Konica Minolta Dimage X20 - Manuals

8 T ABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Names of parts .....................................................................................................................................12Getting up and running............................................................................................

12 NAMES OF PARTS * This camera is a sophisticated optical instrument. Care should be taken to keep these surfacesclean. Please read the care and storage instructions in the back of this manual (p. 107). Flash (p. 28) Indicator lamp Lens* Main switch Microphone AV-out-terminal/ USB-port Tripod socke...

14 G ETTING UP AND RUNNING GETTING UP AND RUNNING INSERTING THE BATTERY This digital camera uses two AA-size alkaline batteries or NI-MH batteries, but recharge-able NI-MH batteries are recommended because of longer life. When using NI-MH batter-ies, fully recharge them with a battery charger suitab...

16 G ETTING UP AND RUNNING AC ADAPTER (SOLD SEPARATELY) The AC-6L Adapter allows the camera to be powered from a householdoutlet. The AC adapter is recommended when the camera is interfacedwith a computer or during periods of heavy use. Insert the mini plug of the AC adapter into the DC terminal (1)...

18 G ETTING UP AND RUNNING INSTALLING AND REMOVING A MEMORY CARD An SD (Secure Digital) Memory card or MultiMediaCard must be inserted for the camera to operate.If a card has not been inserted, a no-card warning will appear on the LCD monitor; the shutter canstill be released and a single image can ...

19 The response time during recording and playback is longer with MultiMediaCards compared with SDMemory Cards. This is not a defect, but rather due to the specifications of the cards. When usinglarge capacity cards, some operations like deletion may take longer. The SD Memory Card has a write-prote...

20 GETTING UP AND RUNNING SETTING THE DATE AND TIME After initially inserting a memory card and charging the battery, the camera’s clock and calendarmust be set on the setup menu. When images are recorded, the image data is saved with the dateand time of recording. Depending on the region, the menu ...

21 Navigating the setup menu is simple. The four-way keys of the controller move the cursor and changesettings on the menu. Pressing the center of the controller selects menu options and sets adjust-ments. Use the right key to highlight section 3 at thetop of the menu. Use the down key to highlight ...

22 R ECORDING - BASIC OPERATION RECORDING MODE - BASIC OPERATION This section covers basic recording operation. To prepare the camera for use, read pages 14 through21. HANDLING THE CAMERA While using LCD monitor, grip the camera firmly with your righthand while supporting the camera body with your l...

23 USING THE ZOOM LENS This camera is equipped with a unique 4.8 - 14.4mm zoom lens. This is equivalent to a 37 to 111mmlens on a 35mm camera. The lens is operated by the controller at the back of the camera. The effectof the optical zoom is visible on the LCD monitor. To zoom in on the subject, pus...

24 R ECORDING - BASIC OPERATION LCD MONITOR DISPLAY - BASIC If the shutter speed falls below the point where the camera can behand held safely, the camera-shake warning indicator will appear onthe monitor. Camera shake is slight blurring caused by subtle handmotion and is more pronounced at the tele...

25 BASIC RECORDING OPERATION Press the shutter-release button partway down (1) to lock the focusand exposure.• The focus signals (p. 27) on the monitor will confirm that the image is in focus. If the monitor focus signal is red, the camera was unable tofocus on the subject. Repeat the previous steps...

26 R ECORDING - BASIC OPERATION FOCUS LOCK The focus-lock function is used when you want to compose the image with the subject off-center andoutside the focus frame. Focus lock may also be used when a special focusing situation prevents thecamera from focusing on the subject. This function is contro...

27 FOCUS SIGNALS SPECIAL FOCUSING SITUATIONS This digital camera has a quick, accurate autofocusing system. The focus signal in the lower rightcorner of the LCD monitor indicates the focus status. The shutter can be released regardless ofwhether the camera can focus on the subject or not. The camera...

28 FLASH RANGE - AUTOMATIC OPERATION The camera automatically controls the flash output. For well-exposed images, the subject must bewithin the flash range. Because of the optical system, the flash range is not the same at the lens’wide-angle position as it is at the telephoto position. The flash ra...

29 Pressing and holding the central button of the controller switches the LCD monitor display betweenfull display and live image only. Full display Live image only LCD MONITOR DISPLAY - RECORDING MODE central button of the controller The battery-condition and date-imprinting indicators can appear on...

30 P LAYBACK - BASIC OPERATION PLAYBACK - BASIC OPERATION SINGLE-FRAME PLAYBACK DISPLAY Images can be viewed in the playback mode. This section covers the basic operation in the playbackmode. The playback mode has additional functions, see page 62. Mode indicator Time of recordingDate of recording L...

