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9222-2787-11 P-A306 ME-0306 INSTR UCTION MANU AL E.
2 B EFORE Y OU BEGIN Thank you f or purchasing this Minolta product. Please take the time to read through this instruction manual so y ou can enjoy all the f eatures of your ne w digital camera. Check the pac king list bef ore using this product. If any items are missing, immediately contact y our camera dealer .
3 Read and understand all warnings and cautions before using this product. Using batteries improper ly can cause them to leak har mful solutions, o verheat, or e xplode which ma y damage proper ty or cause personal injur y . Do not ignore the f ollowing warnings.
4 F OR PROPER AND SAFE USE • Use only the specified A C adapter within the v oltage range indicated on the adapter unit. An inappropriate adapter or current may cause damage or injury through fire or electr ic shock. • Do not disassemble this product.
5 • Do not use this product in a humid environment, or oper ate this product with wet hands. If liquid enters the product, immediately remov e the batteries or unplug the AC adapter and discontinue use. The continued use of a product e xposed to liquids ma y cause damage or injur y through fire or electric shock.
6 F OR PROPER AND SAFE USE • Do not use or store the product in a hot or humid environment such as the glo ve compar tment or trunk of a car . It may damage the product and batteries which ma y result in burns or injur ies caused by heat, fire , explosion, or leaking battery fluid.
This de vice complies with P ar t 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the f ollowing two conditions: (1) This de vice may not cause har mful interf erence, and (2) this de vice must accept any interf erence receiv ed, including interference that ma y cause undesired operation.
8 T ABLE OF CONTENTS T ABLE OF CONTENTS Names of par ts .....................................................................................................................................12 Getting up and running.....................................
9 Pla yback - basic operation ...................................................................................................................30 Single-frame pla yback displa y .......................................................................
10 T ABLE OF CONTENTS Pla yback - adv anced operation ............................................................................................................62 Pla ying back v oice memos and audio captions ........................................
11 Data-transf er mode...............................................................................................................................89 System requirements ...............................................................................
12 NAMES OF P AR TS * This camera is a sophisticated optical instrument. Care should be taken to k eep these surfaces clean. Please read the care and storage instructions in the back of this manual (p . 107). Flash (p . 28) Indicator lamp Lens* Main s witch Microphone AV -out-terminal/ USB-por t Tr ipod sock et Batter y chamber door (p .
13 Recording-mode s witch (p . 22) Controller LCD monitor* Menu b utton Speaker Strap e yelets (p . 16) Pla yback b utton (p .30).
14 G ETTING UP AND RUNNING GETTING UP AND R UNNING INSER TING THE BA TTER Y This digital camera uses two AA-siz e alkaline batter ies or NI-MH batteries, b ut recharge- able NI-MH batteries are recommended because of longer lif e. When using NI-MH batter- ies, fully recharge them with a battery charger suitable f or complex electronic equipment.
15 BA TTER Y -CONDITION INDICA T OR Full-batter y icon - the batter y is fully charged. This icon is display ed when the camera is on. Low-battery war ning - batter y pow er is very low . The batter y should be replaced as soon as possible . This war ning automatically appears and remains on the monitor until the batter y is replaced or recharged.
16 G ETTING UP AND RUNNING AC AD APTER (SOLD SEP ARA TEL Y) The A C-6L Adapter allows the camera to be po wered from a household outlet. The AC adapter is recommended when the camer a is interfaced with a computer or during per iods of heavy use . Inser t the mini plug of the AC adapter into the DC terminal (1).
17 Tu rn the strap e yelet so that strap A can pass through it.(1) P ass the small loop of strap A through the strap e yelet on the camera body (2). P ass the other end of the strap through the small loop and tighten (3).
18 G ETTING UP AND RUNNING INST ALLING AND REMO VING A MEMOR Y CARD An SD (Secure Digital) Memor y card or MultiMediaCard must be inser ted f or the camera to operate. If a card has not been inser ted, a no-card warning will appear on the LCD monitor ; the shutter can still be released and a single image can be captured (p .
19 The response time during recording and playbac k is longer with MultiMediaCards compared with SD Memor y Cards. This is not a defect, b ut rather due to the specifications of the cards. When using large capacity cards, some oper ations like deletion ma y take longer .
