Sigma C21EN0291 manual

C21EN0291

E ENGLISHDigital Single Lens Reflex Camera

USER’S MANUAL

This manual explains how to use SIGMA SD9 digital SLR camera.

Please refer to the SIGMA Photo Pro User Guide, which is available in the PDF format of the supplied CD-ROM, to get information about installation of SIGMA Photo Pro software to your computer, connection between camera and computer and for detailed explanation of SIGMA Photo Pro software.

Contents

E ENGLISH Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera SIGMA SD9 SIGMA Photo Pro SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE SD9 NOTES ON COPYRIGHT PACKAGE CONTENTS / ACCESSORIES TABLE OF CONTENTS REVIEWING, DELETING AND MODIFYING IMAGES SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Warning Caution WARNING (BATTERY AND AC ADAPTER) WARNING (CAMERA) CAUTION (AC ADAPTER) CAUTION (CAMERA) HANDLING PRECAUTIONS Please read this section before using the camera ENVIRONMENT HOW TO STORE THE CAMERA NOTE ON THE TFT COLOR LCD MONITOR NOTES ON CF CARD AND MICRODRIVE NOTES ON THE TFT COLOR LCD MONITOR COVER DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTS DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTS TOP LCD PANEL VIEWFINDER CONTROL DIALS BASIC OPERATION AND QUICK REFERENCE BASIC OPERATION AND QUICK REFERENCE Set the language (P.25) Set the date and time (P.26) Loading the Compact-FlashCard (P.27) Turn the “D”-dialto the □ (single frame shooting) position.（P.46） Select the exposure mode （P.37） Focus （P.43） Take a picture Review the image.（P.63） ATTACHING THE CARRY STRAP HOW TO USE THE FINDER CAP LOADING THE BATTERIES LOADING THE LITHIUM BATTERIES INSERTING AND REMOVING THE 4 AA OR 2 LITHIUM CR-V3BATTERIES LOADING THE BATTERIES AA Type CR-V3 WARNING TO REMOVE THE BATTERIES CHECKING THE BATTERY STATUS USING A HOME POWER SUPPLY MOUNTING AND REMOVING THE LENS MOUNTING AND REMOVING THE LENS SETTING THE LANGUAGE SETTING THE TIME AND DATE INSERTING AND REMOVING THE CF CARD TO INSERT THE CF CARD TO REMOVE THE CF CARD FORMATTING THE CF CARD FILE NUMBERING SYSTEM FILE NUMBERING SYSTEM FRAME NUMBER COUNTER FRAME NUMBER COUNTER DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT SPORTS FINDER HOLDING THE CAMERA SHUTTER BUTTON SETTING THE ELECTRONIC SOUND P PROGRAM AE PROGRAM SHIFT A APERTURE PRIORITY AE S SHUTTER SPEED PRIORITY AE M MANUAL EXPOSURE If you want to determine the exposure value using the Camera’s Exposure Meter BULB SETTING HOW TO USE AUTOFOCUS SETTING THE AUTOFOCUS MODE SELECTING THE AUTOFOCUS MODE SINGLE AF MODE CONTINUOUS AF MODE FOCUS LOCK MANUAL FOCUS DRIVE-AREA SINGLE FRAME SHOOTING CONTINUOUS SHOOTING SELF TIMER MIRROR LOCK-UP SETTING THE WHITE BALANCE（WB） SETTING THE WHITE BALANCE WHITE BALANCE OPTIONS Auto Sunlight Shade SETTING A CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE SETTING THE SENSITIVITY（ISO EQUIVALENCY） SETTING THE RESOLUTION SELECTING THE METERING MODE 8 SEGMENT METERING AVERAGE METERING CENTER AREA METERING AE LOCK EXPOSURE COMPENSATION AUTO BRACKETING Example REMOTE CONTROLLER (RS-11AND RS-21) Description of Parts OPERATION USING THE MIRROR LOCK-UPWITH REMOTE CONTROL REPLACING THE REMOTE CONTROLLER BATTERY DEPTH-OF-FIELDPREVIEW BUTTON DEPTH OF FIELD FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-500DG SUPER (Sold Separately) ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-500DG ST (Sold Separately) PC SYNCHRO TERMINAL ADAPTER ST-11 CAUTION CHANGING THE QUICK PREVIEW DURATION CHANGING THE QUICK PREVIEW DURATION TO CHANGE PREVIEW DURATION VIEW CHANGING THE QUICK PREVIEW STYLE QUICK DELETE VIEW TO REVIEW IMAGES P.110 VIEWING ONE IMAGE AT A TIME MAGNIFYING IMAGES (ZOOMED-INVIEW) VIEWING NINE IMAGES AT A TIME (CONTACT SHEET VIEW) VIEWING IMAGES A PAGE AT A TIME (JUMP MODE) VIEWING IMAGE INFORMATION IMAGE INFO SCREEN FOR MAGNIFIED IMAGES HISTOGRAM OVER-EXPOSUREWARNING VIEWING IMAGES ON A TV TO DISPLAY THE DELETE MENU DEL DELETE MENU MENU ITEM Current image DELETING A SINGLE IMAGE DELETING MULTIPLE IMAGES RECOVERING A DELETED IMAGE TO DISPLAY THE MODIFICATION MENU MOD LOCKING IMAGES TO LOCK A SINGLE IMAGE TO LOCK MULTIPLE IMAGES MARKING IMAGES TO MARK A SINGLE IMAGE MARKING ALL IMAGES ROTATING IMAGES ROTATING IMAGES USING THE OK BUTTON SHORTCUT TO SET THE ＜OK＞ SHORTCUT TO USE THE ＜OK＞ SHORTCUT SHOWING A SLIDESHOW TO START A SLIDESHOW TO MANUALLY ADVANCE OR REWIND A SLIDESHOW TO STOP/PAUSE A SLIDESHOW CHANGING SLIDESHOW SETTINGS USING THE CAMERA SET-UPMENU LIST OF MENU FUNCTIONS LIST OF MENU FUNCTIONS Format CF Card… File Numbering LCD Brightness LCD Contrast CAMERA INFO PAGE OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES MAINTENANCE CLEANING THE IMAGE SENSOR CLEANING THE IMAGE SENSOR RES EXPLANATION OF TERMS EXPLANATION OF TERMS Color Temperature Exposure Histogram ISO Sensitivity NTSC PAL RAW Shutter Speed AUTO POWER OFF AUTO POWER OFF TO SET AUTO POWER OFF WARNING DISPLAYS TOP LCD PANEL WARNING INDICATIONS COLOR LCD MONITOR MESSAGES TROUBLESHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING Difficulty seeing the images on the color LCD monitor Pictures are coming out blurred Cannot use the CF card Cannot delete images SPECIFICATIONS CONNECTING YOUR CAMERA TO A COMPUTER SD9 For customers in the U.S.A For customers in the Canada SIGMA CORPORATION