Sigma DP1 user manual

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Main Thank you for purchasing the Sigma DP1 Digital Compact Camera x NOTES ON COPYRIGHT PACKAGE CONTENTS / ACCESSORIES x TABLE OF CONTENTS PREPARATION 17 BASIC OPERATION 37 SELECTING THE EXPOSURE MODE 37 USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH 43 Page Page SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WARNING Warnin g !! Caution !! WARNING (CAMERA) CAUTION (CAMERA) CAUTION HANDLING PRECAUTIONS ENVIRONMENT HOW TO STORE THE CAMERA Please read this section before using the camera. 10 NOTE ON THE TFT COLOR LCD MONITOR SD MEMORY CARD AND MULTIMDEIA CARD (SOLD SEPARATELY) The DP1 camera uses a SD memory card, SDHC memory card and multimedia card. Page Page COLOR LCD MONITOR INDICATION Explanation of the icons displayed in still image shooting. BASIC OPERATION AND QUICK REFERENCE PREPARATION TAKING THE PICTURE Page PREPARATION ATTACHING THE CARRY STRAP LENS CAP HOW TO REMOVE THE LENS CAP ATTACHING THE LENS CAP x LOADING THE BATTERY TO CHARGE THE BATTERY Page Page CHECKING THE BATTERY STATUS USING A HOME POWER SUPPLY (Sold Separately) x SETTING THE LANGUAGE SETTING THE TIME AND DATE x CAMERA SET-UP MENU x LIST OF MENU FUNCTIONS Shooting Menu Shooting Menu Playback Menu Playback Menu Set Up Set Up 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 INSERTING AND REMOVING THE CARD TO INSERT THE CARD x TO REMOVE THE CARD x FORMATTING THE CARD SHUTTER BUTTON x BASIC OPERATION SELECTING THE EXPOSURE MODE AUTO MODE CONTENT OF AUTO MODE SETTING x P PROGRAM AE x PROGRAM SHIFT A APERTURE PRIORITY AE x S SHUTTER SPEED PRIORITY AE x M MANUAL EXPOSURE USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH SETTING THE FLASH MODE FORCED FLASH RED-EYE REDUCTION FLASH x FOCUSING Adjustment of autofocus and manual focus operation are explained below. HOW TO USE AUTOFOCUS AF AREA SELECTION FOCUS LOCK MANUAL FOCUS FOCUSING WITH MAGNIFICATION DISPLAY x OPERATION OF THE DRIVE MODE SINGLE FRAME SHOOTING CONTINUOUS SHOOTING [Continuous] x SELF TIMER [Self Timer 2 sec] ADVANCED OPERATION SETTING THE WHITE BALANCE WB WHITE BALANCE OPTIONS Page SETTING A CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE x Page IMAGE FILE SETTING IMAGE QUALITY IMAGE SIZE SETTING IMAGE QUALITY SETTING x IMAGE PARAMETER AND COLOR SPACE Contrast Sharpness Saturation Color space Page SELECTING THE METERING MODE EVALUATIVE METERING CENTER WEIGHTED AVERAGE METERING SPOT METERING x AE LOCK Page EXPOSURE COMPENSATION x AUTO BRACKETING TIP x WARNING !! x Auto Bracketing mode can be used in combination w ith Exposure Compensation. Example COLOR SETTINGS x x x DIGITAL ZOOM IMAGE WITH SOUND SETTING THE IMAGE WITH SOUND x USING THE EXTERNAL FLASH ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-140 DG SA-STTL REVIEWING AND DELETING IMAGES x QUICK PREVIEW CHANGING THE QUICK PREVIEW DURATION Page REVIEWING IMAGES VIEWING ONE IMAGE AT A TIME WHILE IN SINGLE-IMAGE VIEW: x MAGNIFYING IMAGES TO MAGNIFY AN IMAGE WHILE IN ZOOMED-IN VIEW: x VIEWING NINE IMAGES AT A TIME VIEWING IMAGES A PAGE AT A TIME (JUMP MODE) TO GO TO JUMP MOD E WHILE IN JUMP MODE: x VIEWING IMAGES WITH SOUND x VIEWING IMAGE INFORMATION The Image Info Screen contains additional information about each image. TO DISPLAY THE IMAGE INFO SCREEN Press the button several times from the Single-Image or Zoomed-In View. WHILE IN IMAGE INFO SCREEN: x IMAGE INFO SCREEN FOR MAGNIFIED IMAGES TO DISPLAY MAGNIFIED IMAGE INFO SCREEN WHILE IN IMAGE INFO SCREEN FOR A MAGNIFIED IMAGE: HISTOGRAM VIEWING IMAGES ON A TV TO CONNECT THE CAMERA TO A VIDEO DEVICE x DELETING FILES x x DELETING A SINGLE FILE TO DELETE A SINGLE FILE x x DELETING MULTIPLE FILES OTHER REVIEWING FEATURES LOCKING FILES x Page Page MARKING IMAGES x x x Page Page ROTATING IMAGES x TO ROTATE AN IMAGE RECORDING SOUND MEMO x SHOWING A SLIDESHOW x TO START A SLIDESHOW Page RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK MOVIES RECORDING MOVIES WARNING !! x x x PLAYING BACK MOVIES How to playback movies. x RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK SOUND RECORDING SOUND x x PLAYING BACK SOUND x PRINTING IMAGES PRINTING IMAGES WITH PICTBRIDGE COMPATIBLE PRINTERS A. PictBridge Initial Screen WARNING !! x Press the button after specifying the desired number of copies. x x x B. Select Images & Quantity Display C. Printing Setting screen x x x DPOF (DIGITAL PRINT ORDER FORMAT) x DPOF menu REFERENCE OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-140 DG SA-STTL VIEW FINDER VF-11 HOOD ADAPTER HA-11 EXPLANATION OF TERMS Page FILE NUMBERING SYSTEM FILE NUMBERING OPTIONS SETTING THE FILE NUMBERING SYSTEM LCD SLEEP AND AUTO POWER OFF x x x TROUBLESHOOTING Nothing is displayed on the color LCD monitor. The shutter does not release. Autofocus does not operate. The camera has turned off automatically. Difficulty seeing the images on the color LCD monitor. Pictures are coming out blurred Cannot delete images. Incorrect date and time is shown. No image appears on the TV monitor. SPECIFICATIONS CONNECTING YOUR CAMERA TO A COMPUTER CONNECTING THE CABLES x For customers in the U.S.A. For customers in the Canada SIGMA CORPORATION DP1