Sigma C72900, DP2 EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

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EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

If you want to intentionally overexpose or underexpose the picture,

use this function.

Select the desired compensation value

by using the buttons.

• Exposure compensation can be set

in 1/3 stop increments from +3.0 to

-3.0 stops.

CAUTION !!

• The exposure compensation will not disable automatically. After

taking the picture, set the compensation value to ±0.0 by pressing

button.

• Exposure compensation function cannot be used with Manual

Operation mode.

Contents

Main USERS MANUAL Thank you for purchasing the Sigma DP2 Digital Compact Camera Please keep this instruction booklet handy for future reference. Doing The warranty of this product is one year from the date of purchase. NOTES ON COPYRIGHT PACKAGE CONTENTS / ACCESSORIES No memory card is included with this camera. Please purchase this TABLE OF CONTENTS PREPARATION 17 BASIC OPERATION 41 SELECTING THE EXPOSURE MODE 41 USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH 46 OPERATION OF THE DRIVE MODE 51 ADVANCED OPERATION 53 REVIEWING AND DELETING IMAGES 75 QUICK PREVIEW 75 REVIEWING IMAGES 76 DELETING FILES 86 OTHER REVIEWING FEATURES 89 RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK MOVIES 101 RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK SOUND 104 PRINTING IMAGES 106 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Page Page HANDLING PRECAUTIONS ENVIRONMENT HOW TO STORE THE CAMERA NOTE ON THE TFT COLOR LCD MONITOR SD MEMORY CARD AND MULTIMDEIA CARD (SOLD SEPARATELY) The DP2 camera uses a SD memory card, SDHC memory card and multimedia card. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTS Page 13 COLOR LCD MONITOR INDICATION Explanation of the icons displayed in still image shooting. BASIC OPERATION AND QUICK REFERENCE PREPARATION TAKING THE PICTURE Page PREPARATION ATTACHING THE CARRY STRAP LENS CAP HOW TO REMOVE THE LENS CAP Remove the lens cap as shown. ATTACHING THE LENS CAP Fit the lens cap keeping the SIGMA logo horizontal. LOADING THE BATTERY TO CHARGE THE BATTERY LOADING THE BATTERY TO REMOVE THE BATTERY While the Busy Lamp is on, please do not remove the battery. CHECKING THE BATTERY STATUS USING A HOME POWER SUPPLY (Sold Separately) While the Busy Lamp is on, do not change the power supply by any SETTING THE LANGUAGE SETTING THE TIME AND DA TE The date can be displayed in one of three formats: M/D/Y The cameras internal clock is powered by a capacitor that receives its CAMERA SET-UP MENU The Camera Set-up menu will not be displayed in Sound Recording 27 List Display and Open Display The Camera Set-up menu of the DP2 camera has two display patterns; It is possible to move to other Menu Items without exiting from Open When the Camera Set-up menu is displayed, it is possible to change to After changing the settings in [ Camera Settings], return the Mode LIST OF MENU FUNCTIONS Sensitivity Page Playback Menu Camera Settings Page QUICK SET MENU It is possible to set the following Menu in [ Capture Settings] quickly by pressing the button. When Image Quality is slected to RAW, Image Size will be set to 35 CHANGING THE COLOR LCD MONITOR DISPLAY It is possible to display/hide icons on the color LCD monitor as follows by pressing the button. Each time the button is pressed, the color LCD monitor display will change as follows. GRID SEGMENT DISPLAY [Shooting Menu] (P.2 6 ) Select the desired display type from [Grid Segment Display]. 37 INSERTING AND REMOVING THE CARD The DP2 camera uses a SD memory card, SDHC memory card and Multimedia card to store data. TO INSERT THE CARD It may be necessary to format the card before use. (See P.39) TO REMOVE THE CARD Never do any of the following while the Busy Lamp is on. (The Busy If the camera is turned off while the Busy Lamp is on, the camera will 39 FORMATTING THE CARD Formatting erases all card contents, including locked DP2 files and all Cards formatted in other cameras or devices may not operate correctly SHUTTER BUTTON Before you start to take pictures, we recommend that you operate the RESET TO THE DEFAULTS It is possible to reset the settings to the defaults. BASIC OPERATION SELECTING THE EXPOSURE MODE P In this section, the instruction is written on the assumption that When is shown on the color LCD monitor, the camera is set If the subject is too bright or dark, both shutter speed and aperture PROGRAM SHIFT A 43 APERTURE PRIORITY AE When is shown on the color LCD monitor, camera shake may S SHUTTER SPEED PRIORITY AE If the appropriate aperture value is beyond the range of the lens