20 GETTING UP AND RUNNING SETTING THE D A TE AND TIME After initially inser ting a memor y card and charging the batter y , the camera’ s cloc k and calendar m ust be set on the setup menu. When images are recorded, the image data is sav ed with the date and time of recording.
21 Navigating the setup men u is simple. The four-w ay k eys of the controller mo ve the cursor and change settings on the menu. Pressing the center of the controller selects menu options and sets adjust- ments. Use the right ke y to highlight section 3 at the top of the menu.
22 R ECORDING - B ASIC OPERA TION RECORDING MODE - BASIC OPERA TION This section cov ers basic recording operation. T o prepare the camera f or use, read pages 14 through 21. HANDLING THE CAMERA While using LCD monitor , grip the camera firmly with your right hand while suppor ting the camera body with your left.
23 USING THE ZOOM LENS This camera is equipped with a unique 4.8 - 14.4mm z oom lens. This is equivalent to a 37 to 111mm lens on a 35mm camera. The lens is operated b y the controller at the back of the camera. The effect of the optical zoom is visib le on the LCD monitor .
24 R ECORDING - B ASIC OPERA TION LCD MONIT OR DISPLA Y - BASIC If the shutter speed f alls below the point where the camera can be hand held saf ely , the camera-shak e war ning indicator will appear on the monitor .
25 BASIC RECORDING OPERA TION Press the shutter-release button partwa y down (1) to lock the f ocus and e xposure. • The f ocus signals (p. 27) on the monitor will confir m that the image is in f ocus. If the monitor f ocus signal is red, the camera was unab le to f ocus on the subject.
26 R ECORDING - B ASIC OPERA TION FOCUS LOCK The f ocus-lock function is used when y ou want to compose the image with the subject off-center and outside the f ocus frame. Focus loc k may also be used when a special f ocusing situation pre vents the camera from f ocusing on the subject.
27 FOCUS SIGNALS SPECIAL FOCUSING SITU A TIONS This digital camera has a quic k, accurate autof ocusing system. The f ocus signal in the lower right cor ner of the LCD monitor indicates the focus status . The shutter can be released regardless of whether the camera can f ocus on the subject or not.
28 FLASH RANGE - A UT OMA TIC OPERA TION The camera automatically controls the flash output. For well-e xposed images, the subject m ust be within the flash range . Because of the optical system, the flash range is not the same at the lens’ wide-angle position as it is at the telephoto position.
29 Pressing and holding the central b utton of the controller switches the LCD monitor displa y between full displa y and live image only . Full displa y Liv e image only LCD MONIT OR DISPLA Y - RECORDING MODE central b utton of the controller The batter y-condition and date-imprinting indicators can appear on the live image only displa y .
30 P LA YBA CK - B ASIC OPERA TION PLA YBA CK - BASIC OPERA TION SINGLE-FRAME PLA YBA CK DISPLA Y Images can be view ed in the playbac k mode. This section cov ers the basic operation in the pla yback mode. The playbac k mode has additional functions, see page 62.
31 Press the central b utton of the controller and a confir mation screen will appear . DELETING SINGLE IMA GES Delete this frame? No Ye s VIEWING IMA GES In the pla yback mode, use the left/right k eys of the controller to scroll through the images on the memor y card.
32 P LA YBA CK - B ASIC OPERA TION Inde x display can be sho wn by holding the down k ey until the displa y is changed. In inde x playbac k, the left/r ight of the controller mov e the yello w border around the inde x thumbnails. T o scroll the index thumb- nails f aster , keep pressing left/right of the controller .
33 ENLARGED PLA YBA CK With the image to be magnified displa yed, press the up k ey of the controller to activ ate the enlarged pla yback mode. The degree of magnification is displa yed on the LCD mon- itor . Use the left/right and up/down ke ys of the controller to scroll the image.
34 R ECORDING - AD V ANCED OPERA TION LCD MONIT OR DISPLA Y - AD V ANCED Microphone indicator Exposure compensation White balance (p . 42) Digital zoom (p . 55) Image size (p . 43) Image quality (p . 43) Drive mode (p . 38) Fr ame counter (p . 44) F ocus signal (p .
