Basic Photography and Playback
GXR DIGITAL CAMERA BODY Camera Body User Guide
Before You Begin
Reference
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Package Contents
Confirm that the package contains the items listed below
Tip Attaching the Neck Strap
Notices
their respective owners
Safety Precautions
Danger
Warning
Do not put the battery into a microwave or high pressure container
Keep the equipment out of the reach of children
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Before You Begin
Table of Contents
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Basic Photography and Playback
Reference
Copying Pictures to a Computer
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Introduction
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Before You Begin
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Introduction
Parts of the Camera Body
Back
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mode dial lock release
Mode Dial
Before shooting, press the
and rotate the mode dial
Up-down Dial and ADJ. Lever
DIRECT Button
Changing the Shooting Settings on the DIRECT screen
DIRECT screen
Displaying the Options for the Shooting Settings
Displaying the Next or Previous Page
Pressing C/Don the DIRECT screen will display the shooting menu page
Shooting movie mode
Picture Display
Shooting still photography
5 Number of exposures
Playback movies
32 Tilt indicator
Playback photographs
Playback mode
by pressing the DISP. button page
Additional information can be viewed
The picture display may also display warnings and messages
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First Steps
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Basic Photography and Playback
Taking Photographs
2 Connect the power cord to the charger, and then plug in
Charging the Battery
1 Place the battery in the charger
First Steps
3 Remove the battery
Tip Battery Capacity
Cautions
Inserting the Battery
1 Open the battery/card cover. Unlatch 1 and open
3 Close the battery/card cover. Close 1 and latch 2 the cover
1 Open the battery/card cover
Inserting Memory Cards
2 Insert the card
Removing Memory Cards
Cautions
Tip Write Protection
Attaching the Camera Unit to the Camera Body
Removing the Camera Unit from the Camera Body
Turning the Power On and Off
Shooting Mode
Playback Mode
Tip Sleep Mode and Auto Power Off
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Basic Setup
2 Set the clock
2 Get ready to shoot. Rest the finger on the shutter-release button
Taking Photographs
Holding the Camera
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Taking a Photograph
Take a picture
Tip Shutter-Release Button
Tip Focus
Tip Avoiding Blurred Pictures
Focus Lock
2 Recompose the photograph
3 Take a picture
3 Take a picture
1 Frame the picture using the 8and 9buttons 2 Focus
Zoom
Gently press the shutter- release button the rest of the way down
Focus
Close-ups Macro Mode
1 Press the Nbutton. A Nicon will be briefly
Frame the subject in the
The flash is off
Flash Photography
The flash fires automatically when required
Reduces “red-eye” in portraits taken with the flash
mode
Using the Built-in Flash
1 Raise the flash
Focus and shoot
To close the flash when it is not in use, gently press the center of the flash cover down until it latches
Self-Timer
Choose a self-timer mode
2 Start the timer
Tilt Indicator
1 Display options
Select an option
Red Camera tilted too far to the right
Understanding the Tilt Indicator
Green Camera level
Orange Camera tilted left
Viewing and Deleting Photographs
Viewing Photographs
Tip If the Camera Is Off
Ahead one photo
Back one photo
Back ten photos
Tip Viewing Pictures in Shooting Mode
Tip Auto Rotate
Viewing Multiple Photographs
Tip Viewing the Pictures in Internal Memory
Sort by date
Tip Directional Pad
Playback Zoom
The following operations can be performed
1 Display a photograph
Deleting Photographs
Deleting Individual Photographs
2 Press the dbutton
Deleting Multiple Files
1 Press the dbutton
3 Select a photograph
A confirmation dialog will be displayed
4 Press the dbutton
5 Select Yes
Press Fn1 or Fn2 to highlight Yes, and press C/D
Turning the Picture Display On/Off
ODISP. Button
Shooting Mode
Framing
Playback Mode
No indicators
Indicators 43 N displayed
Tip Highlights
Tip Histogram
OverexposedUnderexposed
Camera Settings
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More on Photography
1 Choose mode P
More on Photography
Mode P Program Shift
Choose shutter speed and aperture
4 Take a picture
More on Photography
Choose an aperture
Mode A Aperture Priority
1 Choose mode A
4 Take a picture
Choose shutter speed
Mode S Shutter Priority
Choose mode S
Take a picture
1 Choose mode M
in the exposure indicator if the image would be
Mode M Manual Exposure
2 Choose an aperture and shutter speed. Rotate the up-down dial
Choose slower shutter speeds for longer exposure times
4Mode Settings for Various Scenes
