Sigma Digital SLR Camera SD14 User Manual

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HANDLING PRECAUTIONS
HOW TO STORE THE CAMERA
■If you intend to store the camera for a long time, remove the battery.
■ To avoid growth of fungus, store the camera and lens in a dry, cool and
ventilated place, with a drying agent such as silica gel. Keep your equipment
away from chemicals.
NOTE ON THE TFT COLOR LCD MONITOR
■A few pixels may always be lit or may never light on the LCD monitor. This is
not a failure or malfunction. Images recorded with the camera will not be
affected.
■Excessive rubbing of, pushing on or impact to the LCD monitor may cause
failure.
■ Because of the normal physical characteristics of the liquid crystal, the
reaction of the display may become slow at low temperatures. At high
temperatures, the display may become dark, but it will return to normal at room
temperature.
NOTES ON CF CARD AND MICRODRIVE
Unlike a Microdrive
TM
a CF card is resistant to vibration and it is the optimal
recording medium for a digital camera. Nevertheless the effects of strong shock,
static electricity or magnetism, may cause the data memorized by the CF card to
be lost. A Microdrive
TM
is a hard disk. Shock, vibration, static electricity, and
magnetism, may cause data loss and may damage the Microdrive. Therefore,
careful handling is required and caution is especially necessary while writing, or
reading data.
■ Do not leave the CF card or Microdrive in direct sunlight or near a heating
device.
■ Avoid storing CF cards and Microdrives in environments of high temperature
and humidity or where static electricity or electromagnetic fields may be
generated
■ For proper usage of the CF card and Microdrive, please refer to their
instruction manuals.
■ The “Delete” feature of the Camera and PC may not delete the data in the
memory card completely some data might still remain. If you wish to remove all
data from card securely, please use third party software.

Sigma Digital SLR Camera SD14 Specifications

General

Camera Type	Interchangeable Lens SLR Type Digital Camera
Image Sensor Size	13.8 x 20.7mm
Lenses Used	Sigma SA Mount Lenses
Picture Angle	Equivalent to 1.7x the focal length of a lens when used on a 35mm SLR camera.
Lens Mount	SA mount
Imaging Element Type	FOVEON® X3™ (CMOS)
Color Photo Detectors	14.06 Million (2652 Columns x 1768 Rows x 3 Layers)
Image Recording Format	Lossless compression RAW Data (12bit), JEPG
White Balance	8 Type (Auto, Sunlight, Shade, Overcast, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash, Custom white balance)
Viewfinder Type	Pentaprism SLR Viewfinder
Viewfinder Frame Coverage	98％ horizontal, 98％ vertical
Viewfinder Magnification	0.9x (50mm F1.4 at infinity)
Eyepoint	18mm
Diopter Adjustment Range	-3dpt to +1.5dpt
Auto Focus Type	TTL phase difference detection system
AF Operating Range	EV 0 to 18（ISO100）
Focus Mode	Single AF, Continuous AF (AF Predict function), MF
Metering Systems	8-segment Evaluative Metering, Center Metering, Center-Weighted Average Metering
Metering Range	EV 1 to 20（with 50mm F1.4 at ISO100）
Exposure Modes	(P) Program AE、(A) Aperture Priority AE、 (S) Shutter Speed Priority AE、(M) Manual
ISO Sensivity	ISO 100, 200, 400, 800, (1600)
Exposure Compensation	±3EV（in 1/3steps）
AE Lock	Push button type
Auto Bracketing	±3EV （ in 1/3steps, Appropriate Exposure – Under Exposure – Over Exposure）
Shutter Type	Vertical-travel metal focal plane shutter, electronically controlled through entire speed range
Shutter Speeds	1/4000sec to 30sec, Bulb up to 30sec Flash Synchronization at 1/180sec.
Storage Media	CompactFlash™ (CF) (TypeⅠ/Ⅱ), HITACHI MicroDrive™
Aspect Ratio	3：2
Resolution	Super Hi(JPEG) : 4608 x 3072, HI：2640 x 1760 MED：1776 x 1184, LOW：1296 x 864
Interfaces	USB 2.0, Video Out (NTSC／PAL)