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- Page 1 Instructions Sinarback S 30|45 Sinar Photography AG Mobile and Versatile We do everything for the perfect picture...
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Page 2: Foreword
FCC/IC RF exposure guidelines when used with the harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no Sinar Photography AG accessories supplied or designated for this guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If product that have no metallic component in the assembly. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Warning Messages ................6 Wake Up ..................19 ISO sensitivity ................29 Legal information ................6 SINARBACK S 30|45 AND SINAR S-CS ADAPTERS ..20 Storage of picture data / memory card management ..29 Package Contents ................6 Setting up the hardware ............20 Capturing / Recording Mode .............. - Page 4 Checking the sound recording ..........47 MISCELLANEOUS ..............55 Displays in Live View mode ............38 Setting headphone volume ............47 Sinar Back S 30|45 system accessories ....... 55 Bracketing ..................38 Review Mode ....................48 Professional charger S ............... 55 Displays in the monitor (in the picture data display) ... 38 REVIEW MODE................
- Page 5 Video recording mode ............... 60 Photo review mode ..............61 Video review mode ..............62 The Menu Items ..................63 THE MENU OPTIONS ............... 63 Sinar Service Addresses ................64 Sinar product support ..............64 Sinar customer care ..............64...
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Page 6: Legal Information
• Rechargeable battery (16039) Declaration of Conformity (DoC) Hereby, “Sinar Photography AG” declares that this product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 2014/53/EU. safety circuits, outer contacts such as those in the bottom of the •... -
Page 7: Designation Of Parts
Designation of parts Rear View Main switch with stop position Monitor Live view button Video record button Joystick Setting thumbwheel with key function Flash synchronization socket Lemo® audio socket HDMI socket Menu control / Function button Lemo® USB 3.0 socket Menu control / Function button Lemo®... -
Page 8: View From The Left
Designation of parts View from the Left Card slot door CF Card ejection button CF Card slot SD Card slot Type plate / WiFi antenna... -
Page 9: Battery And Battery Charger
Designation of parts Battery and Battery Charger Battery Contacts Guide slot Socket for charger plug Charger Battery connecting cable plugged into battery with 3-pin plug Orange LED for charge indicator Green LED for display of the charging process 2-pin socket for car charging cable Interchangeable mains plug (Europe/GB/AUS) with Release button USA mains plug (interchangeable plug removed) -
Page 10: Front And Top View
Designation of parts Front and Top View Release button Battery unlocking slider Rechargeable battery Sensor protection cover... -
Page 11: Preparations
LEMO® CPL socket (14) Assembly and Commissioning Note: You need the software Sinar CaptureFlow for the operation in tethered mode. It is available for download on Sinar’s website This Trigger In interface is used to synchronize the Sinarback with the To attach the Sinarback S 30|45 to your camera, an adapter plate www.sinar.swiss. - Page 12 Preparations Mounting the Camera Adapter Plate...
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Page 13: Charging The Battery
Sinar Photography AG, Please use only the Leica battery S BP-PRO1 (Order No. 16 039). may be used. The use of other chargers not approved by Sinar Pho- tography AG can cause damage to the batteries and, in extreme Caution: cases, can cause serious or life-threatening injuries. - Page 14 • If the problem persists, please contact your dealer, the Sinar dealer in your country or Sinar Photography AG. • Lithium ion batteries should only be stored partly charged, i.e.
