Minolta DIMAGE XT BIZ Manuel utilisateur

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Quick Guide

2BEFORE YOU BEGIN / TABLE OF CONTENTS

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Thank you for purchasing the DiMAGE Xt Biz digital camera. The Xt Biz provides great

features of the DiMAGE Xt, renowned for its non-extending zoom and slim design, and

new recording functions for image and audio annotation, and text image processing with

the DiMAGE Biz Software. Please take the time to read through this instruction manual

so you can enjoy all the features of your new digital camera.

This document explains unique Xt Biz functions, and the basic procedures from

downloading images from the camera through mailing annotation files. For detailed

instructions on DiMAGE Xt camera and Biz Software operations not included in this

manual, read the corresponding instruction manual. Reference page numbers to the

camera and software manuals are given at the bottom of a page or the end of a section.

This instruction manual does not provide instruction in the basic operation of the personal

computers, or the basic operation of Windows operating systems; refer to the manuals

supplied with the computer.

Check the packing list before using this product. This packing list replaces the one in the

DiMAGE Xt camera manual. If any items are missing, immediately contact your camera

dealer.

• DiMAGE Biz Software CD-ROM

• DiMAGE Viewer CD-ROM

• DiMAGE Xt Biz Quick Guide

• DiMAGE Xt camera manual

• DiMAGE Biz Software manual

• DiMAGE Viewer manual

• Warranty card

• Minolta DiMAGE Xt Biz digital camera

• Lithium-ion battery NP-200

• Lithium-ion battery charger BC-300

• Hand strap HS-DG100

• SD Memory Card

• AV cable AVC-200

• USB cable USB-500

Because of the new functions contained in the DiMAGE Xt Biz, Spot AF (Xt manual ref.

page - 54) is not available. The LCD-brightness adjustment screen cannot be activated

with the display button (Xt manual ref. page - 30). The auto reset is initially off and is

turned off with reset-default option in the setup menu. When auto reset is active, the

custom recording modes are reset to standard recording each time the camera is turned

off.

Amendments to the DiMAGE Xt manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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owners.

Names of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Getting up and running. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Camera setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Using the custom recording menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

From annotation to mailing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Recording main images for annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Image annotation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Audio annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Creating .mdm files from camera images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Opening the annotation window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Adding text comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Saving .mdm files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Printing .mdm files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Sending .mdm files by e-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Text recording and processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Text recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Processing text images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Printing text images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Validation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

DiMAGE Xt - Names of parts, 12-13

Mode dial (p. 7, 8)

Controller

LCD monitor*

Display button (p. 13)

Quick View /

Delete button (p. 13)

Menu button (p. 13)

Speaker

4NAMES OF PARTS / GETTING UP AND RUNNING

NAMES OF PARTS

* This camera is a sophisticated optical instrument. Care should be taken to keep these

surfaces clean.

Main switch (p.7)

Microphone (p. 12)

AV-out-terminal/

USB-port (p. 14)

Battery/Card

chamber door

(p. 5)

Shutter-release button

Charger contacts*

Manual reference page

1.Charge the lithium-ion battery. The battery can be charged

when installed in the camera or by itself.

2.Open the battery-chamber door as shown.

3.Insert the battery into the battery chamber. Read the safety

warnings in page 3 in the Xt manual.

4.Insert a memory card into the card slot. Read the

information about handling the card in the Xt manual.

5.Turn on the camera.

6.Turn the mode dial to the setup mode to set the date and

time using the menu.

GETTING UP AND RUNNING

Camera setup

DiMAGE Xt - Inserting the lithium-ion battery, 14-15. Installing and removing a memory card, p.18,

About memory cards, 19. Setting the date and time, 20-21.

Manual reference page

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6GETTING UP AND RUNNING

Annotation: To link images, audio, or text to a specific image as comments.

Comments: Images, audio tracks, or text in an .mdm file used in reference to a main

image. Image and audio comments are created automatically from the linked image

and audio tracks when camera annotation files are opened in the DiMAGE Biz

Software (p. 15).

Linked image, Linked audio track: Images or audio tracks linked to a main image

as comments in the camera. Linked images can be recorded in the camera’s image

annotation mode (p. 9), and linked audio in the audio annotation mode (p. 11).

Main image: An image with linked text, audio, or image comments.Arecorded image

in the camera can have image and audio file linked to it. Additionally, text comments

can be added with the DiMAGE Biz Software.

.mdm file: An annotation file created from a main image with linked images, audio

tracks, or text (p. 14). An .mdm file is created directly with the DiMAGE Biz Software

or when camera annotation files are opened in the application. An .mdm file can be

viewed, edited, printed, and e-mailed using software.

