Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi Instruction Manual page 5

Advanced recording .............................................................................................................................40
Display controls - recording mode...........................................................................................40
Pro-auto button........................................................................................................................42
Spot-AE lock button.................................................................................................................43
Manual focus ...........................................................................................................................43
Autofocus areas and control....................................................................................................44
Flex Focus Point......................................................................................................................45
Digital zoom.............................................................................................................................46
Macro mode.............................................................................................................................47
Setting the function dial ...........................................................................................................48
Memory - storing camera settings ...........................................................................................50
Metering modes.......................................................................................................................51
Exposure modes......................................................................................................................52
Program - P ................................................................................................................53
Program shift ...................................................................................................53
Aperture priority - A.....................................................................................................54
Shutter priority - S.......................................................................................................55
Manual exposure - M ..................................................................................................56
Bulb exposures........................................................................................................................57
Attaching a remote cord (sold separately) ..............................................................................57
Drive modes ............................................................................................................................58
Continuous advance ...................................................................................................59
High-speed continuous advance ................................................................................60
UHS continuous advance ...........................................................................................61
UHS continuous-advance movies...............................................................................61
Bracketing ...................................................................................................................62
Notes on bracketing.........................................................................................63
Interval ........................................................................................................................64
Self-timer.....................................................................................................................66
White balance..........................................................................................................................67
Automatic white balance.............................................................................................68
Preset white balance ..................................................................................................68
Custom white balance ................................................................................................68
Camera sensitivity - ISO..........................................................................................................70
Flash range and camera sensitivity ............................................................................71
Shutter-speed range................................................................................................................71
Attaching a Minolta accessory flash unit .................................................................................72
Using the flash sync terminal ..................................................................................................72
Digital Effects Control ..............................................................................................................73
Exposure and flash compensation .............................................................................74
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Contrast compensation...............................................................................................76
Color-saturation compensation ...................................................................................77
Filter ............................................................................................................................77
A short guide to photography ...............................................................................................................78
What is an Ev? What is a stop? ..............................................................................................79
Recording mode menu .........................................................................................................................80
Navigating the recording-mode menu .....................................................................................80
Electronic keyboard .................................................................................................................82
Autofocus modes.....................................................................................................................83
Image size ...............................................................................................................................84
About the frame counter..........................................................................................................84
Image quality ...........................................................................................................................85
About super-fine and RAW image quality ...............................................................................86
Image-file size and memory card capacity..............................................................................87
Flash modes ............................................................................................................................88
Wireless/Remote flash.............................................................................................................90
Wireless/Remote camera and flash ranges................................................................92
Notes on wireless/remote flash ..................................................................................93
Flash control ............................................................................................................................94
Magnification button and electronic magnification...................................................................95
Spot AF/AEL ............................................................................................................................96
Data imprinting ........................................................................................................................97
Color mode ..............................................................................................................................98
About Adobe RGB ......................................................................................................99
Sharpness................................................................................................................................99
Instant playback.....................................................................................................................100
Voice memo...........................................................................................................................101
Movie recording..................................................................................................................................102
Navigating the movie menu...................................................................................................104
Pro-auto button......................................................................................................................105
Playback mode menu.........................................................................................................................106
Navigating the playback-mode menu ....................................................................................106
Frame selection screen .........................................................................................................108
Deleting images.....................................................................................................................109
Formatting memory cards......................................................................................................110
Locking images ......................................................................................................................111
Changing the index playback format .....................................................................................111
Slide Show .............................................................................................................................112
About DPOF ..........................................................................................................................114
Creating a DPOF print order..................................................................................................114
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