Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product KD-300Z Konica Minolta
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Thank you for purchasing this Konica pr oduct. Digital Revio KD-300Z is a digital camera equipped with a 3.34 mega- pixel CCD for high quality digital photography . Before using the camera, please r ead this User’ s Manual carefully and follow its instructions to assure pr oper use.
3 2 Contents Loading and Rechar ging the Battery Pack .............................. 9 Basic Preparations Camera Basics Using the LCD Monitor when Shooting .................................. 13 Recording Moving Images ...... 17 White Balance .........
5 4 <Operating Controls> “ ” Macro/ Landscape mode button (page 24) Use this button to select Macro or Landscape mode. “ ” Flash mode button (page 22) Use this button to select flash mode. Mode select lever Use this lever to switch between r ecord, playback, and setup modes.
7 6 <Other Parts> Flash Optical viewfinder (page 18) Light sensor Lens and lens cover Connector cover V ideo output connector (page 16) Power supply input socket (page 9) Strap lug (page 11) Bat.
9 Loading and Recharging the Battery Pack Open the battery compartment cover and insert the supplied battery pack. ¶ Be sure to insert the battery pack in the correct dir ection; the camera will not operate if the battery pack is loaded incorrectly .
11 10 LOCK SD Memory Cards ar e provided with a write-protect switch. When this switch is moved downward, further r ecording on the car d is disabled, to protect any images and data alr eady on the card. When in this status, no further images can be recor ded on the card, and images already on the card cannot be erased.
12 To confirm the new setting data, press the “ ” button. This completes the operation, and the LCD monitor will return to the menu screen. Setting the Date Follow these instructions to set the date, time, and calendar display mode: <Operation> Set the mode select lever to “ ”.
13 1. Set the mode select lever to “ ” , then press the power ON/OFF button to turn on camera’ s power . Use the LCD monitor to compose your pictures when particularly accurate composition is needed. The image recor ded will be the same as that seen through the monitor .
15 14 2. Hold the camera steadily with both hands as shown to avoid camera shake. “Beep” “Beep, beep” The LCD monitor will become momentarily dark, then the 2 Press down further on the shutter release button to take the picture; r ecording of the image begins when the electronic beep sound.
17 16 This function allows you to recor d up to 15 seconds of simple movie images. The monitor display during movie recor ding is shown below: 1 Press the “ MENU ” button. 2 Select [ ], then press the “ ” button to set for movie r ecording [ ].
19 18 “Beep” “Beep, beep” Card access LED Caution LED 5. Press the shutter r elease button to take the picture. 1 Lightly depress the shutter button halfway to begin focusing; the focus mark will light and the electronic beep will be heard when focus is locked.
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21 When shooting with the LCD monitor turned OFF: Note that the LCD monitor must be turned ON to set functions or to confirm previous settings. This section introduces various functions available during image r ecording. Use them to enhance the range of your camera work.
23 22 <Operation> 1 Press the “ ” button to select the desired flash mode. 2 Press the shutter r elease button to take the picture. <NOTE> ¶ If the caution LED flashes when the shutte.
25 24 <Operation> 1 Press the “ ” button and select the desired mode. Display appearance when the macro mode is selected. 2 Press the shutter r elease button to take the picture.
27 26 <Operation> 1 Press the “ MENU ” button. 2 Press the “ @ ” button to select [ ]. Setting Image Quality (File Compression) Use this function to change the amount of file compression and thus image quality , and when shooting movies.
29 28 <General Guidelines for Selecting Image Quality> For high image quality , select [ S ] or [ F ] compression; when taking pictures for viewing on a television monitor , select [ F ] or [ N ], and when taking pictures which will be used in small size on the Internet or other computer application, use [ N ].
31 30 Using Color Mode for B&W and Sepia Images In addition to the normal color pictur e mode, you can also take pictures in black and white (B/W) or sepia tone (Sepia). ¶ B/W and sepia picture modes cannot be selected when image quality is set for uncompressed TIFF-RGB [ T ] format.
33 32 5 Press the “ @ ” button. 6 Press the “ MENU ” button twice to turn off the menu display . 7 Press the shutter r elease button to take the picture. Display appearance when [ ] is selected. <Operation> 1 Select [ PRESET ], then press the “ ” button to confirm selection.
34 Aperture-Priority Photography By default, the camera uses a programmed automatic exposur e mode which automatically sets both aperture and shutter speed in accordance with the available light. In the apertur e-priority AE mode, you can manually fix the aperture at either F2.
35 Using Manual Focus The camera is set by default to automatic focus (AF), but is can also be used with manual focus (MF) if desired. When MF is selected, a focusing scale is displayed on the screen; the user specifies the desir ed focusing distance.
37 36 This flash mode is effective when shooting pictures of human subjects against a sunset or night scene. <Other Applications> By pressing the “ ” button, the red-eye r eduction fill-in flash mode can also be selected together with long exposures.
39 38 Selecting the Metering Mode This function allows you to select from thr ee types of light-meter operation. Select the mode that best suits your subject and type of photography .
41 40 <T ur ning the Exposure Mode Symbols ON/OFF> Certain exposure symbols on the LCD monitor can be temporarily turned off if desired to avoid cluttering the screen. ¶ The flash mode, macro/landscape mode, and self-timer mode symbols cannot be turned off.
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