MINOLTA RD3000 Instruction Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

BEFORE YOU BEGIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

INTRODUCTION

NAMES OF PARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Camera Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Left side of Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Bottom of Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Data Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

GETTING STARTED RIGHT AWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Deleting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

PREPARATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Holding Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Attaching The Holding Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Inserting Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Low Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Auto Power Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Using the AC Adapter(AC-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Attaching and Removing the Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Attaching the Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Removing the Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Setting the Date/Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Diopter Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Compact Flash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Inserting the Compact Flash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Removing the Compact Flash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

RECORDING

BASIC OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Taking Pictures in Automatic Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Selecting the Record Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Quick View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Image Quality Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

FOCUS DETAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Focus Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Special Focusing Situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Focus Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Direct Manual Focus (DMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Manual Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

EXPOSURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Exposure Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Spot Metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Exposure Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

P Mode – Programmed Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

A Mode – Aperture Prior ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

S Mode – Shutter Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

M Mode – Manual Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ADDITIONAL FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Custom White Balance – Creating a Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Continuous Drive Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Self-timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Remote Control (Sold Separately) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Remote Control Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Focus Hold in Remote Control Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Changing the Remote Control Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Program-reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Counter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Changing ISO Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Formatting a Compact Flash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

FLASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Using Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Attaching an Accessory Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Flash Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

PC Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Using Flash in P, A, S, and M Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Slow Shutter Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Flash Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Wireless/Remote Off-camera Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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PLAY

VIEWING IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Viewing Full Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Viewing AN IMAGE Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

CHANGING THE INDEX DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

DELETING A SINGLE IMAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

CLEARING UNPROTECTED IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

PROTECTING IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

UNPROTECTING IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

ADJUSTING THE LCD MONITOR BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST . . . . . . . . . 102

CHECKING FLASH CARD STATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

VIDEO OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

REPLACING THE CLOCK BACKUP BATTERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

CLEANING THE LENS IN THE RELAY OPTICAL SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . 110

APPENDIX

ACCESSORY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Flashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

File Size/Card Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Camera Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Care and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Technical Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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INTRODUCTION

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NAMES OF PARTS

CAMERA BODY

Connector cover

White balance sensor*

Self-timer lamp

Remote-control receiver

Shutter-release button

Dial

Exposure-mode button

White-balance button

Quality-select button

Drive-mode button

Counter button

Lens release

Lens mount*

Mirror*

Strap eyelet

*Do not touch.

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NAMES OF PARTS

Accessory shoe

Viewfinder*

BUSY lamp

Quick View button

LCD Monitor*

Data panel*

MENU button

SET button

button

button

SPOT button

Control dial

Control dial lock

Program-reset button

DC terminal*

Strap eyelet

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NAMES OF PARTS

LEFT SIDE OF BODY

BOTTOM OF BODY

SCSI connector

Video-out terminal

Diopter-adjustment dial

Card-chamber door

Exposure-compensation button

Manual fill-flash button

PC terminal

Clock battery cover

Strap eyelet

Battery-chamber cover

Tripod socket

With connector cover open

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NAMES OF PARTS

DATA PANEL

White balance indicators

Flash-compensation
indicator

Exposure-compensation
indicator

Exposure mode indicators

Aperture/Exposure­compensation display

Self-timer indicator

Continuous-drive indicator

Single-frame advance indicator

Remote-control indicator

Image quality

indicators

Shutter-speed/

Message display

Battery-condition

indicator

Manual-focus indicator

The following diagram shows all items displayed to aid the explanation.

Frame counter

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NAMES OF PARTS

VIEWFINDER

The following diagram shows all items displayed to aid the explanation.

“Please wait” mark

Flash-on indicator

Focus signals

Flash-compensation indicator

Flash signals

Shutter-speed display

Exposure-compensation
indicator

Aperture/Exposure­compensation display

Spot metering indicator

Focus frame Spot metering frame

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NAMES OF PARTS

Please wait mark

LIT

EXTINGUISHED

WAIT. SHUTTER LOCKED.

READY T O SHOOT.

Focus signals

LIT

LIT

IN FOCUS.

IN FOCUS. FOCUS CHANGES WITH MOVEMENT OF
SUBJECT.

