Sigma C72900 manuals
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USERS MANUAL 18 PREPARATION ATTACHING THE CARRY STRAP 19 LENS CAP HOW TO REMOVE THE LENS CAP Remove the lens cap as shown. ATTACHING THE LENS CAP Fit the lens cap keeping the SIGMA logo horizontal. If you turn camera body on with the lens cap, the camera will stop the lens from zooming. Please remove the lens cap and then turn on once again. It is not possible to attach the lens cap when the lens is zoomed out. Please turn the camera off to return the lens to its original position and fit the lens cap. 19 20 LOADING THE BATTERY 23 CHECKING THE BATTERY STATUS 24 USING A HOME POWER SUPPLY While the Busy Lamp is on, do not change the power supply by any 25 SETTING THE LANGUAGE 26 SETTING THE TIME AND DA TE The date can be displayed in one of three formats: M/D/Y The cameras internal clock is powered by a capacitor that receives its 27 CAMERA SET-UP MENU 30 LIST OF MENU FUNCTIONS 35 QUICK SET MENU It is possible to set the following Menu in [ Capture Settings] quickly by pressing the button. When Image Quality is slected to RAW, Image Size will be set to 36 CHANGING THE COLOR LCD MONITOR DISPLAY It is possible to display/hide icons on the color LCD monitor as follows by pressing the button. Each time the button is pressed, the color LCD monitor display will change as follows. OPERATION REVIEWING 37 GRID SEGMENT DISPLAY [Shooting Menu] (P.2 6 ) Select the desired display type from [Grid Segment Display]. 37 38 INSERTING AND REMOVING THE CARD The DP2 camera uses a SD memory card, SDHC memory card and Multimedia card to store data. TO INSERT THE CARD It may be necessary to format the card before use. (See P.39) TO REMOVE THE CARD Turn off the camera and open the Battery / Card Cover, as shown in the illustration. Push the card until it clicks and pull out it. 39 Never do any of the following while the Busy Lamp is on. (The Busy If the camera is turned off while the Busy Lamp is on, the camera will 40 FORMATTING THE CARD Formatting erases all card contents, including locked DP2 files and all Cards formatted in other cameras or devices may not operate correctly SHUTTER BUTTON Before you start to take pictures, we recommend that you operate the 41 RESET TO THE DEFAULTS It is possible to reset the settings to the defaults. 42 BASIC OPERATION SELECTING THE EXPOSURE MODE P In this section, the instruction is written on the assumption that PROGRAM AE 44 A APERTURE PRIORITY AE When is shown on the color LCD monitor, camera shake may If the appropriate shutter speed is outside the range of suitable 45 S SHUTTER SPEED PRIORITY AE If the appropriate aperture value is beyond the range of the lens in 46 M MANUAL EXPOSURE 47 USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH 49 FOCUSING Adjustment of autofocus and manual focus operation are explained below. HOW TO USE AUTOFOCUS 50 FOCUSING POINT SELECTION FOCUS LOCK 51 MANUAL FOCUS In situations where autofocus or focus lock is not effective, you can focus manually. Turn the MF Dial on the camera body until you get a clear sharp image. FOCUSING WITH MAGNIFICATION DISPLAY The graduation on the MF Dial and the scale bar may differ from the It is possible to change the indicator of the scale bar. Select m (meter) 52 OPERATION OF THE DRIVE MODE Operation of the self-timer, and other functions of the camera are explained by the following: SINGLE FRAME SHOOTING 53 CONTINUOUS SHOOTING Images taken in rapid succession, such as during Continuous shooting, SELF TIMER 54 ADVANCED OPERATION SETTING THE WHITE BALANCEWB 57 SETTING THE SENSITIVITYISO EQUIVALENCY If [ISO Auto] is selected, the ISO value will automatically change to 58 IMAGE FILE SETTINGThe file size changes depending on resolution mode and recording quality selected. IMAGE QUALITY IMAGE SIZE SETTING IMAGE QUALITY SETTING When Image Quality is set to RAW, the Image Size is automatically When the Image Quality is set to RAW, the Image Size cannot be 59 COLOR SPACE Please set the color space to sRGB for regular usage. If you select 60 PICTURE SETTINGS It is possible to adjust the recording image parameter (contrast, sharpness and saturation). JPEG is compressed after parameter adjustment. In the case of 61 SELECTING THE METERING MODE The camera has three advanced metering modes. EVALUATIVE METERING CENTER WEIGHTED AVERAGE METERING SPOT METERING 61 62 AE LOCK SETTING THE AEL BUTTON It is possible to use the button to select settings other than AE Lock [AEL]. 