Konica Minolta X21 - Manual

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 thesesurfaces clean. Please read the care and storage instructions in the back of this manual(p. 107). Flash (p. 28) Lens* Self-timer lamp (p. 41) Main switch USB port (p. 88) Tripod socket Battery-ch...

14 G ETTING UP AND RUNNING GETTING UP AND RUNNING INSERTING THE BATTERIES This digital camera uses two AA-size alkaline batteries or Ni-MH batteries. AA-size Ni-MH batteries are recommended because of longer life. Do not use other types ofbatteries with this camera. When using Ni-MH batteries, fully...

17 ATTACHING THE STRAP Always keep the strap around your wrist in theevent that the camera is accidentally dropped. Pass the small loop of the hand strap through thestrap eyelet on the camera body. Pass the other end of the strap through the smallloop and tighten.

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 camerato operate. If a card has not been inserted, a no-card warning will appear on the LCDmonitor; the shutter can still be released and a single image can ...

19 The response time during recording and playback is longer with MultiMediaCardscompared with SD Memory Cards. This is not a defect, but rather due to thespecifications of the cards. When using large capacity cards, some operations likedeletion may take longer. The SD Memory Card has a write-protec...

20 G ETTING UP AND RUNNING SETTING THE DATE AND TIME After initially inserting a memory card and charging the battery, the camera’s clock andcalendar must be set. When images are recorded, the image data is saved with the dateand time of recording. The date and time may also have to be set when chan...

21 Move the controller left and right to select theitem to be changed. Press the controller to set the clock andcalendar. Move the controller up and down to adjust theitem. For customers in certain areas, the menu language must also be set. Highlight the lan- guage option in section 1 of the setup m...

1 22 R ECORDING - BASIC OPERATION RECORDING - BASIC OPERATION This section covers basic recording operation. To prepare the camera for use, read pages14 through 21. HANDLING THE CAMERA While using LCD monitor, grip the camera firmly with yourright hand while supporting the camera body with yourleft....

23 USING THE ZOOM LENS This camera is equipped with a unique 4.8 - 14.4mm zoom lens. This is equivalent to a37 to 111mm lens on a 35mm camera. The lens is operated by the controller at the backof the camera. While zooming, the zoom scale is displayed on the LCD monitor. To zoom in on the subject,mov...

24 R ECORDING - BASIC OPERATION LCD MONITOR DISPLAY - BASIC If the shutter speed falls below the point where the camera canbe hand held safely, the camera-shake warning indicator willappear on the monitor. Camera shake is slight blurring causedby subtle hand motion and is more pronounced at thetelep...

25 BASIC RECORDING OPERATION Press the shutter-release button partway down (1) to lock thefocus and 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 wasunable to focus on the subject. Repeat the previous step...

26 R ECORDING - BASIC OPERATION FOCUS LOCK The focus-lock function is used when you want to compose the image with the subjectoff-center and outside the focus frame. Focus lock may also be used when a specialfocusing situation prevents the camera from focusing on the subject. This function iscontrol...

27 FOCUS SIGNALS SPECIAL FOCUSING SITUATIONS This digital camera has a quick, accurate autofocusing system. The focus signal in thelower right corner of the LCD monitor indicates the focus status. The shutter can bereleased regardless if the camera can focus on the subject or not. The camera may not...

28 FLASH SIGNALS The flash mode indicator of the LCD monitor indicates the flash status, when the shutter-release button is pressed partway down. While the flash is charging, the shutter cannotbe released. R ECORDING - BASIC OPERATION Flash charging - Flash mode indicator is red.Shutter is locked. F...

29 FLASH RANGE - AUTOMATIC OPERATION The camera automatically controls the flash output. For well-exposed images, the subjectmust be within the flash range. Because of the optical system, the flash range is not thesame at the lens’ wide-angle position as it is at the telephoto position. Wide-angle p...

30 R ECORDING - BASIC OPERATION Pressing and holding the controller switches the LCD monitor display between full displayand live image only. Full display LCD MONITOR DISPLAY - RECORDING MODE Controller The battery-condition, date-imprinting, and flash-charging indicators can appear on thelive image...

32 P LAYBACK - BASIC OPERATION PLAYBACK - BASIC OPERATION SINGLE-FRAME PLAYBACK DISPLAY This section covers the basic viewing operation in the playback mode. The playbackmode has additional functions, see page 64. Mode indicator Time of recording Date of recording Lock indicator (p. 69) Magnificatio...

34 P LAYBACK - BASIC OPERATION Index display can be shown by moving the controllerdown. In index playback, pushing the controller left and rightmoves the yellow border around the index thumbnails.To scroll through the index thumbnails faster, hold thecontroller to the left or right. When the image i...

35 ENLARGED PLAYBACK With the image to be magnified displayed, move the controller up to activatethe enlarged playback mode. The degree of magnification is displayed on theLCD monitor. Move the controller to view the image. In single-frame playback, a still image can be enlarged by up to 6X in multi...

36 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION LCD MONITOR DISPLAY - ADVANCED Exposure compensation (p. 47) White balance (p. 44) Digital zoom (p. 57)Image quality (p. 45) Drive mode (p. 40)Frame counter (p. 46) Focus signal (p. 27) Zoom scale (p. 57) Flash modes (p. 38) Focus frame Date-imprinting indicator (p...

38 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION Flash cancel Autoflash with red-eye reduction Fill-flash Night portrait Autoflash FLASH MODES Flash mode Autoflash - the flash fires automatically in low-light and backlit conditions. Red-eye reduction - the flash fires multiplebursts before the main flash burst to...

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. 41). Used for self-portraits. Continuous advance - to take multiple images when the shutter-releasebut...

42 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION The continuous-advance drive mode allows a series of images to be capturedwhile holding down the shutter-release button. The number of images that canbe captured at one time and the rate of capture depend on the image-qualitysetting. The maximum rate of capture is ...

43 The multi-frame drive mode captures a series ofnine consecutive images and lays them out in asingle frame. Multi frame drive mode is set in themain recording menu (p. 36) Compose the picture as described in the basic recordingoperation section (p. 25). Press the shutter-release buttonpartway down...

White balance is the camera’s ability to make different types of lightingappear neutral. The effect is similar to selecting daylight or tungsten film,or using color compensating filters in conventional photography. Oneautomatic and four preset white-balance setting are available with still image and...

Image quality must be set before the picture istaken. Four image-quality modes are available;1600 X 1200 Fine, 1600 X 1200 Standard, 1280X 960 Standard, and 640 X 480 Standard. Image quality is based on two factors: image size andcompression. Changes are displayed on the LCD monitor.Image quality is...

Image quality Approximate number of images that can be stored on a 8MB memory card 46 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION 5 1600 X 1200 Fine 11 1600 X 1200 Standard 1280 X 960 Standard 640 X 480 Standard 1642 The Frame Counter and Memory Card Capacity The frame counter indicates the approximate number o...

The camera exposure can be adjusted to make the final picture lighter ordarker by as much as ±2Ev in 1/3 increments with still image and movierecording. When auto reset (P. 55) is active, exposure compensation isreset to ±0 when the camera is turned off. Exposure compensation is set in the main menu...

ColorB&WSepiaPosterizationSoft focus Color, black and white, sepia, posterization, and soft-focus settings areavailable. The color mode is set in the main menu of the recording mode(p. 36) or the movie-recording mode (p. 61). Soft focus cannot be selected in the movie-recording mode or used with...

In portrait, the camera is optimized to reproduce warm, soft skin tonesand a slight defocusing of the background. Portrait is set in the mainrecording menu (p. 36) An indicator is displayed on the LCDmonitor to show the portrait mode isactive. When auto reset is active (p. 55), theportrait mode is c...

An image can be captured with a frame or border using the special-effects option in themain recording menu (p. 36). The special-effects option in the main menu adds frames and borders toimages or combines two images side by side. Required menu functionsshould be set before selecting the special effe...

Selecting the menu icon on the mainmenu displays the advancedrecording menu. See page 36 tonavigate the main menu. 52 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION NAVIGATING THE ADVANCED RECORDING MENU When the desired menu section is displayed, move the controller up and down to scrollthrough the menu options. ...

Select the control func. option in section 1 ofthe advanced recording menu. Select thefunction to be assigned with the controller(1). Press the controller to set the function(2). The selected function can be changed bymoving the controller left or right in therecording mode. Changes are setautomatic...

55 The flash mode is reset to autoflash or autoflash with red-eye reduction whichever of thetwo modes was last used. Exposure mode, white balance, LCD monitor display, and colormode are also reset in the movie recording mode. AUTO RESET Flash mode (p. 38) Drive mode (p. 40) White balance (p. 44) Por...

56 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 time ofrecording 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...

57 DIGITAL ZOOM The digital zoom is activated in section 2 of the advanced recording menu (p. 52). Thedigital zoom increases the magnification of the greatest telephoto setting of the opticalzoom by up to 4X in multiple steps. When the digital zoom is activated, the zoom scaleincludes both the optic...

58 R ECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION If file number memory is selected, when a new folder is created, the first file stored in thefolder will have a number one greater than the last file saved. If the file number memoryis disabled, the image file number will be 0001. File number memory is activated in...

