Sigma SD15 user manual

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This manual explains how to use SIGMA SD15 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.

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USER’S MANUAL

Contents

Main USERS MANUAL Thank you for purchasing the Sigma Digital Autofocus Camera Please keep this instruction booklet handy for future reference. Doing so will The warranty of this product is one year from the date of purchase. Warranty Notes on Copyright PACKAGE CONTENTS / ACCESSORIES No memory card is included with this camera. Please purchase this TABLE OF CONTENTS PREPARATION 18 BASIC OPERATION 41 SELECTING THE EXPOSURE MODE 41 USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH 47 FOCUSING 51 OPERATION OF THE DRIVE MODE 56 ADVANCED OPERATION 60 REVIEWING, DELETING AND MODIFYING IMAGES 82 QUICK PREVIEW 82 REVIEWING IMAGES 84 DELETING IMAGES 94 OTHER REVIEWING FEATURES 97 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Page Page HANDLING PRECAUTIONS ENVIRONMENT HOW TO STORE THE CAMERA Please read this section before using the camera. NOTE ON THE TFT COLOR LCD MONITOR SD MEMORY CARD AND MULTIMDEIA CARD The SD15 camera uses a SD memory card, SDHC memory card and multimedia card. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTS Page TOP LCD PANEL VIEWFINDER CONTROL DIALS MODE DIAL D-DIAL BASIC OPERATION AND QUICK REFERENCE Charging the battery (P.19) To insert the battery (P.20) Mount the lens (P.24) Page Select the exposure mode (P.41) Focus (P.51) Take a picture Review the image. (P.82) PREPARATION This section describes necessary preparations before using the camera. ATTACHING THE CARRY STRAP HOW TO USE THE FINDER CAP LOADING THE BATTERY TO CHARGE THE BATTERY LOADING THE BATTERY TO REMOVE THE BATTERY 1 2 While the Busy Lamp is on, please do not remove the battery. Doing so can CHECKING THE BATTERY STATUS POWER SAVING USING A HOME POWER SUPPLY (Sold Separately) 1 2 MOUNTING AND REMOVING THE LENS To ensure a proper connection, do not hold down the lens lock button while The SD15 camera contains a dust protector, located inside the lens mount. On the mount surface of the lens, there are a number of electrical contacts. SETTING THE LANGUAGE SETTING THE TIME AND DATE 1 2 3 4 CAMERA SET-UP MENU LIST OF MENU FUNCTIONS Page Page FUNCTION DISPLAY CAMERA INFO PAGE INSERTING AND REMOVING THE CARD The SD15 camera uses a SD memory card, SDHC memory card and Multimedia card to store data. TO INSERT THE CARD 1 2 1 2 3 Never do any of the following while the Busy Lamp is on. (The Busy Lamp If the camera is turned off while the Busy Lamp is on, the camera will remain FORMATTING THE CARD 1 2 3 4 FILE NUMBERING SYSTEM FRAME NUMBER COUNTER This display shows the number of images that can be recorded on the card. DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT Adjust the viewfinder diopter so that you can see clearly through the viewfinder. Top LCD illumination does not function when build in flash is charged. TIP TOP LCD ILLUMINATION HOLDING THE CAMERA SHUTTER BUTTON Before you start to take pictures, we recommend that you operate the BASIC OPERATION P SELECTING THE EXPOSURE MODE PROGRAM SHIFT A APERTURE PRIORITY AE S SHUTTER SPEED PRIORITY AE M MANUAL EXPOSURE BULB SETTING 1 3 4 5 USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH P USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH 1 2 EXPOSURE MODE AND BUILT-IN FLASH P When M S FUNCTION SETTING OF FLASH FLASH MODE It is possible to select Normal Flash, Red-eye reduction Flash or Wireless TTL Flash Mode. NORMAL FLASH RED-EYE REDUCTION FLASH SLOW SYNC OFF ON REAR CURTAIN SYNCHRONIZATION (Flash Sync. Mode) FOCUSING Adjustment of autofocus and manual focus operation are