35 To activate the main men u of the recording menu, press the menu b utton. Press the central b utton to go into the selected options. Press the up and down k eys until the desired setting is selected. Pressing the menu b utton goes back to record- ing-mode.
36 R ECORDING - AD V ANCED OPERA TION Flash cancel A utoflash with red-ey e reduction Fill-flash Night por trait A utoflash A utoflash - the flash fires automatically in low- light and backlit conditions .
37 Flash cancel - the flash will not fire. Use flash cancel when flash photograph y is prohibited, natural light is desired to illuminate the subject, or the subject is bey ond the flash range. The camera-shake war ning ma y appear when flash cancel is selected (p .
38 R ECORDING - AD V ANCED OPERA TION DRIVE MODES Single-frame adv ance - to take a single image each time the shutter-release b utton is pressed. This is the camera’ s def ault setting. Self-timer - to dela y the release of the shutter (p. 39). Used for self-por traits .
39 Used f or self-por traits , the self-timer will delay the release of the shutter f or appro ximate- ly ten seconds after the shutter-release button is pressed. The self-timer dr iv e mode is selected in the drive mode on the main menu of the recording-mode (p .
40 R ECORDING - AD V ANCED OPERA TION The continuous-adv ance dr iv e mode allows a series of images to be captured while holding down the shutter-release b utton. The number of images that can be captured at one time and the rate of capture depend on the image-quality and image-siz e setting.
41 In multi frame , pressing the shutter release button once captures a series of nine thumbnail images and creates one image. Multi frame can be selected in the drive mode section of the recording-mode main menu (p .34). During the exposure , the indicator lamp on the front of the camera glows .
42 R ECORDING - AD V ANCED OPERA TION White balance is the camera’ s ability to mak e different types of lighting appear neutr al. The eff ect is similar to selecting da ylight or tungsten film, or using color compensating filters in conv entional pho- tograph y .
43 Changing image size aff ects the number of pix els in each image. The greater the image size, the larger the file siz e. Choose image size based on the final use of the image - smaller images will be more suitable f or web sites whereas larger sizes will produce higher quality prints.
44 R ECORDING - AD V ANCED OPERA TION Fine Standard Economy 61 0 3 1 12 18 48 22 31 68 Appro ximate number of images that can be stored on a 8 MB memor y card. Quality Size 1600 X 1200 1280 X 960 640 X 480 Fine Standard Economy 990KB 660KB 210KB 520KB 360KB 130KB 290KB 210KB 90KB Appro ximate file sizes .
45 EXPOSURE COMPENSA TION The camera e xposure can be adjusted to make the final picture lighter or darker b y as m uch as ±2Ev in 1/3 increments with still image and mo vie recording. The e xposure- compensation v alue will remain in effect until it has been reset.
46 R ECORDING - AD V ANCED OPERA TION Color and fiv e tone settings are av ailable with still image and movie recording. T oning controls whether an image is color or blac k and white as well as sepia color or red tone, b lue tone, green tone. The toning can be set in the recording-mode main menu (p .
47 In por trait, digital eff ects such as full soft-filter or par tial ov er-e xpose can be used on the subject to get more natural skin tones . By adjusting the tone cur v e, the true luminousity of objects in the vicinity of the skin can be restored.
48 R ECORDING - AD V ANCED OPERA TION Selecting the menu icon on the main menu displa ys the recording-mode menu on the LCD monitor . See page 34 to navigate the main men u. Navigating the recording-mode men u is simple. The left/r ight and up/down k eys of the controller mo ve the cursor and change settings on the menu.
49 Once a setting has been selected, the cursor will retur n to the menu options and the ne w setting will be displa yed. Y ou can continue to mak e fur ther changes.
Select the ke y func. option in section 1 of the recording mode menu. Use the up/down ke ys to select the function (1). Press the central controller b utton to set the function (2). The selected function will now be activ ated when the left/right controller ke ys are pressed in the recording mode.
Fiv e camera sensitivity settings can be selected with a still image: A uto , 64, 100, 200, 400; the n umerical values are based on an ISO equivalent. ISO is the standard used to indicate film sensitivi- ty: the higher the number , the more sensitiv e the film.