the selected subject type
3 Select an option
1 Rotate the mode dial to
2 Press C/D
Skew correct mode See page
2 Shoot
Recording Movies
1 Select 3in 4mode
Tip Using the Menus
Cautions
The flash cannot be used in movie mode
4Mode Skew Correct
Tip Skew Correction
1 Rotate the mode dial to MY1, MY2, or MY3
“MY” Modes Using Custom Settings
using Reg. My Settings will
2 Take a picture
Shooting Menu
Use the +, -, Fn1, Fn2, and C/Dbuttons to navigate the menus
Switch Shooting
5, P, A, S, M, MY1, MY2 and MY3 Modes
Default
Custom Self-Timer
4Mode Landscape
4Mode Movie
4Mode Portrait/Sports/Nightscape
VGA640
Picture Quality/Size / Movie Size
4Mode Skew Correct
For Still Images
processing or editing on a
larger size or cropping the
For Movies
Tip Picture Quality
Focus bar
Focus
Tip Depth of Field
green
Choose the focus distance
Focus MF Manual Focus
Take a picture
Choosing the Focus and Metering Target
To return to the target selection menu, press the DISP. button
3 Take a picture
Target selection is not available in manual focus mode page
Snap Focus Distance
Macro Target Selection
Cautions
Full Press Snap
Tip Autofocus
The function is off
Pre-AF
Exposure Metering
Using pre-AF increases the drain on the battery
Image Settings
Creates monochrome photographs with a sepia
2
Adjust custom color reproduction settings Black & White Press + and
Return to the Image Settings menu
Exit to shooting mode
Continuous Mode
M-Cont Plus can be selected from M-Cont + HI and M-Cont + LO
icon in the picture display
At settings other than Off, the
current selection is shown by an
Resize is selected for Digital Zoom Image
Auto Bracket
Description
1 Select AE-BKT
3 Return to shooting mode
AE-BKT Exposure Bracketing
CL-BKT Color Bracketing
Tip Contrast, Sharpness, and Color Depth
Flash Exposure Compensation
exposure compensation value and press C/D
Flash level is displayed in the picture display in manual flash mode
Flash Synchro Settings
Manual Flash Amount
Choose how the flash synchronizes with the shutter
Noise Reduction
Noise Reduction ISO
is displayed when distortion correction is on
Distortion Correction
Auto Macro
Nis displayed when the camera switches to macro mode
Custom Self-Timer
2 Start shooting
3 End shooting
Interval Shooting
1 Choose an interval
2 Start shooting
Date Imprint
DATE is displayed when date imprint is on
2 Adjust exposure compensation
Exposure Compensation
1 Display the exposure compensation slider. Highlight Exposure
White Balance
1 Display white balance options
2 Select an option
1 Select Detail
Manual Measuring White Balance
3 Return to shooting mode
Selecting White Balance
2 Choose a setting
White Balance Compensation
3 Return to shooting mode
ISO Setting
Restore Defaults
Shoot or return to the shooting mode
Switch Shooting Mode
Auto Aperture Shift
Camera Shake Correction
Jappears in the picture display when camera shake is likely to occur
Cautions
1 Press the 6button
Playback Functions
Viewing Movies
2 Display the movie
Thumbnail view
Viewing MP Files
Display for step
Single frame view
The operations during slide show are shown below
Cautions
Individual frame of an MP file cannot be deleted
Display the MP file you want to export
Exporting MP Files
Press the 6button
Press C/D
6 Press + or - to select Sel. Indiv., and then press C/D
Press + or - to select 1 Frame. Press Fn1 or Fn2 to select the frame
5 Press + or - to select Sel Mult, and then press C/D
8 Repeat step 7 to select all the frames
11 Select Yes, and then press C/D
6 Press + or - to select Sel. Range, and then press C/D
9 Repeat steps 7 and 8 to specify all ranges. 10 Press the Nbutton
Specifying a Range of Multiple Frames
5 Press + or - to select All Frames, and press
6 Select Yes, and then press
Selecting All Frames
Playback Functions
Playback Menu
Playback Menu
1 Display the playback menu. Press C/D 2 Select a menu item
2 Select a picture
Flag Function Setting
1 Display the thumbnail view
Setting/Canceling One File at a Time
4 Select additional photographs
Flag Function Display
Cautions
Resize
3 Trim the photograph
Trim
2 Select Trim
1 Display a photograph
Auto Automatic Level Compensation
Level Compensation
3 Select Auto
1 Display a photograph
4 Copy the image
2 Copy the image
Manual Manual Level Compensation
Tip Choosing the Black Point, White Point, and Mid-Point
overexposed, move the black point
Cautions
White Balance Compensation
2 Select White Balance Compensation
4 Press C/D
1 Display a photograph
Skew Correction
1 Display a photograph
Cautions
3 Press C/D
Slide Show
Protect
Protecting Individual Pictures
Changing the Protect Status of Multiple Files
1 Select Protect in the playback menu, and press Fn2
Use the directional pad
3 Select a photograph
4 Press the Nbutton
Tip Selecting Ranges
Copy to Card from Internal Memory
DPOF
Tip DPOF
1 Select DPOF
Recover File
3 Press C/D
1 Turn the camera body off
3 Connect the camera body. Open the connector cover and
Viewing Pictures on TV