59 INSTANT PLAYBACK Still images can be previewedimmediately after they have beencaptured. Simply continue to holddown the shutter-release button aftertaking a picture to display the imageon the monitor. Release the shutterbutton to end the playback.

60 M OVIE RECORDING This camera can record digital video without audio. Total recording time varies with theimage size and the memory card capacity, see the navigating the main movie recordingmenu section on page 61. In movie recording, some functions can be used, some arefixed, and some are disable...

61 When the menu button is pressed,the main movie menu appears onthe LCD monitor. The following fouroptions are available. 1.Image size (320X240 / 160X120)2.Exposure compensation3.White balance4.Color mode Selecting the setup icon located inthe center of the main menu opensthe setup menu. NAVIGATING...

62 M OVIE RECORDING In movie recording, some functions can be used, some are fixed, and some are disabled.Exposure, image size, white balance, and the color mode can be changed with the moviemenu; the soft-focus color mode is not available. The optical and digital zoom are active.Pressing and holdin...

63 PLAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION PLAYING BACK MOVIES The basic functions in this mode are described in the basic playback section on pages32 through 35. This section covers how to playback movie clips as well as the advancedfunctions on the playback menu. : play Press the controller to play back the...

64 P LAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION NAVIGATING THE MAIN PLAYBACK MENU To activate the main playback menu, press the menubutton. Press the controller to select the option. Move the controller in the direction to highlight the desiredmenu option. If the menu icon is struck through, the menufunction is d...

65 NAVIGATING THE ADVANCED PLAYBACK MENU To activate the main menu of the playbackmode, press the menu button. Move the controller up and down to scroll through the menu options. Highlightthe option whose settings need to be changed. With the menu option to be changed highlighted, move the controlle...

67 FRAME-SELECTION SCREEN When a marked-frames setting is chosen on the menu, the frame-selection screen willappear. This screen allows multiple image files to be chosen. Pushing the controller left and rightmoves the yellow border to select theimage. Moving the controller up selects theframe; when ...

68 P LAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION Deleting permanently erases the file. Once deleted, a file cannot berecovered. Care should be taken when deleting images. A single image displayed or highlighted on the monitor can be deletedwith the main playback menu (p. 64). The file displayed or highlighted in p...

69 LOCKING IMAGE FILES A single image displayed or highlighted on the monitor can be locked withthe main playback menu (p. 64). Locked file can be unlocked by thesame operation. The file displayed or highlighted in playback mode will be locked. This frame All frames Marked frames To lock or unlock m...

70 P LAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION A maximum of 10 still images can be added to Favorites. These imagesare 640 X 480 standard quality copies of the original image and arestored in the camera, not on the memory card. Favorites allow picturesfrom different memory card to be collected. The Favorites are...

71 Favorites cannot be viewed when the camera is simply turned on. This isto protect your personal collection of images from the view of strangers. VIEWING FAVORITES Press the menu button toactivate the main menu. Selectthe view-Favorites icon. Thelast Favorite added is displayedas well as the Favor...

72 P LAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION While viewing Favorites, many menu functions are available to delete, lock, and displayimages. However, certain functions are not available such as E-mail Copy, add-to-Favorites, and DPOF setup. Favorites cannot be printed or saved to a computer. To go back to norma...

73 On the main menu (p. 64), selecting the slide show icon and pressing thecontroller starts the slide show. This function automatically displays allstill images on the memory card in order. Movie clips are not displayed. To start a Favorites slide show, select the slide show icon from the mainmenu ...

74 P LAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION ABOUT DPOF This camera is supported by DPOF™ version 1.1. The DPOF (Digital Print Order Format)allows direct printing of still images from digital cameras. After the DPOF file is created,the memory card is simply taken to a photofinishing service or inserted into th...

75 When the this-frame or all-frames setting is chosen, a screen will appear requesting thenumber of copies of each image; a maximum of nine copies can be ordered. Move thecontroller up and down to set the required number of copies. If the all-frames setting wasused to create a print order, any addi...

76 P LAYBACK - ADVANCED OPERATION ORDERING AN INDEX PRINT To create an index print of all the images onthe card, select “On.” To cancel an index print,simply change the setting to “Off.” If an index-print order is created, anyadditional images saved afterwards on thecard will not be included in the ...

78 S ETUP MENU SETUP MENU In a recording or playbackmode, open the advancedmenu. - NAVIGATING THE SETUP MENU In the movie mode, select the setup icon on themain menu to display the setup menu. Setup menu can be activated from any of the modes: recording, movie, or playbackmode. :enter Digital zoom F...