explained below. HOW TO USE AUTOFOCUS SETTING THE AUTOFOCUS MODE SELECTING THE AUTOFOCUS MODE SINGLE AF MODE CONTINUOUS AF MODE AF POINT SELECTION AF AUXILIARY LIGHT The built-in AF Auxiliary Light of the SD15 enables focusing in low light conditions. CAUTION!! The lens hood must be removed when the AF Auxiliary Light is used. The AF If the AF Auxiliary Light is continuously used, it may turn off temporarily in FOCUS LOCK MANUAL FOCUS In situations, where autofocus or focus lock is not effective, you can focus manually. OPERATION OF THE DRIVE MODE Operation of the self-timer, and other functions of the camera are explained by the following: REA DRIVE-AREA SINGLE FRAME SHOOTING CONTINUOUS SHOOTING CAUTION !! When AF mode is set to AF (Single AF mode) mode and the focus When you use the continuous shooting mode with external flash, the camera SELF TIMER When you want to include yourself in the picture or avoid camera shake, please use the self-timer. MIRROR LOCK-UP Mirror lock up will cancel automatically, and mirror will return to its original If you are using this function in a strong light source, the shutter curtain may It is possible to use Mirror Lock-up with remote control (Sold Separetely). ADVANCED OPERATION SETTING THE WHITE BALANCE (WB) Page SETTING A CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE 1 2 It is recommended that an automatic exposure mode such as 3 4 SETTING THE SENSITIVITY When Exposure Mode is set to ISO EQUIVALENCY TIP IMAGE FILE SETTING The file size changes depending on resolution mode and recording quality selected. Image Quality IMAGE SIZE SETTING IMAGE QUALITY SETTING COLOR MODE 1 2 3 It is possible to make pictures according to your intension by the combination It is possible to select the Color Mode to B&W or Sepia, only when the Image When the Color Mode is set to B&W or Sepia and Image Quaity is changed IMAGE PARAMETER AND COLOR SPACE Sharpness Saturation Color Space SELECTING THE METERING MODE The camera has 4 advanced metering modes. EVALUATIVE METERING CENTER-WEIGHTED AVERAGE METERING CENTER AREA METERING AE LOCK HALF PRESSED AEL OFF ON Only when the AF mode is set to , [Half Pressed AEL] will function. EXPOSURE COMPENSATION If you want to intentionally overexpose or underexpose the picture, use this function. CAUTION !! Once you set the Exposure Compensation, the camera will continuously hold FLASH EXPOSURE COMPENSATION WARNING!! Once you set the flash Exposure Compensation, the camera will continuously Combination of Exposure Compensation and Flash Exposure Compensation AUTO BRACKETING Once you set the auto bracketing mode, the camera will continuously hold Auto Bracketing functuion cannot be used with the flashgun. When the built-in + REMOTE CONTROLLER RS-31 DESCRIPTION OF PARTS OPERATION SETTING OF THE CAMERA 3 4 5 6 7 Page DEPTH-OF-FIELD PREVIEW BUTTON DEPTH OF FIELD FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-530 DG SUPER SA-STTL ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-530 DG ST SA-STTL (Sold Separately) EF-530 DG SUPER SA-STTL, EF-530 DG ST SA-STTL WARNING !! EXTENDED MODE SETTING CAUTION!! When using the extended ISO Sensitivity and Buld time, the image quality AUTO ROTATE It is possible to record the vertical image information to images. WARNING !! If the images are taken while the camera is pointed up or down, the vertical REVIEWING, DELETING AND MODIFYING IMAGES This section explains how to review, delete, and modify images after they have been captured. TIP The SD15 may not be able to display images captured by other cameras, or QUICK PREVIEW Page REVIEWING IMAGES The pictures captured by the SD15 can be reviewed in various ways. If no new images have been captured in the meantime, the last reviewed VIEWING ONE