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Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3 Review
By Movable Type Admin
Record Modes & Menu Options
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Note that all onscreen images and overlay data can be displayed on the EVF or the color
LCD, just flip the display control switch located on the back.
Here's the Auto (point-n-shoot) mode screen display. There is minimal information
displayed, you can see the image size "2272" and quality "FINE", battery level
indicator, AS (Anti-Shake) is on, Auto DSP (Automatic Digital Subject Program) is
enabled, Single drive mode, Multi-segment metering, and there is enough room on
our SD card for 218 pictures.
Shown here are the menu options when using Auto record mode. You can change the
Drive mode, Image size and quality, enable or disable Auto DSP, and turn the
Digital Zoom on or off.
In Program AE mode the camera selects the best combination of both shutter speed
and aperture automatically. Icons indicate flash mode, image size and quality,
ISO speed if other than automatic, metering mode, drive mode, and # of pictures remaining.
When you half-press the shutter release, the AF marks turn red and indicate the area in which will be focused.
In Shutter priority mode you set the shutter speed desired to freeze rapid action or
blur motion and the camera automatically selects the proper aperture setting.
In Aperture priority you set the desired aperture for control of depth of field and
the camera will automatically match the proper shutter speed.
In Manual mode you have control of both the shutter speed and aperture value.
And here is a "busy" screen showing Manual capture mode, flash off, Image
size and quality, hard sharpening, high contrast, custom white balance, spot
metering, continuous drive mode, single AF, ISO 50, and the live histogram
display.
In Macro mode the Z3 can cover 0.1 m (0.3 feet) - 1.0 m (3.3 feet) at Wide Angle
and 1.2 m (3.9 feet) - 2.5 m (8.2 feet) at Telephoto. If you need get even
closer, Super Macro mode can get as close as 1cm (0.4 in.)
You can also manually focus on you subject, just select the Manual focus option
in the record menu. You then use the "Up" and "Down" arrows on the 4- way
selector to adjust the focusing range. The image then enlarges to check for
critical focus.
Record mode menu:
Image Size - 2272x1704, 1600x1200, 1280x960, 640x480 Quality - Fine, Standard, Economy White balance - Custom set/recall, Auto, Preset Key function - Assign various functions for the Flash mode button
Focus mode - Single AF, Continuous AF or Manual
Sensitivity - Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400
In Movie mode you can record motion video with audio. The image size can be
640x480 Fine/Standard or 320x240 at either 15fps or 30fps. The length of a video
clip is limited only by the amount of available memory on your SD card. Because
of the "Silent Zoom" mechanism, you can use the zoom lens during recording.
Movie mode menu:
Frame rate - 30fps or 15fps White balance - Custom set/recall, Auto, Preset Movie mode - Standard or Night mode
SETUP menu options: LCDbrightness - Adjust the LCD brightness
File #memory - Sequentially number images
Reset default - Return all settings to factory default
Video output - NTSC or PAL format Transfer mode - Specify camera use with a computer or printer Anti-Shake - Choose Display + Exposure, Exposure only, or disable AS (Off) Self-Timer - Select duration of self-timer (2 or 10 sec.) |
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