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FOCUS

SPECIAL FOCUSING SITUATIONS

Some scenes or subjects are difficult for the autofocus system to lock on to. When the focus will not lock, FOCUS HOLD on another object the same distance from you as your main subject, recompose, then press the shutter-release button all- the-way down to take the picture.

The subject is too dark.

The subject within the focus frame is low in contrast.

Two subjects at different distances overlap in the focus frame.

Two subjects near a very bright object or area.

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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)