User manual KODAK DCS 620X

[. . . ] DCS 600 Series Digital Cameras User's Guide for DCS 600 Series Digital Cameras © Eastman Kodak Company and Nikon Corp. , 2000 All rights reserved Kodak and Kodak Professional are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company Adobe, Photoshop, and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. 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 600 Series Cameras THIS WARRANTY APPLIES ONLY TO EQUIPMENT PURCHASED IN THE UNITED STATES. Warranty Time Period Kodak warrants your KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS 600 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. Such repair service will include all labor as well as any necessary adjustments and/or replacement parts. [. . . ] If a flash is attached to your camera and you choose Auto mode, the Auto Flash icons appear. The table below shows the predicted color temperature at each White Balance setting: White Balance Setting Daylight Tungsten Fluorescent On-Camera Flash Color Temperature (Degrees Kelvin) 5500 3200 5000 5600 8-2 8 Selecting Custom White Balance Exposure You must select Custom White Balance before selecting, deleting, or loading Custom White Balance settings. Press and hold the White Balance button and use the Navigate switch until no White Balance icons appear in the Back LCD panel. ISO SLOW REAR BKT CUSTOM AUTO ISO BKT L CSM ISO SLOW REAR When no icons appear, Custom White Balance is selected. CUSTOM BKT AUTO 8-3 Using White Balance Settings Once you have selected Custom White Balance, you can access several Custom White Balance functions. 1 Press the White Balance button. If the Image Display was Off, it turns On. If there are no images in the folder, this screen appears. ISO BKT L CSM If the selected folder contains images, this screen appears, showing the currently selected image. 2 Select your choice: OK--The White Balance values from the selected image are saved using the same name as the image. (This setting overwrites the setting that was saved the last time you chose OK. ) Cancel--The White Balance setting does not change. 8-4 8 Options--The White Balance Settings menu appears. 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) Save a White Balance setting (page 8-9) Exposure 8-5 Selecting White Balance Settings With the White Balance Settings menu displayed (page 8-4), choose one of the following: Image #xxxx: 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 been loaded on your camera. 1 With the White Balance Settings menu displayed (page 8-4), choose Delete WB Settings. The Delete White Balance Setting menu appears. 2 Select the setting to be deleted. Refer to "Navigation Techniques" on page 2-14. A confirmation screen appears. 3 Select Yes to delete the setting, or No to leave it intact. 8-6 8 Loading White Balance Settings Exposure You can load White Balance settings from a PC Card into your camera. There are a few rules to remember when you load White Balance settings. 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 holds up to ten Custom White Balance settings. 8-7 1 With the White Balance Setting screen displayed (page 8-4), 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 the desired card. (You may need to scroll up to the card choices if there are numerous White Balance settings. ) 3 Repeat step 2 to choose the desired Custom White Balance setting. The setting is loaded from the PC Card to your camera, and 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 (page 8-4), 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. Saving White Balance Settings using the Computer You can also save White Balance settings to a PC Card using the DCS Acquire Module or DCS TWAIN Data Source, then load the settings in your camera. 1 Capture an image with a neutral area (such as a gray or white card) in the center. 2 Using the DCS Acquire Module or DCS TWAIN Data Source, save the White Balance setting to a PC Card. (Refer to the KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS Host Software User's Manual. ) When you save a White Balance setting to a PC Card, a ". wb" extension is added to the file name. For example, if you save the setting from a file named A0601385. TIF, the setting will be named A0601385. wb on the PC Card. 3 On your camera, select Custom White Balance (page 8-3). 4 Load the White Balance setting from the PC Card to your camera (page 8-7). [. . . ] In addition, it is essential to evaluate each scene's esthetic factors such as color to get the best exposure. Your camera's 3D Color Matrix Meter evaluates not only each scene's brightness and contrast but, using a special Red-Green-Blue (RGB) sensor, it also evaluates the scene's colors. Then its powerful microcomputer and database together guide it to unequaled exposure control. PC Card (PCMCIA card) The media which stores images captured by your camera. [. . . ]