Minolta DiMAGE Xi Review

Play mode screen. When you flip the Rec/Play switch to the Play position the last image captured is displayed full screen with overlay data for file folder and number, image resolution and quality, time and date.

Note the left index finger in the shot (top left) - VERY easy to do if you don't hold the camera properly - as the lens is on the top left corner of the camera.

Pressing the Monitor button toggles between the full screen display, full screen w/out overlay and the index mode shown above.

The playback image can be enlarged 1.5x to 4x by pressing the telephoto zoom button. Once an image is enlarged you can scroll around inside of it.

The Play mode menu:

Basic
Delete - Erase current frame, all frames or marked frames

AudioCaption - Add an audio caption to the current image

Lock - Protect images from deletion

Print - Embed DPOF (Digital Print Order) information

E-Mail Copy - create a small copy image: current or marked frames


Setup1
LCD brightness - Adjust color LCD backlight

Power off - Auto power off: 1, 3, 5, 10 or 30 minutes

Audio signals - Camera sounds, On, SoundFX only, w/o SoundFX or Off

Date/Time set - Set time and date in internal clock

Date format - YYYY/MM/DD, MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY


Setup2

Format - Format the SD/MMC card

Folder Name - Std Form, Date Form

File # Memory - Continuous File Numbering at power-down: ON / OFF

Video output - Video output format NTSC or PAL

Language - Set the menu language (five choices)