Connect the A/V cable to the TV
Do not use force or tug the A/V cable when handling the camera body with the A/V cable connected
2 Connect the USB cable to the printer
Connecting the Camera Body
Printing Photographs
1 Turn the camera body off
and plug the cable into the USB cable connector
3 Connect the camera body. Open the connector cover
display and press the ADJ
Printing
Printing Photographs One at a Time
lever. The menu shown
to highlight an option and press C/Dto
select and return to the direct print menu
3 Start printing
C/D. Select Cancel to exit without changing the default setting
Press the Zbutton
5 Adjust printer settings
Printing Multiple Photographs
4 Select additional Photographs
Select a tab
Camera Settings
Display the menus
Select a menu item
The key custom options tab contains the following options
Set Fn1 Button
Set Fn2 Button
Volume Settings
The setup tab contains the following options
Auto Power Off
Cautions
Reg. My Settings
1 Adjust settings
Key Custom Options
3 Save settings
Recall My Settings
2 Edit settings
Edit My Settings
1 Select a setting
3 Save changes and exit
My Settings for Fn Settings
My Settings WB Comp
Tip Naming My Settings
ADJ Lever Setting
1 Display options
ADJ Shutter Confirmation
Using the ADJ. Lever
2 Select an option
Select B&W TE for Image Settings page
Set Fn1/Fn2 Button
Select Black & White for Image Settings page
ColorB&W
+/- Button Settings
Not available when Portrait, Sports, Landscape or Nightscape is
sets the focus distance to the distance at which focus is locked
Playback Mode Dial Options/M Mode Dial Options
One Press M Mode
LCD Brightness
Setup
Format Card/Format Internal Memory
Cautions
Exposure/Flash Comp. Step
ISO Auto-High Settings
DIRECT Screen Transparency
AF Auxiliary Light
Auto Power Off
Sleep Mode
Playback Screen
LCD Confirmation Time
Volume Settings
LCD Auto Dim
Operation Sounds
One Press Zoom Ratio
Auto Rotate
Level Setting
Minimum Shooting Distance
Grid Guide Display Options
Show My Setting Name
Fn Button Display
Color Space Setting
CL-BKT Black & White TE
Digital Zoom Image
Store Menu Cursor Position
Card Sequence No
Video Out Mode
Date Settings
Language/L
HDMI Output
Start Settings Readout
Copying Pictures to a Computer
Windows
System Requirements
More RAM may be required when handling movies and other large files
Cautions
Installing the software Install the following software
Supplied CD
Installing the Software
Cautions
Click Installing the software
Select a destination
7 Restart the computer
Installing Adobe Reader
6 Click Finish
computer. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer
2 Click Browse CD-ROM Content
3 Install Adobe Reader
The contents of the CD will be displayed
Uninstalling the Software
2 Uninstall the software
Copying Pictures Using DL-10
1 Turn the camera body off
Cautions
Copying Pictures Without Using DL-10
1 Turn the camera body off 2 Connect the supplied USB cable
Disconnecting the Camera Body
Cautions
1 Turn the camera body off
Macintosh
Copying Pictures to a Macintosh
Cautions
appear as a volume on
Disconnecting the Camera Body
Using the MP File Viewer
Install Location
2 Select the disk for installation
3 Install VM-1
1 Insert the supplied CD
2 Double-click the VM-1 Uninstaller icon
1 Open the VM-1 utility folder
Troubleshooting
Error Messages
Technical Notes
Camera Body-Related Problems
Power Supply
Shooting
battery
when shutter
A/V cable is connected
elbows against your body
Playback/Deletion
This is
pictures back
Problem
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Computer-Related Problems
Security Alerts Windows Vista/Windows XP
1 Open the “Windows Firewall” Control Panel. Open the “Start” menu and
Specifications
format
Weight approx
Internal Memory/Memory Card Capacity
Camera unit
Optional Accessories
CA-1 cable switch
GF-1 external flash
SC-55S soft case
SC-55L soft case
TechnicalN otes
DB-90 rechargeable battery supplied
Camera System and Accessories
CA-1 cable switch
GF-1 flash unit
Attach the flash
The GF-1 Flash Unit Optional
Close the flash cover page
3 Turn the flash and camera on 4 Press the DIRECT button
5 Turn the flash on
4 Choose a manual ISO sensitivity setting
3 Set aperture manually
1 Close the flash cover page 2. 2 Attach the flash
Using BJ-9 Battery Charger
Using the Product Abroad
Precautions for Use
Warranty
Keep the terminals of the connector free of dust
The picture display may be difficult to read in direct sunlight
Do not apply force to the picture display
Caring for this product
Care and Storage
Before Cleaning
Storage
Warranty and Servicing
Note to Users in Canada
NOTICES
USA FCC Part 15 Class B
Remarque Concernant les Utilisateurs au Canada
Index
Symbols
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Store Menu Cursor Position
Show My Setting Name
Start Settings Readout
VM-1
France
Telephone Support Numbers in Europe
Deutschland
Italia
If You Encounter a Problem with This Product
L754 2971A
Ricoh offices