Rollei d23com User Manual

Rollei d23 com

Instructions for use

Thank you for buying this digital camera. Please read these instructions carefully to fully understand the different features of your camera.

This symbol confirms conformity of the camera with European Union regulations governing electrical equipment. CE stands for Conformité Européenne (European Conformity).

PROPER AND SAFE USE

Carefully read all notes and warnings before using your camera.

WARNINGs

If the camera is used improperly, the batteries may get hot and even explode.

• Use exclusively batteries of the type specified in this manual.

• Be sure not to invert the polarity of batteries when inserting them.

• Do not expose the batteries to fire or high temperatures.

• Never try to recharge dry cells, short-circuit or open them.

• Never use batteries of different make or age in a set.

• Follow normal rules for the use of batteries.

Seien Sie achtsam, wenn die Kamera in der Nähe von kleinen Kindern verwendetwird, da es zu unvorhergesehenen Unfällen kommen kann.

Be very careful when using the camera near small children to avoid unexpected accidents. Keep batteries and other objects that might be swallowed away from small children.

Immediately call a doctor should such an object be swallowed. Immediately remove the batteries and turn off the camera if…

• the camera has been dropped or subject to impact so that its interior components might be damaged;

• the camera emits smoke, smell or heat.

• Do not walk or run while looking at the camera’s screen.

NEVER try to dismantle the camera! Touching its circuits involves the risk of electric shocks! Should repair or maintenance become necessary, consult your dealer.

CAUTION

The temperature of the camera rises during prolonged use. Take care when using the camera and changing batteries or the memory card.

BEFORE YOU START

Check whether the contents of your package is complete. Should this not be the case, consult your camera dealer or contact an authorized Customer Service Center.

• Camera

• Size AA alkaline batteries (4x)

• Video cable

• Wrist strap

• Camera case

• USB cable

• Software on CD-ROM:

USB drivers for Windows®98/Windows®98 Second Edition/Windows 2000 Prof/Me USB drivers for Mac OS 8.6/9/9.0.2/9.0.4 Windows®/Macintosh (PDF) Manual Adobe PhotoDeluxe 4.0 Family Edition, CD-ROM for Windows® Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0 CD-ROM for Macintosh

• Documentation (hard copy)

Warranty Card

CONTENTS

Proper and safe use................................................................................................ 4

Before you start...................................................................................................... 5

Contents ................................................................................................................ 6

Description of parts ....................................................................................... 10

Camera body ................................................................................................ 10

Terminals....................................................................................................... 12

Bottom plate ................................................................................................. 12

LCD monitor ................................................................................................. 13

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

Brief instructions ........................................................................................... 16

Setting up the camera ................................................................................... 16

Taking pictures .............................................................................................. 16

Playback........................................................................................................ 18

Deleting images ............................................................................................ 19

Setting up the camera

Attaching the wrist strap ............................................................................... 23

Loading the batteries.....................................................................................24

Checking battery power ................................................................................ 26

Automatic cutoff........................................................................................... 27

Using the optional AC adapter ...................................................................... 27

Inserting and removing the CF memory card.................................................. 28

Inserting the CompactFlash™ card ................................................................28

Removing the CompactFlash™ card ..............................................................29

Taking pictures

Basic modes

Display of LCD screen in Record mode........................................................... 34

Camera settings ............................................................................................ 35

Focusing........................................................................................................ 36

Focus lamp.................................................................................................... 36

Focusing range in autofocus mode (shortest focusing distance) ..................... 36

Special focusing conditions............................................................................37

Focus lock (for off-center subjects) ................................................................ 38

Manual focusing ........................................................................................... 39

CONTENTS

Built-in flash ......................................................................................................... 41

Flash range....................................................................................................41

Choosing a flash mode..................................................................................42

Flash ready lamp ........................................................................................... 43

Additional features

Continuous shooting............................................................................................ 45

Self-timer ............................................................................................................. 48

Digital zoom.........................................................................................................51

Macro mode......................................................................................................... 53

Exposure compensation........................................................................................ 55

Playback mode

Record-mode settings...........................................................................................58

Record-mode display (LCD screen)................................................................. 58

Record-mode settings....................................................................................58

Choosing image quality........................................................................................ 60

Choosing image size............................................................................................. 63

White-balance settings .........................................................................................65

Sharpness settings................................................................................................ 68

Playback mode

Single-frame playback ................................................................................... 71

Screen display in playback mode ................................................................... 72

Image-data display on screen ........................................................................ 73

Index playback...................................................................................................... 74

Zoom playback..................................................................................................... 77

Slide show............................................................................................................79

Starting the slide show ..................................................................................79