IMAGE AT A TIME While in Single-Image View: TIP To scroll through images more quickly, press and hold a button on the 4-way TIP MAGNIFYING IMAGES (ZOOMED-IN VIEW) Reviewed images can be magnified, making it possible to check image details and focusing. WHILE IN ZOOMED-IN VIEW: TIP While in Zoomed-In View, the 4-way controller cannot be used to change VIEWING NINE IMAGES AT A TIME (CONTACT SHEET VIEW) Images can be viewed in a "contact sheet" of nine thumbnail images. VIEWING IMAGES A PAGE AT A TIME (JUMP MODE) The first and last pages of images are linked. Pressing the arrow on the VIEWING IMAGE INFORMATION The Image Info Screen contains additional information about each image. While in Image Info Screen: CAUTION !! While in Zoomed-in View or Jump Mode, it is not possible to display the MAGNIFIED IMAGES IN IMAGE INFO SCREEN For more information on the histogram see While magnifying the image in the Image Info Screen: CAUTION !! While maginifing the image in the Image Info Screen, the 4-way controller HISTOGRAM OVER-EXPOSURE WARNING VIEWING IMAGES ON A TV TO CONNECT THE CAMERA TO A VIDEO DEVICE 1 2 3 DELETING IMAGES This section describes how to delete the image(s) recorded on a card. Images recorded on the card can be deleted one at a time or several at once using the Delete Menu. TO DISPLAY THE DELETE MENU DELETING A SINGLE IMAGE DELETING MULTIPLE IMAGES 1 2 3 4 OTHER REVIEWING FEATURES TO DISPLAY THE MODIFICATION MENU TIP The Modification Menu can be opened from all views (Single-Image, Contact To make it easier to apply the same modification to a number of images, the LOCKING IMAGES Locking does not prevent images from being erased when the card is Locked images have a read-only status when viewed on a computer. TO LOCK A SINGLE IMAGE 1 2 3 4 5 Page MARKING IMAGES Images marked on the camera will retain their marked status when viewed in TO MARK A SINGLE IMAGE 1 2 5 To unmark a marked image, select the marked image and follow the same If the Mark Menu was opened from Jump Mode, the [Mark] menu item will not The button can be used as a shortcut key for marking images. (See MARKING ALL IMAGES 5 Select [Unmark All] from the Mark Menu to unmark all marked images on the When [Mark All] or [Unmark All] is done, it may take much time to finish ROTATING IMAGES 1 2 3 Page USING THE OK BUTTON SHORTCUT Even if [Rotate] function is allocated to the button, it is not possible to SHOWING A SLIDESHOW TO START A SLIDESHOW WARNING !! When [Show locked] is selected, it may take time to start the Slideshow NOTE When the slideshow is stopped, the last image will continue to be displayed. CHAGING SLIDESHOW SETTINGS DPOF (DIGITAL PRINT ORDER FORMAT) In the case of RAW images (files with X3F extension), DPOF printing is not 1 2 3 REFERENCE OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES REMOTE CONTROLLER RS-31 POWER GRIP PG-21 ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-530 DG SUPER SA-STTL MAINTENANCE CLEANING THE IMAGE SENSOR WARNING!! The image sensor is a very important part of your camera. Please take all Do not use an aerosol compressed air cleaner. Liquid may leak from the After cleaning the image sensor, please ensure the dust protector is correctly Please do not use the blower with the brush for cleaning the image sensor. We recommend using the AC adapter (sold separately) to clean the image 1 2 Page LCD OFF AND AUTO POWER OFF LCD Off Auto Power Off TIP WARNING !! EXPLANATION OF TERMS Page WARNING DISPLAYS TOP LCD PANEL WARNING INDICATIONS Please insert card. (P.34 ) Some part of battery icon is off Have fresh battery ready. Page Page TROUBLESHOOTING Page SPECIFICATIONS CONNECTING YOUR CAMERA TO A COMPUTER Please use only the USB cable supplied with your camera. SIGMA CORPORATION