LIT

BLINKING

FOCUSING. SHUTTER LOCKED.

NOT FOCUSED.SHUTTER LOCKED.

Flash-on indicator , Flash signals

LIT

BLINKING

(AFTER TAKING PHOTO)

READY FOR FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY.

FLASH OUTPUT WAS SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE
CORRECT EXPOSURE.

AND LIT

FLASH CHARGED.

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GETTING STARTED RIGHT AWAY

PREPARATION

Insert the batteries or connect
the AC adapter
(see pages 22, 25).

1

Attach the lens (see page 26).

2

Insert the compact flash card
(see page 32).

3

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GETTING STARTED RIGHT AWAY

RECORDING

Turn the Control dial to REC
or .

1

Press the Program-reset button.

• This puts the camera in full-auto
mode.

2

Frame the image in the
viewfinder.

• Place the focus frame on your subject.

3

Press the shutter-release button
partway down.

• Autofocus will activate and will glow
in the viewfinder if focus is confirmed
and locked.

4

Press the shutter release button
all-the-way down to take the pic­ture.

• The busy lamp and the frame counter
in the data panel will blink while the
recorded image is being written to
memory.

• In , the camera will display the
image in the LCD monitor.In REC,
press the Quick View button to see a
brief display of the image.

5

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GETTING STARTED RIGHT AWAY

PLAY

DELETING IMAGES

Turn the Control dial to PLAY.

1

Press the or button to
scroll through the images.

3

Turn the Control dial to PLAY.

1

Select the desired image.

• Press the or button until the image
appears in the LCD monitor.

2

Press the MENU button.

3

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GETTING STARTED RIGHT AWAY

Press the button until
DELETE is highlighted.

4

Press the SET button.

5

Press the button until
DELETE is highlighted.

6

Press the SET button.

• A confir mation screen will appear.

7

Press the button until YES is
highlighted.

8

Press the SET button.

• The LCD monitor will retur n to the
PLAY screen after the image is
deleted.

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PREPARATION

HOLDING STRAP

Use the Holding Strap HC-RD1 for a more secure grip on the camera.

ATTACHING THE HOLDING STRAP

Pass the short tip of the holding
strap through the camera’s upper
strap eyelet, then through the
strap eyelet on the holding strap.

1

Pass the long tip of the holding
strap through the camera’s bot­tom eyelet, then through the
buckle on the holding strap.

2

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PREPARATION

• The holding strap may be fitted to three locations on this camera. Use the strap
eyelet at the left side of the back of the camera when attaching the camera neck
strap or wide strap (available separately) designed for Minolta single-lens reflex
(SLR) cameras.

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PREPARATION

INSERTING BATTERIES

Fully charge all four of the supplied NiMH batteries before use.

• To prevent damage to the cover, do not set the camera down on a surface with the
cover open.

Using a coin or similar object,
turn the battery-chamber lock
counter-clockwise.

1

Open the battery chamber.

2

Insert the batteries as indicated
by the + and – marks.

3

Close the cover, then turn the
battery-chamber cover to CLOSE
to lock it.

4

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PREPARATION

LOW BATTERY WARNING

Your camera is equipped with an automatic batter y-condition indicator.

• If no display appears, replace the batteries or check that they are inserted
correctly.

Full-Battery symbol – Each time the camera is
turned on, the battery-condition indicator will briefly
appear in the data panel. indicates the battery
power is full.

Blinking low battery – Power is low, but all func­tions are operational.The battery will have to be
replaced very soon.

Blinking low-battery alone and shutter locks – Power
is insufficient for camera operation.

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PREPARATION

Control Dial set to PLAY

To save power, the LCD monitor will shut down after approximately 10 minutes if the
camera is not used (unless the camera is connected to the PC). Press the Quick View
button to switch on the monitor again.

Control Dial set to REC or

The Auto Power Off function does not work with this setting. If the camera is left
unused for more than 8 minutes with a compact flash card warning (Card Full, Card
Error, Non-compatible Card) on the data panel, the panel is shut down. Retur n the
Control Dial to the OFF position, and then turn it to REC or .

