Minolta Dimage 7i Instruction Manual page 5

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ABLE OF CONTENTS
Digital-subject-program button ................................................................................................42
Setting the function dial ...........................................................................................................44
Memory - storing camera settings ...........................................................................................46
Metering modes.......................................................................................................................47
Exposure modes......................................................................................................................48
Program - P ................................................................................................................49
Program shift ...................................................................................................49
Aperture priority - A.....................................................................................................50
Shutter priority - S.......................................................................................................51
Manual exposure - M ..................................................................................................52
Bulb exposures........................................................................................................................53
Attaching a remote cord (sold separately) ..............................................................................53
Drive modes ............................................................................................................................54
Continuous advance ...................................................................................................55
UHS continuous advance ...........................................................................................56
UHS continuous-advance movies...............................................................................56
Self-timer.....................................................................................................................57
Bracketing ...................................................................................................................58
Notes on bracketing.........................................................................................59
Interval ........................................................................................................................60
White balance..........................................................................................................................62
Automatic white balance.............................................................................................63
Preset white balance ..................................................................................................63
Custom white balance ................................................................................................64
Camera sensitivity - ISO..........................................................................................................65
Flash range and camera sensitivity.........................................................................................66
Attaching a Minolta accessory flash unit .................................................................................66
Digital Effects Control ..............................................................................................................67
Exposure and flash compensation .............................................................................68
Contrast compensation ...............................................................................................70
Color-saturation compensation ...................................................................................71
Filter ............................................................................................................................71
Electronic viewfinder................................................................................................................73
Diopter adjustment ..................................................................................................................73
Automatic monitor amplification...............................................................................................73
Autofocus areas and control....................................................................................................74
Flex Focus Point......................................................................................................................75
Digital zoom.............................................................................................................................76
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Macro mode.............................................................................................................................77
Navigating the recording-mode menu .....................................................................................78
Electronic keyboard .................................................................................................................80
Autofocus modes.....................................................................................................................81
Image size ...............................................................................................................................82
About the frame counter..........................................................................................................82
Image quality ...........................................................................................................................83
About super-fine and RAW image quality ...............................................................................84
Image-file size and CompactFlash card capacity....................................................................85
Flash modes ............................................................................................................................86
Wireless/Remote flash.............................................................................................................88
Wireless/Remote camera and flash ranges ............................................................................90
Notes on wireless/remote flash ..................................................................................91
Flash control ............................................................................................................................92
Spot AF/AEL ............................................................................................................................93
Manual focus ...........................................................................................................................94
Magnification button and electronic magnification...................................................................94
Data imprinting ........................................................................................................................95
Color mode ..............................................................................................................................96
Sharpness................................................................................................................................97
Instant playback.......................................................................................................................98
Voice memo.............................................................................................................................99
A short guide to photography .............................................................................................................100
Movie mode ..................................................................................................................................102
Navigating the movie menu...................................................................................................104
Playback mode - viewing and editing images ....................................................................................105
Single-frame playback and histogram display.......................................................................105
Viewing images .....................................................................................................................106
Playing back voice memos....................................................................................................106
Viewing movies......................................................................................................................107
Deleting single images ..........................................................................................................107
Enlarged playback .................................................................................................................108
Changing the playback display..............................................................................................109
Navigating the playback-mode menu ....................................................................................110
Frame selection screen .........................................................................................................112
Deleting images .....................................................................................................................113
Formatting CompactFlash cards............................................................................................114
Locking images ......................................................................................................................115
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