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Chapter 1 Preparations 察 Mode select dial Names of Parts 拶 Power button 察 捌 撮 Shutter button 拶 錆 鯖 擦 Lens 撮 鮫 札 Selftimer LED 皿 殺 Active AF sensor 薩 Viewfinder window 擦 晒 雑 Flash 札 皐 Flash adjustment sensor 殺 鯖 Mode setup buttons 薩 捌 Image quality mode button (QUALITY) 三 雑 錆 Selftimer button 傘 皐 鮫 Flash mode button 参 皿 Photo mode button (MODE) 晒 Data display panel (LCD) 三 Power input terminal 山 傘 Serial port 参 Video port 山 Lens c
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桟 Eye sensor 燦 Viewfinder LED 桟 蚕 珊 Card access LED 讃 産 Viewfinder eyepiece 賛 算 LCD monitor 燦/珊 纂 LCD monitor power button (LCD POWER) 産 蚕 Menu button (MENU) 酸 算 讃 Set/Zoom button (SET/ZOOM) 餐 賛 Select button 酸 Card cover 斬 餐 Strap eyelet 纂 斬 Eject lock button 暫 暫 Card eject button ○ * If foreign matter adheres to the active AF sensor or the eye sensor, this may lead to malfunction of the sensor.
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Data display panel 察 拶 撮 雑 薩 擦 札 殺 皐 Macro ( ): Extremely short distance 察 Photo mode indicator Text ( ): Characters (black & white) Press the photo mode button (MODE) of the 拶 Battery indicator mode setup buttons to switch between the following 5 preset states of subjects: The remaining voltage of the battery used to power the camera is indicated at one of three (No icon: initial) levels (full: ,half: , empty: ). Sports ( ): Quick action Infinity (
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撮 Image quality mode indicator 札 Remaining frame count indicator Press the image quality mode button Indicates the remaining number of frames that (OUALITY) of the mode setup buttons to switch can be shot. the mode among the following 4 choices of "PC" appears when the camera is connected to image quality: a personal computer. 殺 Card status indicator FINE (Initial setting) Lights when a card is inserted and the eject SUPER FINE lock button is locked. BASIC Goes off when the ej
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雑 Flash mode indicator Press the flash button ( ), a mode setup button, to switch it among (1) Auto Flash ( AUTO) (default), (2) Redeye Reduction/Auto Flash ( AUTO ), (3) Flash On ( ), (4) Redeye Reduction/Flash On ( ) and (5) Flash Off ( ). As the flash button is switched from one setting to another, a corresponding mark will appear on the data display panel. 皐 Mode setup buttons (MODE, , , QUALITY) Press one of the 4 mode setup buttons to suit the shooting environment. When yo
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• Ordinary AA batteries Installing the Batteries/Special Load 3 AA batteries with Lithium-ion Battery and the Special the electrodes correctly Adapter for Q-M200 (Option) aligned with the indications * Use of the lithium-ion battery is recommended. inside the battery compartment. First, press the camera power button and the LCD monitor button to turn both off. Caution: Incorrect polarity orientation might cause the 1. Open the battery cover batteries to leak or heat, resulting
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• Lithium-ion battery (PX-LB1) • AC adapter (Option: PX-AC1/PX-AC2) Load the battery with the label facing upward and Connect the AC adapter with the plus and minus to an AC power outlet. electrodes positioned as Next, connect the power shown in the diagram. cable of the AC adapter to the power input terminal of 3. After making sure that the batteries are correctly the camera. loaded, close the battery cover positively until it clicks into position. Handling the AC Adapter
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Inserting the CF card Inserting/Ejecting Compact Flash (CF) card Position the CF card with the Konica label facing the rear of CF card applications and handling the camera and insert the CF ● CF cards can be used to store photographic card fully by pushing in the images and to transfer data to a personal direction indicated by the ▲ computer (see Transferring Image Files to a mark on the label. Personal Computer). Refer to CompactFlash Ejecting the CF card (CF) cards concerning
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(At Insertion) * Inserting the CF card in the wrong direction would cause damage to the connector. (At Ejection) * If the CF card won't eject easily when you press the eject lock button and slide the card eject button, push in the CF card once again and then slide the card eject button while pressing the eject lock button strongly. * If you slide the card eject button with the CF card slot facing down, the card could pop out. Be careful not to let it drop. * Turn the power o
