Minolta 7i instruction manual

INSTRUCTION MANUALE

9222-2779-11 HA-A205

Contents

Main Page BEFORE YOU BEGIN WARNING Page FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE CAUTION Page Page Page Page Page CAMERA BODY Page Page DATAPANEL EVF AND LCD MONITOR DISPLAY GETTING UP AND RUNNING CAMERA-SHAKE WARNING Page ATTACHING THE LENS HOOD INSERTING THE COMPACTFLASHCARD INSERTING BATTERIES HANDLING THE CAMERA TURNING ON THE CAMERA AND DISPLAYS TAKING PICTURES USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH FLASH RANGE AUTOMATIC OPERATION VIEWING AND DELETING PICTURES IN QUICK VIEW Page CHANGING BATTERIES BATTERY CONDITION INDICATOR AUTO POWER SAVE EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLIES Always turn off the camera before changing between power supplies. CHANGING THE COMPACTFLASHCARD Page EVF AND LCD MONITOR DISPLAY SETTING THE CAMERA TO RECORD IMAGES AUTOMATICALLY BASIC RECORDING OPERATION FOCUS LOCK FOCUS SIGNALS SPECIAL FOCUSING SITUATIONS DISPLAY CONTROLS RECORDING MODE Page QUICK VIEW QUICK-VIEW DISPLAY Once deleted, an image cannot be recovered. DELETING IMAGES IN QUICK VIEW To view the histogram, press the up key. Histogram CHANGING THE QUICK VIEW DISPLAY ENLARGED PLAYBACK monitors. RECORDING MODE ADVANCED OPERATION SPOT-AE LOCK BUTTON PRO-AUTO BUTTON DIGITAL-SUBJECT-PROGRAM BUTTON Page Page MEM PAS M DRIVE WB ISO P A S M 100, 200, 400, 800. MEMORY STORING CAMERA SETTINGS METERING MODES P EXPOSURE MODES A S M PROGRAM P PROGRAM SHIFT APERTURE PRIORITY A SHUTTER PRIORITY S MANUAL EXPOSURE M BULB EXPOSURES ATTACHING A REMOTE CORD (SOLD SEPARATELY) DRIVE MODES CONTINUOUS ADVANCE UHS CONTINUOUS ADVANCE UHS CONTINUOUS-ADVANCE MOVIES SELF-TIMER BRACKETING NOTES ON BRACKETING INTERVAL Page WHITE BALANCE No display AUTOMATIC WHITE BALANCE PRESET WHITE BALANCE CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE CAMERA SENSITIVITY ISO FLASH RANGE AND CAMERA SENSITIVITY ATTACHING A MINOLTA ACCESSORY FLASH UNIT DIGITAL EFFECTS CONTROL EXPOSURE AND FLASH COMPENSATION Page CONTRAST COMPENSATION COLOR-SATURATION COMPENSATION FILTER Page Page AUTOFOCUS AREAS AND CONTROL Page DIGITAL ZOOM MACRO MODE NAVIGATING THE RECORDING-MODE MENU Page ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD AUTOFOCUS MODES IMAGE SIZE ABOUT THE FRAME COUNTER Data panel IMAGE QUALITY RAW S. FIN FINE STD. ECON. EVF and LCD monitor ABOUT SUPER-FINE AND RAW IMAGE QUALITY IMAGE-FILE SIZE AND COMPACTFLASH CARD CAPACITY FLASH MODES Data panel FILL FLASH EVF & LCD monitor RED-EYE REDUCTION REAR FLASH SYNC WIRELESS / REMOTE FLASH Page WIRELESS/REMOTE CAMERA AND FLASH RANGES Flash-to-subject distance Camera-to-subject distance The camera and flash must be with- in 5m or 16.4 ft of the subject. NOTES ON WIRELESS/REMOTE FLASH FLASH CONTROL Guide no. n. = distance Guide no. distance = n. SPOT AF/AEL MAGNIFICATIONBUTTON AND ELECTRONIC MAGNIFICATION MANUAL FOCUS DATA IMPRINTING No YYYY/MM/DD MM/DD/hr:min Text Text + ID# COLOR MODE SHARPNESS Minolta History Recording-mode menu settings EVF and LCD monitor display Hard (+) Normal Soft () INSTANT PLAYBACK VOICE MEMO Recording Tips A SHORT GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY Page MOVIE MODE Page MOVIE MODE NAVIGATING THE MOVIE MENU PLAYBACK MODE VIEWING AND EDITING IMAGES SINGLE-FRAME PLAYBACK AND HISTOGRAM DISPLAY Histogram VIEWING IMAGES PLAYING BACK VOICE MEMOS VIEWING MOVIES Once deleted, an image cannot be recovered. DELETING SINGLE IMAGES ENLARGED PLAYBACK monitors. CHANGING THE PLAYBACK DISPLAY NAVIGATING THE PLAYBACK-MODE MENU Page FRAME-SELECTION SCREEN The menu button cancels DELETING IMAGES FORMATTING COMPACTFLASH CARDS When a CompactFlash card is formatted, all data on the card is erased. CHANGING THE INDEX PLAYBACK FORMAT LOCKING IMAGES SLIDE SHOW Page ABOUT DPOF CREATING A DPOF PRINT ORDER CANCELING A DPOF PRINT ORDER ORDERING AN INDEX PRINT COPYING IMAGES Minolta History VIEWING IMAGES ON A TELEVISION Page NAVIGATING THE SETUP MENU Page EVF AND LCD MONITOR BRIGHTNESS SHUTTER FX AUDIO SIGNALS Page FOLDER NAME 100MLT11 10120412 NEW FOLDER SELECT FOLDER DISPLAY MODE DIRECT MANUAL FOCUS RESET DEFAULT Page SETTING THE DATE AND TIME EVF AUTO SWITCH CONTROLLING THE AUTO-DISPLAY FUNCTION Page DATA-TRANSFER MODE CONNECTING TO A COMPUT- ER QUICKTIME SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS IBM PC / AT Compatible Windows 95, 98, 98SE, NT, Me, 2000 Professional, or XP. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS IBM PC / AT Compatible Macintosh Page Page CONNECTING TO WINDOWS 98 / 98 SECOND EDITION AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION MANUAL INSTALLATION Page CONNECTING TO MAC OS 8.6 AUTO POWER SAVE (DATA-TRANSFER MODE) COMPACTFLASH CARD FOLDER ORGANIZATION Drive Icon Dcim Misc 102MLTCP 100MLT11 10120801 Page DISCONNECTING THE CAMERA FROM THE COMPUTER MACINTOSH CHANGING THE COMPACTFLASH CARD (DATA-TRANSFER MODE) Page PC Flash Adapter PCT-100 SYSTEM ACCESSORIES Page Page Page TROUBLESHOOTING REMOVING THE DRIVER SOFTWARE WINDOWS CARE AND STORAGE CLEANING CAMERA CARE STORAGE OPERATINGTEMPERATURES AND CONDITIONS CARE AND STORAGE BATTERIES ABOUT NI-MH BATTERIES LCD MONITORCARE BEFORE IMPORTANTEVENTS OR JOURNEYS COPYRIGHT QUESTIONS AND SERVICE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS