Setting The Date And Time; Setting The Date Format; Video Output - Minolta Dimage S304 Instruction Manual

SETUP MODE
Sharpness
Contrast
Color-saturation
Index playback format
Duration (Slide Show)
Repeat (Slide Show)
Index print
LCD monitor brightness
Auto-power-save period
Beep
File number memory

SETTING THE DATE AND TIME

It is important to accurately set the clock. When a still image or a movie clip is record-
ed, the date and time of the recording are saved with the image and are displayed dur-
ing playback or can be read with the DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility software included
on the CD-ROM. The camera's clock is also used with date imprinting (p. 44).
When the Date/Time-set option is selected and entered,
the date/time screen will be displayed. The left/right
keys of the controller are used to select the item to be
changed and the up/down keys are used to change the
value. From left to right, the screen shows the year,
month, day, hour, and minute. When the date and time
have been adjusted, set the clock by pressing the cen-
ter of the controller.
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Default Setting Page
Normal
Normal
Normal
9 frames
5 seconds
No
No (Canceled)
3
1 minute
On
No (Disabled)
Setup Date/Time set
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Enter

SETTING THE DATE FORMAT

The date format that is displayed or imprinted can be changed: YYYY/MM/DD (year,
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month, day), MM/DD/YYYY (month, day, year), DD/MM/YYYY (day, month, year).
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Simply select the format and enter it by pressing the center of the controller; the new
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format will be displayed on the menu.
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VIDEO OUTPUT

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Camera images can be displayed on a television (p. 82). The video output can be
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changed between NTSC and PAL. North America uses the NTSC standard and Europe
79 uses the PAL standard. Check which standard is used in your region to play back
images on your television set.
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Minolta History
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On February 20th, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.
On board his Friendship 7 spacecraft was a Minolta Hi-matic camera to record that
historic event. The 4 hour, 55 minute, and 23 second flight orbited the Earth three
times at an average speed of 28,000 kph (17,500 mph).
Mr. Glenn visited our Sakai camera factory in Japan on
May 24th, 1963 to plant a palm tree to celebrate the occa-
sion. The palm tree is still in the courtyard of the factory
and stands over eight meters tall (26ft).
The camera? It was not lost. It is on display at the
Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space
Museum in Washington D.C. This and other
objects from John Glenn's Friendship 7 Mercury
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flight can be found in galley 210, "Apollo to the
Moon."
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