RECORDING MODE

RECORDING-MODE MENU - BASIC

 

 

 

Data

EVF and

Menu option

Settings

Description

panel

LCD monitor

 

 

 

display

display

 

 

Focus is calculated and set

 

 

Flash metering (p. 75)

ADI flash

Uses distance and pre-flash information

to calculate exposure.

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-flash TTL

Uses only pre-flash information to calcu-

late exposure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AF-single

when the shutter-release button

AF mode

 

is pressed partway down.

 

 

 

 

(p. 68)

 

Camera continues to focus on a

 

 

 

 

 

AF-continuous

moving subject even when the

 

shutter-release button is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressed partway down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employs 300 segments (256 for

 

Multi-segment

the DiMAGE 5) over the image

 

 

area to calculate exposure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metering mode

Center

The exposure calculation is

biased toward the the center

(p. 74)

weighted

region of the image area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spot

The exposure is based on a

 

small area in the center of the

 

 

image area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

General purpose flash mode for

 

 

 

 

 

Fill-flash

low-light conditions and for

 

reducing harsh shadows caused

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flash mode

 

by direct sunlight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(p. 76)

 

Same as the fill-flash, but also

 

 

 

 

Red-eye

fires a pre-burst to reduce red-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

eye in portraits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rear flash-

Flash fires at the end of a long

 

 

 

 

sync

exposure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flash

±2 Ev (1/3 Ev

 

 

 

 

 

compensation

To compensate flash exposure.

 

 

 

 

increments)

 

 

 

 

(p. 78)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RECORDING-MODE MENU - CUSTOM 1

 

1 ~ 3

Camera settings can be recalled from

 

three memory channels.

Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

To store camera settings in memory.

 

(p. 85)

 

 

Store memory

When selected, the store-in-memory

 

 

screen will appear.

 

 

 

 

 

Exposure

0.3 Ev, 0.5 Ev,

Used with the bracketing drive mode to

bracket

specify the exposure increment for the

1.0 Ev

(p. 54)

series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 ~ 10, 15, 20,

Used with the interval drive mode to spec-

Interval (p. 56)

ify the duration of the interval between

30, 45, 60 min.

 

exposures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Used with the interval drive mode to spec-

 

Frames (p. 56)

2 ~ 99 frames

ify the total number of frames for the

 

 

 

series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AF/AE hold

Focus and exposure are locked while

 

pressing and holding the AF/AEL button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AF/AEL button toggles between the

AF/AE lock

AF/AE toggle

focus and exposure being locked and

 

unlocked.

 

button

 

 

 

 

 

(p. 73)

AE hold

Only exposure is locked while pressing

 

 

and holding the AF/AEL button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AE toggle

The AF/AEL button toggles between

 

exposure being locked and unlocked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Minolta dimage7, Dimage 5 instruction manual RECORDING-MODE Menu Basic, RECORDING-MODE Menu Custom