Stopping the slide show ................................................................................ 81

Settings in slide-show menu .......................................................................... 82

Deleting images

Deleting an image ......................................................................................... 86

Deleting all images ........................................................................................ 90

CONTENTS

Playback settings

The playback menu .............................................................................................. 94

The playback menu (LCD screen) ................................................................... 94

Playback options and settings........................................................................ 94

DPOF print settings............................................................................................... 96

Selecting the image and the number of prints ............................................... 96

Index-print settings...................................................................................... 100

Canceling DPOF print settings ..................................................................... 102

Folder name ....................................................................................................... 104

Notes on the DCF format

(Design Rule for Camera File System).......................................................... 106

Setup Setup menu

Setup-menu display on LCD screen.............................................................. 108

Setup-menu settings ................................................................................... 108

Adjusting the brightness of the LCD screen ........................................................ 110

Automatic cutoff ................................................................................................ 112

Formatting a CompactFlash card ........................................................................ 114

Setting date and hour......................................................................................... 116

Activating the beeper ......................................................................................... 120

Video out

Switching video out.....................................................................................122

Choosing the screen language............................................................................ 124

Resetting to factory defaults............................................................................... 126

Connecting your camera to a computer

Connecting your camera to a computer.............................................................. 129

Installing the driver software............................................................................... 129

Installing Adobe PhotoDeluxe............................................................................. 139

CONTENTS

Annex

Watching your images on a TV screen ................................................................142

Troubleshooting.................................................................................................. 143

Hints on working with the camera...................................................................... 147

Care and storage................................................................................................151

Specifications ................................................................................................... . 152

System requirements .......................................................................................... 155

DESCRIPTION OF PARTS

KAMERAGEHÄUSE

*Do not touch!

Shutter release

Control dial

Data monitor

Viewfinder window

Self-timer lamp

Flash*

Lens*

Terminal cover

Flash sensor*

Flash ready lamp (orange)

DESCRIPTION OF PARTS

Focus lamp (green)

MENU button

Viewfinder eyepiece*

ON/OFF switch

Strap eyelet

ENTER

LCD screen*

DISPLAY button

Card slot

Four-way toggle

DESCRIPTION OF PARTS

TERMINALS

Power supply Video out USB connector

BOTTOM PLATE

Battery-compartment cover

Tripod socket 1/4“

DESCRIPTION OF PARTS

DATA MONITOR

The diagram below shows all the data that can be displayed on the data monitor.

Image size

No. of images remaining*/ No card

Flash mode

Battery condition

Self-timer

* The number of images remaining can only be approximate because it varies with JPEG

compression which is a function of subject characteristics.

DESCRIPTION OF PARTS

Viewfinder

Focus lamp (green) Close-up parallax marks

Flash ready lamp (orange)

Close-up parallax marks

If you sight a subject closer than 1 m through the optical viewfinder, you will have to make allowance for parallax. In this case, only the portion below the parallax marks will be captured. It is therefore advisable to use the LCD screen for close-up shots, which is parallax-free.

DESCRIPTION OF PARTS

Focus lamp (green)

Lit Subject in focus.

Blinking rapidly (approx. 8 times per second) Focusing impossible.

(Contrast too low, subject too dark or too close. Or – in macro mode – subject too far away.)

Blinking slowly (approx. twice per second) Image being written to CompactFlash card

or loaded from CompactFlash card.

Focusing area

In autofocus mode, the camera will focus on the shaded area.

Flash ready lamp (orange)

Lit Flash ready to fire.

Blinking rapidly (approx. 8 times per

second) when shutter release is pressed fully.

Blinking slowly (approx. twice per second), with flash OFF.

Flash recharging, shutter remains locked.

Slow shutter speed will be used. (Use tripod to avoid camera shake.)

BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS

SETTING UP THE CAMERA

TAKING PICTURES

For details, see page 32.

Load batteries (see page 24).

Insert CompactFlash‘ card (see page 28).

Turn control dial to

Switch camera on pushing ON/OFF switch.

BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS

Compose your picture using the optical

viewfinder or the LCD screen.

Use the four-way toggle to zoom in or out, if

necessary. (

• Press

7 Press the shutter release halfway.

• The green focus lamp lights when the camera has completed focusing.

/ ).

to zoom in (telephoto). to zoom out (wide-angle).

Press the shutter release down fully to take

your picture.

• Your picture appears on the LCD screen.

• The green focus lamp blinks slowly while the picture is being saved on your CompactFlash card (approx twice per second).

BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS

PLAYBACK

For details, see page 71.

Turn the control dial to

Switch the camera on pushing the ON/OFF

switch.

• The last picture captured appears on the LCD screen.

