Konica Minolta pmn 131

AMinolta Austria Ges.m.b.H

Amalienstr. 59-61, A-1131 Wien, Österreich Tel: 01 87868 176

Fax: 01 87868 153 http://www.minoltaeurope.com

BMinolta Belgium Branch Prins Boudewijnlaan 1 B-2550 Kontich, België Tel: 03 451 07 00

Fax: 03 458 50 48 http://www.minolta.be en http://www.minolta.nl

CAN Minolta Canada Inc., Head Office

369 Britannia Road East,

Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 2H5, Canada Tel. 0905 890 66 00

Fax 0905 890 71 99 http://www.minolta.com

CH Minolta (Schweiz) AG

Riedstr. 6, CH-8953 Dietikon, Schweiz Tel: 157 57 11 (sFr 2.15/min)

Fax: 01 741 33 12 http://www.minolta.ch

DMinolta GmbH

Kurt-Fischer-Str. 50, D-22923 Ahrensburg, Deutschland

Tel: 0221 93 76 71 50

Fax: 0221 93 76 71 77 http://www.minolta.de

DK Paul Westheimer A/S

Erhvervsvej 30, DK-2610 Rødovre, Danmark Tel: 44 85 34 00

Fax: 44 85 34 01 http://www.minoltaeurope.com

EVideosonic S.A.

c/ Valportillo II, 8, Pol. Ind. de Alcobendas, E-28108 Alcobendas/Madrid, Spain

Tel: 91 4840077

Fax: 91 4840079 http://www.minoltaeurope.com

FMinolta France S. A.

365, Route de Saint-Germain, F-78420 Carrières-Sur-Seine, France Tel: 0130 86 62 37

Fax: 0130 86 62 82 http://www.minolta.fr

FIN Minolta Finland Branch

Niittykatu 6, PL 37 SF-02201 Espoo, Finland Tel: 435 565 0

Fax: 435 565 56 http://www.minolta.fi

GB	Minolta (UK) LTD. Photographic Division
	Precedent Drive,
	Rooksley, Milton Keynes, MK13 8HF,
	England
	Tel: 01 908 208 349
	Fax: 01 908 208 334
	http://www.minoltaeurope.com
IRL	Photopak Sales
	241 Western Industrial Estate, Naas Road,
	Dublin 12, Ireland
	Tel: 01 45 66 400
	Fax: 01 45 00 452
	http://www.minoltaeurope.com

IRossi & C. S.p.A. Via Ticino 40,

I – 50019 Osmannoro Sesto Fiorentino (Fi), Italy

Tel.: 055 323141

Fax: 055 32314252 http://www.minoltafoto.it

NScandiafilm AS

Enebakkveien 304, N-1188 Oslo 11, Norge Tel: 022 28 00 00

Fax: 022 28 17 42 http://www.minoltaeurope.com

NL	Minolta Camera Benelux B.V.
	Zonnebaan 39, Postbus 6000
	3600 HA Maarssen, Nederland
	Tel: 030 247 08 09
	Fax: 030 247 08 88
	http://www.minolta.nl

