Minolta DIMAGE 7I - SOFTWARE User manual

Brand: Minolta

Model: DIMAGE 7I - SOFTWARE

Type: User manual

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• Succesor of Popular DiMAGE 7

• Highest Image Quality –

5.24 Megapixel (total) 2/3 in CCD

• Complete Flexibility –

Minolta GT Lens 28 - 200 mm*

and Full Range of System

Accessories

• Fast Convenient –

Improved AF System

• Improved Digital Technology

• Attractively Designed

* Equivalent to 35mm format

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Recording Art

Business

Play

Mobile

users

People who make use of

images for business pur-

poses

Users whose profession is

creating and processing

images

Home

users

Picture-ori-

ented PC

users

Photography

buffs

Intelligent

early

adopters

Target Consumers

Hobbyists

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MAIN TARGET USERS:

Picture-oriented PC users who care about

picture quality and functions

(general consumer market)

SUB TARGET USERS

Photo enthusiasts and hobbyist

People who make use of images for business

purposes (business user market)

Main purposes: presentations, image databases,

reports, and printing (simplified

printing)

Business field: medical specialists, R&D centres,

factories, magazines, news

media, government offices, and

general companies

Characteristics of target users:

• Most users have conventional cameras for silver-

halide film material and feel a sense of closeness

to photography.

• They use computers for various applications and

have some knowledge of image editing software.

• They find great value in using digital images

(speed, cost, convenience).

• They have a strong desire to take high-level

pictures, and thus rather than compactness, they

place more emphasis on functions including

picture quality, controllability, flexibility with

scenes and prefer a large number of manual

mode functions.

• Hobbyist aged 30 to 60 who is willing to spend

money (choosing performance rather than price)

and has selective tastes.

Target Consumers

Selling Arguments

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Highest Image Quality

5.24 Megapixel 2/3in CCD

Newly Developed Image Process System

CxProcess (“Clear and Excellent Images“)

12 bit A/D (Analogue to Digital) Converter

Based on LSI (Large Scale Integration) Chip

for Super Fast Image Processing

User benefits:

• Fine print quality.

It is possible to create enlargements up to approx.

A3 size (ink-jet printer resolution), with DiMAGE 7i

• Vivid reproduction of colours, close to the limit

of the human eyes’ colour perception

• Clearer images at high-frequency ranges.

Suitable for landscape photography and far

away objects

• 12 bit A/D processing - discriminates 4096

levels of R, G, and B for each pixel

8bit Output

12bit Input 10bit Input

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Improved version of Minolta´s proprietary

Image Process System CxProcess

(“Clear and Excellent Images“)

The CxProcess takes advantage of the high-reso-

lution CCD to effortless perform edge treatment

achieving sharp and high-contrast images with

good quality. It also provides a fine representation

of shaded area and it reproduces colours extremly

faithfully.

Selling Arguments

Resolution

Contrast Clear

Reproduction of

shaded areas

Sharp ColoursNoise

Sharpness: Reproducing of full details of the

object. Providing a sense of dimensionality by

increasing low-frequency contrast.

Colour reproduction: Rendering colours like

human skin or the green of trees as faithfully as

possible. Colours are rendered without flashiness,

but with a vividness that fixes them in the memory.

Yellow Area: CxProcess

Gradation: Skin tones are presented smoothly.

Images are given a lucid, transparent clarity. Sufficient

range of reproduction from dark areas to bright areas

Noise: The actual feel of the scene is presented,

without letting the noise run wild yet not simply glos-

sing it over.

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Highest Image Quality

Ultra High Resolution Minolta GT 7X APO

zoom lens

Two AD (Anomalous Dispersion) glass

lenses and two dual aspheric glass ele-

ments

NEW: Dual-focal Macro System (used at

telephoto and wide-angle position)

Aspheric lens (moulded glass aspheric lens)

Anomalous dispersion glass

Optical System

greatest telephoto

widest angle

User benefits:

• Details can be kept sharp by suppressing

chromatic aberration

• Megapixel compatible lens can provide clear

images to a 7 million pixel 2/3in type CCD

16 elements in 13 groups

Selling Arguments

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Complete Flexibility

Minolta GT Optical 7X Zoom with

One Touch 2X Digital Zoom

7X Optical Zoom + 2X Digital Zoom

= 14X Zoom Ratio

28mm (Wide Angle) to 400mm (Telephoto)*

Super Macro up to 13cm from lens

Max. Magnification: 0.7X*

NEW: Dual-Focal Macro system can be

used in at both telephoto and wide angle

Large Aperture f2.8 (28 mm) - f3.5 (200 mm)

* Equivalent to 35mm format

User benefits:

• Suitable for a variety of applications ranging

from landscape photos to travel, sports events

and business purposes

• Improved motion dumping function to reduce

blurring

• Ideal for applications which use telephoto, such

as athletic meets

• Macro performance makes it suitable for shoot-

ing insects as well as flowers

• Real wide angle with 28 mm, which is not usu-

ally to build in conventional DSCs

• Even with the Digital Zoom, images are cap-

tured at a high resolution of 1.3 Megapixels

Selling Arguments

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Focal lengths from 28 mm to 50 mm are

suitable for wide angle photos, especially

architecture.

