User manual MINOLTA Q-M200

[. . . ] Chapter 1 Names of Parts Preparations Mode select dial Power button Shutter button Lens Selftimer LED Active AF sensor Viewfinder window Flash Flash adjustment sensor Mode setup buttons Image quality mode button (QUALITY) Selftimer button Flash mode button Photo mode button (MODE) Data display panel (LCD) Power input terminal Serial port Video port Lens cover Battery cover Battery cover lock button Tripod socket hole / Eye sensor Viewfinder LED Card access LED Viewfinder eyepiece LCD monitor LCD monitor power button (LCD POWER) Menu button (MENU) Set/Zoom button (SET/ZOOM) Select button Card cover Strap eyelet Eject lock button Card eject button * If foreign matter adheres to the active AF sensor or the eye sensor, this may lead to malfunction of the sensor. Data display panel Photo mode indicator Press the photo mode button (MODE) of the mode setup buttons to switch between the following 5 preset states of subjects: (No icon: initial) ): Quick action Sports ( Infinity ( ): Long distance Macro ( ): Text ( ): Extremely short distance Characters (black & white) Battery indicator The remaining voltage of the battery used to power the camera is indicated at one of three levels (full: , half: , empty: ). Image quality mode indicator Press the image quality mode button (OUALITY) of the mode setup buttons to switch the mode among the following 4 choices of image quality: FINE (Initial setting) SUPER FINE BASIC ECONOMY Sandglass indicator Flashes to indicate an ongoing access to the CompactFlash card (for writing shot images to the card or transferring them to a personal computer). Any other operation is disabled until the mark stops flashing. Remaining frame count indicator Indicates the remaining number of frames that can be shot. "PC" appears when the camera is connected to a personal computer. Card status indicator Lights when a card is inserted and the eject lock button is locked. [. . . ] Caution Always turn the LCD monitor on when adjusting the brightness of the LCD monitor. Through image 4. Press the menu button once to enable menu selection ("Set Camera Exposure" setting screen). The through image will become a still image. Press the select buttons ( , ) and change to the "Set Screen Contrast" menu. The brightness adjustment menu icon will be displayed highlighted in the top right corner of the LCD monitor screen. The brightness adjustment bar will be displayed at the bottom of the LCD monitor. The standard setting is the center of the bar. Press the select buttons ( , ) and adjust the brightness. button to adjust the brightness to *Press the the minus side and darken the image. button to adjust the brightness to *Press the the plus side and brighten the image. Press the Set/Zoom button to return to the through image. Note: *Once changed, this setting remains valid until changed again. Chapter 4 Basic Playback Setting to the Playback Mode The following explains display of photographed images on the LCD monitor, frame advance, viewing the monitor display and zoom playback. Set the mode select button to playback ( and press the power button. ) 2. *The frame number of the displayed image ("No. 25" in the example) is displayed in the lower right corner of the monitor screen. The frame number is given in serial order to the images that can be played back with this camera. If the image is erased, etc. , the frame number will be given again. The last frame photographed is displayed when the power button is turned on for the first time. Image number Example: 100-0025 Directory number File number The directory number and the file number recorded on the CF card are displayed. These numbers are unique registration numbers assigned to each individual image and are used for creating Automatic image print files (see Notes 1 and 2). 4. Switching photographic images -1 Press the select buttons ( , ) to display the images before and after the current image as thumbnails (the previous image is to the left, the next image to the right). The frame number is also displayed (only on the LCD monitor screen). -2 If the select buttons ( , ) are not pressed for 2-3 sec. , this screen will be displayed and the image number (the directory number and file number) will appear in the upper left corner of the screen and the date photographed will appear in the upper right corner of the screen. -1 The image number and date photographed will disappear if the buttons are not pressed within 2-3 sec. 5. [. . . ] · When storing the camera, store both the camera and batteries in a constantly cool, dry place. Recommended temperature: 15 - 25 degrees C Recommended humidity: 40 - 60% RH CF card Handling · Do not bend the card or apply excessive force. · Do not store the card where the humidity is high, where there is excessive dust and near sources of static electricity or magnetism. · Do not allow dust, moisture or foreign matter to accumulate on the terminals of the CF card. card resulting from mis-operation by the customer or a third party. [. . . ]