn on t he LCD monitor. * When no CF [...]

2. Pr ess the MENU button once. The “Erase” icon is reversely show n on the screen. * If the MENU button is pressed again in this status, the last operation is canceled and the display of the previous step 1 appears again. 3. Press the SELECT button ( ) twice. The “Brightness adjustment” icon reversely appears on the scr een (“Brightness [...]

4. Pr ess the SET button. The ca mera enters the LCD monitor brightness adjustment mode. The cursor in the center indicat es the standard level. 5. If the SELECT button is pressed, the cursor moves rightwards (to “+” side) and the screen becomes bright er. If the SE LECT bu tton is pressed, the cursor moves leftwards (to “-” side) and the s[...]

6. If the SET button is pressed a fter brightness adjustment, the last setting of the brightness is saved and the display is changed for that o f the pre- vious step 1. * The saved data on brightness adjustment will be maintained regardless of operation of the lens barrier and monitor power switch unless it is re- placed with new data. ※ Brightne[...]

Playback with TV set ● You can look at pictures on a TV sc reen. However, pictures that can be seen with a TV set are limited to playback pictures only and prev iew pic- tures cannot be seen on a TV screen. ● Close the lens barrier first and confirm that a CF card on which picture data is recorded and the ca mera is turned on with power supplie[...]

2. Connect the video output cord (supplied with the camera) to the camera's video port and the video input terminal of a T V set. After connection between the camera and a TV set is complete, turn on the TV set and set the input sour ce selector of the TV set t o “VIDEO”. 3. Press the monitor power switch, and the last frame recorded on th[...]

4. To discontinue playback with a TV set, disconnect the video output cord from the video port of the camera. The picture will appear on the LCD monitor . After disconnecting the video output cord, be sure to close the video port cover and turn off t he TV set. * Read the instructions of the apparatus to be connected with this ca mera together. * W[...]

Getting icons to appear on TV screen ① Setting of f rame protection ② Erase ③ Information on Fram e protection ④ Image quality mode ⑤ Frame num ber ⑥ Index playback ⑦ Slide show ※ Select a desired icon with the SELECT button. ● In the condition that a TV set is used to play back pictures, available functions are limited t o those [...]

● Picture can be double zoomed-in on a TV screen. ● If t he video output cord is connected/disconnected to/from the v ideo port during index playback, the picture that is selected at that time appears without the frame number on the display (LCD monitor or TV set) switched on by connection/disconnection of the video output cord, and the index p[...]

Applied operation/Use of preview function ● The preview function helps you to take well-composed pictures. ● Open the lens barrier and confirm that the camera is turned on with power supplied from batteries or an AC adapt or. 1. Press the monitor power switch to turn on t he LCD monitor. The LCD monitor serves as a viewfinder and you can see th[...]

2. Pr ess the shutter release button halfway, and the focus and exposure are locked. Press the shutter release button furthermore, and the shutter is opened to record the same image as shown on the LCD monit or. * The image to be recorded is shown through recording. With completion of recording, the monitor returns t o the “through imag e display[...]

Compensation of exposure ● Open the lens barrier and confirm that the camera is turned on with power supplied from batteries or an AC adapt or. ● Exposure can manually be compensated in the range of ± 2 in EV (Expo- sure Value). 1. Press the monitor power switch to turn on the LCD monitor. A “through image” appears on the LCD monit or. * W[...]

2. Pr ess the MENU button once. The “Exposure” icon reversely appears on the screen and the “through image” appearing on the screen becomes a still picture. * If t he MENU button is pressed in this status, previous setting is canceled and the display of the LCD monitor r eturns to the status of the step 1. 3. Pr ess the SET button. The expo[...]

4. Each time the SELEC T button ( or ) is pressed, the indicator bar moves step by step. When t he SELE CT butto n is continuously pressed, the indicator bar moves leftwards to decrease exposure time (under-exposure). When the SET button is pressed in this stat us, the “through im age” is darkened. When the SELECT button is continuously pressed[...]

● Setting of exposure compensation is maintained until the lens barrier is closed. When the lens barrier is opened again after it was once closed, the ex- posure is set at the initial stat us (indicator bar in the center position) . ● In flash photography, it is dif ficult to compensate exposure as desired. ● When exposure is compensated for [...]

4-frame continuous shooti ng function/Digital 2x Zoom ● The continuous shooting function snaps four consecutive scenes at a time and records them together in a frame. A frame of four pictures is composed of 576 × 436 pixels, and each of four pictures is composed of 288 × 218 pixels, namely a quarter of the frame. In the continuous shoot- ing mo[...]

2. Pr ess the MENU button once. The “Exposure” icon reversely appears on the screen. * If t he MENU button is pressed in this status, previous setting is canceled and the display of the LCD monitor r eturns to the status of the step 1. * Select the “Brightness adjustment” icon to adjust the brightness of the LCD monitor. 3. Press the SELECT[...]

4. T he “Normal shooting” icon is generally selected at this stage and the camera is accordingly set in the normal shoot ing mode. * If the MENU button is pressed, previous setting is canceled and the dis- play of the LCD monitor ret urns to the status of t he step 1. * If the camera has been set in the “Continuous shooting” or “Zoom-in?[...]

6. A blue frame ⓐ appears on the screen and a “through image” appears in the frame. Since the blue frame represents the continuous shooting mode, you can take continuous snapshot of four scenes each in this condition. * In the continuous shooting mode, the flashlight is inactivated. For shooting a dark object, it is recommended to use a tripo[...]

8. When recording of a series of four shots is complete, a “through image” in a blue frame appears on the scr een. * In this status, the camera is still set in the continuous snapshot mode. If you want to discontinue the continuous snapshot mode and to take a picture in the normal shooting or zoom-in mode, repeat the above-mentioned steps 2 and[...]

10. A red frame ⓑ appears on the screen and the double magni fied center part of a “through image” is shown in the frame. This red frame repre- sents the digital 2x zoom-in mode. If a picture is taken in this mode, the magnified center part is recorded on a CF card by a resolution of 1152 × 872 pixels. * In the ECONOMY image quality mode, th[...]

● To return to the normal shooting mode To reset the camera to the no rmal shooting mode, carry out one o f the following means. 1) Repeat the above-mentioned steps 2 and 3 to select the “Normal shooting” icon. After selecting it, press the SET button. (See the figure on the left.) 2) Press the monitor power switch to turn off the “through [...]

Erasing recorded pictures in part or in whole ● First of all, confirm that the lens barrier is closed and the camera is turned on with power supplied from batteries or an AC adaptor . 1. Press the monitor power switch to turn on t he LCD monitor. * When no CF card is set in the camera or a CF card on which no picture is recorded is set in the cam[...]

2. To erase recorded pictures one by one, selec t a desired picture with the SELECT button ( or ). (To erase pictures recorded on the CF card in whole, proceed to the step 3.) 3. Press the MENU button once. The “Erase” icon r eversely appears on the screen. * When no CF card is set in the camera or a CF card on which no picture is recorded is s[...]

4. Press the SET button. T hree erasing modes are shown on the screen. Press the SELECT button ( or ) to select “This”, “NO” o r “ALL”. * If the MENU button is pressed at this stage, the display returns to the status of the step 3. * If the selected frame is protected against erasing, “This” cannot be se - lected but “NO” or “[...]

6. If the SET button or the MENU button is pressed with selection of “NO”, the display returns to the status of the step 3. 7. To erase all pictures recorded on the CF card set in the camera, select “ALL” and press the SET button . The display changes as shown on the left. * If the MENU button is pressed for the SET button at this stage, th[...]

8. In case of the status shown by the left figure, “NO” is selected. Select “YES” and press the SET button to erase all the frames, or press the SET button as “NO” is selected if you do n't want to erase all the frames. * If the MENU button is pressed, previous setting is canceled and the dis- play returns to the status of the step[...]