Pressing the

preceding or the following image.

or toggle lets you display the

DELETING IMAGES

For details, see page 86.

BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS

Display the image to be deleted proceeding as

described under [1] to [3] under PLAYBACK on the preceding page.

Press the MENU button.

• The playback menu appears on the LCD screen.

Once [DELETE] is highlighted, press the

toggle.

Once [SELECT] is highlighted, press the ENTER

button.

BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS

• The image to be deleted appears on the LCD screen. The display shown at left lets you choose whether or not you wish to delete the image.

Press the

then press the ENTER button.

• The image displayed under [1] is deleted.

To cancel deletion, select [NO] and press the ENTER button.

• The LCD screen returns to playback mode.

Press the MENU button.

• The LCD screen resets to playback menu.

toggle so that [YES] is highlighted,

SETTING UP THE CAMERA

ATTACHING THE WRIST STRAP

Thread the loop of the wrist strap through the

strap eyelet.

Thread the other end of the wrist strap

through the loop and tighten.

LOADING THE BATTERIES

The camera is powered by four size AA alkaline or NiMH batteries.

• If you use rechargeable (NiMH) batteries, make sure they have been fully loaded with the aid of a suitable charger.

Always switch the camera off before changing batteries!

• You may skip this step when you load batteries for the first time after buying your camera.

Open the battery compartment pushing its cover as illustrated (1), then flip the cover open (2).

Load the batteries with correct polarity, following the +/- marks.

LOADING THE BATTERIES

Close the battery compartment as shown (1) and push the cover shut so that it clicks into place (2).

• After changing batteries, check whether the built-in clock shows the right date and time (see page 116). If the camera is neither loaded with batteries nor connected to AC, the clock may be slow or reset entirely. Should this be the case, reset the date and time as described on page 116.

• Never put the camera down with its battery compartment open to avoid damage to the compartment cover.

• Be careful when changing batteries: The spent cells may be hot!

LOADING THE BATTERIES

CHECKING BATTERY POWER

With batteries loaded, the camera automatically checks their condition and displays the result on the data monitor.

lit

The display goes dead, followed by fivesecond blinking of dead again.

• Replace all batteries by fresh ones.

• Remove all batteries and use the optional AC adapter (see page 27).

• If the data monitor remains blank, replace the batteries or check whether they have been loaded with correct polarity (+/-).

- Full power

- Less than full power, but camera remains fully operative

, whereupon it goes

– Battery power insufficient for operation of camera.

LOADING THE BATTERIES

AUTOMATIC CUTOFF

To save energy, the camera will automatically cut off three minutes after its last use. To restore it to operating condition, switch it on again using the ON/OFF switch.

• With batteries, the cutoff interval may be extended to 5 minutes, 10 minutes or 30 minutes (see page 112).

• When powered by the optional AC adapter, the camera will automatically cut off 30 minutes after its last use. This interval cannot be varied.

USING THE OPTIONAL AC ADAPTER

Using the optional AC adapter, the camera can be connected to a wall outlet. This is advisable for prolonged shooting sessions, above all when the camera is linked up to a PC.

Make sure the camera is turned off before changing from battery to AC power or vice versa. NEVER change the power supply with the camera switched on!

Plug the AC adapter into the camera terminal.

• The shape of the plug depends on the type of AC adapter used.

Connect the AC adapter to a wall outlet.

INSERTING/REMOVING THE COMPACTFLASH‘ (CF) CARD

Be sure to turn the camera off before inserting or changing the CompactFlash‘ card. The data on the card may be lost or the card itself damaged if it is inserted or changed with the camera switched on. Format the card after loading down your pictures to your computer.

Inserting the CompactFlash‘ card

Open the card slot as shown.

Insert the CF card into the card slot.

• Insert the card with its flat side facing the

camera lens and the signal end facing down, pushing it as far as it will go.

• Take care not to jam the card, insert it straight.

• Should the card jam, make sure you are inserting it the right way round. Never use force, or you may damage the card and/or your camera!

INSERTING/REMOVING THE COMPACTFLASH‘ (CF)

REMOVING THE CF CARD

Swing the ejector lever down as shown.

• Make sure the lever is swung down, or the card slot cannot be closed.

Close the card slot to that it clicks shut.

CARD

Switch the camera off.

Open the card slot as shown.

Swing the ejector lever up as shown.

INSERTING/REMOVING THE COMPACTFLASH‘ (CF) CARD

Press the ejector lever straight in.

• The card will be ejected part of the way so that it can easily be gripped and removed.

• Proceed with care: The card might be hot!

• Keep the card in its case.

Close the card slot so that it clicks shut.

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