User manual KODAK DCS 520

[. . . ] DCS 500 Series Digital Cameras User's Guide for DCS 500 Series Digital Cameras © Eastman Kodak Company and Canon Inc. , 2000 All rights reserved Kodak and Kodak Professional are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company "CANON® and EOS® are registered trademarks of Canon Inc. " Adobe, Photoshop, and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. PN: 6b5236 CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING WARRANTY TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE USING YOUR CAMERA. USE OF YOUR CAMERA INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THEM, PROMPTLY RETURN THE CAMERA, UNUSED, ALONG WITH THE ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS, IN THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING. WARRANTY KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS 500 Series Cameras THIS WARRANTY APPLIES ONLY TO EQUIPMENT PURCHASED IN THE UNITED STATES. Warranty Time Period Kodak warrants your KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS 500 Series Camera to be free from defects in material and workmanship for 1 year or 100, 000 shutter activations from the day of purchase (whichever comes first). Warranty Repair Coverage If this equipment does not function properly during the warranty period due to defects in material or workmanship, Kodak will, at its option, either repair or replace the equipment without charge, subject to the conditions and limitations stated herein. [. . . ] (Refer to the KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS Host Software User's manual on the CD included with your camera. ) 7 Quick Start 7-17 INSERT PHOTO HERE 8 Controlling Exposure and Color Balance Exposure 8 This section describes the functions available for controlling exposure in your camera. White Balance When you select a white balance option, you identify the type of lighting used to capture images. For example, if you capture an image in daylight, set the white balance to daylight for the best results. The preset options include Auto, Daylight, Tungsten, Fluorescent, and Flash. With the custom option, you can save White Balance settings, reuse them, and delete them when they are no longer needed. IMPORTANT: White balance affects how your color image is captured. Be careful not to cover the white balance sensor window on the front of the camera as this will affect auto white balance settings. 8-1 To determine the current white balance setting, check the White Balance icons on the Back LCD panel. Auto Daylight Tungsten Fluorescent Flash Custom The icons reflect the current setting. White Balance Setting Daylight Tungsten Fluorescent On-Camera Flash Color Temperature (Degrees Kelvin) 5500 3200 5000 5600 8-2 8 Selecting a White Balance Setting Exposure 1 Press and hold the W. BAL button and rotate the Quick Control dial to highlight the desired White Balance icon on the Back LCD Panel. 2 Press and release the DISP/ MENU button to return to the Main menu. 8-3 Using Custom White Balance With the custom option, you can save White Balance settings, reuse them, and delete them when they are no longer needed. This method provides the best possible color balance, but it requires a bit more preparation than the Preset mode. Using White Balance Settings Once you have selected Custom White Balance, you can access several Custom White Balance functions. 1 Press the W. BAL button. If the Image Display was off, it turns on. If there are no images in the folder, the screen at the left appears. 8-4 8 If the selected folder contains images, this screen appears, showing the currently selected image. Exposure 2 Press and hold the SELECT button and rotate the Quick Control dial to select your choice: OK--The White Balance values from the selected image are saved using the same name as the image. (It overwrites the setting saved the last time you chose OK. ) Cancel--The White Balance setting does not change. You can: Select a White Balance setting from those loaded on the camera (page 8-6) Delete a White Balance setting from the camera (page 8-6) Load a White Balance setting from a PC Card to the camera (page 8-7) 8-5 Selecting White Balance Settings With the White Balance Settings menu displayed (page 8-5), choose one of the following: Image #nnnn: The White Balance values from the selected image are applied to images that you capture. Previously loaded setting--The White Balance values from the previously loaded setting (page 8-7) are applied to images that you capture. Deleting White Balance Settings You can delete White Balance Settings that have previously been loaded on your camera. 1 With the White Balance Settings menu displayed (page 8-5), choose Delete WB Settings. The Delete White Balance Setting menu appears. 2 Press and hold the SELECT button and rotate the Quick Control dial to choose the setting to be deleted. 3 Release the SELECT button. A confirmation screen appears. 4 Select Yes to delete the setting, or No to leave it intact. 8-6 8 Loading White Balance Settings Exposure Once you have saved White Balance settings to a PC Card, load them into your camera. If you should forget any of the rules, an appropriate error message appears, as shown in the table below. Rule You can only load settings into the camera that was originally used to capture the images. Error Message Each setting that you load must have a unique name. Your camera will hold up to ten Custom White Balance settings. 8-7 1 With the White Balance Setting menu displayed (page 8-5), choose Load from Card. The Load White Balance Setting screen appears with a list of the White Balance settings on the active PC Card. (If only one card is in the camera, the card choices do not appear. ) 2 Select a PC Card. (You may need to scroll up to the card choices if there are numerous White Balance settings. ) 3 Select a Custom White Balance setting. The setting is loaded from the PC Card to your camera, and subsequently appears in the list of settings. When you load settings from a PC Card, the last setting loaded is the active White Balance setting. 8-8 8 Saving White Balance Settings using your Camera Exposure You can save the current camera-generated White Balance settings, then apply the settings to subsequently captured images. 1 Capture an image with a neutral area (such as a gray or white card) in the center. 2 With the White Balance Setting screen displayed, choose Save (Image nnnn). A confirmation screen appears. 3 Select Yes to save the setting or No to return to the White Balance Settings menu without saving. If you save the setting, it appears on the White Balance Settings and the Delete White Balance Settings screens. [. . . ] Charges one or two batteries Appendix A A-7 Appendix B Troubleshooting If you run into a problem operating your camera, check the following table to see if you can find the cause of the problem. If the trouble persists, take the camera to your nearest service representative. Symptom Nothing appears in the Top LCD panel Cause The Main switch is set to ( L ). Replace it with a charged battery or connect the camera to the AC adaptor. [. . . ]