User manual SIGMA SD9

[. . . ] C21EN0291 E ENGLISH Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera USER'S MANUAL This manual explains how to use SIGMA SD9 digital SLR camera. Please refer to the SIGMA Photo Pro User Guide, which is available in the PDF format of the supplied CD-ROM, to get information about installation of SIGMA Photo Pro software to your computer, connection between camera and computer and for detailed explanation of SIGMA Photo Pro software. Thank you for purchasing the Sigma Digital Autofocus Camera The Sigma SD9 Digital SLR camera is a technical breakthrough!It is powered by the Foveon® X3TM image sensor, the world's first image sensor to capture red, green and blue light at each and every pixel. A high-resolution digital single-lens reflex camera, the SD9 delivers superior-quality digital images by combining Sigma's extensive interchangeable lens line-up with the revolutionary Foveon X3 image sensor. [. . . ] It will determine the most suitable exposure with respect to lighting conditions. CENTER AREA METERING The camera will measure the brightness only inside of the circle as shown in the viewfinder. This mode is suitable when you wish to set exposure for a portion of the scene and ignore the influence of rest of the scene. 53 AE LOCK The camera will fix and memorize the exposure value, while you press the "AE" Lock button. When you wish to lock the exposure of a subject off-center, AE lock is very useful. Use of this function with Center Area Metering Mode is recommended. 1 Center the subject inside the viewfinder, then press the shutter button "Half-way". 2 Keep shutter button "Half-way" depressed, and then push the "AE" lock button. (While operating the AE lock, the displays of the shutter speed and aperture value in the viewfinder are locked and "AEL" is visible). You can release the shutter button. 3 Hold the AE lock button while you compose the picture. Then press the shutter button to take the picture. ·¡ When the subject is out of focus during AE lock operation, remove your finger from shutter button and press the shutter button "Half-way" again, or remove your finger from the AE lock button and restart from the beginning. 54 EXPOSURE COMPENSATION If you want to intentionally overexpose or underexpose the picture, use this function. While pressing the Exposure Compensation button, turn the "C"-dial to set the desired compensation value. Then, release the Exposure Compensation button. ·¡ The LCD panel will show " compensation button. ·¡ ·¡ 0. 0" when you initially press the exposure " indicates overexposure, and " " indicates Exposure compensation can be set in 0. 5EV increments from +3. 0 to ­3. 0 stops. For example, if you set +1. 0 then the shutter speed will be one stop slower in Aperture Priority mode. In Shutter Speed Priority mode, the aperture will be one-stop larger (smaller F-number). In the case of Program mode, the shutter speed will be 0. 5 stop slower and the aperture will increase 0. 5 stop. CAUTION !! · Once you set the Exposure Compensation, the camera will continuously hold this mode, until the compensation amount is set to 0. 0 value. · Exposure compensation function cannot be used with Manual Operation mode. 55 AUTO BRACKETING This function of the camera lets you take a sequence of pictures of the same subject at three different exposure levels; Appropriate Exposure, Under Exposure and Over Exposure. If it is difficult to determine the proper exposure, please use this function. 1 Set the "D"-dial to position. 2 Turn the "C"-dial to set the bracketing amount. (It can be set in 0. 5 EV step increments up to ±3 EV). 3 Set the "D"-dial to drive area (P. 14). ·¡ ·¡ The camera will take three pictures in the following sequence; Appropriate exposure, under exposure and over exposure. For example: If you set the bracketing amount to 2. 0, the indicator in the viewfinder will show as follow. M mode P, A, S mode First Frame * Measured Value 0. 0 Second Frame -2. 0 EV deviation from Measured Value 2. 0 Third Frame +2. 0 EV deviation from Measured Value 2. 0 (* Measured value is the difference between the correct exposure value of the camera and your setting value). ·¡ The exposure bracketing can be used with 4 different modes. P Mode ; Both shutter speed and aperture value will be changed. A Mode ; Only shutter speed will be changed. S Mode ; Only aperture value will be changed. M Mode ; Only shutter speed will be changed. WARNING !! · Once you set the auto bracketing mode, the camera will continuously hold that auto bracketing mode until you set the bracketing amount to "0. 0". 56 AUTO BRACKETING ·¡ " mark will be displayed continuously on the LCD panel. For the first frame, " " mark on the LCD panel, will blink slowly, then it will For the second frame, " blink quickly for the third frame. When you set the self-timer mode, the camera will automatically take three consecutive pictures. It is possible to change the drive mode during the Auto Bracketing operation. [. . . ] (P. 76) 112 SPECIFICATIONS Camera Type Storage Media Image Sensor Size Lenses Used Picture Angle Lens Mount Imaging Element Type Color Photo Detectors Pixels Aspect Ratio Image Recording Format Resolution (File Size) Interfaces White Balance Viewfinder Type Viewfinder Frame Coverage Viewfinder Magnification Eyepoint Diopter Adjustment Range Auto Focus Type AF Operating Range Focus Mode Metering Systems Metering Range Exposure Modes ISO Sensivity Exposure Compensation AE Lock Auto Bracketing Shutter Type Shutter Speeds ·} ·| Interchangeable Lens SLR Type Digital Camera CompactFlashTM (CF) (TypeT /U ), IBM MicroDriveTM 13. 8 x 20. 7mm Sigma SA Mount Lenses Equivalent to 1. 7x the focal length of a lens when used on a 35mm SLR camera. SA mount FOVEON® X3TM (CMOS) 10. 29 Million (2268 Columns x 1512 Rows x 3 Layers) Effective: 3. 43 Million X3TM Full Color Pixels (Total: 3. 54 Million X3TM Full Color Pixels) 3·F 2 Lossless compression RAW Data (12bit) HI·F 2268 x 1512 (approx. 8MB) MED·F 1512 x 1008 (approx. 4MB) LOW·F 1134 x 756 (approx. 2MB) IEEE1394, USB 1. 1, Video Out (NTSC·^ PAL) 8 Type (Auto, Sunlight, Shade, Overcast, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash, Custom white balance) Pentaprism SLR Viewfinder 98·" horizontal, 97·" vertical 0. 77x (50mm F1. 4 at infinity) 18mm 3dpt to ·{ 1dpt TTL phase difference detection system EV 2 to18·i ISO100·j Single AF, Continuous AF (AF Predict function) 8-segment Evaluative Metering, Center Metering, Center-Weighted Average Metering EV 1 to 20·i with 50mm F1. 4 at ISO100·j (P) Program AE·A (A) Aperture Priority AE·A (S) Shutter Speed Priority AE·A (M) Manual ISO 100, 200, 400 3EV·i in 1/2steps·j Push button type ·} 3EV·i in 1/2steps, Appropriate Exposure ­ Under Exposure ­ Over Exposure·j Vertical-travel metal focal plane shutter, electronically controlled through entire speed range 1/6000sec to 15sec. 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