Instruction manual

3130 RECORDING - BASIC OPERATION
The display button controls the LCD monitor display. The display cycles to the next
position each time the button is pressed: full display, live image only, and monitor off. If
the display button is pressed and held, the LCD-brightness adjustment screen will be
displayed, see page 76.
Full
display
Live image
only
DISPLAY BUTTON - RECORDING MODE
Display button
Battery power can be conserved by turning the monitor off and using the viewfinder to
take pictures. However, because of parallax, the monitor should be used for subjects
closer than 1m (3ft.) at the zoom lens’ wide-angle position or 3m (10ft) at the telephoto
position.
When the flash-mode or menu button is pressed, the monitor will automatically turn on.
The battery-condition and date-imprinting indicators can appear on the live image only
display. The digital zoom is canceled and the AF area and exposure-compensation
setting is fixed when the monitor is off. The monitor cannot be turned off in audio or movie
recording. When the LCD monitor is off, it will automatically activate for the instant
playback period. When auto reset is active, the LCD monitor will be reset to the full
display when the camera is turned off.
Monitor
off
In the center of the Sakai plant in Japan is Okina
bridge. In the 15th century, Sakai was a very prosper-
ous free city, and Okina bridge spanned the moat at
one of the entrances into the walled town. For cen-
turies, this bridge carried pilgrims on their way to two of
Japan’s sacred places: the mountain monastery of
Koyasan and the great Shinto shrine, Kumano Taisha.
The bridge in the courtyard dates from 1855. In 1968,
Minolta offered to remove and preserve the bridge
when the city government announced they would fill in
the moat for a planned highway. The bridge now spans
a specially constructed goldfish pond. The writing on
the stone bollard at the front of the bridge prohibits
vehicles from crossing.
Minolta history