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Installing the Strap Warning: When carrying the camera with the strap at- 1. Pass the narrow short tached to it, be careful not to let it wrap around end of the strap through your neck. Particularly avoid hanging the cam- the strap eyelet on the era on to an infant or child's neck. right side of the camera. The strap could wrap around their neck, choking Use a sharp pointed ob- them. ject as an aid for passing the strap when this is difficult. * When carrying the camera by hang
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Setting the Date and Time 2. Set the mode select dial to SET UP and then Set the date and time when using the camera for press the power button. the first time after purchase. Setting is possible The LCD monitor will light from January 1, 1970 to December 31, 2037. and the setup screen will appear with “Format” In this example, set the date and time from Janu- selected. (*1) ary 1, 1999 (0:00) to September 3, 2000 (10:30). Notes: Note: * When the power button is pressed for the
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3. Press the select button ( ) once and select “Set 4. Press the Set/Zoom button. Date & Time”. “Year” is selected, so press the select buttons If any item other than “Set Date & Time” has al- ( , ) to switch “Year”. ready been selected, either press the select To end after setting or changing only the year, button ( ) again to re-select or press the select press the Set/Zoom button (go to step 9). button ( ) and return to the previous item. (*2) 5. Press the select button ( ) and
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6. Press the select button ( ) and select “Date”. 8. Press the Set/Zoom button to switch to the Now press the select buttons ( , ) and select setting item check screen. the “Date”. 7. Press the select button ( ) and select “Time”. Now press the select buttons ( , ) and select the hour and minute.
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9. Press the select buttons ( , ) and select *1: If the menu button is pressed before selecting either “YES” or “NO”. the settings in steps 4 through 8, the settings Select “YES” and press the Set/Zoom button to will become invalid and the setup screen in save the settings and return to the screen in step 2 will return. step 3. Select “NO” and press the Set/Zoom *2: In steps 4 through 8, the “Month” “Date” and button to return to the setup screen in step 3 “Time“ settings can be re-sele
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Chapter 2 Basic Photography Viewfinder and LED Basic Photography For normal picture taking, View finder LED Card Holding the camera access LED position the subject within ● Hold the camera firmly in the viewfinder and focus on both hands and press the the circle located to the left elbows against the body Range of close-range of in the center of the shooting and focus frame for added stability. viewfinder. When shooting at close range (about 40 cm) posi- ● When taking vertica
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The meaning of the viewfinder LED/Card access LED located on the left side of the viewfinder is shown in the table below. Use this as reference for all operations. *1 When the camera is in the macro mode, the parallax warning will appear when looking through the viewfinder with the LCD monitor set to off and eye start set to ON.
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Shooting a picture 3. Press the power button. The lens cover will open automatically. Normally, photographs are taken with the subject at distances of 0.3 m or more. ○ * Do not open the lens cover by hand. When the distance to the subject is 0.1 m to 0.3 m, 4. Look through the view- please refer to Macro (Close-up) Photography. Lightly finder and compose the press the shutter POWER 1. Make sure the CF card button. scene. Use the autofocus has been inserted. frame in the center
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Reference: ○ * Never eject the CF card while the card access * See Release Lock. LED is lit. Note: Note: When looking through the viewfinder, the sound The number displayed in the card status indi- of starting the eye start will be heard. However, cator of the data display panel indicates the this is not malfunction. (When the eye start is number of shooting images to be left. set to ON.) The number of images may vary depending on 5. Gently press the shutter the CF card remain
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Focus lock photography 2. With the finger still lightly pressing the shutter but- Follow the following procedures when the subject ton, recompose the pho- being focused on is not positioned in the center of tograph and gently press the viewfinder. the shutter button farther to take the photo- 1. Position the subject within graph. the focus frame and Photographic cautions and hints lightly press the shutter button halfway. The view- Release lock finder will light green and the f