63 HALF PRESSED AEL 64 EXPOSURE COMPENSATION If you want to intentionally overexpose or underexpose the picture, use this function. The exposure compensation will not disable automatically. After Exposure compensation function cannot be used with Manual 65 FLASH EXPOSURE COMPENSATION It is possible to compensate the flash output level without changing the backgrounds exposure. The exposure compensation will not disable automatically. After 66 AUTO BRACKETING 68 COLOR MODE It is possible to make pictures according to your intension by the 69 IMAGE WITH SOUND Once Image with sound is set, the camera will continue to hold this The sound recording will be stored as a WAV file. It will be stored in 70 USING THE EXTERNAL FLASH ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-140 DG SA-STTL 71 AUTO ROTATE It is possible to record the vertical image information to images. If the images are taken while the camera is pointed up or down, the 72 INTERVAL TIMER 74 MY SETTINGS It is possible to customize the Capture Settings. (Up to three patterns can be stored.) SAVE MY SETTINGS When the new setting is saved, the previous stored setting will be 75 EXP. KEY ARRANGEMENT 76 REVIEWING AND DELETING IMAGES The DP2 may not be able to display images captured by other cameras, QUICK PREVIEW CHANGING THE QUICK PREVIEW DURATION To manually turn off the Quick Preview image, press the shutter button It will not be possible to zoom in to the preview image, or change to 77 REVIEWING IMAGES Even if the camera is switched off, images can be reviewed by pressing If no new images have been captured, the last reviewed image will be If there are no images on the card, an error message No images on When reviewing images, if the button is pressed or the shutter 78 VIEWING ONE IMAGE AT A TIME Press the button on the back of the camera to see the recorded images in Single-Image View. To scroll through images more quickly, press and hold a button on The first and last recorded images on the card are linked. Pressing 79 MAGNIFYING IMAGES Reviewed images can be magnified, making it possible to check image details and focusing. While in Zoomed-In View, the 4-way controller cannot be used to 80 VIEWING NINE IMAGES AT A TIME Images can be viewed in a "contact sheet" of nine thumbnail images. 81 VIEWING IMAGES A PAGE AT A TIME The first and last pages of images are linked. Pressing the 82 VIEWING IMAGES WITH SOUND It is not possible to play the recorded sound when the camera is in The playback volume is set by Set Up menu, however , it is The sound recording (.WAV file) that is attached to the still image 83 VIEWING IMAGE INFORMATION 85 HISTOGRAM 86 VIEWING IMAGES ON A TV Please do not use any video cable other than the one provided with It is recommended that the camera be powered with the AC The default mode for the video signal is NTSC. When connecting 87 DELETING FILES TO DISPLAY THE DELETE MENU 88 DELETING A SINGLE FILE If the file is not locked, it will delete the file without asking for If the file is locked, the message This file is locked. Delete 89 DELETING MULTIPLE FILES When [All marked] or [All] is done, it may take time to finish them Locked and Marked images will not be deleted when [All Marked] 90 OTHER REVIEWING FEATURES This section explains how to use Slideshow, Lock, Mark, Rotate and so on. Locked files have a read-only status when viewed on a computer. LOCKING FILES 93 MARKING IMAGES 96 ROTATING IMAGES Images rotated on the camera will be displayed in their rotated Movie cannot be rotated. To rotate an image 180 degrees, rotate it twice in the same To get an image back into its original orientation, rotate it in the If the Rotate Menu was opened from Jump Mode, both Rotate 97 EXPOSURE WARNING It is possible to indicate the over-exposed areas by highlighting them in red. OK BUTTON SHORTCUT It is possible to allocate a function from the Playback Menu to the button. The allocated function can be changed by pressing the button. 97 98 RECORDING SOUND MEMO 100 SHOWING A SLIDESHOW 102 RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK MOVIES RECORDING MOVIES It is possible to record movies with sound. The cameras operation sound might be recorded while shooting the The available recording time is dependent on the size of the SD card The maximum recording data size for one movie shoot is 2GB. The The remaining time display can show a maximum of 99 min. 59 sec. If a Custom white balance cannot be captured in Movie Mode. If you wish 103 PLAYING BACK MOVIES 105 RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK SOUND RECORDING SOUNDIt is possible to use the DP2 as a sound recorder. The available recording time is dependent on the capacity of the The available recording time display may not change constantly 106 PLAYING BACK SOUND How to playback sound recorded in the sound recording mode. Press the button to playback the sound recording. Although sound volume can be set from the [ Camera Settings] After transferring the files to your PC, please play WAV files with 107 PRINTING IMAGES PRINTING IMAGES WITH PICTBRIDGE COMPATIBLE PRINTERS 110 DPOF (DIGITAL PRINT ORDER FORMAT) In the case of RAW images (files with X3F extension), DPOF printing is Total number of print quantity (the total sum of print quantity for 111 REFERENCE
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