Mid-range focal lengths and short telepho-

to are the best choice for shooting portraits

without standing too close to the subject.

Telephoto lenses bring the objects closer and make good nature and sports photos (200 mm and more). In

special cases the digital zoom should be activated. This Super Telephoto lets objects appear even closer.

28 mm 35 mm 50 mm

100 mm 115 mm 140 mm

200 mm 222 mm 285 mm 308 mm

400 mm

optical digital

DiMAGE 7i 28-200mm (digital up to 400mm)

optical digital

DiMAGE X 37-111mm (digital up to 222mm)

optical digital

DiMAGE F100 38-114mm (digital up to 285mm)

DiMAGE S404 35-140mm (digital up to 308mm)

28mm 35mm 50mm 100mm 200mm 300mm 400mm 500mm

All focal lengths correspond to 35mm format.

Selling Arguments

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Complete Flexibility – Improved AF

High precision 3-point wide AF supported

by automatic monitor amplification

NEW: Faster Autofocus

NEW: DMF (Direct Manual Focus)

Flex Focus Point (FFP) = Movable AF

Cross Hair

NEW: Grid and scale displays

NEW: Real-time Histogram

User benefits:

• Autofocus possible with a light source as low as

Bv 6 (Ev -1, ISO 100)

• SLR-type focussing screen allows selection of

the desired image, for easier composition

• With the Real-time Histogram exposure can be

checked before shooting

Selling Arguments

Flex-Focus-Point (FFP)

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Complete Flexibility –

High Performance AE

Multi Segment Metering with 300 segments

Centre Weighted Average

Spot Metering

P/S/A/M Modes with ”P” Reset

Program Shift

NEW: Exposure time from 4 s to 1/4000 s

bulb exposure up to 30 s

ISO setting Auto/100/200/400/800

User benefits:

• Taking impressive pictures easily

• The presets for Sunset, Night Portrait, Portrait,

Sports/Action and Text allow the photographer

to concentrate entirely on framing the pictures

he wants

Selling Arguments

Complete Flexibility –

Digital Functions

Digital Subject Programm Selection

• Sports, Portrait, Sunset, Night Portrait, and Text

White-Balance

• Auto, Custom, Preset (daylight, cloudy, tung-

sten, fluorescent)

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Complete Flexibility –

Flash Functions

NEW: Improved Flash metering (for macro)

If macro lever is switched or while the macro

flash is mounted, the aperture adjustment

interval is enlarged, and when the sensitivity

is on auto, sensitivity is automatically set to

ISO 100.

NEW: Flash modes added (Wireless Flash)

Wireless /Remote flash mode in addition to

Autoflash, Fill Flash, Red-Eye Reduction

and Rear Flash Sync

NEW: PCT-100 for cord synch

This cord synch adapter allows to activate

studio flashes via cable.

NEW: Flash Control

For manual flash operating (with external or

older flashes) the pre-flash is omitted from

the sequence to shorten the shutter-release

time lag. The guide number of the internal

flash can be changed to activate a slave

flash without pre-flash.

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Complete Flexibility –

Full range of system accesory

Compatible with Dynax Accessories

• External High Power Flash

(3600HS-D and 5600HS-D)

• External Macro Flashes*

(Macro Ring Flash 1200, Twin Flash 2400)

• Remote Cords (RC-1000S/L)

External Battery Pack

49mm Filter Thread

NEW: PC Flash Adapter

• Mounting flash with sync cord and it facilitates

the connection of flashes (studio flashes to

Dimage 7i/7/5).

User benefits:

• Higher photographic potential and more free-

dom of expression by combining the camera

with accessories

• Improved productivity and picture quality in the

professional field

• Although designed for amateurs, the Digital Still

Camera (DSC) also allows professional shoot-

ing (e.g. macro photos with flash in the medical

field)

• Flash attachment turns consumer DSC into a

studio-quality camera, suitable for product pho-

tos or medical use.

Selling Arguments

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Fast Convenient – Improved AF

System & High Speed Operations

NEW: Faster Processing

• Raising the clock frequency of the image pro-

cessing LSI chip to 90 Mhz (from 70 Mhz)

NEW: Faster Autofocus (twice of the

DiMAGE 7)

• Edge Width Sensing for faster Autofocus

• Adjustable CCD readout in AF mode

• Faster stepping motor

NEW: Reset of focus in manual mode

NEW: Shorter time lag for shutter release

NEW: UHS continous advanced

• Five times faster than continous advanced

(approx. 7 fps )

User benefits:

• Improved tracking enables fast and accurate

focussing

• In the UHS continous advanced the DiMAGE 7i

uses a progressive SXGA readout to photo-

graph fast scenes

Selling Arguments

Power management

• Although the clock frequency is raised, the

power consumption is less than the DiMAGE 7.