PMinolta Portugal Lda

Av. do Brasil 33-a, P-1700 Lisboa, Portugal Tel: 01793 00 16

Fax: 01 793 10 64 http://www.minoltaeurope.com

SMinolta Svenska AB

P. O. Box 9058, Albygatan 114, S-17109 Solna, Sverige

Tel: 08 627 76 50

Fax: 08 627 76 21 http://www.minoltaeurope.com

Sin Minolta Singapore (Pte) Limited

10 Teban Gardens Crescent, Singapore

2260

Tel: 56 35 533

Fax: 56 10 217 http://www.minolta.com

9222-2769-11 P-A001

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Contents

Page Page WARNING CAUTION BEFORE YOU BEGIN •Minolta Dimâge 2300 camera (x 1) •AA-sizeAlkaline Batteries (x 4) Quest •Video Cable (x 1) TABLE OF CONTENTS NAMES OF PARTS BOTTOM OF BODY VIEWFINDER GETTING STARTED RIGHT AWAY CHANGING THE FLASH MODE SELF-TIMER/REMOTECONTROL SELF-TIMER REMOTE CONTROL (SOLD SEPARATELY) RECORD MODE MENUS TABLE OF CONTENTS - CONT’D PLAYING BACK IMAGES (PLAY MODE) PLAY MODE SCREENS Play Mode Screen (LCD monitor) - Single-framePlay Play Mode Screen (LCD monitor) - Index Play SETUP MODE SETUP MODE MENUS SETUP MODE MENUS (LCD MONITOR) SETUP MODE MENU ITEMS AND EACH SETTING To Display the Setup Mode Menus CAMERA BODY NAMES OF PARTS BOTTOM OF BODY VIEWFINDER DATA PANEL PREPARATION - See pages 18 - 25 for detailed information RECORDING GETTING STARTED RIGHT AWAY Frame the image in either the LCD monitor or viewfinder Press the shutter-releasebutton part-waydown Press the shutter-releasebutton all the way down to take the picture PLAY DELETING IMAGES Page ATTACHING THE HAND STRAP INSERTING BATTERIES Page INSERTING BATTERIES - CONT’D INSERTING BATTERIES - CONT’D Auto Power Off Using the AC Adapter (Sold Separately) Inserting the Compact Flash Card Removing the Compact Flash Card COMPACT FLASH CARD - CONT’D Page BASIC RECORDING PROCEDURE To Turn Off The Camera in REC Mode REC (Record) Mode Screen (LCD monitor) REC: BURST: TIMER: FOCUS LAMP/NO FOCUS INDICATOR FOCUS RANGE SPECIAL FOCUSING SITUATIONS FOCUS HOLD FLASH LAMP FLASH RANGE CHANGING THE FLASH MODE BUILT-INFLASH - CONT’D BURST IMAGE CAPTURE Image Quality The Maximum Number of Images S.FINE (Super Fine) FINE (Fine) BURST IMAGE CAPTURE Frame the picture as instructed in “BASIC RECORDING PROCEDURE”, steps 4 and Press and hold the shutter- release button all the way down SELF-TIMER SELF-TIMER /REMOTE CONTROL Press the shutter-releasebutton all-the-waydown to start the timer REMOTE CONTROL (SOLD SEPARATELY) SELF-TIMER /REMOTE CONTROL - CONT’D Press the release button or the delay button DIGITAL MAGNIFICATION [REC MODE] In REC mode, press the digital magnification button Press the or button until the desired magnification is displayed in the LCD monitor DIGITAL MAGNIFICATION [REC MODE] Press the digital magnification button Press the shutter-releasebutton all-the-waydown to take picture Magnification Trimmed area (Displayed area), W X H MACRO the is displayed in the data panel MACRO While looking at the LCD monitor, frame your picture Press the shutter-releasebutton part way down Press the shutter-releasebutton all-the-waydown to take the picture EXPOSURE COMPENSATION In REC mode, press the exposure-compensation/lockbutton Press the or button to select the exposure- compensation value +1.5 EXPOSURE COMPENSATION Page RECORD MODE MENUS (LCD Monitor) RECORD MODE MENU ITEMS AND EACH SETTING To Display the Record Mode Menus SELECTING IMAGE QUALITY Quality Rate of Compression Super Fine 1 : 1 (No compression) Fine S.FINE FINE STD ECON SELECTING IMAGE QUALITY SELECTING IMAGE SIZE Image Size Number of Pixels taken (H x V) FULL HALF FULL HALF Approximate File Sizes Approximate Card Capacity using 8MB CompactFlash Card SELECTING WHITE BALANCE AUTO: Daylight: Fluorescent: Tungsten: AUTO SELECTING SHARPNESS HARD: NORMAL: SOFT: Press the or button to highlight “SHARPNESS” HARD SOFT CHANGING ISO SENSITIVITY (GAIN UP MODE) HIGH: Press the or button to highlight “ISO” HIGH Page PLAY MODE SCREENS Play Mode Screen (LCD monitor) - Index Play