Minolta MN12Z, User Manual

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Page 2: ...peration is subject to the following conditions This device may not cause harmful interference This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operati...

Page 3: ...asures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver...

Page 4: ...equired regulatory information warning as show in this manual Industry Canada statement This device complies with RSS 210 of the Industry Canada Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditi...

Page 5: ...aines configurations d ordinateur portable ou de certaines co localisation avec un autre metteur l autorisation du Canada n est plus consid r comme valide et l ID IC ne peut pas tre utilis sur le prod...

Page 6: ...se the flash or LED Light near a person s eyes to prevent possible eye injury To prevent you from falling over or resulting in traffic accident please do not use the camera while you are walking drivi...

Page 7: ...s Otherwise it may cause fire or electric shock Do not attempt to repair disassemble change or transform the adapter Avoid sudden changes in temperature which may cause condensation on the adapter s i...

Page 8: ...kage Contents 11 Camera Views 12 Camera Buttons 14 Navigation Control 15 Getting Started 17 Attach the Camera Strap 17 Inserting the Battery 17 Camera Memory 18 Inserting a Micro SD SDHC SDXC Memory C...

Page 9: ...y 59 Playing Videos 60 Playing Voice Memo 61 Playback Menu 62 Using the Setup Menu 73 Setting Sounds 73 Setting Power Save 74 Setting Date Time 74 Setting Language 75 Setting Display Mode 75 Setting L...

Page 10: ...9 Setting the Print Mode Menu 85 Appendix 87 About Folder and File Names 87 Troubleshooting 87 Specifications 89...

Page 11: ...display monitor Microsoft DirectX 9 0C USB port and CD ROM drive For Macintosh Mac OS 10 3 9 10 8 Mass storage Memory 1 GB or above Q Time player ver 6 0 3 or above USB port and CD ROM drive Main Feat...

Page 12: ...ur camera package It should contain Digital camera Rechargeable battery x 1 pcs USB adapter The type of plug may vary depending on the country or region USB cable Wrist strap Camera pouch optional CD...

Page 13: ...iew 1 Flash 2 Self timer LED AF Assist Lamp 3 Lens 4 Microphone Back View 5 LCD monitor 6 LED indicator light 7 Movie button 8 AE AF LOCK button Delete 9 OK button 4 way navigation control 10 Menu but...

Page 14: ...13 Top View 12 Shutter button 13 Wi Fi button 14 Power button 15 Speaker 16 Zoom dial Bottom View 17 Battery Memory card compartment 18 Tripod screw hole Right View 19 Strap ring 20 USB...

Page 15: ...om in to magnify image or zoom out to enter thumbnails Menu Press to enter or exit menu submenu AE AF LOCK button Delete Press this button on your camera to lock focus and exposure or delete an image...

Page 16: ...on 2 Macro Button 3 Self timer Button 4 Flash Button 5 OK Button Button Description OK 1 Confirm a selection when using the OSD menus 2 In Playback Movie mode press to start video playback Flash Right...

Page 17: ...e press to change the EV settings 2 Playing Video file press to Pause Start video playback 3 In Playback photo mode press to rotate the image clockwise 90 degrees by each press of the button This feat...

Page 18: ...ions to insert the rechargeable battery into the battery memory card compartment Please read Battery Information on page 5 before inserting removing batteries 1 Make sure the power is off before inser...

Page 19: ...n the memory card slot all images and videos recorded are automatically stored in the internal memory External storage Your camera supports Micro SD cards of up to 4 GB in size It also supports Micro...

Page 20: ...ompartment To remove the Micro SD SDHC SDXC card 5 Unlock and open the battery memory card compartment 6 Gently push the card until it pops out 7 Pull out the card carefully Windows 2000 XP does not s...

Page 21: ...D indicator goes off It s recommended not operating the camera when charging Actual charging time depends on current battery capacity and charging conditions You can also charge the battery with Apple...

Page 22: ...nge the value for the date and time 3 Press OK to apply 4 If necessary press to close the menu Now you are ready to start taking images and videos Holding down or keys to change the values continuousl...

Page 23: ...Layout No Item Description 1 Record Mode Indicates the current mode 2 Flash Indicates flash settings 3 Self timer Indicates Self timer settings 4 Zoom indicator Displays zoom 5 Shots remaining Indica...

