MINOLTA DIMAGE XT Service Manual Check List

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1. This Check List describes the quality of operation warranted for general users. When the users inquire about quality or request inspection, refer to this Check List. Use this list also when checking operations after repair.

2. For shipping or receiving inspection, judge the quality according to the type of inspection. For individual tastes or for special usage, some users may not be satisfied with this level of quality and

will request a different one. In such cases, try to adjust the level of quality to their satisfaction.

4. Checking items which are characterized as sensory test are not included in this section. Adjust those items according to the product itself or user's request.

Table of Contents NAMES OF PARTS

NAMES OF PARTS

NAMES OF PARTSNAMES OF PARTS APPEARANCE

APPEARANCE and FUNCTION

APPEARANCEAPPEARANCE

Appearance ....................................................................................................................................... 3

Function ............................................................................................................................................ 3

Files and folders ............................................................................................................................... 6

MENU settings................................................................................................................................. 7

Indication Lamp ............................................................................................................................... 9

PERFORMANCE

PERFORMANCE ................................

PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE

Color Calculator 2 Installation...................................................................................................... 10

Using Color Calculator 2 ............................................................................................................... 10

Macbeth Color Checker.................................................................................................................. 10

Grayscales....................................................................................................................................... 10

Grayscales........................................................................................................................................11

Color Reproduction..........................................................................................................................11

Ambient Exposure Accuracy.......................................................................................................... 12

Flash Exposure Accuracy............................................................................................................... 12

Resolving Power ............................................................................................................................. 13

B.C. Lock Voltage ........................................................................................................................... 14

Current Consumption .................................................................................................................... 15

Current Leak .................................................................................................................................. 15

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NAMES OF PARTS (Body)

AV-out-terminal/ USB-port

Shutter-release

Main switch

Flash

button

Lens

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Strap eyelet

Battery/Card chamber door

DC terminal

Viewfinder

LCD monitor

Self-timer lamp

Indicator lamp

Viewfinder window

Controller

Mode dial

Recording mode Playback mode Movie/Audio recording mode

SETUP

Setup mode

Microphone

Speaker

Flash-mode button

Menu button

Display button

QV/

Delete button

Tripod socket Chager contacts

APPEARANCE and FUNCTION

Appearance

Item Procedure Requirement / Remarks

Appearance Check the appearance of the

camera visually.

Function

Item Procedure Requirement / Remarks

Battery Installation

SD Memory Card Installation

Main Switch ON (Recording mode)

Viewfinder 1. Bring the camera to eye level. No dust or stain in the viewfinder.

Zoom 1. Press the up/down key of the

Button Functions Flash-mode button

Display button

QV/Delete button

1. Slide the battery/card chamber door down and install the battery into the camera.

1. Insert a SD memory card into the camera.

1. Press the main switch.

controller.

Wideangle to Telephoto Telephoto to wideangle

1. Press the button.

No scratches, stains, clearance gap

When opening, closing or sliding the battery chamber door, its motion is not sticking or loose. After installing the battery, the battery is not sticking or loose.

At installing the SD memory card, it is not sticking or loose. Pressing the card into the card slot and then releasing ejects the card. A live image appears on the LCD monitor. When the SD memory card and battery are inserted into the camera initially, a message “Set date and time” appears on the LCD monitor. When the lens barrier opens, its sliding motion is not sticking or loose. (Check in both normal and inverted position)

Also, no shadows or an inclined image.

The key operation is smooth. Image on the LCD or viewfinder zooms smoothly.

Each time the button is pressed, flash mode switches: Autoflash > Autoflash with red-ey reduction > Fill-flash > Flash cancel > Night portrait > Autoflash

Pressing the button switches:

Full display > Live image only > LCD off

Pressing the button switches: Live view > Playback>Delete confirmation

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Menu button

Recording Mode

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Item Procedure Requirement / Remarks

1. Press the button.

2. Press the left/right keys and up/down keys.

1. Bring the camera to eye level

and press the shutter-release button partway down. (S1 ON)

2. Press the shutter-release

button all the way down.(S2 ON)

3. Capture an image in self-timer

mode.

4. Capture an image with flash.

5. View the live image on display

with digital zoom.

Keys control the cursor and change the settings.

“---“appears when the SD card is not installed. AE and AF are activated. The indicator lamp next to the viewfinder lights.

After the shutter release, the live view briefly disappears, then reappears.

Selecting Menu > Basic > Drive mode > Self-timer sets to self-timer mode. At S2 ON, self-timer LED blinks and the shutter will be activated by a 10-sec. delay.

Set to fill-flash mode. Flash fires at each shutter release. After S2, LED blinks in red (charging) and then in orange (data writing). When setting to red-eye reduction mode, the flash fires multiple bursts before the main burst.

1. Selecting Menu > Custom2 > Digital zoom selects digital zoom setting and pressing the center of the controller changes the setting.

2. Pressing the center of the controller to select and then enter button sets to the digital zoom.

3. Press the key up to set to telephoto.

4. Pressing the key continuously switches optical zoom to digital zoom automatically and the image will be enlarged by 1.1x,

1.2x, 1.3x…4.0x.

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Item Procedure Requirement / Remarks

Playback Mode 1. Turn the mode dial to playback

mode position.

2. Record an audio caption.

3. Playback the recorded audio caption.

Menu setting Press the menu button. Pressing the menu button lights the LCD.

AC adapter Connect the AC adapter Pressing the main switch turns on the

Data Transfer Mode

Insert a SD memory card

1. into the camera.

Turn on the PC and connect

2. the camera to the computer via the USB cable.

Turn on the camera.

Open the folder in the camera. (shown as removable drive) To disconnect USB, perform unplug-eject- process on the computer, and press the power switch and disconnect the camera from the computer.

The latest image appears on the LCD monitor. Pressing the left/right keys scrolls to the next recorded image.

1. Select an image to add an audio caption, and press the menu button.

2. Select Basic > AudioCaption > Enter , and start recording for 15 sec. at maximum (keep 20cm from microphone)

3. Pressing the enter button stops recording.

4. Pressing the menu button returns to playback display.

Pressing the enter button starts the audio playback.

Menu setting in enabled . See Menu setting list in this manual.

camera. The data transfer mode indicator appears on the top left corner of the LCD monitor.

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