80 S ETUP MENU Choosing “Yes” onthe confirmationscreens will executethe operation, “No”will cancel it. Yes No LCDbrightness Format Language 1 Enter Enter 30 min. 10 min. 5 min. 3 min. 1 min. Español Chinese Japanese English Deutsch Français Power off 2 Enter Audio signals 1 Focus signal 2 Off Move t...

82 S ETUP MENU FORMATTING MEMORY CARDS The formatting function is used to erase all data on a memory card. Before formatting amemory card, copy the data to a computer or storage device. Locking images will notprotect them from being deleted when the card is formatted. Formatting the memory carddoes ...

83 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 section 1 of the setup menu (p. 78) Image quality (still) Drive mode Flash mode 1600 X...

84 S ETUP MENU LCD monitor brightness Auto-power-off period Audio signals File number memory Normal 3 minutes 1 Off p. 82 p. 85 p. 84 Focus signal 1 p. 85 p. 58 Shutter signal On p. 85 Folder name Standard p. 58 Image size (E-mail copy) 640 X 480 p. 77 Transfer mode Data storage p. 86 LANGUAGE The l...

86 S ETUP MENU DATE AND TIME It is important to accurately set the clock. When a recording is made, the date and timeof the recording are saved with the file and are displayed in playback mode or with theDiMAGE Viewer software included on the CD-ROM. See page 81 for how the set thedate and time. DAT...

87 DATA-TRANSFER MODE Read this section carefully before connecting the camera to a computer. Details on usingand installing the DiMAGE Viewer software are found in the supplied software manual.The DiMAGE manuals do not cover the basic operation of computers or their operatingsystems; please refer t...

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

90 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 be installed manually with the operating system’s add-new-hardware wizard; seethe instructions on the following page. During installation, if ...

91 Choose the recommended search for asuitable driver. Click “Next.” Choose to specify the location of the driver.The browse window can be used to indicatethe driver location. The driver should belocated in the CD-ROM drive at:\Win98\USB. When the location is shown inthe window, click “Next.” Manual...

93 AUTO POWER OFF - DATA-TRANSFER MODE If the camera does not receive a read or write command within ten minutes, it will shutdown to save power. When the camera shuts down, an unsafe-removal-of-devicewarning may appear on the computer monitor. Click “OK.” Neither the camera orcomputer will be damag...

Once the camera is connected to the computer, image files can be accessed by doubleclicking on icons. Image folders are located in the DCIM folder. To copy images, simplydrag and drop the file icon into a location in the computer. Files and folders on the memorycard can be deleted using thecomputer....

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

97 The hardware devices to be stopped will bedisplayed. Highlight the device by clicking on itthen click “Stop.” Confirm that the indicator lamp is not lit and thendrag the mass-storage device icon and drop it intothe trash. Turn the camera off, and then disconnectthe USB cable. A confirmation scree...

98 D ATA - TRANSFER MODE PictBridge allows still images on the memory card to be printed directly from a PictBridge-compatible printer. The maximum number of images that can be specified for printing is50. To use PictBridge, the transfer-mode option in section 3 of the setup menu must beset to PictB...

100 D ATA - TRANSFER MODE If a minor problem occurs during printing, such as the paper runs out, follow theprocedure recommended for the printer; no action is required for the camera. If a majorprinter error occurs, press the controller to end the routine. Refer to the printer manualfor the correct ...

The following are the dimensions for postcard, L,and 2L paper sizes in both millimeters and inchesfor your reference: 3.5 X 5.0 in. 3.9 X 5.9 in. 5.0 X 7.0 in. 89 X 127mm 100 X 148mm 127 X 178mm 101 All frames Reset Batch print Index print 1 3 The options that can be changed vary with the printer. P...

Connect the camera to the printer using the camera’s USBcable. The larger plug on the cable is connected to theprinter. Slide open the USB-port cover and insert thesmaller plug of the cable into the camera (1). Turn the camera on. Open the PictBridge menu (p. 100).Highlight “Start” in the DPOF-print...

Insert a new memory card (p.18), delete some images (p.68), or change the image-quality setting (p. 45). 104 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 adapte...

106 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...

107 Read this section in its entirety to get the best results from your camera. With propercare, your camera 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. Insertin...

108 A PPENDIX Memory cards SD Memory Cards and MultiMediaCards are manufactured with precision electroniccomponents. 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 ...

109 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 war...

110 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 50 - 200 equivalent) Aspect ratio: 4:3 Lens construction: 10 elements in 9 groups. Maximum aperture: f/2.8 - f/3.7 Foc...