Page 24: ...ettings 16 Aperture value Displays aperture settings 17 Focus area Indicates focus area 18 AE AF Lock Indicates AE AF Lock is enabled 19 EV Compensation Displays exposure compensation settings 20 Focu...

Page 25: ...e Indicates that you can capture screenshot without stopping movie recording 2 Recording status Indicates recording status 3 Recorded time Displays recorded time 4 AE AF lock Indicates AE AF Lock is e...

Page 26: ...mo Indicates voice memo is attached 4 Button intro Indicates the button to press on the camera to play a video file 5 File no Total no Indicates the file number over the total number of files in the s...

Page 27: ...card 6 Battery Indicates battery level 7 Storage media Indicates used storage memory 8 Recording date time Displays the date and time of the video clip 9 Video size Indicates the size of the video cl...

Page 28: ...rred images Setting the Zoom Control Using a combination of 12 times optical zoom and 8 times digital zoom permits zoom photography at up to 96 times magnification While the digital zoom can be a usef...

Page 29: ...bject and the background the contrast is large or when the subject that you wish to capture is very small within the scene Available for still images only Press the EV Up button on your camera to laun...

Page 30: ...amera is equipped with five flash modes Auto Flash The flash fires automatically whenever extra lighting is needed Red eye reduction The flash fires twice to reduce the red eye effect Forced on The fl...

Page 31: ...nch the Self timer function To select Self timer options press the or keys Press the OK button to save and apply changes Self timer Down button Your camera is equipped with 4 Self timer modes Off Capt...

Page 32: ...Your camera supports the 4 focus modes Auto Focus With auto focus the camera will focus on the subject automatically Macro Super Macro This mode is designed for close up photography When Super Macro i...

Page 33: ...trol Press the MENU Playback Movie Power button to launch another function Delete function The Delete function allows to remove unwanted files in the internal memory or on the memory card Protected fi...

Page 34: ...o the single navigation mode press Menu button To delete attached voice memo 1 After a confirmation selection appears on screen Select Single 2 A delete voice memo option will be added to the selectio...

Page 35: ...eat step 4 until all desired images for deletion are marked 6 Press the OK button A confirmation selection appears 7 Select Yes to confirm 8 Press the OK button to delete marked files To delete all fi...

Page 36: ...stop recording when the recording time is over 29 minutes or the file size is over 4 GB When the temperature of CCD Sensor is over 63 C the camera will display the warning message When the temperature...

Page 37: ...more details Program The camera automatically adjusts suitable shooting settings like shutter speed and aperture values Portrait The camera blurs the background to focus on the subject Landscape This...

Page 38: ...picture in two seconds Self Portrait This feature sets zoom to wide end When one face is detected AF automatically activated and plays the sound Bi for notice Then camera starts count down and captur...

Page 39: ...izes 7 kinds of scenes Portrait Landscape Macro Backlight Backlight Portrait Night Scene and Night Portrait and selects the ideal settings Intelligent scene icon After the camera detects the shooting...

Page 40: ...rty While you have the whole gang together take a group or family portrait Party mode features on Red eye reduction flash and face tracking You ll miss fewer shots and have more time to focus on enjoy...

Page 41: ...to look slimmer Keep your shoulders back Using Time Lapse Use this feature to take photos automatically at the specified intervals The photo size will be 16 9 2M In Time Lapse mode press Down button t...

Page 42: ...ongest time of capturing is approximately 30 seconds If you select From Top to Bottom or From Bottom to Top in 360 degree panorama it is recommended to turn the camera over 90 degrees in order to make...

Page 43: ...through the screen In addition a shooting bar displays to present the shooting position and the white portion of the bar indicates where has been taken 4 If you move camera without keeping straight th...

Page 44: ...Light Tone Reduces contrast to create a smooth and relaxed atmosphere Vivid The camera captures the image with more contrast and saturation emphasizing on the bold colors Miniature Effect Blur the pa...

Page 45: ...while the rest of the scene becomes black and white Color Accent Yellow Retains yellow tone while the rest of the scene becomes black and white Color Accent Green Retains green tone while the rest of...

Page 46: ...er button to take a continuous shooting until release the shutter button or memory card is full Speedy Burst Captures 30 images in a shot when the Shutter button is pressed Auto set Photo Size to 4 3...

Page 47: ...options are 1 sec 2 sec and 3 sec Use Left Right button can adjust the number of shot Available options are 5 pic and 10 pic A Pie Progress will be displayed on lower right of screen during GIF Captu...