31 Press the central button of the controller and a confirmation screenwill appear. DELETING SINGLE IMAGES Delete this frame? No Yes VIEWING IMAGES In the playback mode, use the left/right keysof the controller to scroll through the imageson the memory card. The images can bescrolled faster by holdi...

32 P LAYBACK - BASIC OPERATION Index display can be shown by holding the down key until thedisplay is changed.In index playback, the left/right of the controller move the yellowborder around the index thumbnails. To scroll the index thumb-nails faster, keep pressing left/right of the controller. Whe...

33 ENLARGED PLAYBACK With the image to be magnified displayed, press the up key of the controller to activatethe enlarged playback mode. The degree of magnification is displayed on the LCD mon-itor. Use the left/right and up/down keys of the controller toscroll the image. In single-frame playback, a...

34 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION LCD MONITOR DISPLAY - ADVANCED Microphoneindicator Exposure compensation White balance (p. 42) Digital zoom (p. 55)Image size (p. 43)Image quality (p. 43) Drive mode (p. 38)Frame counter (p. 44) Focus signal (p. 27) Flash modes (p. 36) Focus frame (p. 48) Date-impr...

36 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION Flash cancel Autoflash with red-eye reduction Fill-flash Night portrait Autoflash Autoflash - the flash fires automatically in low- light and backlit conditions. Red-eye reduction - the flash fires multiple bursts before the main flash burst to reduce red-eye; anef...

37 Flash cancel - the flash will not fire. Use flash cancel when flash photography is prohibited, natural light is desired to illuminate the subject, or the subject is beyond the flash range. The camera-shakewarning may appear when flash cancel is selected (p. 24). Night portrait - for flash portrai...

38 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION DRIVE MODES Single-frame advance - to take a single image each time the shutter-release button is pressed. This is the camera’s default setting. Self-timer - to delay the release of the shutter (p. 39). Used for self-portraits. Continuous advance - to take multiple...

40 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION The continuous-advance drive mode allows a series of images to be captured whileholding down the shutter-release button. The number of images that can be captured atone time and the rate of capture depend on the image-quality and image-size setting.With the image-s...

41 In multi frame, pressing the shutter release buttononce captures a series of nine thumbnail images andcreates one image. Multi frame can be selected in thedrive mode section of the recording-mode main menu(p.34). During the exposure, the indicator lamp on the front of the cameraglows. Flash is ca...

42 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION White balance is the camera’s ability to make different types of lighting appear neutral. The effect issimilar to selecting daylight or tungsten film, or using color compensating filters in conventional pho-tography. One automatic and four preset white-balance sett...

43 Changing image size affects the number of pixels in eachimage. The greater the image size, the larger the file size.Choose image size based on the final use of the image -smaller images will be more suitable for web sites whereaslarger sizes will produce higher quality prints. LCD monitor 1600128...

44 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION Fine Standard Economy 6 10 31 12 18 48 22 31 68 Approximate number of images that can be stored on a 8 MB memory card. Quality Size 1600 X 1200 1280 X 960 640 X 480 Fine Standard Economy 990KB 660KB 210KB 520KB 360KB 130KB 290KB 210KB 90KB Approximate file sizes. I...

45 EXPOSURE COMPENSATION The camera exposure can be adjusted to make the final picture lighter or darker by asmuch as ±2Ev in 1/3 increments with still image and movie recording. The exposure-compensation value will remain in effect until it has been reset. Exposure compensationcan be set on the mai...

46 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION Color and five tone settings are available with still image and movie recording. Toning controlswhether an image is color or black and white as well as sepia color or red tone, blue tone, greentone. The toning can be set in the recording-mode main menu (p.34) or th...

47 In portrait, digital effects such as full soft-filter or partial over-expose can be used on the subject toget more natural skin tones. By adjusting the tone curve, the true luminousity of objects in the vicinityof the skin can be restored. Fill flash is automatically set to get the effect of the ...

48 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION Selecting the menu icon on the main menu displays therecording-mode menu on the LCD monitor. See page 34 tonavigate the main menu.Navigating the recording-mode menu is simple. The left/rightand up/down keys of the controller move the cursor andchange settings on th...

49 Once a setting has been selected, the cursor will return to the menu options and the new setting willbe displayed. You can continue to make further changes. To return to the recording mode, press themenu button. 1 Exp. comp Voice memo Date imprinting Instant playback On Sensitivity ISO 400 Auto F...

Select the key func. option in section 1 of the recordingmode menu. Use the up/down keys to select the function(1). Press the central controller button to set the function(2). The selected function will now be activated when theleft/right controller keys are pressed in the recordingmode. Refer to th...

Five camera sensitivity settings can be selected with a still image: Auto, 64, 100, 200, 400; thenumerical values are based on an ISO equivalent. ISO is the standard used to indicate film sensitivi-ty: the higher the number, the more sensitive the film. Sensitivity can be changed in section 1 of the...

The flash mode is reset to aut-oflash with red eye reduction ifautoflash with red eye reductionwas last set, if not the mode willbe reset to autoflash. See page36 for information on flashmodes. 52 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION AUTO RESET Flash mode (p. 36) Drive mode (p. 38) White balance (p. 42) ...

Voice memo allows an audio track up to fifteen seconds long to be recorded with a stillimage. The function is activated in the section 1 of the recording-mode menu (p. 48). Whenthe function is active, the microphone indicator is displayed on the LCD monitor. The voice memo must be set beforetaking a...

54 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION DATE IMPRINTING Every time a still image is recorded, it is stored with an exif tag that contains the date and timeof recording as well as shooting information. This information can be viewed with the camera in the playback mode, or on a computer with the DiMAGE Vi...

55 DIGITAL ZOOM The digital zoom is activated in section 2 of the recording-mode menu (p. 48). The digital zoomincreases the magnification of the greatest telephoto setting of the optical zoom by up to 4X in 0.1Xincrements. Although the images recorded with the digital zoom are interpolated to the s...

56 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION INSTANT PLAYBACK After a still image is captured, it can be dis-played on the monitor for two secondsbefore being saved. Instant playback showsthe last frame in the series when used withthe continuous-advance drive mode (p. 40). Instant playback can be activated in...

57 If file number memory is selected, when a new folder is created, the first file stored in the folder willhave a number one greater than the last file saved. If the file number memory is disabled, the imagefile number will be 0001. File number memory is activated in section 2 of the recording-mode...

58 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION RECORDING WITHOUT A MEMORY CARD If no memory card is installed in the camera, a single still image can be recorded and saved in thecamera’s buffer memory. Only the last image captured is stored; each time an image is captured, itreplaces the image data saved in the...

59 This camera can record digital video with sound. Total recording time varies with the image size andthe memory card capacity, see the main menu navigation movie mode on page 60. In movie record-ing, some functions can be used, some are fixed, and some are disabled, see the notes section onpage 61...

61 In movie recording, some functions can be used, some are fixed, and some are disabled, Image size,white balance, and toning can be selected with the movie menu. Exposure can be adjusted withexposure compensation (p. 45). The optical and digital zoom are active but only digital zoom can beused dur...

Speaker 62 PLAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION PLAYING BACK VOICE MEMOS AND AUDIO CAPTIONS Voice memos (p. 53) and audio captions (p. 71) can be played back in the playbackmode. When one of these audio tracks is attached to a still image, the audio-track indi-cator will be displayed at the bottom of the m...

63 Press the controller to pause the movie ; press thecontroller again to resume the playback. ~ REW FWD „ ˚ Movie clips are played back the same way. Use the left/right keys of the controller to display themovie. Press the center of the controller to play back amovie. PLAYING BACK MOVIES FWD Vol Pr...

65 NAVIGATING THE PLAYBACK-MODE MENU To activate the main menu of the playback mode,press the menu button. When the desired menu section is displayed, use the up/down key to scroll throughthe menu options. Highlight the option whose settings need to be changed. With the menu option to be changed hig...

66 P LAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION Choosing “Yes” will executethe operation, “No” will can-cel it. Yes No For information onframe-selectionscreens, see page68. Delete This frame All frames Marked frames Lock 1 This frame All frames Marked frames Unlock all Slide show Enter 1 - 60 sec.Yes / No Duratio...

68 P LAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION FRAME-SELECTION SCREEN When a marked-frames setting is chosen on the menu, the frame selection screen will appear. Thisscreen allows multiple image and audio files to be chosen. The left/right keys of the controller movethe yellow border to select the image. The up ...

69 Deleting permanently erases the file. Once deleted, a file cannot be recovered. Care should be taken when deleting images. In the main menu (p.64), selecting the delete icon and pressing the center button ofthe controller erases a single image currently displayed on the LCD monitor. Before afile ...

70 P LAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION LOCKING IMAGE AND AUDIO FILES On the main menu (p.64), selecting the lock icon and pressing the central button ofthe controller, lock a single image currently displayed on the LCD monitor. Locked filecan be unlocked by the same operation. The file displayed or highl...

