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Minolta dimage7, Dimage 5 instruction manual 2

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This camera can record up to sixty seconds of digital video. The

motion JPEG image is 320 X 240 pixels (QVGA). The effective

image area is 308 X 240 pixels; two thin lines will appear to the

left and right of the image when played back.

Shooting digital video is simple. Set the main dial to movie

recording (1). Frame the picture as described in the basic

recording operation (p. 29). Press the shutter-release button

once to start recording (2). The camera will continue to record

until the recording time is used or the shutter-release button is

pressed again. When recording, the data panel and monitor

frame counters will countdown the remaining time.

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RECORDING MODE

MOVIE RECORDING

2The table below shows the approximate total recording time with various CompactFlash

cards. Actual time depends on the subject and the number of still images captured.

8MB 16MB 64MB

36 sec. 70 sec. 290 sec.

44 sec. 90 sec. 363 sec.

DiMAGE 5

DiMAGE 7

Function Dial

Color-saturation compensation (p. 65)

Exposure mode (p. 47)

Digital zoom (Electronic magnification)

White balance (p. 58)

Metering mode (p. 74)

Exposure compensation (p. 63)

Camera Sensitivity (ISO) (p. 61)

Focus mode (p. 68, 71)

Autofocus area (p. 66) Program (fixed)

Disabled

Auto white balance (fixed)

Center-weighted (fixed)

Available

Auto (fixed)

Disabled

Continuous AF or Manual

Wide (fixed)

Digital-subject-program button

DisabledFlash

Disabled

Contrast compensation (p. 64) Available

Available

AF/AEL button

Macro mode (p. 69) Available

Recording-mode menu

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This table indicates which functions can be used, which are fixed, and which are

disabled in movie mode. Manual focus can be used before or during movie recording.

Recording indicator

Countdown in seconds

When the camera is not recording, the data-panel

and monitor frame counters will show the maximum

time in seconds can be recorded with the next movie

clip. Amaximum of 60 seconds will be displayed until

the amount of remaining time falls below one minute,

then the remaining number of seconds that can be

recorded will be displayed.