• During non-operational periods the clock fre-

quency decreases

• A new digital-digital converter provides a lower

voltage level where batterie exhaustion shuts

down the camera

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Improved Digital Functions –

for Easy Operation

Versatile electronic viewfinder (EVF)

• Colours reproduced in the EVF look closer to

the colours reproduced on a sRGB Monitor

NEW: Improved low-temperature poly-

silicon high-contrast LCD with wide

viewing angle

NEW: Vivid colour mode

NEW: Black and White toned colours by

using digital filter

NEW: Improved Digital Effects Control and

Digital Enhanced Bracketing

• New Fuction Filter is added to contrast, expo-

sure and colour saturation

NEW: Data imprinting function

• Text entry with French as German specials

(mounted vowels)

NEW: Grid and scale displays

• Comparable to L and S Type focussing screens

for SLR cameras

Selling Arguments

User benefits:

• Using filter opens a wide range of photographic

experience. Possible to adjust and check all

images as necessary through the viewfinder

before shooting.

• Well suited for mobile use

• Complete paralax-free viewing through the EFV

and seening 100% of the image

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Improved Digital Functions –

for using Movie Functions

Movie recording with sound

• 60 s (max.) with monoaural audio and image

size 320 x 240 Pixel

Time laps movie

• 4 fps with 640 x 480 Pixel

UHS continous advanced movie

• approx. 7 fps with 640 x 480 Pixel

16-bit WAVE sources for operating sounds

Voice Memo adds sound to still images

Voice Memo without a still image

Selling Arguments

User benefits:

• Clear sound effects indicate each control and

shutter operation

• Voice memo recording can be changed or

replaced after shooting

• Added fun: Movies with sound

• Added experience: Interval and time lapse movies

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Design and Construction

Attractive and Durable Magnesium Alloy

Body

NEW: Pleasing metallic finish

NEW: Comfortable, easy-to-hold grip

Ergonomically Comfortable

NEW: New four-way controller design

• Centre of the controller and four-way key are

seperate

Small and Lightweight

NEW: Heat Countermeasures

• Optimal prevent of heat for CCD and CF-Card

User benefits:

• High-definition exterior matches its excellent

performance

• Lightweight yet highly durable to give a sense

of reliability

• Users feel it is fun and satisfying to own this

camera

Selling Arguments

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DiMAGE 7i DiMAGE 7

Number of pixels

(total/effective)

5.24 Megapixels/

5.0 Megapixels

5.24 Megapixels/

5.0 Megapixels

Software

CxProcess

Improved CxProcess:

Changed algorithm for

color processing to pro-

duce color with high

dynamic range.

Reworked near-infrared

cutoff filter

CxProcess to prevent

highly saturated sections

from jumping. Result

was that normal color

Saturation had some

loss of vividness

Digital Effect

• Contrast

• Exposure compensation

• Colour saturation

• Colour filter effect

(7 steps colour/11

steps B&W)

• Solarization

• Contrast

• Exposure compensation

• Colour saturation

Movie Function

• 15 fps, max. 60 s

• with sound

• UHS Movies (approx.

7 fps, 640 x 480 pixel

without sound)

• Time lapse movie (4 fps)

• 15 fps, max. 60 s

DiMAGE 7i DiMAGE 7

Software

Histogram

• Histogram in QV or

playback

• Realtime Histogram

• Histogram in QV or

playback

Flash

Compensation

• Flash compensation

over buttons

• Flash compensation

over menu

Text input

• Alphanumeric and

symbol input

• Full text input (soft key-

board) French and

German accents,

Japanese Katakana

• Alphanumeric and

symbol input

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DiMAGE 7i DiMAGE 7

Hardware

Autofocus

• Wide focus area

• Flex Focus point

• Adjustable CCD rea-

dout (30 or 60fps)

• Scanning speed 20

cycles per frame

• Returnes to the original

position in manual mode

• Edge width sensing

• DMF (Direct manual

focus)

• Grid and scale displays

(Comparable to L and S

Type focussing screens

for SLR cameras)

• Wide focus area

• Flex Focus point

• Readout 24fps

• Scanning speed 15

cycles per frame

• Reset of focus in

manual mode

Display

• Polysilicon color TFT

• 118,000 pixels

• wide angel view

• approx. twice as sharp

• 1.1 times better range

of color reproduction

• about 5 times better

response rate

• Amorphous-silicon

color TFT

• 122,000 pixels

EVF • EVF sRGB color match • Normal color display

DiMAGE 7i DiMAGE 7

LSI Chip

frequency

• 72Mhz to 90 Mhz auto-

matically changeble

• 72 MHz

Shutter Speed

• 4-1/4000 s

• Bulb (max. 30 s)

• 2-1/2000 s

• Bulb (max. 15 s)

Flash metering • Manual flash control • only auto control

Drive Mode

• UHS continuous

advance: approx 7 fps

at 1280*960

• Standart continuous

advance: approx 2 fps

• Standart continuous

advance: approx 1.3fps

Audio

• Voice memo 15 s (max.)

• File format WAVE

• Sampling 16bit, 8kHz

• Audio signals

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Minolta DIMAGE 7I - SOFTWARE User manual

Minolta DIMAGE 7I - SOFTWARE User manual

Minolta DIMAGE 7I - SOFTWARE User manual

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