Ricoh CX6 - Manual

Ricoh CX6

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – Preface; functions of this product, as well as warnings on its use.
  • Page 4 – Safety Precautions; Warning Symbols; property. The symbols and their meanings are explained below.; Sample Warnings; Danger
  • Page 5 – Warning
  • Page 6 – Observe the following precautions to ensure safe use of this unit.; Caution
  • Page 7 – Using the Manuals; The following two manuals are included with your CX6.
  • Page 8 – Contents; Basic Operations
  • Page 9 – Advanced Operations; Shooting Mode Types; Setting Modes According to the Scene (; Shooting Menu
  • Page 11 – Assigning Functions; Using; Setup Menu
  • Page 12 – Defaults Settings/Functions Whose Defaults Are Restored
  • Page 13 – If you are using the camera
  • Page 14 – Packing List; Open the package and make sure all the items are included.; * The actual appearance of items included may differ.; * Software is preloaded in the; Optional Accessories; Used to store your camera.; • Rechargeable Battery; Attaching the Handstrap/Neck Strap to the Camera
  • Page 15 – Dial and Button Operation; How to Use the Mode Dial; Set the mode dial to the desired mode; Mode Dial Symbols and Descriptions; Symbol
  • Page 17 – Names of Parts; Camera; Front View; Item Name
  • Page 18 – Rear View
  • Page 19 – Picture Display; Example of Picture Display when Shooting Pictures
  • Page 21 – Example of Picture Display During Playback
  • Page 22 – Battery Level Indication
  • Page 23 – Getting Ready; Turn the power on and get ready to shoot.; Charging the Rechargeable Battery; The rechargeable battery needs to be charged before use.; Insert the battery into the battery charger, making sure that; to recharge the battery. With the; Charger Lamp
  • Page 24 – Loading the Rechargeable Battery and SD Memory Card; Insert the rechargeable battery and SD memory card.; • Make sure the SD memory card is facing the right way and then push; will not turn on. Reinsert the battery in the correct orientation.; Close the battery/card cover and; Open the battery/card cover. Release the hook that locks the; Removing the SD Memory Card; Open the battery/card cover. Push in the SD memory card and gently
  • Page 25 – About the Battery; This camera uses the rechargeable battery DB-100, a dedicated; • Set the camera to synchro-monitor mode (; About the SD Memory Card (available in stores); Pictures can be stored in the camera’s 40 MB internal memory or on
  • Page 27 – Turning the Power On/Off; • A zero is displayed if the clock is not set.; Using the Camera in Playback Mode; • The sleep mode setting (; Setting the Language, Date and Time
  • Page 28 – NF; Check the information on the screen and then press the; to stamp photographs with the date and time of recording.
  • Page 29 – Basic Shooting; Shooting in Auto Shooting Mode (Focus and Shoot); Turn the mode dial to; Hold the camera with both hands and; • The camera focuses on the subject and the exposure and white
  • Page 30 – Gently press the shutter release button all the way.; • The still image you have taken appears momentarily on the picture
  • Page 32 – Using the Zoom Function; super resolution zoom to be adjusted in two discrete steps.
  • Page 33 – until the maximum magnification is reached; The macro shooting function lets you take; • Macro mode is not available in some shooting modes (
  • Page 34 – Shooting Range; Using the Flash; • The list of the flash modes symbol is
  • Page 35 – to select the flash mode.; • The flash mode symbol is displayed at the upper left of the picture
  • Page 36 – button and the time you set passes.; With the camera ready to shoot, press the; • The self-timer symbol and the; Press the shutter release button.; seconds before each picture is taken, and pictures are taken at the
  • Page 37 – Shooting in Scene Auto Mode; Scene Mode
  • Page 38 – Playing Back Images; Viewing Your Images; format for recording a set of still images.; Thumbnail View
  • Page 39 – Calendar View/Date View
  • Page 40 – Enlarging Images; Image Size; Turn the zoom lever toward; MP is a file format for recording a set of still images.
  • Page 41 – Deleting Files; You can delete files from the SD memory card or internal memory.; Deleting a File or All Files; Press the; • The last file recorded is displayed.; to display the file you; • You can change the image for
  • Page 42 – Deleting Multiple Files; Multiple files can be deleted when you press the; to select the file you want to; • The trash symbol is displayed in; • A confirmation dialog will be displayed.
  • Page 44 – Changing the Display with; Pressing the DISP. button allows you to change the screen display; During Shooting Mode; picture. These lines are not recorded with images.
  • Page 46 – During Playback Mode; • The white saturation highlights display is for reference only.
