Sigma Digital SLR Camera SD14 User Manual

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Microdrive
Developed by IBM, the Microdrives are extremely small-sized hard disks that can
fit in a CompactCard memory slot. The Microdrive is built into a Type II
CompactFlash form factor.
NTSC
National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) video format is primarily used
in the United States, Japan, Canada etc. The NTSC is a standard for television
and videos, which defines a composite video signal with a refresh rate of 60
half-frames (interlaced) per second. Each frame contains 525 lines and can
contain 16 million different colors.
PAL
Phase Alternating Line (PAL), video format primarily used in Europe, excluding
France, as well as Australia and parts of the Far East. PAL delivers 625 lines at
50 half-frames per second.
RAW
The RAW image format is the data as it comes directly from the image sensor of
the camera. No in-camera processing is performed before transferring the image
to computer.
Shutter Speed
The camera’s shutter opens for a length of time to control the amount of light that
reaches the imaging element. The length of time that shutter blinds are open
allowing light to strike the image sensor is called as shutter speed.
White Balance
The human eye and brain adapt to changes in lighting conditions, not only to
intensity, but also to the color characteristic of the light source, so that colors of
the objects look normal or accurate. For example, a white object will appear white
whether it is viewed under sunlight, tungsten or fluorescent illumination. However,
color film or digital camera must be adjusted, so that colors will be represented
accurately, under different types of illumination. This adjustment is called white
balance. The function to adjust a white balance automatically is called automatic
white balance.

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)