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Page 15: For The Use Outside The Usa
Preparations For the use outside the USA For use in the USA Connection of the charger 1. Insert the appropriate plug for the local mains power supply into 1. Remove the mains plug fitted at the factory from the charger. To do 1. -
Page 16: Charging The Battery
Preparations CHARGING THE BATTERY Note: Do not turn off the Sinarback as long as the LED for data storage (18) is still lit. Preparations Turn off the Sinarback, i.e. set the main switch to OFF. 2. Lift up the card cover door (21) on the side of the Sinarback. Insertion Note: Push the battery with the contacts facing downward and with its... -
Page 17: Removal
Some “no name” cards do not comply with the memory • The card is released and pushed slightly out of the slot. card standards, and Sinar Photography AG is unable to provide any 3. Pull out the card. -
Page 18: System Charts
• Flash-Units have to be connected to the eShutter Control (S04620) Please refer to the manual of the eShutter. Capturing Photos As the Sinar eShutter requires to be connected to a computer via USB, only tethered mode is supported. The Sinar eShutter and the Sinarback S 30|45 are remote-controlled using the software Sinar CaptureFlow. -
Page 19: Sinarback S 30|45 And Copal Shutters
– S 30|45 Adapter (S09120, S09121 or third party) The Sinarback S 30|45 requires a wake-up signal before the Copal – Sinar p3, Sinar lanTec or third party view camera shutter is released and images can be taken. – CPL-lenses, CEF-lenses or lenses in Copal shutter... -
Page 20: Sinarback S 30|45 And Sinar S-Cs Adapters
– Sinarback app (IOS device) (Industrial Box) – Flash The Sinar Industrial Box is an adapter that allows to use the excellent – Sinarback S 30|45 (S09010) Leica S-Lenses CS in combination with a Sinarback S 30|45. – S 30|45 -EL Adapter (S09121) –... -
Page 21: The Menu Control
The Menu Control Menu control All settings of the menu items can either be made with the rear Menu function groups Most of the operating modes and settings of the Sinarback S 30|45 thumb-wheel or the Joystick. The menu of the Sinarback S 30|45 is divided into 3 function groups are operated by a menu control. -
Page 22: The Menu Control
The Menu Control Navigating in the menu / setting the functions • As a guide, the menu screen displays the following: 2. Select the individual menu items 1. Select the respective menu function groups by briefly (≤ 1 s) press- •... -
Page 23: Direct Setting Of The Menu Items Without Sub-Menu
The Menu Control Direct setting of the menu items without sub-menu 5. Turn either the thumbwheel to the right or left or press the Joystick Note: 3. (In the menu items without an arrow at the right-hand end of the in the desired direction (this differs, depending on whether a list Briefly pressing the button marked allows you to return to the... -
Page 24: Setting The Function / Customizing The Buttons
The Menu Control Short Cut Mode Setting the function / customizing the buttons 6. In the respective sub-menu, select the function you wish to call up 3. In this sub-menu, select 1. In the menu, under SETUP, select the item Customize Controls •... -
Page 25: Basic Camera Settings
Basic Camera Settings PRESETS Date and Time Time There are 3 options available for the sequence of the date. Setting the function Time-Setting Camera default settings In sub-menu item the settings are made for both the Setting the function numerical groups and for the representation in essentially the same SETUP Date&Time Menu language... -
Page 26: Signal Tones
Basic Camera Settings Signal tones Monitor With the Sinarback S 30|45 you can decide whether messages or The monitor shows the complete image area, along with the select- autofocus mode should be confirmed by acoustic signals, or wheth- ed data and information (see ‘Displays on the Monitor’, p. 59 ff). The er the camera operation should be more or less silent. -
Page 27: Basic Image Settings
Basic Image Settings IMAGE DEFAULT SETTINGS JPG SETTINGS WHITE BALANCE In digital photography, white balance ensures neutral rendition of col- Photo file format Resolution or in any light. It is based on the camera being preset to reproduce Two file formats, DNG and JPG, are available for recording the pic- Whereas the full resolution of 37.5 MP is always used in DNG format, a particular light color as white. -
Page 28: Direct Color Temperature Setting
Basic Image Settings Setting the function Manual setting by metering 1. In the menu, under IMAGE, select the item White Balance Automatic and fixed settings 1. In the menu, under IMAGE, select the item White Balance 2. select the desired greycard variant in the sub-menu 2. -
Page 29: Iso Sensitivity
Basic Image Settings ISO sensitivity Setting the function Note: 1. In the menu, under IMAGE, select the item The ISO setting on the Sinarback S 30|45 allows a manual adjust- The factory setting of 1⁄2f results in the slowest shutter speeds ac- ment of the shutter speed/aperture values to the needs of the par- 2. -
Page 30: Capturing / Recording Mode
This form of representation – togeth- 1. Sinar eShutter excessively high or low brightness values, and that the internal expo- er with the impression of the image itself – provides an additional 2. -
Page 31: Marking Of Clearly Focused Subjects (Focus Peaking)
Capturing / Recording Mode Marking of clearly focused subjects (focus peaking) Setting the function Enlarging the Live View monitor image 1. In the menu, under SETUP, select the item Capture Assistants, In Live View mode, the Sinarback S 30|45 can mark subjects imaged Select differently enlarged details: Grids with optimum focus in the monitor picture by highlighting their con-... -
Page 32: Release Button (31)
