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E INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE Thank you for purchasing this Minolta product. Please take the time to read through NP-200 Lithium-ion batteries this instruction manual so you can enjoy all the features of your new digital camera. The DiMAGE Xi operates on a small, but powerful lithium-ion battery. Misuse or abuse of the lithium-ion battery can cause damage or injury through fire, electric shock, or This manual contains information regarding products introduced before October, 2002. che
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FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE • Keep the battery, memory card, or small parts that could be swallowed away from WARNING infants. Contact a doctor immediately if an object is swallowed. • Store this product out of reach of children. Be careful when around children, not to • Tape over the lithium-ion battery contacts to avoid short-circuiting during disposal; harm them with the product or parts. always follow local regulations for battery disposal. • Do not fire the flash directly into the eyes. It may
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FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THIS MANUAL CAUTION The getting up and running section covers how to prepare the camera for use. It contains important information about power supplies and memory cards. The basic • Do not use or store these products in a hot or humid environment such as the glove operation of this camera is covered in the recording-mode section between pages 20 compartment or trunk of a car. It may damage the camera, charger, and battery which and 29, and the play
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Special focusing situations ......................................................................................................25 Deleting single images ............................................................................................................55 Flash modes............................................................................................................................26 Enlarged playback............................................................
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NAMES OF PARTS * This camera is a sophisticated optical instrument. Care should be taken to keep these surfaces clean. Please read the care and storage instructions in the back of Viewfinder* this manual (p. 90). Indicator lamp (p. 87) Left key Flash (p. 26) Right key Main switch Self-timer lamp (p. 32) Shutter-release button Viewfinder window* Zoom lever (p. 21) Microphone Mode switch Recording mode (p. 20) Lens* Playback mode (p. 54) LCD monitor* DC terminal (p. 15) Speaker Strap eyelet
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GETTING UP AND RUNNING Changing the lithium-ion battery GETTING UP AND RUNNING This digital camera uses one NP-200 lithium-ion battery. Before using the battery, read This section covers how to prepare your camera for use. Details on the use and instal- the safety warnings on pages 3 and 4 of this manual. When replacing the battery, the lation of the battery and memory card are given as well as how to attach the hand strap camera should be turned off. and optional AC adapter. 2 Slide the batter
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GETTING UP AND RUNNING Battery-condition indicator AC adapter (sold separately) This camera is equipped with an automatic battery-condition indicator displayed on the LCD monitor. The icon will change from white to red when battery power is low. Do not change the power supply while the camera is on. Always turn off the camera before changing between power supplies. Full-battery icon - the battery is fully charged. This icon is dis- played for three seconds when the camera is on or switched bet
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GETTING UP AND RUNNING Installing and removing a memory card About memory cards The response time during recording and playback is longer with MultiMediaCards com- Always turn off the camera and confirm the indicator lamp is not orange pared with SD Memory Cards. This is not a defect, but rather due to the specifications and blinking before changing the memory card, otherwise the card may be of the cards. When using large capacity cards, some operations like deletion may take damaged, and data l
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GETTING UP AND RUNNING Setting the date and time Press the menu button to active the Basic Setup 1 Setup 2 playback menu. After initially inserting a memory card and charging the battery, the camera’s clock and LCD brightness - calendar must be set. When images are recorded, the image data is saved with the Power off 3 min. Use the right key to highlight the date and time of recording. Depending on the region, the menu language may also setup 1 tab at the top of the menu. Audio signals On have t
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RECORDING MODE Using the zoom lens RECORDING MODE This camera is equipped with a unique 5.7 - 17.1mm zoom lens. This is equivalent to a This section covers the basic recording operation as well as advanced recording func- 37 to 111mm lens on a 35mm camera. The lens is controlled by the zoom lever at the tions. To start using the camera, read pages 20 through 29. Many of the recording back of the camera. functions are controlled with menus. The menu navigation sections concisely describe how to
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RECORDING MODE LCD monitor display - recording mode Basic recording operation Turn the camera on and slide the mode switch to the recording position. Place the subject within the focus frame on the LCD moni- Microphone indicator Digital zoom (p. 41) tor or center the subject in the viewfinder. • The focus-lock function (p. 24) can be used with off-center Recording mode Image size (p. 35) subjects. Flash modes (p. 26) Image quality (p. 36) • If the subject is closer than 1m (3ft.) at the zoom len
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RECORDING MODE Focus lock Focus signals The focus-lock function is used when you want to compose the image with the subject This digital camera has a quick, accurate autofocusing system. The focus icon in the off-center and outside the focus frame. Focus lock may also be used when a special lower right corner of the LCD monitor and the indicator lamp next to the viewfinder indi- focusing situation prevents the camera from focusing on the subject. This function is cate the focus status. The shutt
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RECORDING MODE Flash cancel - the flash will not fire. Use flash cancel when flash photography is pro- Flash modes hibited, natural light is desired to illuminate the subject, or the subject is beyond the The flash can be used when taking still images. To set the flash range. The camera-shake warning may appear when flash cancel is selected (p. flash mode, simply press the flash mode/delete button (1) 22). on the back of the camera until the desired mode is dis- played. The active flash mode is
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RECORDING MODE Custom Basic Navigating the recording-mode menu Drive mode Single Digital zoom 4X Camera operations and recording functions are controlled on the menu. Navigating the menu is simple. The menu button turns the menu on and off. The zoom lever and left Continuous 2X and right keys control the cursor and change settings on the menu. The enter button Self-timer Off selects menu options and sets adjustments. Movie Instant playback On / Off Audio rec. Voice memo On / Off To activate the
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RECORDING MODE Continuous advance Drive modes The continuous-advance drive mode allows a series of images to be cap- The drive modes control the rate and method images are captured. Icons indicating the tured while holding down the shutter-release button. The number of images selected drive mode appear on the monitor. The drive mode is selected in the basic that can be captured at one time and the rate of capture depend on the section of the recording-mode menu (p. 28). If auto reset (p.40) is a
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RECORDING MODE Self-timer Movie recording Used for self-portraits, the self-timer will delay the release of the shutter for The movie-recording drive mode is selected in the basic section of the approximately ten seconds after the shutter-release button is pressed. The recording-mode menu (p. 28). Movie clips up to approximately thirty-five self-timer drive mode is selected in the basic section of the recording-mode seconds in length with audio can be recorded. The movie image is 320 X 240 pixel
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RECORDING MODE Audio recording Image size 30 minutes of audio can be recorded without an image. The audio-recording drive mode is selected in the basic section of the recording-mode menu (p. 28). When the function is active, the live view is replaced with a blue Changing image size affects the number of screen. pixels in each image. The greater the image size, the larger the file size. Choose image Approximately 31 minutes of audio can be stored on one 16MB memory card. Audio is size based on th
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RECORDING MODE The frame counter and memory card capacity Image quality The number of images that can be stored on a memory card is determined by the size This camera has four image-quality settings: super fine, fine, standard, and economy. and type of card and the file size of the images. The actual file size is determined by Always select the desired setting before taking the picture. Image quality is set in the the scene; some subjects can be compressed further than others. basic section of t
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RECORDING MODE Preset white balance White balance White balance is the camera’s ability to make different types of lighting appear neutral. Preset white-balance settings must be set before the image is taken. Once set, the effect is immediately visible on the monitor. The effect is similar to selecting daylight or tungsten film, or using color compensating filters in conventional photography. To record the ambient light, set the flash mode to flash cancel (p. 26). The built-in flash can be use