Page 48: ...ge modes and setup other capture settings To go to Record Menu Turn on the camera by pressing Power button Press to launch the Record Menu Use the or keys to move through the menu To select an item pr...

Page 49: ...6 4 x 6 2992 x 2992 Square Composition 640 x 480 E mail Quality The Quality sets the quality compression at which the image is captured The quality determines the amount of compression applied to your...

Page 50: ...hite Balance The camera automatically adjusts the white balance Daylight Ideally used for bright sunny conditions Cloudy Ideally used for cloudy conditions Tungsten Ideally used for indoor images with...

Page 51: ...llows the camera to adjust the ISO Auto from ISO 100 to the value set in Maximum sensitivity according to light conditions Available options are 200 400 800 Default Metering This sets the metering met...

Page 52: ...on which the camera focuses To set AF Area 1 From the Record menu select AF Area 2 Use the or keys to go through the selection 3 Press the OK button to save and apply changes The table below shows the...

Page 53: ...selection 3 Press the OK button to save and apply changes Setting the AE L AF L This feature allows locking exposure or focus or both of them by pressing AE AF LOCK button You can define the AE AF LO...

Page 54: ...digital zoom To set Digital Zoom 1 From the Record menu select Digital Zoom 2 Use the or keys to go through the selection 3 Press the OK button to save and apply changes The table below shows the avai...

Page 55: ...hrough the selection 3 Press the OK button to save and apply changes Setting Auto Review The Auto Review function lets you view the captured image right after shooting it If Auto review is On the came...

Page 56: ...cel option appears on the screen 5 Select Save image to save or Cancel to disregard Blink Detection appears in Record menu only when Face Tracking is turned on Setting Grid Line The Grid Line function...

Page 57: ...ro SDHC class 4 or class 6 card is inserted Due to limits from the FAT format VGA recording requires approximately 2 hours Setting Prerecord You can catch the first three seconds of action you would h...

Page 58: ...function unless an additional memory card is inserted to the camera Setting Wind Cut This feature reduces wind noise during movie recording Continuous AF This function allows you to record video with...

Page 59: ...To play a video clip press the OK button See Playing Videos on page 60 for more details When playing videos under playback mode lens will retract after 15 seconds but the video playback will still con...

Page 60: ...you view the thumbnails some images may contain icons These icons indicate the type of file or recording Icon Type Description File Error Indicates an error file Video Displays a indicate videos by r...

Page 61: ...l volume Spin clockwise right to increase volume Spin counterclockwise left to decrease volume 6 Press the key to pause playback Press the key again to resume When paused the play info will remain on...

Page 62: ...top center of the LCD monitor See picture on the right 3 Press the OK button to play the voice recording 4 During playback use the Zoom dial to control volume Spin clockwise right to increase volume S...

Page 63: ...cording to naming order To view Slide Show 1 From the Playback menu select Slide Show The Slide Show menu appears 2 Set the slide show settings 3 Select Start then press the OK button to start the sli...

Page 64: ...rotect submenu the images are displayed on the LCD monitor in single navigation mode 2 Use or keys to scroll the display 3 When the desired file is displayed on the LCD monitor press the OK button to...

Page 65: ...ct submenu A confirmation message appears 2 Select Yes 3 Press the OK button to lock all files To unlock all files 1 Select Unlock all in the Protect submenu A confirmation message appears 2 Select Ye...

Page 66: ...again to stop recording Time left n seconds for recording When you record voice memo to an image with an existing voice memo the old recording file would be replaced by the new one Filter Effects Filt...

Page 67: ...blurred and make the scene looks like a miniature scale model It is recommended to apply the image that captured from a high angle to simulate the miniature effect Astral Image is applied with starbur...

Page 68: ...Zoom dial to change the trimming frame as zoom in out No Description 1 Enlarged image 2 4 way indicator 3 Trimmed size 4 The approx location of the trimmed area 5 Image area 6 Use the navigation contr...

Page 69: ...ancel changes 8 The resized image is saved as a new photo Resize function is only applicable to aspect ratio 4 3 photos The original photos can be resized more than once However each resized photo can...

Page 70: ...ayback button on the camera 2 Press Menu button to launch the Playback Menu 3 Select DPOF The submenu appears Available settings are as follows Select Images Mark images in the memory card Reset Reset...