SINGLE-FRAMEPLAY INDEX PLAY In single-framePlay mode, turn the Function dial to To Turn Off The Camera in PLAY Mode DIGITAL MAGNIFICATION [PLAY MODE] In single-framePlay mode, press the digital magnification button Not available AUTO-PLAY(SLIDE SHOW) Auto-Play(Slide show) Screen (LCD monitor) In PLAY mode, turn the Function dial to Press the or button to highlight “START” AUTO-PLAY(SLIDE SHOW) - CONT’D To Stop Auto-Play(Slide show) While performing Auto-Play(Slide show), press the MENU button Press the or button to highlight “EXIT” To Change Auto-Play(Slide show) Settings Check that the Function dial is set to , press the MENU button Press the or button to highlight “INTERVAL” Press the or button to highlight desired interval time Press the or button to highlight “DIRECTION” Press the or button to highlight desired direction Page Page DELETING A SINGLE IMAGE DELETING A SINGLE IMAGE Press the or button until the desired image appears in the LCD monitor Press the flash-mode /delete button DELETING A SINGLE IMAGE - CONT’D Press the or button to highlight “NO”, then press the display / ENTER button Repeat to if you have other images to be deleted LOCKING (PROTECTING) IMAGES LOCKING (PROTECTING) IMAGES LOCKING (PROTECTING) IMAGES - CONT’D Press the exposure- compensation/lock button Repeat to for any other images to be locked (write- protected) LOCKING (PROTECTING) IMAGES - CONT’D UNLOCKING (UNPROTECTING) IMAGES Display the images for which lock (write-protect)is to be cleared with steps to on pages 81 CAN’T ERASE Page PLAY MODE MENUS (LCD Monitor) PLAY MODE MENU ITEMS AND EACH SETTING DELETING ALL IMAGES dial to , or Press the or button to highlight “DELETE ALL” DELETING ALL IMAGES LOCKING (PROTECTING) ALL IMAGES Press the or button to highlight “LOCK ALL” LOCKING (PROTECTING) ALL IMAGES UNLOCKING (UNPROTECTING) ALL IMAGES Press the or button to highlight “UNLOCK ALL” UNLOCKING (UNPROTECTING) ALL IMAGES SELECTING THE PRINT METHOD (DPOF™) SELECTING THE PRINT TYPE INDEX STD SELECTING THE IMAGES TO BE PRINTED Select the Print Type according to the steps to on pages 92 SELECTING THE PRINT METHOD (DPOF) - CONT’D Repeat the step until all of the images you want to print have been selected Press the MENU button again Page Press the or button to highlight “YES” and press the display/ENTER button Page Page Page SETUP MODE MENUS (LCD Monitor) SETUP MODE MENU ITEMS AND EACH SETTING To Display the Setup Mode Menus SETTING THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE LCD MONITOR Press the or button to highlight “LCD BRIGHT” BRIGHT DARK FORMATTING A COMPACT FLASH CARD Press the or button to highlight “FORMAT” FORMATTING A COMPACT FLASH CARD - CONT’D SETTING THE AUTO POWER-OFFTIME display / ENTER button about 1 second Press the or button to highlight “POWER SAVE” 30MIN (30 minutes) 10MIN (10 minutes) 5MIN (5 minutes) 3MIN (3 minutes) SETTING THE DATE/TIME Press the or button to highlight “DATE” YYYY/MM/DD MM/DD/YYYY DD/MM/YYYY SETTING THE DATE/TIME - CONT’D Press the or button to change the value When the Minute value has been changed, press the display/ENTER button Page FULL AUTO FORWARD STD RETURNING TO THE DEFAULT SETTINGS Press the or button to highlight “DEFAULT” VIDEO OUT Turn off the television and the camera Turn the television on Turn the camera’s Function dial to , , or Change the television to the video channel Page TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Cause Solution full, No space on card TROUBLESHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING - CONT’D TROUBLESHOOTING - CONT’D Operating Temperatures and Conditions Handling Care LCD Monitor Care Safety and Handling for Compact Flash Cards Cleaning Storage Camera Type CCD Lens Unit Image Storage Autofocusing Exposure Control Built-inFlash Viewfinder LCD Monitor Play Back Interface Power source Operating Ambient Temperature and Humidity Ranges Dimensions (W x H x D) Weight (without batteries and recording media)