Minolta DiMAGE S414 Review

Playback screen display with image size and quality, date and time and [image # / total # of images] shown.

Pressing the 4-way selector "Up" will display the extended image information that includes histogram, shutter speed, aperture, white balance, ISO speed and exposure compensation.

Pressing the flash mode button while in play mode enables the zoomed playback feature. You can select a maximum 3.5x magnification in 9 steps. You can scroll around inside of the enlarged image using the 4-way selector.

The thumbnail index mode can show either four or nine (below) images per screen. This allows you to quickly review captured images for viewing or deletion.

9 images per screen thumbnail mode.

The Play mode menu:

Basic

Delete - Delete current frame, marked frames or all frames

Lock - Lock (protect) current frame, marked frames, all frames

Index format - Display 4 or 9 thumbnail images in index mode

Slideshow - Start automatic playback

Play - Select frames for slideshow

Duration - Select the duration each image is displayed

Repeat - Repeat when last image is displayed

Print - Set DPOF printing information

Index Print - Print index sheet

Cancel print - Remove DPOF information

Copy - Copy images between CF cards using camera memory

SETUP options:

BASIC
LCDbrightness - Adjust the LCD brightness

Format - Format the CF card

Power save - 1, 3, 5 or 10 minutes

Language - Chose the menu language

Display mode - Overlay display options (Standard display, Focus frame, Histogram, Grid, Scale, Image only)

Custom 1

File#memory - Sequentially number images

Folder name - Name image folders by (Standard form or Date form)

Select folder - Select the active image folder

Audio signals - Beep sounds: Off, 1, 2

Shutter FX - Shutter sound: Off, 1, 2

Volume - 1 (low), 2, 3 (High)

Custom 2

Reset default - Return all settings to factory default

Date/Time set - Set the time and date

Date format - YYYYMMDD, MMDDYYYY, DDMMYYYY

Video output - NTSC or PAL format