Sigma SD9 CONTROL DIALS

CONTROL DIALS

D-DIAL

DRIVE AREA

AUTO BRACKETING

MIRROR LOCK-UP

SELF-TIMER (2s)

SELF-TIMER (10s)

CONTINUOUS

HOOTINGS

SINGLE FRAME

SHOOTING

POWER OFF

S-DIAL / MODE SELECTOR㻃

MANUAL EXPOSURE

SETTING

SHUTTER SPEED

PRIORITY AE

APERTURE

PRIORITY AE

PROGRAM AE

Contents

Main Thank you for purchasing the Sigma Digital Autofocus Camera SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE SD9 1 NOTES ON COPYRIGHT PACKAGE CONTENTS / ACCESSORIES 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 5 Warning !! Caution !! WARNING (BATTERY AND AC ADAPTER) SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WARNING (CAMERA) 6 CAUTION (AC ADAPTER) CAUTION (CAMERA) 7 HANDLING PRECAUTIONS Please read this section before using the camera. 8 ENVIRONMENT HOW TO STORE THE CAMERA NOTE ON THE TFT COLOR LCD MONITOR 9 NOTES ON CF CARD AND MICRODRIVE NOTES ON THE TFT COLOR LCD MONITOR COVER 10 DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTS Page TOP LCD PANEL VIEWFINDER CONTROL DIALS D-DIAL S-DIAL / MODE SELECTOR BASIC OPERATION AND QUICK REFERENCE Page Page ATTACHING THE CARRY STRAP HOW TO USE THE FINDER CAP LOADING THE BATTERIES LOADING THE LITHIUM BATTERIES 19 INSERTING AND REMOVING THE 4 AA OR 2 LITHIUM CR-V3 BATTERIES TO INSERT THE BATTERIES CHECKING THE BATTERY STATUS AUTO POWER OFF USING A HOME POWER SUPPLY MOUNTING AND REMOVING THE LENS The SD9 camera use SA type inside and outside bayonet mount (SA-IB and SA-OB) respectively. Page SETTING THE LANGUAGE SETTING THE TIME AND DATE INSERTING AND REMOVING THE CF CARD Page FORMATTING THE CF CARD FILE NUMBERING SYSTEM TO SET FILE NUMBERING SYSTEM Page FRAME NUMBER COUNTER This display shows the number of images that can be recorded on the CF-Card. Page DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT Adjust the viewfinder diopter so that you can see clearly through the viewfinder. SPORTS FINDER HOLDING THE CAMERA SHUTTER BUTTON SETTING THE ELECTRONIC SOUND SELECTING THE EXPOSURE MODE P PROGRAM AE PROGRAM SHIFT 38 A APERTURE PRIORITY AE S SHUTTER SPEED PRIORITY AE M MANUAL EXPOSURE 41 1.5 0.0 3.0 BULB SETTING HOW TO USE AUTOFOCUS SETTING THE AUTOFOCUS MODE 43 In such cases, please use one of the following focusing methods. SELECTING THE AUTOFOCUS MODE 44 SINGLE AF MODE CONTINUOUS AF MODE FOCUS LOCK MANUAL FOCUS OPERATION OF THE DRIVE MODE DRIVE-AREA DRIVE- AREA SINGLE FRAME SHOOTING CONTINUOUS SHOOTING SELF TIMER When you want to include yourself in the picture or avoid camera shake, please use the self-timer. MIRROR LOCK-UP SETTING THE WHITE BALANCEWB Page SETTING A CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE 51 SETTING THE SENSITIVITY ISO EQUIVALENCY NOTE SETTING THE RESOLUTION SELECTING THE METERING MODE 53 8 SEGMENT METERING AVERAGE METERING AE LOCK EXPOSURE COMPENSATION If you want to intentionally overexpose or underexpose the picture, use this function. AUTO BRACKETING Auto Bracketing mode can be used in combination with Exposure Compensation. Example 57 REMOTE CONTROLLER (RS-11 AND RS-21) 58 Description of Parts OPERATION SETTING OF THE REMOTE CONTROLLER USING THE MIRROR LOCK-UP WITH REMOTE CONTROL REPLACING THE REMOTE CONTROLLER BATTERY 59 DEPTH-OF-FIELD PREVIEW BUTTON DEPTH OF FIELD 60 FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-500 DG SUPER (Sold Separately) ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-500 DG ST (Sold Separately) 61 EF-500 DG SUPER SA, EF-500 DG ST SA WARNING !! CHANGING THE QUICK PREVIEW DURATION Page CHANGING THE QUICK PREVIEW STYLE QUICK DELETE Undesirable images can be deleted as soon as their preview is displayed. TO DELETE A PREVIEW IMAGE CA NCEL TO REVIEW IMAGES VIEWING ONE IMAGE AT A TIME TO SEE IMAGES IN SINGLE-IMAGE VIEW While in Single-Image View: MAGNIFYING IMAGES 69 TO MAGNIFY IMAGE While in Zoomed-in View: VIEWING NINE IMAGES AT A TIME (CONTACT SHEET VIEW) 70 VIEWING IMAGES A PAGE AT A TIME (JUMP MODE) 71 TO GO TO JUMP MODE While in Jump Mode: VIEWING IMAGE INFORMATION IMAGE INFO SCREEN FOR MAGNIFIED IMAGES TO DISPLAY MAGNIFIED IMAGE INFO SCREEN While in Image Info Screen for a Magnified Image: HISTOGRAM OVER-EXPOSURE WARNING VIEWING IMAGES ON A TV TO DISPLAY THE DELETE MENU DELETING A SINGLE IMAGE DELETING MULTIPLE IMAGES TO DELETE MULTIPLE IMAGES RECOVERING A DELETED IMAGE CAUTION !! TO RECOVER A DELETED IMAGES TO DISPLAY THE MODIFICATION MENU LOCKING IMAGES Page Page MARKING IMAGES Page Page ROTATING IMAGES Page USING THE OK BUTTON SHORTCUT Page SHOWING A SLIDESHOW 92 TO START A SLIDESHOW 93 TO MANUALLY ADVANCE OR REWIND A SLIDESHOW Page CHANGING SLIDESHOW SETTINGS TO CHANGE SLIDESHOW SETTINGS USING THE CAMERA SET-UP MENU LIST OF MENU FUNCTIONS Page CAMERA INFO PAGE OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES EYEPIECE DIOPTRIC CORRECTION LENSES MAINTENANCE CLEANING THE IMAGE SENSOR Page Page EXPLANATION OF TERMS Page Page AUTO POWER OFF Page WARNING DISPLAYS TOP LCD PANEL WARNING INDICATIONS 109 COLOR LCD MONITOR MESSAGES 110 TROUBLESHOOTING No indication on the top LCD panel The shutter does not release Autofocus does not operate The buttons on the back of the camera dont work Page SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICATIONS CONNECTING YOUR CAMERA TO A COMPUTER CONNECTING THE CABLES USB Cable IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Cable Please use only the USB or IEEE 1394 cables supplied with your camera. SIGMA CORPORATION