The flash mode is reset to aut- oflash with red ey e reduction if autoflash with red ey e reduction w as last set, if not the mode will be reset to autoflash. See page 36 f or information on flash modes. 52 R ECORDING - AD V ANCED OPERA TION AU TO RESET Flash mode (p .
V oice memo allows an audio trac k up to fifteen seconds long to be recorded with a still image. The function is activated in the section 1 of the recording-mode menu (p . 48). When the function is activ e, the microphone indicator is displa yed on the LCD monitor .
54 R ECORDING - AD V ANCED OPERA TION DA TE IMPRINTING Ev er y time a still image is recorded, it is stored with an exif tag that contains the date and time of recording as well as shooting inf or mation. This information can be view ed with the camera in the pla yback mode, or on a computer with the DiMA GE Viewer softw are.
55 DIGIT AL ZOOM The digital zoom is activ ated in section 2 of the recording-mode menu (p . 48). The digital zoom increases the magnification of the greatest telephoto setting of the optical z oom by up to 4X in 0.
56 R ECORDING - AD V ANCED OPERA TION INST ANT PLA YBA CK After a still image is captured, it can be dis- pla yed on the monitor f or two seconds bef ore being sav ed. Instant playbac k shows the last frame in the series when used with the continuous-adv ance dr iv e mode (p.
57 If file number memory is selected, when a new f older is created, the first file stored in the folder will hav e a number one greater than the last file sa ved. If the file number memor y is disabled, the image file number will be 0001. File number memor y is activated in section 2 of the recording-mode men u (p .
58 R ECORDING - AD V ANCED OPERA TION RECORDING WITHOUT A MEMOR Y CARD If no memor y card is installed in the camera, a single still image can be recorded and sa ved in the camera’ s b uffer memory . Only the last image captured is stored; each time an image is captured, it replaces the image data sav ed in the buff er .
59 This camera can record digital video with sound. T otal recording time varies with the image size and the memor y card capacity , see the main menu na vigation movie mode on page 60. In movie record- ing, some functions can be used, some are fix ed, and some are disabled, see the notes section on page 61.
60 M O VIE RECORDING Image size has tw o settings, 320X240 and 160X120. Image size not only aff ects the resolution of the movie image , but also changes the maximum length of the mo vie clip. The recording rate f or a 320 X 240 size mo vie is approximately 340 KB/sec , and approximately 85 KB/sec f or a 160 X 120 movie .
61 In movie recording, some functions can be used, some are fix ed, and some are disabled, Image siz e, white balance, and toning can be selected with the mo vie menu. Exposure can be adjusted with e xposure compensation (p. 45). The optical and digital zoom are active b ut only digital zoom can be used during the recording.
Speaker 62 PLA YBA CK - AD V ANCED OPERA TION PLA YING BA CK V OICE MEMOS AND A UDIO CAPTIONS V oice memos (p . 53) and audio captions (p . 71) can be play ed back in the pla yback mode. When one of these audio trac ks is attached to a still image, the audio-trac k indi- cator will be displa yed at the bottom of the monitor .
63 Press the controller to pause the movie ; press the controller again to resume the pla yback. ~ REW FWD „ ˚ Movie clips are pla yed bac k the same wa y . Use the left/right ke ys of the controller to display the movie . Press the center of the controller to pla y back a movie .
64 P LA YBA CK - AD V ANCED OPERA TION MAIN MENU NA VIGA TION - PLA YBA CK-MODE To activate the main pla ybac k-mode menu, press the menu button. Press the central b utton to star t an operation. Use the controller to highlight the desired menu options .
65 NA VIGA TING THE PLA YBACK-MODE MENU To activate the main men u of the playbac k mode, press the menu b utton. When the desired menu section is displa yed, use the up/do wn ke y to scroll through the menu options . Highlight the option whose settings need to be changed.
66 P LA YBA CK - AD V ANCED OPERA TION Choosing “Y es” will e xecute the operation, “No” will can- cel it. Ye s No F or information on frame-selection screens, see page 68. Delete This frame All frames Marked frames Lock 1 This frame All frames Marked frames Unlock all Slide show Enter 1 - 60 sec.
