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Main Page BEFORE YOU BEGIN F FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE NP-400 LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES DANGER WARNING GENERAL PRODUCT WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS WARNING Page CAUTION TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page Page Page Page CAMERA BODY NAMES OF PARTS Page Page DATA PANEL MONITOR DISPLAY - RECORDING MODE MONITOR DISPLAY - QUICK VIEW & PLAYBACK MODE Histogram Page ATTACHING THE LENS HOOD CHARGING THE BATTERY INSTALLING AND CHANGING THE BATTERY BATTERY CONDITION INDICATOR AUTO POWER SAVE EXTERNAL PO WER SUPPLIES INSERTING AND CHANGING A MEMORY CARD 1 2 3 4 HANDLING THE CAMERA TURNING ON THE CAMERA Page SETTING THE DATE AND TIME Page SETTING THE CAMERA TO RECORD IMAGES AUTOMATICALLY EVF AND LCD MONITOR DISPLAY BASIC RECORDING BASIC RECORDING OPERATION FOCUS LOCK AUTOMATIC MONITOR AMPLIFICATION FOCUS SIGNALS SPECIAL FOCUSING SITUATIONS USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH FLASH RANGE - AUTOMATIC OPERATION Wide-angle position Telephoto position ANTI-SHAKE SYSTEM MOVIE RECORDING DISPLAY MODE SWITCH SINGLE-FRAME PLAYBACK AND HISTOGRAM DISPLAY BASIC PLAYBACK / VIEWING IMAGES AND HISTOGRAM / DELETING SINGLE IMAGES CHANGING THE QUICK VIEW & PLAYBACK DISPLAY ENLARGED PLAYBACK VIEWING MOVIES ADVANCED RECORDING DISPLAY-INFORMATION BUTTON - CHANGING THE DISPLAY FOCUS-MODE SWITCH DIGITAL ZOOM FLEX FOCUS POINT MACRO MODE EXPOSURE LOCK EXPOSURE-MODE DIAL PROGRAM - P PROGRAM SHIFT - PS/PA AUTO RECORDING Page APERTURE PRIORITY - A SHUTTER PRIORITY - S MANUAL EXPOSURE - M BULB EXPOSURES ATTACHING A REMOTE CORD (SOLD SEPARATELY) DIGITAL-SUBJECT-PROGRAMS EXPOSURE AND FLASH COMPENSATION USING THE FUNCTION DIAL DRIVE MODES BRACKETING Page STANDARD AND HIGH SPEED CONTINUOUS ADVANCE Page INTERVAL Page SELF-TIMER METERING MODES WHITE BALANCE CUSTOM WHITE-BALANCE CALIBRATION MEMORY - STORING CAMERA SETTINGS Page CAMERA SENSITIVITY - ISO FLASH RANGE AND CAMERA SENSITIVITY System Accessories Flash range (wide angle)ISO setting Flash range (telephoto) ATTACHING A MINOLTA ACCESSORY FLASH UNIT USING THE FLASH SYNC TERMINAL DIGITAL EFFECTS CONTROL COLOR-SATURATION COMPENSATION FILTER CONTRAST COMPENSATION Page RECORDING MENU NAVIGATING THE RECORDING MENU Page IMAGE SIZE AND IMAGE QUALITY Page ABOUT RAW IMAGE QUALITY Minolta history NOTES ON IMAGE SIZE AND RESOLUTION FLASH MODES FILL FLASH RED-EYE REDUCTION REAR FLASH SYNC System Accessories WIRELESS / REMOTE FLASH Page WIRELESS/REMOTE CAMERA AND FLASH RANGES NOTES ON WIRELESS/REMOTE FLASH FLASH CONTROL 100 200 400 800 Flash Notes Menu option AEL BUTTON RECORDING MODE RESET INTERVAL SETUP BRACKETING SETUP Soft Normal Hard SHARPNESS DATA IMPRINTING Off YYYY/MM/DD MM/DD/hr:min Text Text + ID# Menu option ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD INSTANT PLAYBACK / VOICE MEMO Recording Tips COLOR MODE ABOUT ADOBE RGB NOISE REDUCTION MONITOR AMPLIFICATION MAGNIFICATION BUTTON FLEX DIGITAL MAGNIFIER DIGITAL SUBJECT PROGRAM (DSP) SETUP TRACKING AF AE LOCK SPOT AE AREA DIRECT MANUAL FOCUS A SHORT GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY Page ABOUT EXPOSURE AND FLASH COMPENSATION WHAT IS AN EV? LIGHT SOURCES AND COLOR NAVIGATING THE MOVIE MENU MOVIE MENU MOVIE MODE MOVIE RESET NOTES ON MOVIE RECORDING PLAYING BACK VOICE MEMOS ADVANCED PLAYBACK NAVIGATING THE PLAYBACK MENU Page FRAME-SELECTION SCREEN DELETE FORMAT VIEW FOLDER INDEX PLAYBACK FORMAT LOCK COPY Minolta History SLIDE SHOW Menu options Settings ABOUT DPOF DPOF SETUP CANCEL PRINT INDEX PRINT VIEWING IMAGES ON A TELEVISION tion 1 SETUP MENU OPENING THE SETUP MENU NAVIGATING THE SETUP MENU Page LCD BRIGHTNESS SHORTCUT HELP DIGITAL ZOOM SELECTED ON THE MENU: FLEX DIGITAL MAGNIFIER SELECTED ON THE MENU: TRANSFER MODE Page CUSTOM SETUP Image size (p. 82) Image quality (p. 82) Flash mode (p. 86) Flash control (p. 92) Shar pness (p. 97) Color mode (p. 102) FILE NUMBER (#) MEMORY FOLDER NAME 100MLT16 10130723 SELECT FOLDER NEW FOLDER DATE AND TIME SETUP RESET DEFAULT Page AUDIO SIGNALS FOCUS SIGNALS AUTO POWER SAVE SHUTTER FX VOLUME ANTI-SHAKE FULL-TIME AF Grip sensor CONTROL DIAL SETUP DELETE CONFIRMATION CONTROL DIAL SETUP - MANUAL EXPOSURE DATA-TRANSFER MODE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO A COMPUTER Initializing USB connection. CONNECTING TO WINDOWS 98 / 98 SECOND EDITION AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION MANUAL INSTALLATION Page AUTO POWER SAVE (DATA-TRANSFER MODE) QUICKTIME SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS IBM PC / AT compatible MEMORY CARD FOLDER ORGANIZATION Drive Icon Dcim 102MLTCP Misc 100MLT16 10130801 Page DISCONNECTING THE CAMERA FROM THE COMPUTER WINDOWS ME, 2000 PROFESSIONAL, AND XP WINDOWS 98 / 98 SECOND EDITION MACINTOSH CHANGING THE MEMORY CARD (DATA-TRANSFER MODE) WINDOWS 98 / 98 SECOND EDITION WINDOWS ME, 2000 PROFESSIONAL, AND XP MACINTOSH REMOVING THE DRIVER SOFTWARE - WINDOWS 158 TROUBLESHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING Page WHEN USING FILTERS ATTACHING THE FERRITE CORE FRC-100 ABOUT THE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CHARGER CORD 162 C CLEANING CAMERA CARE STORAGE CARE AND STORAGE OPERATING TEMPERATURES AND CONDITIONS MEMORY CARD CARE AND HANDLING 164 C LCD MONITOR CARE COPYRIGHT BATTERIES Page INDEX Page TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Page BATTERY PACK BP-400 Approximate recording performance Approximate continuous playback performance