9. If there i s a prot ecte d frame on the CF ca rd, a me ssag e “No pic tures in camera” appears on the screen af ter the erasing operat ion is complete. At that time, a frame that was taken last among protected frames is shown on the screen. After a protected frame is show n on the screen, the display returns to the status of the step 1. * T [...]

To protect important pictures a gainst erasing (Setting of fra me protection) ● Important pictures can be protected from careless erasure by setting of the frame prot ection. ● Bef ore starting setting, confirm that the lens barrier is closed and the camera is turned on with power supplied from batt eries or an AC adaptor. 1. Press the monitor [...]

2. Press the MENU button once, and the “Erase” icon reversely appears on the screen. * When no CF card is set in the camera or a CF card on which no picture is recorded is set in the camera, a message “No pictures in camera” appears on the screen. * If the MENU button is pressed at this stage, previous setting is canceled and the display re[...]

When t he sele cted fr ame ha s been protected, is shown reversely. (3B) 4. To protect a selected frame: W ith the display of the fig ure 3A, press the SET butt on. The selected frame is protected against erasing and the display returns to the status of the st ep 1. If the MENU button is pressed for the SET button, the display returns to the status[...]

To cancel erasure protection of a selected frame: W ith the display of the fig ure 3B, press the SET butt on. The selected picture is released from erasure protection and the display returns to the status of the step 1. If the MENU button is pressed for the SET button, the display returns to the status of the step 1 without canceling the erasure p [...]

Looking at multiple pictures at a time (index playback) ● Bef ore starting setting, confirm that the lens barrier is closed and the camera is turned on with power supplied from batt eries or an AC adaptor. 1. Press the monitor power switch to turn on t he LCD monitor. * When no CF card is set in the camera or a CF card on which no picture is reco[...]

2. Press the MENU button once, and the “Erase” icon reversely appears on the screen. * When no CF card is set in the camera or a CF card on which no picture is recorded is set in the camera, a message “No pictures in camera” appears on the screen. * If the MENU button is pressed at this stage, previous setting is canceled and the display re[...]

4. The display turns into the index playback menu. If the SELECT button ( or ) is continuously pressed, the cursor (indi- cati on box) m oves on f rames o ne afte r anoth er. W hen the cur sor pas ses the last frame, the nine frames appearin g on the screen are replaced by the next nine frames, if there are. * If t he SET button is pressed in this [...]

Slide show playback ● In t he slide show playback mode, recorded pictures can be seen one by one from the f irst frame. ● Before startin g operation of the slide show playback, confirm that the lens barrier is closed and the camera is turned on with power supplied from batteries or an AC adaptor. 1. Press the monitor power switch to turn on t h[...]

2. Press the MENU button once, and the "Erase" icon reversely appears on the screen. * When no CF card is set in the camera or a CF card on which no picture is recorded is set in the camera , a mes sage "No p ictures in camera" appears on the screen. * If the MENU button is pressed at this stage, previous setting is canceled and[...]

4. After the last picture is shown on the screen, the display returns to the status of the step 3. * If the SET button is pressed a t this stage, slide show playback starts again with the CF card set in the camera. * When pictures are shown on the camera's LCD monitor screen in th e slide show playback mode, respective frame numbers of the pic[...]

Formatting (initializing) CF card ● First of all, confirm that the lens barrier is closed and the camera is turned on with power supplied from batteries or an AC adaptor . ● When formatting (initializing) a used CF card, mind that all recorded pictures are erased by format ting if pictures ar e protected from er asing. 1. Press the monitor powe[...]

2. Press the MENU button once and the “Erase” icon reversely appears on the screen. * When no CF card is set in the camera or a CF card on which no picture is recorded is set in the camera, a message “No pictures in camera” appears on the screen. * If the MENU button is pressed at this stage, previous setting is canceled and the display ret[...]