67 DPOF set This frame All frames Marked frames Inde x pr int 3 Cancel all Y es / No E-mail Cop y This frame Number of copies F older name Marked frames Image size 640 X 480 160 X 120 Ref er to the follo wing sections for details on the menu options and their settings .
68 P LA YBA CK - AD V ANCED OPERA TION FRAME-SELECTION SCREEN When a marked-frames setting is chosen on the men u, the frame selection screen will appear . This screen allows m ultiple image and audio files to be chosen. The left/right ke ys of the controller move the yello w border to select the image.
69 Deleting per manently erases the file . Once deleted, a file cannot be recov ered. Care should be taken when deleting images . In the main menu (p .64), selecting the delete icon and pressing the center button of the controller erases a single image currently displa yed on the LCD monitor .
70 P LA YBA CK - AD V ANCED OPERA TION LOCKING IMA GE AND A UDIO FILES On the main menu (p .64), selecting the lock icon and pressing the centr al button of the controller , loc k a single image currently display ed on the LCD monitor . Lock ed file can be unlock ed by the same oper ation.
71 A UDIO CAPTION A still image can hav e a fifteen-second audio caption attached to it. This function will also replace a v oice-memo audio track recorded with an image . A udio captions cannot be attached to movie clips. Displa y the image to which the audio caption will be attached.
72 P LA YBA CK - AD V ANCED OPERA TION Cop ying to fa vorite sav es a cop y of a still image to the “F A V ORITE” f older and is used to sa ve f av or ite images or pre vent images from being unintentionally pla yed bac k on this camera. Regardless of the original image format, an economy 640 X 480 (V GA) JPEG cop y is made.
73 Fa vo r ites copies cannot be view ed without activating the Fa vo r ites on the main menu. T o activate the F a vorites on the main menu, press and hold the pla yback b utton for a fe w seconds. Select the F a vorite icon on the main men u with the controller and press the center button.
74 P LA YBA CK - AD V ANCED OPERA TION Rotate displa y or ients a v er tical image so that it can be view ed without having to turn the camera sidew ays . This function affects the image currently displa yed when selection is made on the main menu (p .
enter move 75 Nine frame choices are sho wn on the LCD monitor . Select the frame with the controller . Press the center button to set the frame . After choosing the frame , select the size of frame from three possible le v els using the up and down ke ys.
76 P LA YBA CK - AD V ANCED OPERA TION On the main menu (p .64), selecting the icon of the slide-show and pressing the centr al button of the controller , star ts the slide show from an image currently displa yed. This function automatically dis- pla ys all images on the memor y card in order .
Repeat 77 Menu options Settings Slide show Pla yback Duration Enter All frames Marked Fr ames 1 - 60s. Y es / No To star t the slide-sho w presentation. Pressing the central b utton of the controller will pause the presentation. During the slide show , press the menu button to stop the presen- tation and retur n to the pla yback-mode menu.
78 P LA YBA CK - AD V ANCED OPERA TION The DPOF-set menu option is used to create an order f or standard prints from still images on the memor y card. Single, multiple , or all images can be pr inted. Print orders are created in section 3 of the pla yback-mode menu (p .
79 When the this-frame or all-frames setting is chosen, a screen will appear requesting the n umber of copies of each image; a maximum of nine copies can be ordered.
80 P LA YBA CK - AD V ANCED OPERA TION Bef ore star ting the E-mail cop y routine, select the image size of the cop y in section 3 of the pla yback- mode menu (p .
81 The cop y-unsuccessful message will appear when one or all of the images could not be copied. Check the memory card to see which files were copied and then repeat the procedure f or the uncopied images. Camera Notes VIEWING IMA GES ON A TELEVISION It is possible to vie w camera images on y our television.
82 S ETUP MENU Navigating the men u is simple. The left/r ight and up/down k eys of the controller control the cursor and change settings on the menu. Pressing the center button of the controller selects menu options and sets adjustments. When the desired menu section is displa yed, use the up/do wn ke y to scroll through the menu options .
83 Choosing “Y es” on the confir mation screens will e xecute the oper- ation, “No” will cancel it. Ye s No On the date/time setting screen, use the left/right ke ys of the controller to select the year , month, day , hour , or minute . The up/down k eys are used to change the v alue.
