Minolta Dimage 7Hi Owner's Manual

DRIVE MODES
The drive modes control the rate and method images are captured.
Icons indicating the selected drive mode appear on the data panel
and LCD monitor and in the EVF. See setting the function dial
section on page 48.
Single-frame advance - to take a single image each time the shutter-
release button is pressed.
Bracketing - to take a series of images with differing exposure, contrast,
saturation, and color.
Continuous advance - to take multiple images when the shutter-release
button is pressed and held.
High-speed continuous advance - to take multiple images at size and
quality setting approximately 3 frames per second.
UHS continuous advance - to take multiple 1280 X 960 images at approx-
imately 7 frames per second
Self-timer - to delay the release of the shutter. Used for self-portraits.
Interval - to take a series of images over a period of time.
All icons have been shown for clarity. The single-frame
advance and continuous advance indicators occupy the
same area of the data panel. All the drive-mode icons
appear at the same location in the monitors.
When a large amount of image data is captured in a
short span of time, the camera's internal buffer memory
becomes full. Time must be given for this data to be
written to the memory card. Depending on the battery
power level, the frame counter or drive-mode indicator
Drive-
Buffer full Frame
turns yellow on the monitors (see chart). Wait for the
mode
warning counter
indicator to turn white before capturing more images.
indicator
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DVANCED RECORDING
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CONTINUOUS ADVANCE
Continuous-advance mode allows a series of images to be captured while holding
down the shutter-release button. Continuous advance acts like a motor drive on a film
camera. The number of images that can be captured at one time depends on the
image-quality and image-size setting. The maximum rate of capture is 2 fps with full-
size images with manual focus in manual-exposure mode. The continuous-advance
mode is set with the function dial (p. 48).
When the shutter-release button is pressed and held, the camera will begin recording
images until the maximum number has been taken or the shutter button is released.
The built-in flash can be used, but the rate of capture is reduced because the flash
must recharge between frames. The following chart lists the maximum number of
images that can be captured with different image-quality and image-size combinations.
Size
2560 X 1920 1600 X 1200
Quality
RAW 5 –
Super fine
3 3
Extra fine 7 12
Fine 10 19
Standard 17 29
Compose the picture as described in the basic recording
section (p. 27). Press the shutter-release button partway
down (1) to lock the exposure and focus for the series; if
the autofocus mode is set to continuous AF, the lens will
continually focus during the series (p. 83). Press and
hold the shutter-release button all the way down (2) to
begin taking pictures.
1280 X 960 640 X 480
– –
3
3
1
15 33
27 61
42 84
2
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