User manual KONICA MINOLTA DIMAGE 2300 HARDWARE

[. . . ] E CAMERA INSTRUCTION MANUAL Thank you for purchasing the Minolta Dimâge 2300. Please take the time to read through this instruction manual so you can enjoy all of its features. For information on installing and operating the included application software, please read the accompanying software instruction manual. This manual contains information regarding products introduced before Jan. , 2000. [. . . ] The table below is an approximated list of the number of average images that can fit on a compact flash card. Approximate Card Capacity using 8MB CompactFlash Card Super Fine FULL size HALF size 1 5 Fine 9 41 Standard 24 100 Economy 47 178 - 57 - SELECTING WHITE BALANCE White Balance is the camera's ability to make different types of lighting appear neutral. The effect is similar to selecting daylight film or tungsten film. The default white balance setting is AUTO. AUTO: The AUTO setting will detect the type of light and adjust the white balance accordingly. Daylight: For outdoor/sunlight illuminated subjects. Tungsten: For incandescent lighting, such as the filament light bulbs in household lamps. In Record mode, press the MENU button. · The Record mode menus will appear. Press the or highlight "WB". button to Press the display/ENTER button. · The currently set white-balance will be highlighted. - 58 - SELECTING WHITE BALANCE Press the or button to highlight the desired white balance setting. · The white-balance will change as follows: AUTO (Daylight) (Fluorescent) (Tungsten) Press the display/ENTER button. · The white-balance you have highlighted at the previous step will be selected and set to the camera. · When you select Daylight, Fluorescent, or Tungsten, the manual white-balance indicator MWB will appear on the body data panel. · Press the MENU button to clear the Record mode menus and the LCD monitor will return to the live view. - 59 - SELECTING SHARPNESS There are three sharpness options; HARD, NORMAL, and SOFT. HARD: This option increases the sharpness of the image to be taken. NORMAL: No additional sharpening will be done. SOFT: This option creates a soft-focus effect. Small details in the image are diffused. In Record mode, press the MENU button. · The Record mode menus will appear. Press the or button to highlight "SHARPNESS". Press the display/ENTER button. · The currently set sharpness will be highlighted. - 60 - SELECTING SHARPNESS Press the or button to highlight desired sharpness. · The sharpness will change as follows: HARD NORMAL SOFT Press the display/ENTER button. · The sharpness you have highlighted at the previous step will be selected and set to the camera. · When you select HARD or SOFT, the sharpness indicator SHARP will appear on the body data panel. · Press the MENU button to clear the Record mode menus and the LCD monitor will return to the live view. - 61 - CHANGING ISO SENSITIVITY (GAIN UP MODE) The CCD used in this camera has a sensitivity of ISO 85 equivalent when shipped from the factory. By setting this camera to the Gain Up mode, it may be set to ISO 340 equivalent. This will improve camera versatility by allowing you use it in dark, indoor locations. HIGH: ISO 340 equivalent. In Record mode, press the MENU button. · The Record mode menus will appear. Press the or highlight "ISO". button to Press the display/ENTER button. · The currently set ISO sensitivity will be highlighted. - 62 - CHANGING ISO SENSITIVITY (GAIN UP MODE) Press the or button to highlight the desired ISO sensitivity. · The ISO sensitivity will change as follows: HIGH NORMAL Press the display/ENTER button. · The ISO sensitivity you have highlighted at the previous step will be selected and set to the camera. · Press the MENU button to clear the Record mode menus and the LCD monitor will return to the live view. - 63 - PLAYING BACK IMAGES (PLAY MODE) - 64 - PLAY MODE SCREENS Play Mode Screen (LCD monitor) - Single-frame Play Play Mode Indicator Digital magnification X1. 0 / X2. 0 / X3. 0 PLAY X3. 0 Protect icon 13 / 25 Frame counter / Total number of Images taken Play Mode Screen (LCD monitor) - Index Play 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Frame Counter - 65 - SINGLE-FRAME PLAY Turn the Function dial to . Move the lens cover slide to , then press and hold the display / ENTER button about 1 second. · After a short wait, the last image recorded is displayed on the LCD monitor. Press the or button to scroll through the images. · The button scrolls forward, the scrolls backward. button - 66 - INDEX PLAY In single-frame Play mode, turn the Function dial to . · The LCD monitor changes from single-frame play to index play. The monitor is divided into a nine-image index. · The white border appears around the image displayed before the function dial is set to . PLAY X1. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 / 25 7 8 9 Use the or button on the back of the camera to move the border to the image to be viewed. · Pressing button moves the border to the next image. Pressing the button moves the border to the previous image. · When the border is on the image at bottom-right, pressing the button displays the next nine frames so that the next image is positioned at the center of the nine-image index. · When the border is on the image at top-left, pressing the button displays the previous nine frames so that the previous image is positioned at the center of the nine-image index. Continued on Next Page - 67 - INDEX PLAY - CONT'D Turn the Function dial to . · The LCD monitor changes from index play to single-frame play. · The image enclosed in the white border appears on the LCD monitor. PLAY 11 12 13 X1. 0 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 / 25 To Turn Off The Camera in PLAY Mode Press the display / ENTER button. - 68 - DIGITAL MAGNIFICATION [PLAY MODE] The digital magnification will increase the magnification of the image displayed on the LCD monitor up to three times of the normal screen. In single-frame Play mode, press the digital magnification button. · The currently set magnification appears in the upper-right corner of the LCD monitor (see page 65). PLAY X 1. 0 Play Back Image 5 / 27 Press the or button until the desired magnification is displayed in the LCD monitor. · The magnification will change as follows: X 3. 0 X 2. 0 X1. 0 · The magnification change is visible in the LCD monitor. Continued on Next Page - 69 - DIGITAL MAGNIFICATION [PLAY MODE] - CONT'D Press the digital magnification button. · If you want to change the magnification, repeat steps 2 and 3. [. . . ] 2, 300, 000 pixels Number of effective pixels: Approx. 2, 190, 000 pixels Lens Unit Focal length: 8. 2mm (38mm in the 35mm film equivalent scale) Aperture: FNo. 3. 0 to 13 (4 steps) Construction: 5 elements in 2 groups including 4 aspheric surfaces Focusing range: 0. 6m to infinity (Macro mode: 0. 3m to 0. 6m) Image Storage Recording medium: CompactFlash card (Type I) Image file format: Exif 2. 1 (JPEG), TIFF Number of pixels: 1792 x 1200 / 800 x 600 pixels Image quality modes: SUPER FINE, FINE, STANDARD, ECONOMY. Image compression ratio: SUPER FINE (1:1), FINE (1:5) , STANDARD (1:13), ECONOMY. [. . . ]