71 AUDIO CAPTION A still image can have a fifteen-second audio caption attached to it. This function will also replace avoice-memo audio track recorded with an image. Audio captions cannot be attached to movie clips. Display the image to which the audio caption will be attached. If theimage is locke...

72 P LAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION Copying to favorite saves a copy of a still image to the “FAVORITE” folder and is used to save favoriteimages or prevent images from being unintentionally played back on this camera. Regardless of theoriginal image format, an economy 640 X 480 (VGA) JPEG copy is mad...

73 Favorites copies cannot be viewed without activating theFavorites on the main menu. To activate the Favorites onthe main menu, press and hold the playback button for afew seconds. Select the Favorite icon on the main menuwith the controller and press the center button. The latestfavorite copy is ...

74 P LAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION Rotate display orients a vertical image so that it can be viewed without having to turn the camerasideways. This function affects the image currently displayed when selection is made on the mainmenu (p.64). This can affect multiple frames as well as single frame whe...

76 P LAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION On the main menu (p.64), selecting the icon of the slide-show and pressing the central button of thecontroller, starts the slide show from an image currently displayed. This function automatically dis-plays all images on the memory card in order.Section 2 of the pla...

78 P LAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION The DPOF-set menu option is used to create an order for standard prints from still images on thememory card. Single, multiple, or all images can be printed. Print orders are created in section 3 ofthe playback-mode menu (p. 65). The print menu option has four settin...

79 When the this-frame or all-frames setting is chosen, a screen will appear requesting the number ofcopies of each image; a maximum of nine copies can be ordered. Use the up/down keys of the con-troller to set the required number of copies. If the all-frames setting was used to create a print order...

81 The copy-unsuccessful message will appear when one or all of the images could not be copied.Check the memory card to see which files were copied and then repeat the procedure for theuncopied images. Camera Notes VIEWING IMAGES ON A TELEVISION It is possible to view camera images on your televisio...

82 S ETUP MENU Navigating the menu is simple. The left/right and up/down keys of the controller control the cursorand change settings on the menu. Pressing the center button of the controller selects menu optionsand sets adjustments. When the desired menu section is displayed, use the up/down key to...

84 S ETUP MENU FORMATTING MEMORY CARDS The formatting function is used to erase all data on a memory card. Before formatting a memorycard, copy the data to a computer or storage device. Locking images will not protect them from beingdeleted when the card is formatted. Favourites will also be deleted...

85 RESET DEFAULT This function affects all modes. When selected, a confirmation screen will appear; choosing “Yes”resets the following functions and settings, “No” cancels the operation. Reset default can be set in thesection 2 of the setup menu (p. 74) Image quality Drive mode Flash mode Standard S...

86 S ETUP MENU LANGUAGE The language used in the menus can be changed. The language is selected in section 1 of the setupmenu (p. 82). AUDIO SIGNALS Every time a button is pressed, an audio signal will give a positive confirmation of the operation. Theaudio signals can be turn off in section 2 of th...

88 S ETUP MENU VIDEO OUTPUT Camera images can be displayed on a television (p. 81). The video output can be changed betweenNTSC and PAL. North America uses the NTSC standard and Europe uses the PAL standard. Checkwhich standard is used in your region to play back images on your television set. DATE ...

89 DATA-TRANSFER MODE Read this section carefully before connecting the camera to a computer. Details on using andinstalling the DiMAGE Viewer software are found in the supplied software manual. The DiMAGE man-uals do not cover the basic operation of computers or their operating systems; please refe...

90 CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO A COMPUTER Confirm the battery has sufficient power before connecting the camera to a computer. The use of theAC adapter (sold separately) is recommended over the use of the battery. For users with Windows 98or 98SE, read the section on page 93 on how to install the neces...

92 D ATA - TRANSFER MODE CONNECTING TO WINDOWS 98 AND 98SE The driver needs only to be installed once. If the driver cannot be installed automatically, it can beinstalled manually with the operating system’s add-new-hardware wizard; see the instructions on thefollowing page. During installation, if ...

93 Choose the recommended search for a suitabledriver. Click “Next.” Choose to specify the location of the driver. Thebrowse window can be used to indicate the driverlocation. The driver should be located in the CD-ROM drive at :\Win98\USB. When the location isshown in the window, click “Next.” Manu...

95 AUTO POWER OFF - DATA-TRANSFER MODE If the camera does not receive a read or write command within ten minutes, it will shut down to savepower. When the camera shuts down, an unsafe-removal-of-device warning may appear on the com-puter monitor. Click “OK.” Neither the camera or computer will be da...