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Total recording time for

the next movie clip

Contents

Main WARNING FOR PROPER AND SAFE USEBEFORE YOU BEGIN FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE CAUTION Page TABLE OF CONTENTS CAMERA BODY DATAPANEL EVF AND LCD MONITORDISPLAY GETTING UP AND RUNNING ATTACHING THE CAMERASTRAP ATTACHING THE LENS HOOD REMOVING THE LENS CAP HANDLING THE CAMERA INSERTING THE COMPACTFLASHCARD INSERTING BATTERIES TURNING ON THE CAMERAAND DISPLAYS TAKING PICTURES USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH FLASH RANGE - AUTOMATIC OPERATION BASIC OPERATION CHANGING BATTERIES BATTERYCONDITION INDICATORS AUTO POWER SAVE EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLIES CHANGING THE COMPACTFLASHCARD BASIC RECORDING OPERATIONSETTING THE CAMERATO RECORD IMAGES AUTOMATICALLY EVF AND LCD MONITOR DISPLAY FOCUS LOCK FOCUS SIGNALS SPECIAL FOCUSING SITUATIONS Focus confirmed.Focus icon: white Focus icon: red DISPLAYCONTROLS - RECORDING MODE Page RECORDING MODE ADVANCED OPERATION PRO-AUTO BUTTON WHATIS AN EV? WHAT IS A STOP? DIGITAL-SUBJECT-PROGRAM BUTTON SETTING THE FUNCTION DIAL ISO QUAL P DRIVE WB RAW S. FIN FINE STD ECON ABOUT THE FRAME COUNTER IMAGE SIZE 2560 1600 1280 640 IMAGE-FILE SIZE AND COMPACTFLASH CARD CAPACITY ABOUT SUPER-FINE AND RAW IMAGE QUALITY P EXPOSURE MODES A S M SHUTTER PRIORITY - SAPERTURE PRIORITY - A DRIVE MODES CONTINUOUS ADVANCE SELF-TIMER BRACKETING NOTES ON BRACKETING EXPOSURE BRACKETING INTERVAL WHITE BALANCE CAMERA SENSITIVITY - ISO CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE without Shooting tips DIGITALEFFECTS CONTROL Exposure compensation Contrast compensation Color-saturation compensation * CONTRAST COMPENSATION COLOR-SATURATION COMPENSATION Data panel EVF & LCD monitor AUTOFOCUS AREAS AND CONTROL Controller 1 FLEX FOCUS POINT - CONTROLLING THE SPOT FOCUS POINT AUTOFOCUS MODES MACRO MODE Focus confirmed. Single AF icon Continuous AF icon Focus icon: red Focus confirmed. DIGITALZOOM Image size setting Full 1600 X 1200 1280 X 960 640 X 480 DiMAGE 7 DiMAGE 5 1280 X 960 1280 X 960 1280 X 960 640 X 480 1024 X 768 1024 X 768 1024 X 768 640 X 480 MANUAL FOCUS ELECTRONIC MAGNIFICATION (DIMAGE 7 ONLY) AF/AE LOCK BUTTON ELECTRONIC VIEWFINDER DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT AUTOMATIC MONITOR AMPLIFICATION (DIMAGE 7 ONLY) FLASH METERING METERING MODES FLASH MODES FLASH COMPENSATION FLASH RANGE ATTACHING AMINOLTAACCESSORY FLASH UNIT NAVIGATING THE RECORDING-MODE MENU For DiMAGE 7 only For more information about the electronic keyboard, see page 88. Changes can continue to be made. To return to the recording mode, press the menu button. Please refer to the following sections for descriptions of the menu options and their settings. RECORDING-MODE MENU - BASIC Menu option Settings Description EVF and LCD monitor Data panel RECORDING-MODE MENU - CUSTOM 1 RECORDING-MODE MENU - CUSTOM 1 (CONT.) Menu option Settings Description EVF and LCD monitor RECORDING-MODE MENU - CUSTOM 2 MEMORY - STORING CAMERA SETTINGS SHARPNESS COLOR MODE DATAIMPRINTING QV/delete button ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD INSTANTPLAYBACK No 2 sec 10 sec MOVIE RECORDING 2 PLAYBACK MODE VIEWING AND EDITING IMAGES ATTACHING AREMOTE CORD (SOLD SEPARATELY) BULB EXPOSURES Page SINGLE-FRAME PLAYBACK DISPLAY MOVIE PLAYBACK DISPLAY HISTOGRAM DISPLAY DISPLAYCONTROLS - PLAYBACK MODE ENLARGED PLAYBACK Magnification button Minolta History NAVIGATING THE PLAYBACK-MODE MENU Settings can continue to be made. To return to the playback mode, press the menu button. Please refer to the following sections for descriptions of the menu options and their settings. PLAYBACK-MODE MENU - BASIC LOCKING IMAGES CHANGING THE INDEX PLAYBACK FORMAT DELETING IMAGES PLAYBACK-MODE MENU - CUSTOM 1 (SLIDE SHOW) PLAYBACK-MODE MENU - CUSTOM 2 ABOUT DPOF CANCELING A DPOF PRINT ORDER CREATING ADPOF PRINT ORDER ORDERING AN INDEX PRINT FRAME-SELECTION SCREEN Play : select : confirm : enter SETUP MODE CONTROLLING THE CAMERAS OPERATION VIEWING IMAGES ON ATELEVISION NAVIGATING THE SETUPMENU Setting can continue to be made. Please refer to the following sections for descriptions of the menu options and their settings. Year Month Day Hour : Minute SETUP MENU - BASIC EVF AND LCD MONITOR BRIGHTNESS AUTO POWER SAVE BEEP LANGUAGE SETUP MENU - CUSTOM 1 FILE NUMBER (#) MEMORY SELECT FOLDER NEW FOLDER SETUP MENU - CUSTOM 2 SETTING THE DATE AND TIME SETTING THE DATE FORMAT VIDEO OUTPUT DATA-TRANSFER MODE CONNECTING TO A COMPUTER IBM PC / AT Compatible Macintosh Page CONNECTING TO WINDOWS 98 AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION MANUAL INSTALLATION QUICKTIME 4.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS IBM PC / AT Compatible CONNECTING TO MAC OS 8.6 COMPACTFLASH CARD FOLDER ORGANIZATION Drive Icon Dcim 100MLT03 100MLT04 101MLTCP Misc AUTO POWER SAVE (DATA-TRANSFER MODE) DISCONNECTING THE CAMERA FROM THE COMPUTER WINDOWS ME AND WINDOWS 2000 MACINTOSH WINDOWS 98 CHANGING THE COMPACTFLASH CARD (DATA-TRANSFER MODE) APPENDIX WINDOWS 98 MACINTOSH WINDOWS ME AND 2000 Always confirm the access lamp is out before removing the CompactFlash card. A SHORT GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY TROUBLESHOOTING External High-power Battery Pack Kit EBP-100 Close-up Diffuser CD-1000 SYSTEM ACCESSORIES TROUBLESHOOTING WHEN USING FILTERS WITH THE DIMAGE 7 OPERATINGTEMPERATURES AND CONDITIONS CLEANING CAMERA CARE CARE AND STORAGE STORAGE RECORDING MEDIA CARE AND HANDLING BATTERIES LCD MONITOR CARE CARE AND STORAGE BEFORE IMPORTANTEVENTS OR JOURNEYS COPYRIGHT QUESTIONS AND SERVICE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 9222-2773-31 MM-A107Printed in Malaysia 2001 Minolta Co., Ltd. under the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention.