FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT FOR AMERICAN USERS KYOCERA DIGITAL STILL CAMERA Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Change the direction of the radio or TV antenna. Move the equipment or the radio or TV. For example, if the equipment is to the right of the TV, move it to the left of the TV. Or, move the equipment farther away from the radio or TV. · Plug the equipment into a different outlet. Do not plug your radio or TV into the same circuit as your equipment. · Ensure that all expansion slots (on the back or side of the equipment) are covered. Also, ensure that all metal retaining brackets are tightly attached to the equipment. · If these suggestions do not help, consult your equipment dealer or experienced radio/TV technician for help. CAUTION If you modify the camera in any way, without getting approval from KYOCERA CORPORATION, your camera may violate FCC regulations. Violation of FCC regulations may cause the FCC to void your right to use the modified camera. Shielded cables must be used for this equipment to comply with the relevant FCC regulation. For customers in Canada CAUTION This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. 2 Contents Introduction.............................................................................................................. 3 Test Photos and Warranties ........................................................................... 3 Notes on Copyright......................................................................................... 3 How to Use this Instruction Manual ................................................................ 7 Caution and Warning Symbols ....................................................................... 8 Handling Precautions ..................................................................................... 8 Nomenclature Names of camera controls and reference pages .............. 12 A World of Possibilities................................................................................. 13 Introduction 1 Camera Preparations........................................................................ 1-1 Inserting the Battery Pack ................................................................................... 1-2 Removing the Battery Pack ................................................................................. 1-2 Charging the Battery ............................................................................................ 1-3 Loading the Memory Card ................................................................................... 1-3 Removing the Memory Card ................................................................................ 1-4 Switching the Camera On .................................................................................... 1-5 Setting the Date and Time.................................................................................... 1-6 Using the Accessories ......................................................................................... 1-7 2 Basic Operations .............................................................................. 2-1 Taking Pictures ­ Shooting Still Images ............................................................ 2-2 Shooting Movies ................................................................................................... 2-4 Viewing Images ­ Still Image Playback .............................................................. 2-6 Viewing Images ­ Movie Playback ...................................................................... 2-6 Displaying Information for Playback Images ­ INFORMATION........................2-7 Checking Photography Data and Erasing Images ­ Manual REC Review ...... 2-8 Deleting Unwanted Images ­ Erasing Images ................................................... 2-8 When the Memory Card is Full... ....................................................................... 2-10 Connecting the Camera to a Computer ............................................................ 2-11 Computer hardware and software requirements ....................................... 2-11 Connecting to a Windows PC............................................................................ 2-12 Installing the USB drivers (Windows 98 and Windows 98SE only) ........... 2-12 Viewing images on a Windows PC............................................................ 2-13 Disconnecting the USB cable from a Windows PC ................................... 2-16 Uninstalling the driver software (Windows 98 and Windows 98SE only) .. 2-18 Connecting to a Macintosh................................................................................ 2-20 Viewing images on a Macintosh computer ................................................ 2-20 Disconnecting the USB cable from a Macintosh computer ....................... 2-22 Digital Printing on a Printer ............................................................................... 2-23 3 Techniques for Taking Pictures ...................................................... 3-1 Using Focus Lock to Take Pictures .................................................................... 3-2 Using the Zoom Button ­ Optical Zoom and Digital Zoom ............................... 3-3 Setting the Best Camera Mode for the Scene Shot ­ SCENE Button I....... 3-4 Displaying the Scene Mode menu............................................................... 3-4 Shooting modes .......................................................................................... 3-5 Using Continuous Shooting Mode...................................................................... 3-7 4 Switching the LCD Monitor Icon Display and Backlight On and Off ............... 3-8 Specifying the settings ................................................................................ 