Capturing / Recording Mode Release button (31) mode, and in the monitor. the thumbwheel or the Joystick forwards. Up to 4-digit numbers 1. Pressing briefly activates the range and exposure metering sys- With the Sinarback S 30|45, the picture series can be taken with a can be used;... -
Page 33: Live View Mode With Industrial Box
Capturing / Recording Mode Live View mode with Industrial Box erally” constant brightness presupposes, however, that the subject Histogram Live View mode permits continuous viewing of the subject on the brightness and the set exposure do not result in any excessively high The histogram depicts the brightness distribution in the picture. -
Page 34: Marking Of Clearly Focused Subjects (Focus Peaking)
Capturing / Recording Mode Marking of clearly focused subjects (focus peaking) Grid the display in the camera. Although the photo is initially displayed In Live View mode, the Sinarback S 30|45 can mark subjects imaged The Sinarback S 30|45 offers you two variants of grid lines as an aid with the selected aspect ratio in image processing programs, it is with optimum focus in the monitor picture by highlighting their con- to picture composition. -
Page 35: Distance Setting
Capturing / Recording Mode Distance setting AFs (single) = focus priority Note: With all Leica S lenses, the Sinarback S 30|45 offers you the choice The part of the subject you are aiming at will come into focus. You can intervene manually at any time even during autofocus mode between manual or automatic distance setting. -
Page 36: Exposure Metering
Capturing / Recording Mode EXPOSURE METERING Setting the operating mode 1. Hold the thumbwheel depressed (for longer than 1 sec.) Setting the function • In the monitor, the large letter (M, A, T, P) indicating the set oper- 1. In the menu, under SETUP, select the item Keylock Exposure metering methods The Sinarback S 30|45 offers three different exposure metering... -
Page 37: Metering Memory Lock
Capturing / Recording Mode AF / AE Lock Button Metering memory lock 2. select in the sub-menu • AFs On / AE Lock, but without saving of the exposure setting The shutter button and/or the Joystick can be used to save the expo- •... -
Page 38: Manual Setting Of Aperture And Exposure Time - M
Capturing / Recording Mode Notes: Bracketing Note: Exp. Bracketing • Once set, a compensation value is retained even when the Bracketing can be employed with all four exposure operating modes. The function is not available if an interval shooting • Sinarback is switched off. The following are available: series has previously been set. -
Page 39: Values Above And Below The Metering Range
Capturing / Recording Mode Notes: Notes: Taking photographs with the self-timer • Depending on the exposure mode, the exposure graduations are • The longest possible exposure time depends on the set sensitivity. You can use the self-timer of the Sinarback S 30|45 to take a picture created by changing the shutter speeds and/or apertures. -
Page 40: Aborting The Function
Capturing / Recording Mode Aborting the function A running self-timer delay time can be aborted by turning off the Sinarback at the main switch. A running 12 s self-timer delay time can also be aborted during the first 10 s by pressing any of the four buttons next to the monitor. If the self-timer is no longer to be used, it must be switched off in the menu, as even switching off the Sinarback does not cancel the set- ting of this function. -
Page 41: Additional Functions
Capturing / Recording Mode ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS Note: 5. Confirm your inputs with the function keys marked to the If you change one of the settings for the profile currently in use --- top right or bottom right of the monitor User / application-specific profiles appears instead of the name of the profile you were previously using •... -
Page 42: Folder Management
• A keyboard sub-menu appears with the folder names in the title has the new designation. line (initially always “XXX SINAR“). 2. select in the sub-menu which of the two cards you wish to format, 3. First delete the existing designation in the title line there, then... -
Page 43: Marking The Picture Files For Copyright Protection
Capturing / Recording Mode Marking the picture files for copyright protection The Sinarback S 30|45 enables you to mark your picture files by entering text or other characters. You can enter up to 17 characters under 2 headings for each picture. 1. -
Page 44: Flash Mode
• Studio flash systems and other flash units with flash cable and standard flash plug Note: In combination with Sinar eShutter the studio flash system is con- nected to Sinar eShutter Control. Please refer to the eShutter man- ual. Example, either plus or minus, “X” stands for the respective value... -
Page 45: Video Recordings
Capturing / Recording Mode Video recordings ISO sensitivity Time code Maximum Auto ISO The Sinarback S 30|45 can also be used to make video recordings. All variants described on p. 24, but for video re- The time code is a data set that is generated and recorded parallel to Auto ISO Video cordings is set separately in the sub-menu. -
Page 46: Exposure Metering Methods
Press the video record button (4) Exposure modes Single pictures during video recordings • Aperture priority (is not available if a Sinar eShutter or a Copal shut- Single pictures can be taken during a running video recording. ter is used, see p. 30-31). -
Page 47: Sound Recording
Capturing / Recording Mode Sound recording 1. Connect the headphones to the camera via the LEMO® audio jack Microphone ( = Automatic recording level control, = Manual The sound can be recorded using external microphones connected using the optionally available Audio adapter S. recording level control, = No sound recording) via the optionally available LEMO®... -