Once the camera is connected to the computer, image and audio files can be accessed by doubleclicking on icons. Image folders are located in the DCIM folder. To copying images and audio record-ings, simply drag and drop the file icon into a location in the computer. Files and folders on the memory c...

98 D ATA - TRANSFER MODE DISCONNECTING THE CAMERA FROM A COMPUTER Windows Me, 2000 Professional, and XP Confirm that the access lamp is not lit. Turn the camera off, and then disconnect the USB cable. To disconnect the camera, click once on the unplug-or-eject-hardware icon located onthe task bar. A...

99 The hardware devices to be stopped will be dis-played. Highlight the device by clicking on it then click“Stop.” Confirm that the access lamp is not lit and then drag themass-storage device icon and drop it into the trash. Turnthe camera off, and then disconnect the USB cable. A confirmation scree...

100 D ATA - TRANSFER MODE USB DIRECT-PRINT allows still images to be printed directly from a compatible Epson printer. Thisfunction prints a single image on one sheet of paper. Index prints cannot be printed with USBDIRECT-PRINT. To print index prints, see page 103. Before each print run, check the ...

101 Use the left/right keys of the controller todisplay the image to be printed. Printing finished. The number of prints in the print run is displayed on the LCD monitor. Use the left/right keys to highlight “Yes,” and press the center of thecontroller to start printing. Print file?Number of prints:...

102 D ATA - TRANSFER MODE If a minor problem occurs during printing, such as the paper runs out, follow the procedure recom-mended for the printer; no action is required for the camera. If a major printer error occurs, press thecenter of the controller to end the routine. Refer to the printer manual...

Connect the camera to the printer using the camera’s USB cable.The larger plug on the cable is connected to the printer. Slideopen the USB-port cover and insert the smaller plug of the cableinto the camera (1). Turn the camera on. Open the USB DIRECT-PRINT menu. Highlight“Start” in the DPOF-print op...

For the camera to be connected directly to thecomputer and used as a remote imagingdevice, the computer must be equipped with aUSB port as a standard interface. The computerand the operating system must be guaranteedby their manufacturers to support USB inter-face. See chart for system requirements....

106 D ATA - TRANSFER MODE CONNECTING THE REMOTE CAMERA Before the camera can be connected to a computer, the remote camera driver must be installed, seepage 104. A fully charged battery should be used when the camera is connected to a computer. Theuse of the AC adapter (sold separately) is recommend...

Refer to the applications instruction manual on how the view theremote feed. With Microsoft Net messenger, simply click on theplay button. The option dialog box allows remote control over some of the camera’s functions. By clicking on the source buttonin the video tab, zoom and focus controls can be...

108 A PPENDIX Problem Symptom Cause Solution The camerawill not work. Nothing dis-played on themonitor. The battery is dead. The auto-power-off func-tion has turned the cam-era off. The AC adapter is notconnected properly. Replace battery (p. 14). Press the main switch torestore power. The length of...

109 Pictures arenot sharp. Make sure the subject is withinthe autofocus range (p. 26). A special situation is pre-venting the autofocus sys-tem from focusing (p. 27). Use the focus-lock function tofocus on an object at the samedistance as the subject (p. 26). Pictures aretaken indoorsor in low-light...

110 A PPENDIX 1. Insert a memory card in the camera and connect it to the computer with the USB cable. Other devices must not be connected to the computer during this procedure. 2. Right click on the My-computer icon. Select “properties” from the drop-down menu. Windows XP: from the start menu go to...

111 Read this section in its entirety to get the best results from your camera. With proper care, your cam-era will provide years of service. Camera care • Do not subject the camera to shock or impact.• Turn off the camera when transporting.• This camera is neither waterproof nor splashproof. Insert...

112 A PPENDIX Memory cards SD Memory Cards and MultiMediaCards are manufactured with precision electronic components.The following may cause data loss or damage: • Improper use of the card.• Bending, dropping, or subjecting the card to impact.• Heat, moisture, and direct sunlight.• Static electrical...

113 Operating temperatures and conditions • This camera has been designed for use in temperatures from 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F).• Never leave the camera exposed to extreme high temperatures, such as in a car parked in the sun, or to extreme humidity. • When taking the camera from a cold to a warm...

114 A PPENDIX Number of effective pixels: 2.0 million CCD: 1/3.2-type interline primary-color CCD with a total of2.1 million pixels. Camera sensitivity (ISO): Automatic (between ISO 64 - 200 equivalent),ISO64, 100, 200, 400 Aspect ratio: 4:3 Lens construction: 10 elements in 9 groups. Maximum apertu...