in M 45 MANUAL EXPOSURE USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH SETTING THE FLASH MODE FOCUSING Adjustment of autofocus and manual focus operation are explained below. HOW TO USE AUTOFOCUS FOCUSING POINT SELECTION FOCUS LOCK MANUAL FOCUS In situations where autofocus or focus lock is not effective, you can focus manually. Turn the MF Dial on the camera body until you get a clear sharp image. FOCUSING WITH MAGNIFICATION DISPLAY The graduation on the MF Dial and the scale bar may differ from the OPERATION OF THE DRIVE MODE Operation of the self-timer, and other functions of the camera are explained by the following: SINGLE FRAME SHOOTING CONTINUOUS SHOOTING Images taken in rapid succession, such as during Continuous shooting, SELF TIMER ADVANCED OPERATION SETTING THE WHITE BALANCEWB Page SETTING A CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE 55 When the button is pressed in white balance capture display, SETTING THE SENSITIVITY ISO EQUIVALENCY If [ISO Auto] is selected, the ISO value will automatically change to 57 IMAGE FILE SETTING The file size changes depending on resolution mode and recording quality selected. IMAGE QUALITY IMAGE SIZE SETTING IMAGE QUALITY SETTING COLOR SPACE Please set the color space to sRGB for regular usage. If you select 59 PICTURE SETTINGS It is possible to adjust the recording image parameter (contrast, sharpness and saturation). JPEG is compressed after parameter adjustment. In the case of SELECTING THE METERING MODE The camera has three advanced metering modes. EVALUATIVE METERING CENTER WEIGHTED AVERAGE METERING SPOT METERING AE LOCK SETTING THE AEL BUTTON It is possible to use the button to select settings other than AE Lock [AEL]. HALF PRESSED AEL 63 EXPOSURE COMPENSATION If you want to intentionally overexpose or underexpose the picture, use this function. The exposure compensation will not disable automatically. After Exposure compensation function cannot be used with Manual FLASH EXPOSURE COMPENSATION It is possible to compensate the flash output level without changing the backgrounds exposure. The exposure compensation will not disable automatically. After 65 AUTO BRACKETING Three frames will be taken continuously by pressing the shutter button. If the [Quick Preview] in the [ Capture Settings] menu is set to The Auto Bracketing Order can be set in [ Capture Settings] (P.2 6 ) [Auto Bracketing Order] Auto Bracketing mode can be used in combination with Exposure Compensation. Example : COLOR MODE It is possible to make pictures according to your intension by the IMAGE WITH SOUND Once Image with sound is set, the camera will continue to hold this 69 The sound recording will be stored as a WAV file. It will be stored in USING THE EXTERNAL FLASH ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-140 DG SA-STTL AUTO ROTATE It is possible to record the vertical image information to images. If the images are taken while the camera is pointed up or down, the 71 INTERVAL TIMER It is possible to take pictures automatically at selected intervals. The interval timer shooting will be terminated automatically if the Once you set the Interval Timer , the camera will continously hold Depending on the settings, it takes time process the image. It 73 MY SETTINGS It is possible to customize the Capture Settings. (Up to three patterns can be stored.) SAVE MY SETTINGS When the new setting is saved, the previous stored setting will be LOAD MY SETTINGS EXP. KEY ARRANGEMENT REVIEWING AND DELETING IMAGES The DP2 may not be able to display images captured by other cameras, QUICK PREVIEW CHANGING THE QUICK PREVIEW DURATION To manually turn off the Quick Preview image, press the shutter button REVIEWING IMAGES Even if the camera is switched off, images can be reviewed by pressing If no new images have been captured, the last reviewed image will be If there are no images on the card, an error message No images on When reviewing images, if the button is pressed or the shutter VIEWING ONE IMAGE AT A TIME Press the button on the back of the camera to see the recorded images in Single-Image View. To scroll through images more quickly, press and hold a button on MAGNIFYING IMAGES Reviewed images can be magnified, making it possible to check image details and focusing. While in Zoomed-In View, the 4-way controller cannot be used to VIEWING NINE IMAGES AT A TIME 79 Images can be viewed in a "contact sheet" of nine thumbnail images. VIEWING IMAGES A PAGE AT A TIME The first and last pages of images are linked. Pressing the 81 VIEWING IMAGES WITH SOUND It is not possible to play the recorded sound when the camera is in The playback volume is set by Set Up menu, however , it is The sound