AUTO POWER OFF

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PREPARATION

USING THE AC ADAPTER (AC-2)

Use the AC Adapter AC-2 allows the camera to receive power from an electrical out­let. Use of the AC adapter is recommended to conserve batteries during periods of
heavy use.It is also recommended when interfacing the camera with the computer.

Always turn the Control Dial to OFF, and switch the digital camera
power supply off, before changing from batteries to AC adapter or
vice versa. Do not change the power supply while the camera is ON.

Insert the mini plug into the cam­era’s AC terminal.

1

Insert the AC plug into an electri­cal outlet.

2

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PREPARATION

ATTACHING AND REMOVING THE LENS

A TT A CHING THE LENS

• Do not insert the lens at an angle.

• Do not press the lens release when attaching the lens.

A

F

/M

80

56

Remove the camera body cap
and rear lens cap as shown.

1

Align the red mounting dot on
the lens with the red dot on the
mount.

2

Turn the lens clokwise until it
clicks.

3

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PREPARATION

REMOVING THE LENS

Press the lens release and turn
the lens counter-clockwise until it
stops.

1

Gently remove the lens from the
mount and replace the caps.

2

• Do not force the lens if it does not turn smoothly.

• Do not touch the inside of the camera, especially the lens contact and mirror.

• Remove dust, dirt, and moisture from the lens mount area before attaching or
removing a lens.

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PREPARATION

SETTING THE DATE/TIME

This camera records the date and time an image was captured. For your reference,
set the date and time for accuracy.

With the Control dial lock button
pushed in the direction, turn
the Control dial to the right to the
PLAY position.

1

Press the MENU button on the
back of the camera.

• The top menu will appear.

2

Press the or button a num­ber of times to highlight DATE,
and press the SET button.

• The DATE menu will appear.

3

Press the or button to high­light DATE SET on the DATE
menu, and press the SET button.

• The DATE SET menu will appear.

• Skip this adjustment if the date and
time are correct, and go directly to [8].

4

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PREPARATION

Press the SET button as many
times as required to highlight the
value to be changed.

• Press the SET button repeatedly to
move the highlight to year month

day hour minute.

5

Press the or button to adjust
the setting.

6

Once the Minute value has been
changed, press the SET button.

• The inter nal clock begins operation,
and the system returns to the DATE
menu.

7

Press the or button to
highlight DATE FORMAT on the
DATE menu, and press the SET
button.

• The DATE FORMAT menu will appear.

• Skip this adjustment if the date format
is correct, and go directly to [11].

8

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PREPARATION

Press the or button to
highlight the desired date format.

9

Press the SET button.

• The LCD monitor retur ns to [1].

10

Press the or button to high­light END on the DATE menu, and
press the SET button.

• The LCD monitor retur ns to [1].

11

The clock backup battery is low if the item
at left appears on the data panel. Read the
section on page 108, and then replace the
battery.

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PREPARATION

DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT

If you are near or far sighted, you can use this control to adjust the eyepiece for your
eyesight.The diopter adjustment range is from -4 to +2 dioptres.

ADJUSTING THE DIOPTER

Remove the lens (see page 27),
and direct the camera body
towards the light.

1

Look through the viewfinder and
turn the viewfinder dial until the
focus frame is clearly visible.

2

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PREPARATION

COMPACT FLASH CARD

INSERTING THE COMPACT FLASH CARD

Your camera requires a compact flash card to be inser ted before capturing images.

• Always ensure that the BUSY lamp is extinguished or not blinking before inserting
or removing the compact flash card from the camera.

• The data in the card will be lost, or the card itself may be damaged, if the
compact flash card is removed while the BUSY lamp is lit.

Open the card-chamber door.

1

Insert the compact flash card into
the card slot, pushing it in until
the card-release lever pops out.

• Insert the card so the back label faces
away from the camera.

• Push the card in straight, not at an
angle.

• Wrong direction: If the card stops mid­way, confir m the direction of the card.
Do not force the card.

2

Close the card-chamber door.

3

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PREPARATION

REMOVING THE COMPACT FLASH CARD

Open the card-chamber door.

1

Press the card-release button to
eject the card.

2

Pull the memory card straight
out.

3

Close the card-chamber door
after removing the card.

4