Text recording: To record images of text, graphics, line art or photographs on a white

background with the camera’s text-recording mode (p. 22) to be processed with the

DiMAGE Biz Software.

Glossary

Camera Notes

Images captured by a camera other than the DiMAGE Xt Biz may be incorrectly

marked with the main-image and text-recording indicators on the camera. JPEG and

TIFF images must have 4:3 proportions to be used. Non-camera images can be

converted for camera use with the DiMAGE Biz Software.

Using the custom recording menu

The custom recording menu is the gateway to annotation and text recording. This menu

accesses three custom recording modes: image annotation, audio annotation, and text

recording. Turn the camera on by pressing the main switch

near the shutter-release button (1).

Turn the mode dial to the recording position (2).

The camera is set to the standard recording mode

as described in the Xt camera manual.

Press and hold the center button of the controller

for one second to open the custom recording

menu.

Use the left/right and up/down keys to highlight

the appropriate recording mode.

Press the center button of the controller to select

the mode.

Custom recording menu Standard recording mode: Used to for general

photography and to record the main image used

for annotation (p. 8).

Image-annotation mode: To record and link

images to a main image (p. 9).

Audio-annotation mode: To record and link

audio to a main image (p. 11).

Text-recording mode: To record images of text,

graphics, and line art (p. 22).

Select main image (p. 9, 11)

Select area on main image (p. 10, 12)

Capture images (p. 11) or

audio (p. 12) annotations

Still images and audio tracks can be linked by the camera. This section explains the

procedure, and introduces how to make an .mdm file and send it with the DiMAGE Biz

Software.

8FROM ANNOTATION TO MAILING

FROM ANNOTATION TO MAILING

Record main image (p. 8)

Camera operation

Main images are recorded in the standard recording mode before being annotated.

Images with voice memo or audio captions cannot be used.

Recording main images for annotation

A live image is displayed on the

monitor. Compose the image and

press the shutter-release button to

take the picture. For information on

recording images see the DiMAGE Xt

manual.

DiMAGE Xt - Recording mode - basic operation, 22-30. Recording - advanced operation, 36-53.

Link images or audio in camera (p.8-13)

Software processing

Manual reference page

Standard-recording mode indicator

Connect camera to computer (p. 14)

Create .mdm file from camera images

(p. 15)

Add comments to .mdm file (p. 16-17)

Save / Print .mdm file (p. 18, 19)

Send .mdm file by e-mail (p. 20)

Select the standard-recording mode from the custom recording menu (p. 7).

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Main-image indicator - audio annotations are

linked to this image.

Images are linked to a main image in the image-annotation mode. Up to ten images can

be attached. The main image must be recorded before being annotated. Continuous

advance or voice memo cannot be used in the image-annotation mode.

Image annotation

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Main-image selection screen

Linked-image indicator - the image is linked to a

main image.

Main-image indicator - image annotations are

linked to this image.

Text-mode indicator - the image was captured in

the text-recording mode.

Audio indicator - the image has a voice memo or

audio caption, or it is an audio file.

Movie indicator - the file is a movie file.

To return to the custom recording menu, press and hold the center of the controller for

one second.

E-mail Copy indicator - the image was created

with the E-mail Copy function.

Use the left/right and up/down keys of the controller to highlight the main

image with the yellow border.

Press the center of the controller to select the highlighted image.

Image-annotation mode

indicator

Select the image-annotation mode from the custom recording menu (p. 7).

The main-image selection screen appears.

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A linked image can be selected as a main image for an annotation series; the linked-

image indicator changes to a main-image indicator. The link to the first annotation

series is not lost. The image will be used as a linked image in the first annotation series

and the main image for the second series. When the files are downloaded to the

DiMAGE Biz Software, two annotation files are created.

Notes on annotation

10 FROM ANNOTATION TO MAILING

DiMAGE Xt - Recording mode - basic operation, 22-30. Recording - advanced operation, 36-53.

Movie clips

The following files cannot be used as main images.

Images with voice memos or audio captions

E-mail Copy files

Main images with ten linked images or audio tracks

Audio tracks

The annotation screen with the selected main image

is displayed with a red area marquee. The subsequent

picture is linked to the area in the marquee.

Press the center of the controller to select the area. The

live image is displayed.

Pressing the display button switches the marquee

between the entire and local image areas.

Compose the image to be linked. Press the shutter-release button

to take the annotation image.

Annotation screen

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Manual reference page

Use the left/right and up/down keys of the

controller to move the marquee.

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