recording (.WAV file) that is attached to the still image VIEWING IMAGE INFORMATION The Image Info Screen contains additional information about each image. Press the button several times from the Single-Image or Zoomed-In View. It is not possible to select different iamges while in Zoomed-In View. IMAGE INFO SCREEN FOR MAGNIFIED IMAGES HISTOGRAM 85 VIEWING IMAGES ON A TV Please do not use any video cable other than the one provided with It is recommended that the camera be powered with the AC The default mode for the video signal is NTSC. When connecting DELETING FILES TO DISPLAY THE DELETE MENU DELETING A SINGLE FILE If the file is not locked, it will delete the file without asking for If the file is locked, the message This file is locked. Delete DELETING MULTIPLE FILES When [All marked] or [All] is done, it may take time to finish them Locked and Marked images will not be deleted when [All Marked] 89 OTHER REVIEWING FEATURES This section explains how to use Slideshow, Lock, Mark, Rotate and so on. Locked files have a read-only status when viewed on a computer. LOCKING FILES Locking protects files from being accidentally deleted. TO LOCK A SINGLE FILE UNLOCKING A SINGLE FILE TO LOCK MULTIPLE FILES UNLOCKING MULTIPLE FILES When [ Lock all] or [Unlock all] is done, it may take time to MARKING IMAGES Images marked on the camera will retain their marked status when TO MARK A SINGLE IMAGE UNMARKING A SINGLE FILE MARKING ALL IMAGES UNMARKING MULTIPLE IMAGES When [Mark all] or [Unmark all] is done, it may take much time to 95 ROTATING IMAGES Images rotated on the camera will be displayed in their rotated Movie cannot be rotated. To rotate an image 180 degrees, rotate it twice in the same To get an image back into its original orientation, rotate it in the EXPOSURE WARNING It is possible to indicate the over-exposed areas by highlighting them in red. OK BUTTON SHORTCUT It is possible to allocate a function from the Playback Menu to the button. The allocated function can be changed by pressing the button. RECORDING SOUND MEMO The sound memo function will not be disabled if it is not cancelled. The recorded data will be stored as a WAV file. It will be stored in 99 SHOWING A SLIDESHOW When viewing a slideshow, only first frame of a movie file will be TO START A SLIDESHOW When Show marked is selected, it may take time to start the When the slideshow is stopped, the last image will continue to be CHAGING SLIDESHOW SETTINGS Duration Repeat 101 RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK MOVIES RECORDING MOVIES It is possible to record movies with sound. The cameras operation sound might be recorded while shooting the PLAYING BACK MOVIES How to playback movies. Although sound volume can be set from the [ Camera Settings] After transferring the files to your PC, please play AVI files with RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK SOUND RECORDING SOUND It is possible to use the DP2 as a sound recorder. The available recording time is dependent on the capacity of the PLAYING BACK SOUND How to playback sound recorded in the sound recording mode. Press the button to playback the sound recording. Although sound volume can be set from the [ Camera Settings] After transferring the files to your PC, please play WAV files with PRINTING IMAGES PRINTING IMAGES WITH PICTBRIDGE COMPATIBLE PRINTERS If no card is inserted into the camera, [No Memory Card] message If the card contains still images which cannot be printed, [No If [Printer error! Please check the printer.] message is displayed, It is not possible to print RAW images (files with the X3F Some printers do not include a DPOF setting, therefore it is not Printing cannot proceed correctly if the printer doesn't correspond 109 DPOF (DIGITAL PRINT ORDER FORMAT) In the case of RAW images (files with X3F extension), DPOF printing is Total number of print quantity (the total sum of print quantity for REFERENCE OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-140 DG SA-STTL VIEW FINDER VF-21 HOOD ADAPTER HA-21 EXPLANATION OF TERMS Page FILE NUMBERING SYSTEM LCD SLEEP AND AUTO POWER OFF LCD Sleep Auto Power Off [ Auto Power Off ] setting has priority over the [ LCD Sleep ] 115 TROUBLESHOOTING Nothing is displayed on the color LCD monitor. The shutter does not release. Autofocus does not operate. The camera has turned off automatically. Difficulty seeing the images on the color LCD monitor. Pictures are coming out blurred Cannot delete images. Incorrect date and time is shown. No image appears on the TV monitor. SPECIFICATIONS CONNECTING YOUR CAMERA TO A COMPUTER CONNECTING THE CABLES Please use only the USB cable supplied with your camera. SIGMA CORPORATION