User manual MINOLTA DIMAGE SCAN ELITE 5400II

[. . . ] Konica Minolta Customer Support: www. konicaminoltasupport. com Konica Minolta Photo World: www. konicaminoltaphotoworld. com Become a member of Konica Minolta Photo World today, free of charge, and enter the fascinating world of Konica Minolta photography. Register now, save 29. 99 EUR, get DiMAGE Messenger for free! © 2005 Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc. under the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention. INSTRUCTION MANUAL 9979 2892 50/12984 Printed in Germany 3 For proper and safe use Read and understand all warnings and cautions before using this product. WARNING · Use only within the voltage range specified on the unit. Inappropriate current may cause damage or injury through fire or electric shock. · Use only the specified AC adapter (Ya Hsin Industrial 092-240840) within the voltage range indicated on the adapter unit. [. . . ] However, when scanning an underexposed or overexposed slide, the autoexposure system can compensate for the unusual image density. When using AE lock or AE area selection with slide film (p. 45), the auto-expose-for-slide box must be checked. Manual Focus Dial: to use the manual-focus dial on the scanner unit. The appearance of the manual-focus button in the prescan tab changes when active. If selected, autofocus and point AF cannot be used. Autofocus at scan: this option activates the autofocus function during the prescan and final scan. When using Digital ICE, ROC, and GEM, the use of autofocus is recommended. The autofocus function increases the scanning time. Prescan after point AF: the scanner automatically makes a prescan after the focus point is specified with point AF. Index scan at loading: the scanner automatically makes an index scan each time a film holder is inserted into the scanner. Scanner Notes When the autofocus-at-scan option is selected in the preferences window, the autofocus system uses the center of image to determine focus. This normally results in an excellent scan when the film plane is flat. However, if the film is warped or curled, the scanner can be focused using point AF or manual focus (p. Active preferences used in scanning are shown in the prescan tab. The preference display is below the scan setting pane. The use of autofocus, manual focus dial, autoexposure, color depth, multi-sample scanning, and color matching is indicated. Color matching is indicated by the color space or monitor color profile. Preference display 40 Advanced scanning 41 Exposure-control tab The exposure-control tab allows the scanner's exposure system to be customized to specific films, lighting, or a personal exposure index based on the film, processing, lens, and shutter combination. This can also be used to compensate for badly exposed film. Saving exposure settings Click the save setting button to open the save window. Simply click the exposure-control tab to display the selected image. If the prescan button is yellow, make a prescan. If any changes are made to exposure, the image-correction tab turns red (Windows) or an asterisk is displayed on the tab (Macintosh). The master slider and text box control the overall exposure. The R, G, and B sliders and text boxes are used to compensate for any color shift. Enter the name for the setting file. [. . . ] If the file are not located in the imaging-device location, open the other-devices location of the device manager. If "DiMAGE Scan Elite5400 2" is listed, use the following instructions to delete the driver: 1. Click on the driver to select it for deletion. Windows 2000 and XP: click on the action button to display the drop-down menu. [. . . ]