Sigma SD15 User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PACKAGE CONTENTS / ACCESSORIES ....................................................... 2
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ................................................................................. 6
HANDLING PRECAUTIONS ............................................................................ 9
DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTS ..................................................................... 11
TOP LCD PANEL ............................................................................................ 13
VIEWFINDER .................................................................................................. 13
CONTROL DIALS ........................................................................................... 14
BASIC OPERATION AND QUICK REFERENCE ........................................... 15
PREPARATION 18
ATTACHING THE CARRY STRAP ................................................................. 18
HOW TO USE THE FINDER CAP .................................................................. 18
LOADING THE BATTERY .............................................................................. 19
CHECKING THE BATTERY STATUS ............................................................. 22
USING A HOME POWER SUPPLY (SOLD SEPARATELY) ........................... 23
MOUNTING AND REMOVING THE LENS ..................................................... 24
SETTING THE LANGUAGE ........................................................................... 26
SETTING THE TIME AND DATE .................................................................... 27
CAMERA SET-UP MENU ............................................................................... 28
LIST OF MENU FUNCTIONS ......................................................................... 29
FUNCTION DISPLAY ...................................................................................... 32
CAMERA INFO PAGE ..................................................................................... 33
INSERTING AND REMOVING THE CARD .................................................... 34
FORMATTING THE CARD ............................................................................. 36
FILE NUMBERING SYSTEM .......................................................................... 37
FRAME NUMBER COUNTER ........................................................................ 38
DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT ............................................................................... 39
TOP LCD ILLUMINATION ............................................................................... 39
HOLDING THE CAMERA ............................................................................... 40
SHUTTER BUTTON ....................................................................................... 40
BASIC OPERATION 41
SELECTING THE EXPOSURE MODE 41
P PROGRAM AE.......................................................................................... 41
A APERTURE PRIORITY AE ...................................................................... 43
S SHUTTER SPEED PRIORIT Y AE ............................................................ 44
M MANUAL EXPOSURE ...................................................... ........................ 45

Sigma SD15 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	Evaluative Metering, Center-Weighted Average Metering, Center Area Metering, Spot 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 (50), 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, (3200) *( )Extended Mode
Exposure Compensation	±3EV (in 1/3steps)
AE Lock	Push button type
Auto Bracketing	Three or five frames (in 1/3steps, Appropriate Exposure – Under Exposure – Over Exposure)
Shutter Type	Vertical-travel metal focal plane shutter, electronically controlled through entire speed range
Storage Media	SD Card / Compatible with SDHC, Multi Media Card
Aspect Ratio	3：2
Resolution	HI：2640 x 1760 MED：1872 x 1248, LOW：1312 x 880
Interfaces	USB 2.0, Video Out (NTSC／PAL)