3-8 Conserving Battery Power................................................................................... 3-9 4 Using C Camera Mode, N Continuous Shooting Mode and M Movie Mode ................................................................................ 4-1 Using the Flash ..................................................................................................... 4-2 Flash modes................................................................................................ 4-2 Setting the flash mode................................................................................. 4-3 [t] Taking Pictures Using the Self-Timer........................................................... 4-4 [ ] Selecting the Number of Pixels (Image Size) .............................................. 4-5 [ ] Selecting the Quality (Compression Ratio) ................................................. 4-6 [ ] Using Exposure Compensation.................................................................... 4-8 [ ] Determining the White Balance ................................................................... 4-9 [ ] Setting the Frame Rate .............................................................................. 4-10 [ ]/[ ] Setting Detailed Functions in the SET DETAILES ........................... 4-11 [SOUND] Shooting Movies with Sound (or without Sound) ........................... 4-11 [COLOR MODE] Selecting Color, Black & White or Sepia .............................. 4-13 [CHROMA] Changing the color intensity.......................................................... 4-14 [SHARPNESS] Enhancing the image outlines ................................................. 4-15 [WB PRESET] Setting Your Own Value for White............................................ 4-16 [AE MODE] Selecting the Exposure Setting Method ....................................... 4-17 [FOCUSING] Selecting the focusing method ................................................... 4-19 Setting the focusing method ...................................................................... 4-19 Determining the shooting distance with manual focusing (MF) ................. 4-20 [LONG EXP.] Using Slow Shutter Speeds ........................................................ 4-21 [ISO] Changing the Sensitivity to Photograph Fast Moving Subjects........... 4-22 [METERING] Selecting the Area Used for Setting the Exposure ................... 4-23 [DIGITAL ZOOM] Switching the Digital Zoom ON and OFF ............................ 4-24 Introduction 5 Using the P Playback Mode Functions........................................ 5-1 [PLAYBACK ZOOM] Viewing Your Images Enlarged ........................................ 5-2 Playing Back Movies ............................................................................................ 5-2 [MULTI] Viewing Multiple Images........................................................................ 5-3 Using MULTI playback ................................................................................ 5-3 Erasing images in the MULTI playback screen ........................................... 5-4 Reverting to normal playback (SINGLE playback) ......................................5-5 [POSTRECORDING] Adding Voice Messages to Images.................................. 5-5 Recording a message ................................................................................. 5-5 Erasing voice messages ............................................................................. 5-7 Playing back a recorded message .............................................................. 5-7 [PROTECT] Protecting Images from Accidental Erasing.................................. 5-8 Protecting an image .................................................................................... 5-8 Unprotecting images ................................................................................... 5-9 [ERASE] Erasing Individual Images.................................................................... 5-9 [ERASE ALL] Erasing All Images...................................................................... 5-10 [RESIZE] Resizing and Trimming Images ........................................................ 5-11 Resizing an image ..................................................................................... 5-11 Checking and erasing resized images ...................................................... 5-13 Resizing all the images ............................................................................. 5-14 5 Erasing all resized images ........................................................................ 5-14 [ROTATE] Rotating an Image ............................................................................ 5-15 [AUTO PLAY] Displaying Images Automatically as a Slideshow................... 5-16 Setting AUTO PLAY .................................................................................. 5-16 Starting and ending an AUTO PLAY slideshow ........................................ 5-18 PRINT SETTINGS Specifying DPOF Print Settings ........................................ 5-19 Specifying DPOF settings ......................................................................... 5-19 Specifying index print settings ................................................................... 5-21 Deleting all the DPOF print settings .......................................................... 5-22 Introduction 6 G Using the SET UP Mode Functions ............................................ 6-1 [AF MODE] Setting AF mode ............................................................................... 6-2 [AF METHOD] Setting AF method ....................................................................... 6-2 [BRIGHT CNTRL] Adjusting the LCD Monitor Brightness ................................ 6-3 [BACKLIGHT] Changing the Monitor Backlighting Brightness........................6-4 [DATE] Setti ...