  • Page 47 – About the Electronic Level; When [Level Setting] is turned on, the camera uses a level indicator; Available Settings; to select the setting and then
  • Page 48 – Level indicator display; recording movies, and during interval shooting.
  • Page 49 – About the Histogram Display; adjustments to the histogram (
  • Page 50 – About Zoom Assist Display; When the zoom assist display is on, you can; This is useful when you frame the subject; display is not available.
  • Page 51 – Read this section when
  • Page 52 – Shooting Mode Types; Setting Modes According to the Scene; selected subject type. You can choose from one of the following 13; Scene Modes
  • Page 54 – Skew Correct
  • Page 55 – Selecting a Scene Mode; Press the MENU button to change; to select the
  • Page 56 – Using Skew Correction Mode; Select [Skew Correct Mode] in the scene mode menu and; You can also correct the skew of a previously shot still image (
  • Page 57 – Shooting with Creatve Effect (; In; Creative Shooting Mode Options
  • Page 58 – Taking Pictures in Creative Shooting Mode; Press the MENU button.
  • Page 59 – Dynamic Range Double Shot; can be expressed by the camera. Dynamic range double shot creates a; symbol is always; overly bright or dark.; Dynamic Range Expansion Effect; in the shooting menu offers five levels
  • Page 60 – Shooting in Miniaturization Mode; Select [Miniaturize] in the creative shooting mode menu; • The miniaturization setting screen
  • Page 61 – the Fn button again to clear help from; Plus Normal Shooting; menu, the camera will record two copies of each photo taken in
  • Page 62 – Taking a Series of Photos (; Continuous Modes
  • Page 63 – Taking Pictures in Continuous Mode
  • Page 64 – Shooting with M-Cont Plus; way down, but only the last 15 or 26 frames are recorded.; • The image size is fixed at
  • Page 65 – The last 26 frames (about the last 0.9 seconds of shooting) are; 20 consecutive images are recorded in one second (Speed Cont
  • Page 66 – priority mode) to change the aperture or shutter; Setting Aperture; Aperture priority mode allows you to choose the aperture from the; • The camera enters aperture priority; button to switch the mode to aperture priority mode.; to set the aperture.; some loss of image quality.
  • Page 67 – automatically adjust aperture to prevent overexposure.; Setting Shutter Speed; Shutter speed priority mode allows you to choose a shutter speed; switch the mode to shutter speed priority mode.; to set the shutter speed.; • The shutter speed is displayed on the picture display.
  • Page 68 – Shooting Men; Shooting Menu; The shooting menu is used to adjust camera settings when taking; Using the Shooting Menu; Press the MENU button in; to
  • Page 69 – Shooting Menu Options; Select the dynamic range expansion effects.
  • Page 71 – to determine the overall exposure value.
  • Page 72 – Opt. Zoom Super Resolution
  • Page 73 – Interval Shooting; the shooting interval becomes longer than the set time.
  • Page 74 – • Make the date and time settings in advance (
  • Page 75 – Auto Aperture Shift
  • Page 76 – Focus; Subject Tracking AF
  • Page 77 – at a selected distance when the camera is; to adjust the focus.
  • Page 78 – Auto Bracketing; Auto Bracket; • The exposure compensation can be changed using the shooting menu
  • Page 79 – over a series of five photographs.; to choose the focus interval; • The symbol appears on the screen.; Press the shutter release button; • The camera takes five consecutive
  • Page 80 – Exposure Compensation; by the camera. Choose from values between –2 and +2 negative; For backlighting; level lower (–). The same happens when you take a photo of a subject
  • Page 81 – White Balance; shooting under multiple light sources.; Adjusts the white balance automatically.; Manual
  • Page 82 – Frame a piece of paper or other white object under the lighting; • The white balance is set.; ISO Setting; an object in a dark place or a fast-moving object while minimizing; achieved at the sensitivity selected for [Maximum ISO for ISO Auto].
  • Page 83 – Shooting and Viewing Movies; Shooting Movies; • When shooting movies with [
  • Page 84 – • You can record short time movies by setting [Snap Movie] (; Shooting Movie with Inserting Split Points; You can split a movie and save split movies as separate files by; because the camera sets the split points in one-second increments.
  • Page 85 – Movie Menu; You can change the movie settings by displaying the movie menu .; Using the Movie Menu
  • Page 86 – Movie Menu Options; Movie Size; Playing Back Movies; To play back movies, follow the steps below.; Select the movie you want to play; • Playback begins. The elapsed
  • Page 87 – Splitting a Movie; You can split a movie into two files.; Select a movie to be split in playback mode.; • For instructions on how to use the playback menu, see P. 86.; Press the ADJ./OK button at the point where you want to
  • Page 88 – Playback Men; Playback Menu; The options in the playback menu can be used to perform a variety of; Using the Playback Menu
