Setup guide

MINOLTA
DiM A GE S414
DIGITAL CAMERAS
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4-Megapixel Digital Camera
Right out of the box, you’ll appreciate the high quality of the DiMAGE
S414. From the elegant design and rich metal body to the sophisticated
features including a 4.1 megapixel CCD, an ultra-compact 4X Minolta GT
APO zoom lens, 12-bit A/D conversion, and Minolta’s advanced
CxProcess, the DiMAGE S414 ensures that you’ll capture all the beauty
and details of the original scene, and you’ll capture it quickly and easily.
The S414 can take over control for point & shoot simplicity, or give you
control over exposure, color, contrast, saturation, white balance, camera
sensitivity, and focus. A complete multimedia tool, the DiMAGE S414 also records movie clips and audio.
270-Segment Metering
The DiMAGE S414’s advanced auto expo-
sure system with multi-segment metering
evaluates subject and scene brightness
and continuously monitors the situation
for even the slightest changes.
◆ Information about subject location from
the wide-area AF is used along with
multi-segment metering to calculate
perfect exposures. The system uses 270
metering segments to calculate the
exposure based on subject and back-
ground brightness. No more subjects
being lost in deep shadows or washed
out in front of dark backgrounds.
◆ For basing the exposure on a small area
of the subject or scene, a spot metering
mode concentrates the exposure
reading to the center segment of the
multi-segment array.
◆ For additional subject illumination, the
built-in flash fires automatically in
low-light or backlit conditions.
White Balance Control
◆ White balance controls how the camera
interprets the color of the ambient light-
ing, and Auto white balance automatical-
ly compensates for changes in lighting .
◆ Four preset white balance settings:
daylight, cloudy, tungsten, and
fluorescent, can also be selected for
specific light situations.
◆ For critical control over color, a custom
setting allows the camera to be
calibrated to the lighting at the scene.
FEATURES
High-Quality Images
◆ The S414’s high-precision electro-optical
system is built around a 4.1 megapixel
1/1.8-type interline primary-color CCD,
with 4.0 million effective pixels for fine
high-resolution images. The CCD’s pixel
resolution will produce 14 x 10˝ 150-dpi
prints or 8 x 5˝ photo-quality prints.
◆ Minolta’s CxProcess ensures that the
image from the CCD will faithfully repro-
duce the original scene. CxProcess con-
trols image sharpness, color, and con-
trast while minimizing noise to produce
vivid, natural pictures.
◆ 12-bit A/D conversion preserves the sub-
tleties of the original image. With billions
of colors and 4,096 levels in each color
channel, images possess near-lifelike
color and detail. This is especially evi-
dent in portraiture: smooth complexion,
fine hair detail, and vivid eye color.
4x Optical Lens
◆ The S414 is equipped with a built-in 4x
Minolta GT apochromatic zoom lens.
Providing a focal range of 7.15 to 28.6mm
(equivalent to a 35 - 140mm zoom lens on
a 35mm camera), this sophisticated lens
encompasses the most used focal lengths
in photography, and focuses down to 4
inches for extreme close-ups. Two
double-sided aspheric lens elements and
AD (anomalous dispersion) glass ensure
sharp images at all focal lengths.
◆ Digital zoom seamlessly takes over from
the maximum focal length of the optical
zoom without interrupting the monitor
image. The 2.2x digital zoom extends the
optical zoom, giving you the equivalent of
a 308mm telephoto lens.
◆ The camera can also be focused manually
while monitoring image sharpness on the
monitor.
Digital Subject Programs
In addition to a fully automatic point & shoot Program mode, Digital Subject Programs
can be selected, which optimizes the camera’s exposure, white-balance, and image-
processing controls for specific scenes and subjects. Six subject programs are available:
Portrait: Reproduces warm, soft skin
tones and creates slightly defocused
backgrounds.
Night Portrait: Balances the flash
illumination on the subject with the
background ambient light. Ideal setting for
capturing the romantic ambience of illumi-
nated night scenes such as city skylines.
Macro: Ensures maximum depth-of-field
for sharp details in close-up pictures.
Landscape: Ensures sharp images of
expansive scenes.
Text: For crisp reproductions of black
text or line art on a white background.
Text & Macro: Accurately reproduces
small text or line art.