User manual CONTAX TVS III

[. . . ] EN-6 Handling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EN-7 Caution and Warning Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EN-7 A World of Possibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EN-14 System Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Press the MENU button K to display the menu icons. NEXT Contents Glossary Index EN-73 Nomenclature Menus and Settings Troubleshooting Introduction Getting Ready Taking Pictures Playback Set Up 3 Move the selector lever left l or right r to select FOCUSING [J] and press E. FOCUSING 4 Move the selector lever up u or down d to select the desired mode and press E. The focusing frame is now set. MULTI AF SPOT AF 5 Press the MENU button K. The selected focusing frame appears on the LCD monitor. A Important · This setting is retained when you turn the camera off. · In Twilight mode, Night View mode and Landscape mode, the focus is fixed at infinity and the [FOCUSING] setting cannot be changed. The focus frame is not displayed. BACK Contents Glossary Index NEXT Troubleshooting EN-74 Nomenclature Menus and Settings Introduction Getting Ready Taking Pictures Playback Set Up Focusing Off-Center (Focus Lock) «Applicable mode: C/M» Use Focus Lock in situations where the subject you want to focus on is not in the center of the image, or when you want to compose a shot where the focal point is not in the center of the shot. 1 2 Turn the camera on and press the mode buttons UD until "C" or "M" lights up on the mode select LED. Position the focusing frame over the subject you want to focus on and press the shutter release button half way. The camera gives a short double-beep, the green shooting mark "Z" lights on the LCD monitor and the focus frame turns green to indicate that the focus has been set and locked. (Focus Lock, AE Lock) Pipip BNote · The shooting mark "Z" flashes when the focus is not set. Press the shutter release button half way again until the shooting mark "Z" stays lit and the focus is set, or focus on the other subject. · When the focus frame ( p. 73) is set to [MULTI AF], the selected focus frame turns green. · There is no focus frame displayed when the focus is fixed at infinity (Twilight mode, Night View mode, and Landscape mode). 3 4 With the shutter release button still half-pressed, move the camera until the shot is composed as you want it. Press the shutter release button down fully. Removing your finger from the shutter release button releases the Focus Lock and AE Lock. Click BACK Contents Glossary Index NEXT Troubleshooting EN-75 Nomenclature Menus and Settings Introduction Getting Ready Taking Pictures Playback Set Up Subjects That Are Difficult to Focus On The camera has difficulty focusing on the following types of subject. Lock the focus on another object at the same distance from the camera as the desired subject and then take the picture. Move the selector lever left l or right r to select WHITE BALANCE [s] and press E. WHITE BALANCE 4 Move the selector lever up u or down d to select the desired setting and press E. The white balance setting is updated. [X] Automatic [w] Daylight [x] Incandescent [t] Cloudy [v] Fluorescent [u] Preset Uses the white balance specified in [WB PRESET]. Allows you to configure the white balance by yourself. Automatically sets the white balance to suit the ambient conditions. (Default) SET [SET] WB Preset NEXT Contents Glossary Index EN-80 Nomenclature Menus and Settings Troubleshooting Introduction Getting Ready Taking Pictures Playback Set Up 5 Press the MENU button K. The icon for the selected white balance setting appears on the LCD monitor. A Important B Note This setting is retained when you turn the camera off. In Sunset mode, Twilight mode, Black and White mode, and Sepia mode, the white balance is automatically configured as suitable for the mode and cannot be changed. Configuring white balance manually «Applicable mode: C/M» You can configure the white balance by yourself when there are multiple light sources, or to accurately calibrate white. Reconfigure each time the light source changes. 1 2 3 Turn the camera on and press the mode buttons UD until "C" or "M" lights up on the mode select LED. Press the MENU button K to display the menu icons. Move the selector lever left l or right r to select WHITE BALANCE [s] and press E. WHITE BALANCE 4 Move the selector lever down d to select [SET] and press E. SET BACK Contents Glossary Index NEXT Troubleshooting EN-81 Nomenclature Menus and Settings Introduction Getting Ready Taking Pictures Playback Set Up PRESET WB? 5 Position your prepared white sample so that it fills the frame on the screen. SET CANCEL Adjust the subject to fill the frame on the screen. White subject, such as paper. 6 7 Move the selector lever up u to select [SET], then press E. The preset value for the white balance is set. To cancel this setting, select [CANCEL] and press E. Press the MENU button K. The white balance is set to [u]. A Important B Note This setting is retained when you turn the camera off. [. . . ] Provided a DPOF-compatible printer or a commercial print processing store that provides a DPOF print service is used, prints specified on this (DPOF-compatible) camera will be produced in the quantities and formats specified in the DPOF settings. · The DPOF trademark indicates that the product conforms to the specifications of the "Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) for digital camera print information". Copyright for DPOF Version 1. 00 is held jointly by Canon Inc. , Eastman Kodak Co. , Fuji Photo Film Co. , Ltd and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. , Ltd. EV (Exposure Value) An EV is a number that denotes exposure. EV=1 when the aperture setting is F1 and the shutter speed is 1 second. [. . . ]