  • Page 89 – Playback Menu Options; Flag up to 20 files for quick access.
  • Page 90 – Split a movie into two files.
  • Page 91 – Flag Function Setting; displayed by pressing the Fn button.; Setting/Canceling One File at a Time; To flag or remove flag marking from the current image, select [Flag; Setting/Canceling Multiple Files at One Time; To flag or remove flag marking from; from the images in internal memory.
  • Page 92 – Flag Function Order; Change the display order of images flagged with [Flag Function; Specifying by Individual File; • Repeat step 2 to continue setting. Press the DISP. button to end; Specifying by Range of Files; • Repeat step 2 to 4 to continue setting.
  • Page 93 – Trim; and there will be some decline in image quality.
  • Page 94 – Original image size
  • Page 96 – Level Compensation; Correcting Images Automatically; Point
  • Page 97 – darkest and brightest pixels.; White Balance Compensation
  • Page 98 – button to reset white balance.; Skew Correction; Create copies that have been processed to reduce the effects of; image remains unchanged.
  • Page 99 – Protect; Selecting Multiple Files; • Press the MENU button to switch to the display for specifying a
  • Page 100 – To select two files and all files between them:; • Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to select; DPOF
  • Page 101 – to choose the; as normal still images.; Display the MP file you want to; • The MP file is displayed with the
  • Page 102 – The display changes as follows.; Display for Step 1; Thumbnail view; Single frame view; Displaying Slide Shows; • The operations during slide show are shown below.
  • Page 103 – To play back files other than MP files, return to Step 1 and; • The individual images in a MP file can not be deleted separately.; Exporting MP Files
  • Page 104 – Selecting Multiple Frames; individual frames or a range of frames.; To select multiple individual frames:; To select two frames and all frames between them:
  • Page 105 – Viewing Pictures on TV; To view pictures on a TV, connect the camera using the supplied AV; • Connect the white plug of the AV cable
  • Page 106 – • For details, see the documentation that came with the television.; Press the POWER button, or press and hold the; display and the speaker output turn off.
  • Page 107 – Assigning F; Assigning Functions; to use these functions with fewer operations.; Using the Key Custom Menu
  • Page 108 – in Step 8 confirms the setting and; Key Custom Menu Options; Save current camera settings.; The [Reg. My Settings] option allows you to save some of the current; Set the camera to the desired settings.; • A confirmation message appears.
  • Page 110 – You can assign four functions from the shooting menu to the ADJ./OK; Set the functions you want to assign to the ADJ./OK button; • At the time of purchase, four of the functions are assigned. You can; to select the desired item.; Available Setting Description
  • Page 111 – • The target shift screen appears.
  • Page 112 – The function assigned to the Fn button can be selected from the; Available Setting
  • Page 113 – Shifting the AF Target for Macro Shooting; You can select the focus target for close-ups.; With the camera ready to shoot,; • The macro target shift screen appears.; to move the cross-mark to; • Pressing the DISP. button cancels the macro target shift function.; Press the shutter release button halfway and then gently; target shift function.
  • Page 114 – Locking the Exposure; • The exposure is locked and the AEL; • The AE lock function cannot be used during shooting movies.
  • Page 115 – Choosing a Focus Setting; If any of the following functions is assigned to the Fn button
  • Page 116 – Setup Men; Setup Menu; You can change the camera settings by displaying the setup menu.; Using the Setup Menu
  • Page 117 – Setup Menu Options; Select [Yes] and press the Fn button to format the memory card.
  • Page 120 – Minimum Distance
  • Page 121 – Available Settings Description
  • Page 122 – HDMI Output
  • Page 123 – Digital Zoom Image; Zoom Magnification and Recorded Image Size; Zoom Magnification
  • Page 124 – Direct Printing; About the Direct Print Function; printer by connecting them via a USB cable. Photos can be printed; You cannot print AVI files (movies) or MP files with this function.; Connecting the Camera to a Printer; Connect your camera to a printer using the USB cable provided.; Make sure that the camera power is off.; • Turn on the printer if it is not
  • Page 125 – Printing Still Images; You can print still images from the camera with a PictBridge-; status and take the appropriate action.; Before printing, connect the camera to; Printing One or All Still Images; • The Direct Print menu appears.
  • Page 126 – Select an item and push the ADJ./OK button; printer is not yet established. When a connection is established,
  • Page 127 – • To specify the settings as the default settings