84 S ETUP MENU FORMA TTING MEMOR Y CARDS The f or matting function is used to erase all data on a memor y card. Bef ore formatting a memor y card, cop y the data to a computer or storage de vice. Locking images will not protect them from being deleted when the card is f or matted.
85 RESET DEF A UL T This function aff ects all modes. When selected, a confir mation screen will appear ; choosing “Y es” resets the f ollowing functions and settings, “No” cancels the operation. Reset default can be set in the section 2 of the setup menu (p .
86 S ETUP MENU LANGU A GE The language used in the menus can be changed. The language is selected in section 1 of the setup menu (p . 82). A UDIO SIGNALS Ev er y time a button is pressed, an audio signal will giv e a positive confirmation of the operation.
87 V OLUME The v olume of the audio signals and shutter FX can be increased or decreased in the section 2 of the setup menu (p . 82). This affects the camer a’ s audio signals only and will not change the playbac k le vels of an audio trac k.
88 S ETUP MENU VIDEO OUTPUT Camera images can be displa yed on a tele vision (p . 81). The video output can be changed between NTSC and P AL. Nor th Amer ica uses the NTSC standard and Europe uses the P AL standard. Check which standard is used in your region to pla y bac k images on your tele vision set.
89 DA T A-TRANSFER MODE Read this section carefully bef ore connecting the camera to a computer . Details on using and installing the DiMA GE Viewer softw are are found in the supplied softw are manual.
90 CONNECTING THE CAMERA T O A COMPUTER Confir m the batter y has sufficient pow er before connecting the camer a to a computer . The use of the AC adapter (sold separately) is recommended o ver the use of the battery .
91 When the camera is properly connected to the computer , a drive icon, or v olume, will appear . When using Windows XP or Mac OS X, a window will open requesting instructions on what to do with the image data; follo w the directions in the window . If the computer does not recognize the camera, dis- connect the camera and restar t the computer .
92 D ATA - TRANSFER MODE CONNECTING T O WINDO WS 98 AND 98SE The driver needs only to be installed once . If the driver cannot be installed automatically , it can be installed manually with the operating system’ s add-new-hardware wizard; see the instructions on the f ollowing page.
93 Choose the recommended search f or a suitable driver . Click “Ne xt. ” Choose to specify the location of the driver . The browse windo w can be used to indicate the dr iv er location. The dr iv er should be located in the CD- R OM driv e at :Win98USB.
94 D ATA - TRANSFER MODE The add new hardw are wizard will confir m the location of the driver . One of three dr iv ers may be located: MNL VENUM.inf , USBPDR.inf, or USB- STRG.inf . The letter designating the CD-R OM drive will v ar y between computers.
95 AU TO PO WER OFF - D A T A-TRANSFER MODE If the camera does not receiv e a read or wr ite command within ten minutes , it will shut down to sav e pow er . When the camera shuts down, an unsaf e-remov al-of-de vice war ning ma y appear on the com- puter monitor .
Once the camera is connected to the computer , image and audio files can be accessed b y double clicking on icons . Image folders are located in the DCIM f older . T o copying images and audio record- ings, simply dr ag and drop the file icon into a location in the computer .
97 Image and audio file names begin with “PICT” follo wed by a f our-digit file number and a jpg, mo v . V oice-memo and audio caption files hav e a wa v extension and the file name corresponds to their image file. E-mail Cop y images are placed in a folder ending in “EM.
98 D ATA - TRANSFER MODE DISCONNECTING THE CAMERA FROM A COMPUTER Windows Me , 2000 Prof essional, and XP Confir m that the access lamp is not lit. T ur n the camera off , and then disconnect the USB cable. To disconnect the camera, clic k once on the unplug-or-eject-hardware icon located on the task bar .
99 The hardware de vices to be stopped will be dis- pla yed. Highlight the de vice by clic king on it then click “Stop . ” Confir m that the access lamp is not lit and then drag the mass-storage de vice icon and drop it into the trash. T ur n the camera off , and then disconnect the USB cable .