Page 71: ...Select images to the storage device you prefer All images Copy all images to the storage device you prefer To copy selected images 1 Select Selected images on the Copy submenu 2 Use the or keys to sc...

Page 72: ...o launch the Playback menu 4 Select Movie Paste The videos with the same specification as the original video are displayed on the LCD monitor 5 Use the or keys to scroll and the or keys to mark unmark...

Page 73: ...he picture Only one face can be retouched each time All function will be reset to 0 when exit from Face Retouch menu no matter save the picture or cancel the setting Pictures that have been performed...

Page 74: ...Change the submenu settings using the 4 way navigation control 6 Press the OK button to save and apply settings Setting Sounds Use the Sound menu functions to control the sounds produced by the camer...

Page 75: ...file Playing a Slide Show video file Using the USB connector AE AF has been locked During Movie Paste During interval time on Time Lapse Setting Date Time Use the Date Time function to set the date a...

Page 76: ...n LCD monitor for both Record mode and Playback mode Available settings are On Detailed Info Off If set Display Mode to Off the mode icon and remaining shots will display for 2 seconds in following si...

Page 77: ...erases all stored images and data If a locked card has been inserted the option would be gray Reset All Use this function to reset the camera to its factory settings However the following settings are...

Page 78: ...word is 12345678 you can change it with 8 16 alphanumeric characters case sensitive To switch the keyboard In Lowercase Keyboard select and press OK button to switch the keyboard to Uppercase Likewise...

Page 79: ...fore using Wi Fi mode please download and install the Wi Fi application Link123 from Google Play Android or Apple Store iOS on your smart devices 2 Power on the camera and press Wi Fi button and then...

Page 80: ...amera s network please run application Link123 to remotely control the camera with the smart device even to download and see the photos and videos from the camera App menu The Home Screen may vary due...

Page 81: ...connection with this camera Remote Control Please refer to the following steps to launch Remote Control function 1 Select Remote Control from Wi Fi Menu of the camera 2 The camera will enter Wi Fi St...

Page 82: ...he GPS data press the same button again 6 Press the Wi Fi button to disconnect between the camera and the smart device During this time you can take pictures and record videos normally with the camera...

Page 83: ...is finished Then the camera will return to Preview mode or Playback mode 8 You can see the information on location where the photo was taken by viewing the property of the photo on PC Since the GPS da...

Page 84: ...displayed on the smart device iOS Notice All the camera functions will be disabled when Wi Fi is connected except Power button and Wi Fi button Wi Fi is functioned even no memory card inserted into th...

Page 85: ...r appears Connecting 5 Connection established and the LCD monitor will be turned off 6 Access the files in the camera by your PC The camera s internal memory and memory card would display as removable...

Page 86: ...Setting the Print Mode Menu Setting the Print Mode Menu Print Mode menu appears on the screen after the connection between a printer and your camera is established Print Mode includes three major set...

Page 87: ...nd info by the or keys Available setting Paper size Default A4 4 x6 Quality Default Fine Normal Capture Date Yes No Capture Info Yes No 3 Select Print on the screen for printing Or Cancel to go back P...

Page 88: ...ata using the camera Troubleshooting Problem Cause and or Action Camera does not turn on The batteries may be exhausted Charge or replace the batteries Camera turns off automatically Power Saving may...

Page 89: ...Memory card is damaged The card may be damaged You can either change the card or wipe to clean the connected points LCD monitor displays Copy error The memory card is protected Remove the card and sli...

Page 90: ...rture Wide F3 1 Tele F6 3 Shutter Shutter Speed Auto 1 1 2 000 sec Night 1 4 1 2 000 sec Fireworks 4 sec File Format Still Image EXIF 2 3 compatible format JPEG compression AVI Video MJPEG Audio mono...

Page 91: ...luorescent 2 Custom Exposure Control 2 0EV 1 7EV 1 3EV 1 0EV 0 7EV 0 3EV 0EV 0 3EV 0 7EV 1 0EV 1 3EV 1 7EV 2 0EV Metering Multi Center Spot Self timer Off 10 sec 2 sec Double Flash Auto Flash Red eye...

Page 92: ...91 Temperature Operating Humidity 0 90 Microphone Built in Speaker Built in Dimensions 100 9 x 61 1 x 26 7 mm L H D Weight 127 g no battery...

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