4. To execute formatting of the CF card, select “YES” by pressing the SE- LECT button ( or ).Then, press the SET button to start formatting the CF card. * If the S ET button is pre ssed with sel ection o f “NO”, formattin g mode is canceled and the display returns to the status of the step 1. * When f ormat ting i s comple te, a m essage ?[...]

Switching from NTSC TV system to PAL TV system ● For playback with a TV set, this camera is initially set for the NTSC TV system on shipment. For playing back pictures with a TV set in the area of the PAL TV system, the camera needs to switch the initial setting for the NTSC TV system to the PAL T V system. ● Make sure that effective power is s[...]

2. Press the MENU button once. A scene which shows the “Erase” icon reversely appears on the screen. * When no CF card is set in the camera or nothing is recorded on a CF card set in the camera, a message “No pictures in camera ” appears on the display. * If the MENU button is pressed in this stage, previous setting is canceled and the scen[...]

※ For switching the setting from the NTSC TV system to the PAL TV system, perform the same operation as the steps from 1 through 3. In t his case, the “P” icon appearing in the step 3 is rever sely shown because the camera is set for the PAL TV system.[...]

[For reference] ■ For playback in the area of PAL TV system Change the camera's playback output setting for a TV se t refer- ring to the instructions of the camera. ・ West European countr ies except France ・ China ・ Australia ・ New Zealand ・ Singapore ・ Brazil ・ Malaysia, etc. ■ For playback in the area of NTSC TV system The [...]

Setting buzzer inactive ● Confirm that the lens barrier is closed and the camera is turned on with power supplied from batteries or an AC adapt or. 1. Press the monitor power switch to turn on t he LCD monitor. * When no CF card is set in the camera or a CF card on which no picture is recorded is set in the camera, a message “No pictures in cam[...]

2. Press the MENU button once, and the “Erase” icon reversely appears on the screen. * When no CF card is set in the camera or a CF card on which no picture is recorded is set in the camera, a message “No pictures in camera” appears on the screen. * If the MENU button is pressed at this stage, previous setting is canceled and the display re[...]

※ When the buzzer icon appears as in the figure of the step 3, the buzzer has already been set inactive (OFF). In such the case, press the SET button to set the buzzer ac tive (the “Buzzer ON” icon replaces the “Buzze r OFF” icon). If the M ENU button is pressed at this stage, th e display returns to the status of the step 1 without chang[...]

Explanation of “Auto white balance” What is white balance? Human eyes have such an adaptability as they recognize the color of a white object as white even when the color of light ing changes. This digital still camera senses color temperature of the light source and adjust the white balance according to the sor t of the light source so that a [...]

Others/Connecting camera with personal computer ● For the working environment of a personal computer, refer to the installa- tion manual. ● Install the required software in your personal computer. Before starting operation with the installed software, be sure to read the instructions “Readme” supplied with the software. ● Confirm that the[...]

2. Open the camera's lens barrier and turn on the personal computer. When t he lens b arrie r is opened, “PC” appears on the camera's data dis- play panel. 3. W hen batteries are used as the power source, the battery mark continues blinking while the camera is being on. * It is recommended to use an AC adaptor to supply power to the c[...]

Directly reading/writi ng da ta saved on CF card with personal computer ● If a CF card adaptor (available on the market) is used, data saved on a CF card can directly be read or rewritten with a personal computer, be- cause a CF card adaptor deals with a CF card as an ATA card conform- ing to the P CMCIA TYPE Ⅱ standard. 1. Set a CF card taken [...]

2. Set a CF card adaptor in the slot of a personal computer w hich is capable of reading ATA card and has a slot designed to accept an ATA card con- forming to the PC MCIA TYP E Ⅱ standard. * For details of the setting, refer to the instruc tions of th e persona l com- puter to be used. * There is a case that a personal computer requires to insta[...]

Error message ● When the remaining exposure counter reads “Err” and all indicators appearing on the indicator panel are blinking, there is an error in camera control. If the camera falls into su ch the status: 1) close the lens barrier, if it is open, and 2) press the MONITOR POW ER switch to turn off the LCD monitor. If the camera does not r[...]

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