  • Page 128 – Printing Several Still Images; • Only images with a printer symbol (
  • Page 129 – Downloading Images to Your Computer; For Windows; Software; System Requirements for Using the Built-in Software
  • Page 130 – so it will not be supported.; Installing Software; Install the supplied software to your computer.; Turn the camera power off, and pull the SD memory card; • With SD memory card in the camera, the software cannot be; Connect the supplied USB cable to the computer.; • The camera turns on automatically
  • Page 131 – Click [Start the digital camera; • [Digital camera software installer] screen; Windows 7; • Click [Open folder to view files] and; Windows XP; Select a language and follow the on-screen instructions to; the license agreement and follow the on-screen instructions.
  • Page 132 – When a message appears asking you to restart your
  • Page 133 – Viewing Software Manual; In the internal memory of the camera, “Software User Guide” (PDF file); Open [My computer] with the camera connected to the; • The internal memory of the camera appears as the drive.; Copy the PDF file for your language directly to your hard; • For details about Adobe Reader, see Help for Adobe Reader.
  • Page 134 – Copying Pictures to Your Computer; Follow the steps below to copy pictures to your computer.; Connect the common terminal
  • Page 135 – Turn off the camera and disconnect the USB cable when
  • Page 136 – For Macintosh; This camera supports the following Macintosh operating systems.; • VM-1 software and the “Software User Guide” (PDF file) can be used on; The following environments are necessary for using the built-in
  • Page 138 – Using the MP File Viewer; When you shoot one still image with M-Cont Plus, Speed Cont, or; With SD memory card in the camera, the software cannot be
  • Page 139 – • When a connection is established,; Follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation.
  • Page 140 – Appendic; Appendices; Troubleshooting; Error Messages; on the reference page and take the corresponding action.; Error Message
  • Page 141 – Camera Troubleshooting; Power Supply; Problem
  • Page 142 – Shooting
  • Page 145 – Other Problems
  • Page 146 – Contrast
  • Page 152 – Specifications
  • Page 155 – Number of Images That Can Be Stored; be recorded in the internal memory and onto an SD memory card at; Mode
  • Page 157 – Defaults Settings/Functions Whose; Turning the camera off may reset some function settings to their; Function
  • Page 160 – Using Your Camera Abroad; Warranty; Cautions on Use; • Should the product fail or malfunction while you are abroad, the
  • Page 161 – immediately after use could result in burns to your fingers.
  • Page 162 – Care and Storage; Care; your Ricoh Repair Center.; Use and Storage
  • Page 163 – Warranty and Servicing; instruction manual again to ensure proper operation.
  • Page 164 – INFORMATION TO THE USER; USA FCC Part 15 Class B; COMPLIANCE INFORMATION STATEMENT; Note to Users in Canada
  • Page 165 – Index
  • Page 171 – more enjoyable for Ricoh digital camera users.; Basic Knowledge; Useful photography techniques organized by subject; Photographers Gallery; Photos taken by professional photographers; Photo contest; A collection of brilliant photos gathered from around the world
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Basic Operations

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This section provides a basic overview of how to turn on the camera, take

pictures and play back pictures.

Advanced Operations

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This section provides more detailed information about the functions used to

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Summary

Page 3 - Preface; functions of this product, as well as warnings on its use.

Preface This manual provides information on how to use the shooting and playback functions of this product, as well as warnings on its use. To make the best use of this product’s functions, read this manual thoroughly before use. Please keep this manual handy for ease of reference. Ricoh Co., Ltd. S...

Page 4 - Safety Precautions; Warning Symbols; property. The symbols and their meanings are explained below.; Sample Warnings; Danger

Safety Precautions Warning Symbols Various symbols are used throughout this instruction manual and on the product to prevent physical harm to you or other people and damage to property. The symbols and their meanings are explained below. Danger This symbol indicates matters that may lead to imminent...

Page 5 - Warning

Warning ● Turn off the power immediately in the event of abnormalities such as smoke or unusual odors being emitted. Remove the battery as soon as possible, being careful to avoid electric shocks or burns. If you are drawing power from a household electrical outlet, be sure to unplug the power cord ...

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