Mamiya
DM System
User's Manual
Contents
Basic info...............................................................................................
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Thanks for your purchase...........................................................................................
Copyrights/ Trademarks/ Compliances.................................................................
Warranty...........................................................................................................................
Importance of the protective IR filter glass...........................................................
Important care notes for the digital back...............................................................
Important care notes for the camera body............................................................
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Getting to know your camera system.........................................
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Product overview...........................................................................................................
Names of parts and functions...................................................................................
LCD Displays...................................................................................................................
Viewfinder LCD..............................................................................................................
Liquid Crystal Display..................................................................................................
Basic description of home screen on digital back...............................................
Digital back charger and battery...............................................................................
Note on batteries for camera (rechargeable vs. disposable).............................
Attaching the neckstrap..............................................................................................
Using the eyepiece shutter..........................................................................................
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Preparing the battery and compact flash card........................
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Inserting the camera batteries...................................................................................
Battery power icons......................................................................................................
Camera sleep mode and battery care......................................................................
Inserting and removing the digital back battery..................................................
Charging the digital back battery..............................................................................
Digital Back battery power status.............................................................................
Formatting the compact flash card in MAC...........................................................
Formatting the compact flash card in windows...................................................
Inserting and removing the compact flash card...................................................
Attaching and removing a lens..................................................................................
Detaching the digital back...........................................................................................
Adjusting the camera diopter....................................................................................
Replacing the diopter correction lens......................................................................
Attaching to a tripod.....................................................................................................
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Basic camera operations...................................................................
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Turning on the camera.................................................................................................
Using the shutter............................................................................................................
About the drive dial......................................................................................................
Using the front and rear dial......................................................................................
Holding the system.......................................................................................................
Backlight button.............................................................................................................
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Focusing the camera..........................................................................
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Focusing the camera.....................................................................................................
Focus area........................................................................................................................
Manual focus...................................................................................................................
Manual focusing using the focus mark...................................................................
When auto focus fails...................................................................................................
Using the auto focus function....................................................................................
AF Assist infrared light................................................................................................
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Exposure Modes..................................................................................
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Program AE......................................................................................................................
Aperture Priority AE (Av).............................................................................................
Shutter Priority AE (Tv)................................................................................................
Manual Mode (M)............................................................................................................
Sync Mode........................................................................................................................
Custom Function Mode................................................................................................
Auto Mode mechanism................................................................................................
Exposure Metering Modes...........................................................................................
Exposure warnings........................................................................................................
Exposure compensation...............................................................................................
AE Lock Mode...................................................................................................................
Auto Bracketing Mode..................................................................................................
Taking photos with the mirror up............................................................................
Mirror up delay...............................................................................................................
Self Timer Mode..............................................................................................................
Interval photography....................................................................................................
Long Exposure Mode.....................................................................................................
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Basic digital back operations..........................................................
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Using the stylus..............................................................................................................
Basic steps........................................................................................................................
Turning on the digital back.........................................................................................
Turning off the digital back........................................................................................
Changing the interface language...............................................................................
Setting the date and time.............................................................................................
Defining a base name for your shots.......................................................................
Adding notes or copyrights to your shots.............................................................
Choosing a new folder for your shots.....................................................................
Creating a new folder....................................................................................................
Connecting the firewire cable for tethered mode.................................................
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Using the digital back settings and evaluating shots............
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Checking the exposure.................................................................................................
Checking the exposure with the picker tool..........................................................
Checking the exposure with the over or under exposure alarms...................
Checking focus...............................................................................................................
Setting the white balance.............................................................................................
Checking composition using the grid......................................................................
Changing the color of the grid lines.........................................................................
Browsing through images............................................................................................
Flagging or creating comments in shoot view.......................................................
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Editing images......................................................................................
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Editing view......................................................................................................................
Browsing through images..........................................................................................
Viewing information and EXIF data..........................................................................
Selecting multiple images............................................................................................
Flagging, creating comments or deleting images.................................................
Sorting images................................................................................................................
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Image file management and preferred settings.......................
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Selecting a folder............................................................................................................
Moving images................................................................................................................
Opening images in shoot view...................................................................................
How to turn on overlays when shooting.................................................................
Working in full screen mode......................................................................................
Setting grid attributes...................................................................................................
Using the crop mask.....................................................................................................
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Adjusting the transparency of the crop mask......................................................
Adjusting the transparency of the histogram and info bar..............................
Setting the exposure alarm.........................................................................................
Resetting the file name counter.................................................................................
Formatting the compact flash card in portable mode........................................
Configuring the user button.......................................................................................
Configuring the user button for edit view..............................................................
Configuring a long press of the user button.........................................................
Aligning the touch screen............................................................................................
Turning off the backlight.............................................................................................
Turning on the backlight..............................................................................................
Setting the volume for digital back sounds............................................................
Setting personal information......................................................................................
Restoring factory settings...........................................................................................
Viewing information about the digital back...........................................................
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Using the software..............................................................................
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Activation.........................................................................................................................
The interface....................................................................................................................
Toolbars............................................................................................................................
Browser.............................................................................................................................
Tool palate.......................................................................................................................
Library/ Capture/ Color...............................................................................................
Exposure/ Compose......................................................................................................
Details/ Adjustment......................................................................................................
Process Recipe/ Batch...................................................................................................
Organising the workflow/ Importing images........................................................
Exporting files.................................................................................................................
Organising Images.........................................................................................................
Moving to folders...........................................................................................................
Working with albums....................................................................................................
Tethered capture............................................................................................................
Using the white balance tool.......................................................................................
Color balance...................................................................................................................
Adjusting colors.............................................................................................................
Optimising exposure.....................................................................................................
Managing exposure using curves and high dynamic range...............................
Managing highlight and shadows..............................................................................
Variants.............................................................................................................................
Cropping an image........................................................................................................
Straightening and rotating an image........................................................................
Sharpening an image.....................................................................................................
Noise reduction..............................................................................................................
Removing post-capture dust and spots..................................................................
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Megadata...........................................................................................................................
Adding and resetting megadata to image files......................................................
Creating a process recipe.............................................................................................
Processing completed images....................................................................................
About batch.....................................................................................................................
Creating a web contact sheet......................................................................................
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Flash photography..............................................................................
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Flash photography.........................................................................................................
Rear curtain sync............................................................................................................
Flash compensation settings......................................................................................
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Custom functions................................................................................
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Setting custom functions.............................................................................................
Initializing user functions............................................................................................
Camera custom functions quick guide....................................................................
Types of custom functions..........................................................................................
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System specifications.......................................................................
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Camera specifications...................................................................................................
Digital back specifications...........................................................................................
Trouble shooting............................................................................................................
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