100 D ATA - TRANSFER MODE USB DIRECT -PRINT allows still images to be printed directly from a compatible Epson printer . This function prints a single image on one sheet of paper . Index prints cannot be printed with USB DIRECT -PRINT . T o pr int inde x pr ints, see page 103.
101 Use the left/right ke ys of the controller to displa y the image to be pr inted. Printing finished. The number of prints in the print r un is display ed on the LCD monitor . Use the left/right ke ys to highlight “Y es, ” and press the center of the controller to star t pr inting.
102 D ATA - TRANSFER MODE If a minor problem occurs during printing, such as the paper r uns out, f ollow the procedure recom- mended f or the pr inter ; no action is required for the camer a. If a major printer error occurs, press the center of the controller to end the routine.
Connect the camera to the printer using the camera’ s USB cab le. The larger plug on the cable is connected to the printer . Slide open the USB-por t cov er and inser t the smaller plug of the cab le into the camera (1). Tu rn the camera on. Open the USB DIRECT -PRINT menu.
F or the camera to be connected directly to the computer and used as a remote imaging de vice, the computer must be equipped with a USB por t as a standard interface . The computer and the operating system must be guar anteed by their manuf acturers to suppor t USB inter- f ace.
105 The InstallSheild Wizard window is displa yed. Click the ne xt button to continue . The license agreement is displa yed. if you accept the agreement, clic k the yes b utton to continue. Read the entire agreement carefully bef ore continuing. If y ou do not ag ree to the ter ms, clic k the no button to e xit the installation program.
106 D ATA - TRANSFER MODE CONNECTING THE REMO TE CAMERA Bef ore the camera can be connected to a computer , the remote camera driver m ust be installed, see page 104. A fully charged batter y should be used when the camera is connected to a computer .
Ref er to the applications instr uction manual on ho w the view the remote f eed. With Microsoft Net messenger , simply click on the pla y button. The option dialog bo x allows remote control ov er some of the camera’ s functions .
108 A PPENDIX Prob lem Symptom Cause Solution The camera will not work. Nothing dis- pla yed on the monitor . The batter y is dead. The auto-pow er-off func- tion has tur ned the cam- era off . The A C adapter is not connected properly . Replace batter y (p .
109 Pictures are not shar p . Make sure the subject is within the autof ocus range (p . 26). A special situation is pre- v enting the autofocus sys- tem from f ocusing (p . 27). Use the f ocus-lock function to f ocus on an object at the same distance as the subject (p .
110 A PPENDIX 1. Inser t a memory card in the camera and connect it to the computer with the USB cab le. Other de vices must not be connected to the computer during this procedure. 2. Right click on the My-computer icon. Select “proper ties” from the drop-down menu.
111 Read this section in its entirety to get the best results from your camer a. With proper care, y our cam- era will pro vide years of ser vice. Camera care • Do not subject the camera to shoc k or impact. •T ur n off the camera when tr anspor ting.
112 A PPENDIX Memor y cards SD Memor y Cards and MultiMediaCards are manuf actured with precision electronic components. The f ollowing ma y cause data loss or damage: • Improper use of the card. • Bending, dropping, or subjecting the card to impact.
113 Operating temper atures and conditions • This camera has been designed f or use in temperatures from 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F). •N ev er leav e the camera e xposed to extreme high temper atures, such as in a car parked in the sun, or to e xtreme humidity .
114 A PPENDIX Number of eff ective pix els: 2.0 million CCD: 1/3.2-type interline pr imar y-color CCD with a total of 2.1 million pix els. Camera sensitivity (ISO): A utomatic (between ISO 64 - 200 equiv alent), ISO64, 100, 200, 400 Aspect ratio: 4:3 Lens construction: 10 elements in 9 groups.
115 Batteries: T wo AA batteries: Ni-MH, alkaline Batter y perf or mance (recording): Appro ximately 110 frames: based on Minolta’ s stan- dard test method: alkaline batteries, full-size images (1600 X 1200), standard image quality , no instant pla yback, no v oice memo , flash used with 50% of the frames .
We off er suppor t f or our digital products 24 hours per da y on www .minoltasupport.com . Camera kno w-how , image composition, digital image editing: dis- cov er more about Minolta’ s ne w inter net wor ld and visit www .minoltaphoto world.com ©2003 Minolta Co .
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