Page 48: Review Mode
Review Mode REVIEW MODE Review for unlimited time • Only image data captured/recorded with a Sinarback S 30|45 can be reviewed with the Sinarback S 30|45. Note: Setting the function • If the image data are stored in parallel in JPG and DNG format, the Two functions are available for the review of your recordings: Call up Review mode by briefly pressing the button to the top right of image displayed is always based on the DNG file. -
Page 49: Setting The Volume
Review Mode Setting the volume Setting the function 1. In the menu, under SETUP, select the item Capture Assistants Press the Joystick down (= reduce volume) or up (= increase volume) Exposure Clipping 2. select in the sub-menu. Lower Limit Upper Limit, and 3. -
Page 50: Viewing Other Pictures / Scrolling
Review Mode Viewing other pictures / scrolling Enlarging the detail Enlarging in steps The displayed detail can be enlarged by first briefly pressing the thumbwheel and then turning it to the right. The further you turn, the greater the enlargement and the smaller the detail. Enlargement is possible in 4 steps until 1 pixel of the monitor displays 1 pixel of the picture. -
Page 51: Moving The Detail
Review Mode Moving the detail Selection of one of the (contact sheet) 1. To get an overview of the images, first briefly press the thumb- wheel and then turn it to the left.” 2. Select the desired picture by pressing the Joystick up, down, left or right •... -
Page 52: Protecting Pictures / Clearing Delete Protection
Review Mode Protecting pictures / clearing delete protection Deleting pictures If all pictures are to be deleted 1. Press any of the button top or bottom left, or top or bottom right of 1. Press any of the button top or bottom left, or top or bottom right of 5. -
Page 53: Additional Functions
• Apart from the two version numbers, the sub-menu contains a maximum file size of 4 GB. If larger video files are copied, an error at a later date. Sinar Photography AG provides firmware updates at confirmation prompt. message is displayed. -
Page 54: Data Transmission / Remote Control Of Sinarback
This app is available in the Apple App Store™ for iOS™ systems used. devices. • Sinar Photography AG accepts no liability for damage arising from the use of the Sinarback for purposes other than as a WLAN WLAN settings device. -
Page 55: Miscellaneous
AC adapter. (Order No. 16 041) and AUS interchangeable mains plugs, car charging cable) ..16009 Note: The power pack S (Order No. 16 022) cannot be used with the Sinar- back S 30|45. Remote cord S The electric remote cord S is highly recommended where maximum jitter-free photography is demanded. -
Page 56: Precautions And Care Instructions
Precautions And Care Instructions PRECAUTIONS AND CARE INSTRUCTIONS memory cards. If salt water spray gets onto the Sinarback S 30|45 , • To remove stains and fingerprints, the digital camera back should wet a soft cloth with tap water, wring it out thoroughly and wipe the be wiped with a clean lint-free cloth. -
Page 57: For The Charger
• Sinar Photography AG accepts no liability for damage caused by for longer than absolutely necessary. This is only recommended if a • Always remove the memory cards if you will not be using the Sinar- the user when cleaning the sensor. -
Page 58: Technical Data
Technical Data TECHNICAL DATA Monitor 3” color TFT LCD monitor with 16 million colors and 921,600 Operating conditions 0 to +45°C, 15%-80% relative humidity pixels, approx. 100% image field, max. 170° viewing angle, anti-re- Picture format / aspect ratio 30 x 45mm / 2:3 flex/ anti-soiling protective glass (Corning®... -
Page 59: The Displays
The Displays THE DISPLAYS Function of the button bottom left Capturing mode Live View photo Flash ready indicator, light balance, flash sync speed indicator Standard view In the monitor Focal length Photo recording mode ISO sensitivity/setting Aperture Shutter speed Exposure operating mode Function of the button top left Exposure compensation Exposure metering method... -
Page 60: Standard View Plus Additional Displays
The Displays Standard view plus additional displays C. Grid and horizon Video recording mode A. Histogram and clipping indicators Grid lines Horizon Histogram Clipping symbol Indication of a recording in progress Possible recording time Current recording time B. Focus display (peaking) D. -
Page 61: Photo Review Mode
The Displays Photo review mode Standard view plus additional displays C. Additional picture data Standard view A. Histogram and clipping indicator 70mm 2. Histogram 3. Clipping symbol Date of picture Button functions Time of picture (appear when switching on Review mode in all photo and video Image fi le number views or after pressing any of the four buttons next to the monitor, disappear after approx. -
Page 62: Video Review Mode
The Displays Video review mode Standard view plus additional displays C. Additional picture data Standard view A. Histogram and clipping indicator 1. Histogram 2. Clipping symbol Recording date and volume setting Volume off (mute) , see also Video control symbols (for Joystick) •... -
Page 63: The Menu Items
The Menu Items THE MENU OPTIONS Area Menu option Page Area Menu option Page Drive mode Storage backup (CF & SD) 26/34 Focus mode Format cards Exp. metering Image numbering Exp. compensation Auto review Exp. bracketing Capture assistants 27/28/29/47 Copyright information User profiles Auto ISO setup Flash sync. -
Page 64: Sinar Service Addresses
They are also the contact point for available (visit www.sinar.swiss/resellers for a list of addresses). purchasing advice and to order instruction manuals. Alternatively, you can send us your questions using the contact form on the Sinar Sinar Photography AG Photography AG homepage.
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