User manual MINOLTA DIMAGE 2300 AUTRE NOTICE

[. . . ] Thank you for purchasing the Minolta Dimâge 2300. Please take the time to read through this instruction manual so you can enjoy all 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. [. . . ] · When you select Daylight, Fluorescent, or Tungsten for the white-balance, set the flash mode to "flash cancel" (see page 34). · Press the MENU button to clear the Record mode menus and the LCD monitor will return to the live view. - 58 - - 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. SELECTING SHARPNESS Press the or button to highlight desired sharpness. · The sharpness will change as follows: HARD NORMAL SOFT Press the display/ENTER button. In Record mode, press the MENU button. · The Record mode menus will appear. Press the or button to highlight "SHARPNESS". · 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 display/ENTER button. · The currently set sharpness will be highlighted. · Press the MENU button to clear the Record mode menus and the LCD monitor will return to the live view. - 60 - - 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 performance by letting you use it in dark, indoor locations. HIGH: ISO 340 equivalent. CHANGING ISO SENSITIVITY (GAIN UP MODE) Press the or button to highlight desired ISO sensitivity. · The ISO sensitinity 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. 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 - - 63 - PLAY MODE SCREENS Play Mode Screen (LCD monitor) - Single-frame Play Play Mode Indicator Digital zoom X1. 0 / X2. 0 / X3. 0 PLAY X3. 0 Protect icon PLAYING BACK IMAGES (PLAY MODE) 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 - 64 - - 65 - SINGLE-FRAME PLAY Turn the Function dial to . 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 when the function dial is set 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. 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. Press the or button to scroll through the images. · The button scrolls forward, the scrolls backward. button · 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 - 66 - - 67 - INDEX PLAY - CONT'D Turn the Function dial to . DIGITAL ZOOM [PLAY MODE] The digital zoom will increase the magnification of the image displayed on the LCD monitor up to three times of the normal screen. · The LCD monitor changes from index play to single-frame play. · The image enclosed in the white border appears on the LCD monitor. In single-frame Play mode, press the digital zoom button. · The currently set zoom magnification appears in the upper-right corner of the LCD monitor (see page 65). PLAY 11 12 13 X1. 0 14 15 16 PLAY X 1. 0 17 18 19 15 / 25 Play Back Image 5 / 27 Press the or button until the desired magnification is displayed in the LCD monitor. To Turn Off The Camera in PLAY Mode · The zoom magnification will change as follows: Press the display / ENTER button. X 3. 0 X 2. 0 X1. 0 · The magnification change is visible in the LCD monitor. Continued on Next Page - 68 - - 69 - DIGITAL ZOOM [PLAY MODE] - CONT'D Press the digital zoom button. · If you want to change the zoom magnification, repeat steps 2 and 3. · The digital zoom will return to X1. 0 when you turn the camera off and back on again. AUTO-PLAY (SLIDE SHOW) The images can be played back like an automatic slide show. Auto-Play (Slide show) Screen (LCD monitor) PLAY X 3. 0 Play Back Image 4 / 25 5 / 27 Frame counter that is now being played / Total number of Images taken Digital zoom in PLAY mode have limitations shown below, depending on the image size and the digital zoom magnification selected when the image was taken. For example, a FULL-sized image captured with X2. 0 digital zoom magnification can not be magnified to X3. 0 in PLAY mode. In PLAY mode, turn the Function dial to . Image size when the image was taken Digital zoom magnification selected when the image was taken X1. 0 X1. 0 / X2. 0 / X3. 0 X1. 0 / X2. 0 X1. 4 X1. 0 / X2. 0 / X3. 0 Not available X2. 0 X1. 0 / X2. 0 Not available Press the MENU button. · The Auto-Play (Slide show) menus will appear. FULL size HALF size Continued on Next Page - 70 - - 71 - AUTO-PLAY (SLIDE SHOW) - CONT'D Press the or button to highlight "START". To Stop Auto-Play (Slide show) AUTO-PLAY (SLIDE SHOW) - CONT'D While performing Auto-Play (Slide show), press the MENU button. · The Auto-Play (Slide show) menus will appear. Press the display/ENTER button. · Auto-Play will start according to the INTERVAL and the DIRECTION settings in the Auto-Play (Slide show) menus. Press the or button to highlight "EXIT". Press the display/ENTER button. · Auto-Play (Slide show) will stop. Auto-Play (Slide show) also can be stopped by turning the function dial to PC, or SETUP. , , - 72 - - 73 - AUTO-PLAY (SLIDE SHOW) - CONT'D To Change Auto-Play (Slide show) Settings AUTO-PLAY (SLIDE SHOW) - CONT'D Press the display/ENTER button. · The interval time you have highlighted at the previous step will be selected and set to the camera. Check that the Function dial is set to , press the MENU button. · The Auto-Play (Slide show) menus will appear. Press the or button to highlight "INTERVAL". Press the or button to highlight "DIRECTION". Press the display/ENTER button. Press the display/ENTER button. · The currently set interval time will be highlighted. · The currently set direction will be highlighted. Press the or button to highlight desired interval time. · The interval time can be set between 3 - 60 seconds. [. . . ] 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. (1:26) Storage capacity* (approximate): SUPER FINE: 1 image, FINE: 9 images, STANDARD: 24 images, ECONOMY: 47 images (* Using a 8MB compact flash card in Full Size; 1792 x 1200 pixels) Delete function: Single image, All images Before Important Events · Always check the camera's operation carefully or take test photographs. · Minolta is not responsible for damages incurred by equipment malfunction. Questions and Service · If you have questions about your camera, contact your local camera dealer or write to the Minolta distributor in you area. 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